Best DIY Halloween Costumes From the '80s, '90s, and 2000s
These 120+ DIY Nostalgic Costumes Will Make You Feel Like a Kid Again
Being an adult is sometimes kind of the worst, so relive your best childhood memories with nostalgic costumes that will take you back in time to the '80s, '90s, and early 2000s. These DIY costumes — from Nickelodeon characters to Jane Fonda, Zack Morris and Kelly Kapowski, and the whole Seinfeld crew — are easy to make and will have you reminiscing about the good old days.
— Additional reporting by Lauren Harano
1 Britney Spears
2 Spice Girls
3 Vivian Ward From Pretty Woman
4 Roxanne From A Goofy Movie
5 Furby
6 Ace Ventura
7 Cadet Kelly
8 TLC
9 Elle Woods
10 Pulp Fiction
11 Lara Croft
12 Zack Morris and Kelly Kapowski From Saved by the Bell
13 Penny Proud From The Proud Family
14 Regina George From Mean Girls
15 Dazed and Confused
16 Carmen Sandiego
17 Heