90 Last-Minute Halloween Costumes That Are So Easy to Make It's Scary

If you ask Ree Drummond, she'll be the first to tell you finding last-minute Halloween costumes is hard. "You dart into a costume shop on your way through the city one afternoon, and you have four minutes to grab something for your kids to wear on Halloween," she says. "One of your daughters wants to be a dead bride, the other wants to be a monster, and your only other choice is a French Maid or a Sparkly Red Devil with a Really Short Skirt. You choose the lesser of two evils."

But here's the thing—you don't have to frantically pop over to the store only to find the same old. This year, skip the Spirit Halloween crowds and easily DIY your own costume. We promise, it'll still be super cute and worthy of a costume contest prize without you having worked on it for months. (Shock! Dismay!) There are tons of easy, last-minute Halloween costume ideas out there that you can put together, many with supplies you already have at home. Let your DIY magic fly and transform your Amazon boxes into a casset tape. Or, use them for a pretend horse fit for a Western Halloween costume! Or make fun family Halloween costumes out of clothes from your closet (they might even double as matching Halloween pajamas!). Whatever you do, it should be low on stress and high on fun. It's Halloween, after all!