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USING CUSTOM APPAREL TO DIY HALLOWEEN COSTUMES
October 1st, 2024 • 14 minute read

Halloween is the perfect time to let your imagination run wild and showcase your creativity. With Underground Printing’s custom apparel, you can easily create unique DIY costumes tailored to your personal style and humor. Whether you’re planning a solo look, a couple’s costume, or a group ensemble, we’ve got you covered with ideas that will make this Halloween unforgettable. Here are some of the ideas we came up with, that you can use for inspiration or find your perfect costume from this list!


1. Food Related

Food costumes are always a hit and offer endless possibilities for creativity. There is so much freedom getting to choose your favorite snack, drink, or sauce to dress up as, and they are so easy to accomplish with custom apparel! Here are some food-related costume ideas that we came up with.

  • Taco Bell Sauce Packet 

Everyone is bound to know the iconic Taco Bell hot sauce packet. Always a hit with their silly sayings, and totally customizable by adding in your favorite, or something completely different that you came up with! The shirt used here is the Next Level Men's Triblend Long Sleeve Crew, featured in Vintage Red, and available in 11 colors and sizes extra small through 2XL. This shade of red is the perfect match to the hot sauce packet, and it is so easy to customize!

  • Ketchup and Mustard 

Another classic sauce, and even more classic costume, the Ketchup and Mustard duo. If you’re alone, you can go ahead and choose your favorite of the two, but it is the perfect match for a buddy! This costume features the Alternative Apparel Basic Crew, featured in Apple Red and Stay Gold. This premium shirt is also available in 23 colors and sizes extra small through 3XL. These are the best options to customize for these classic sauces. 

  • Popcorn Bucket 

This design is a little different but still something everyone will recognize and enjoy. This is such an easy customization option, and great if you’re not feeling like finding a crazy costume this year! This design is featured on the Jerzees Heavyweight Blend 50/50 T-Shirt, in the color White, and available in 42 colors and sizes small through 5XL. 

  • Skittles 

This is a classic group costume design, but also works great for single people, and is so easy to accomplish! The Bella Canvas Unisex Jersey T-Shirt comes in so many great colors, including Yellow, Orange, Leaf, and Dark Lavender, which are some of the perfect, bright, Skittles-like colors. This is such a recognizable design, and so easy to do with custom apparel!


2. Sporty 

Sports costumes are a great way to show team spirit and have fun with friends and family. These costumes are a great way to incorporate your favorite player’s number or add a funny team name or player name. 

  • Lifeguard/ Baywatch 

This first costume is inspired by the 1989 movie, Baywatch. This idea doesn’t have to be Baywatch-related, it can also be adjusted to just a “lifeguard” costume. This costume is featured on the Bella Canvas Ladies Jersey Racerback Tank, featured in Red, and the perfect bright red shade for lifeguards. This costume can be completed with some matching shorts, a whistle around your neck, sunglasses, and sunscreen on your nose. 

  • Baseball Player

A classic, lazy Halloween costume is to be a baseball player! This costume can be customized to your favorite team, or player, or can be adjusted to have a humorous spin on it. This costume uses the Augusta Pinstripe Full Button Baseball Jersey, the perfect baseball jersey style. This costume can be completed with a baseball hat and possibly a prop bat!

  • Tennis Player

This is such a simple costume to accomplish, and is so cute! This design was made on top of the Cutter and Buck Ladies Forge Sleeveless Polo in White but is also available in 4 colors. It can be paired with a matching tennis skirt, a visor, and a tennis racquet! This is a simple, lazy, but very cute costume idea that is very easy to customize!

  • Golf/ The Masters 

This is one of the easiest, sporty Halloween costumes, as it only really requires one thing- a gold polo. This polo, the  TravisMathew Coto Performance Polo, is one of the best options for this costume, and if you’re going for the “Masters” look, this shade of green matches perfectly. If you would like to spice it up, the Valucap Bio-Washed Unstructured Hat, featured in Kelly is another perfect “Masters” green color and helps complete the look. This costume can be completed with a golf club prop to be carried around!

  • Coach/ Football Player

This can be a joint costume or can be used on their own, and it includes a Coach, the design featured on the Team 365 Adult Zone Protect Coaches Jacket. The second part of this costume is the football player featured on the  Augusta Stadium Replica Jersey. These designs are so easy to customize, including your favorite player number, team, or funny nicknames on the jersey. This costume is simple and very easy to recognize; you can’t go wrong!


3. Movie Characters

Step into the shoes of your favorite character! These costumes are so easy to accomplish with custom apparel. These are both recognizable and unique!

  • Mr/Mrs. Potato Head

This classic toy, and Toy Story character is very recognizable and even easier to customize! Mr. Potato Head is featured on the Port and Company Basic T-Shirt in Sand and is the perfect shade for this character. This customizable costume can show different expressions and can be switched to Mrs. Potato Head as well! You are sure to be seen in this costume. 

  • Mean Girls/ She Doesn't Even Go Here

This is a costume that has been seen for years, and with the remake of Mean Girls this past year, I don’t think it will be going away anytime soon. This is the quintessential lazy costume, all it requires is a sweatshirt and sunglasses! Which also makes it so simple to customize! This design is featured on the Port and Company Core Fleece Pullover Hooded Sweatshirt in Carolina Blue. 

  • Barbie

Although 2023 was Barbie’s year, with the live-action Barbie movie, 2024’s Halloween is undoubtedly going to be filled with even more Barbies, because it is such an easy costume to customize! Finding a true Barbie Pink is difficult, but the Next Level Apparel Ladies Tri-Blend Racerback Tank in Vintage Pink makes a perfect match and is so easy to add any Barbie-inspired design you would like! This costume can be paired with many accessories, like a Ken on your arm, or can be worn alone because of how recognizable it is!

  • IT/ Yellow Raincoat

If you like the idea of a spooky costume, but don’t want to commit to the gore and prosthetics, having a simple but recognizable costume is ideal. This next design is so simple, and perfect if this Halloween doesn’t have the best weather. The Charles River Women's New England Rain Jacket in Buttercup is the perfect IT-inspired yellow raincoat and doesn’t require any accessories, it works on its own!

  • Lola Bunny

Lola Bunny, from the Loony Tunes- Tune Squad is a very common costume, but is so easy to customize and much higher quality! This design is featured on the Next Level Ladies Ideal Racerback Tank in Silver. This tank can be paired with some bunny ears and matching basketball shorts to complete the look, and so easy to accomplish and make it customized!


4. Couples and Groups

Custom apparel is great for group costumes, and ensures that everyone can get one to fit them perfectly! Group costumes make a statement, whether it's your whole friend group or just a cheeky couple's costume. 

  • Crayons

The crayon group costume is a classic and works for any amount of people. This design is featured on the Gildan DryBlend 50/50 T-Shirt, one of the perfect group shirts because of the colors and sizes! These bright shades look so similar to any crayon color you would want, are so easy to accessories if you choose to, and are great to customize for any group!  

  • Missing Puzzle Piece

This is a cheesy, classic kind of couple costume, and very easy to customize. This can be made with silly nicknames, specific colors, and differently shaped puzzle pieces. This is a very simple design and is great for couples looking for an easy Halloween costume. This design is made on the Gildan Ultra Cotton T-Shirt and featured in the colors Mint Green and Light Pink. 

  • Salt and Pepper

This is another classic couple costume idea that is very easy to customize and such a simple design. The salt and pepper design is made on the Bayside American Made Short Sleeve T-Shirt in Black and White, and the Pacific Headwear Vintage Adjustable Hat in silver, made to look like the top of the shakers! This is a very easy costume and doesn’t need extra accessories to complete the look!

  • Construction Crew

These construction vests can work for any size group and are very recognizable! This group costume can be customized with any “construction logo”, or an inside joke within the group! This design is on the ML Kishigo Economy 1 Pocket Mesh Vest and available in Yellow and Orange. This costume can be paired with any work boots and a hard hat to complete the look! 

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

This group costume works great for groups of 4 and is very recognizable! This turtle shell design is on the Port and Company 50/50 Blend Basic T-Shirt in Kelly, the perfect shade for this turtle group. To complete the look, the Augusta Sports Polyester Chill Fleece Headband can be embroidered with the initials of each member! This costume is very easy to customize and very regonizable, and perfect for your group costume!


5. Punny

Pun costumes are a clever and humorous way to stand out at Halloween festivities. With custom designs, you can bring these ideas to life with ease, and are great options for work or more professional settings, if you still want to be in the Halloween spirit! These costumes might require some props to complete the look and pull in the joke. 

  • Fork in the Road

This pun is a classic saying turned literal in this design. The Jerzees Heavyweight Blend 50/50 T-Shirt in Heather Black makes the perfect asphalt-looking color, making it perfect for this design. The design itself, is the lines on the road veering off to the side because there was a fork in the road. haha. This design is very easy to understand and can be worn for other occasions as well.

  • White Lie

This design is probably one of the simplest that you might come across but works very well in a more professional setting. This simple design is a “white lie” t-shirt, and it is about as simple and you can get. This design is very simple to be custom-made, and this design is featured on the White Tultex Premium Cotton T-Shirt

  • Pumpkin Pie

This punny shirt is a little bit of a math joke, but doesn’t take much math knowledge to understand. This classic Halloween Orange shirt, the Comfort Colors Ringspun Long Sleeve Tee, with the symbol for pie printed on is a great option for math teachers or professors, or anyone who likes a little bit of math humor. 

  • Ghosting

Independent Trading Midweight Hooded Sweatshirt This modern “ghost” design is bound to be liked by the younger crowd, and bound to get a few giggles. This high-quality Independent Trading Midweight Hooded Sweatshirt in White is the perfect piece of apparel for this design. With a few outgoing, ignored texts, this design depicts the act of “ghosting” through text messages. 

  • Cereal Killer

This is a classic Halloween pun that requires a few accessories but is very easy to customize. The Bella Canvas Unisex Jersey T-Shirt in Cardinal, is the perfect almost gore-y color, with a simple text design of “cereal killer” a funny twist on a true, classic Halloween costume. For this costume, it would help to carry around a box of cereal to be munching on throughout the night to seal the deal. 

  • I Call The Shots

This punny costume is a little more involved but is sure to be liked by all guests around. The design for this shirt is a classic old-phone number key. This is a very simple design and very easy to customize and is made on the Bella+Canvas Unisex Classic Crewneck Sweatshirt in Black, a very comfortable option. For this costume, you would need to be carrying around a tray of shots or Jell-O shots, so for the night, you “call the shots”. This costume is gonna be liked by many, and sure to get a few laughs. 


6. For Parents or Work

For a quick and easy costume. Maybe a parent who took a while making their child's costume and ran out of time for their own, for the lazy folks who just don’t really feel like dressing up, or a low-effort option to wear to work or school. Here are some of the easiest customizable costume options that keep you in just the right amount of spirit. 

  • Scary Costume

This design can be used for the entire month of October for a little spooky spirit, but can also double as a costume for anyone! If you want to keep it lowkey this year, aren’t feeling totally in the spirit, or need something quick, this design is a good one. This “scary” design is printed on the Augusta Short Sleeve Baseball Raglan and incorporates the perfect Halloween orange. 

  • Pretend I'm a _____

This design is very simple and perfect for someone who doesn’t want to dress up but is looking for a funny, low-effort option. The design featured is on the Comfort Colors Ringspun Garment Dyed T-Shirt in Blossom, to fit the flamingo vibe of this design, but can be switched out to any animal of your liking. 

  • Liar Liar Pants on Fire

This is a very simple, comfortable option for a simple “costume” to wear to work or the office. This design can be so easily customizable and is featured on the Boxercraft Ladies Leggings

  • Life Gives You Lemons

This costume is featured on the Comfort Colors Lightweight Adult Ringspun Crewneck Sweatshirt in Butter and is a great option for a low-effort costume that will give a few giggles. This costume would be complete by carrying around a few lemons to pass around as a prop.

  • Laziest Costume Ever

This design says it all, this is the laziest possible Halloween costume you could come up with. Although this is one of the simplest designs on this list, but is still a funny and low-effort option that will get you a few laughs. This design is featured on the Comfort Colors Ringspun Garment-Dyed T-Shirt in Burnt Orange, a classic Halloween orange. 

  • Error 404

This last costume is a classic, low-effort costume that can easily be made custom! This design comes from the Windows error message, the 404 Page Not Found pop-up. This works as a costume because it can be translated to “Error: costume not found”. This silly costume is featured in the Alternative Cotton Jersey CVC Go-To T-Shirt and is available in 14 colors and sizes extra small through 3XL. 


 

DIY Halloween costumes made by Underground Printing allow you to express your creativity, humor, and personal style. Whether you’re dressing up solo, with a partner, or in a group, these ideas offer endless possibilities for fun and memorable costumes. So get creative, start customizing, and make this Halloween your best one yet!


Looking to create your own custom Halloween costume, but aren’t sure where to start? We’re here to help! At Underground Printing, we’re not happy until you’re happy and our teams are ready to help you create the perfect custom gear. Feel free to reach out in person at one of our locations or via email at help@undergroundshirts.com. We can’t wait to see what great designs this Halloween brings!


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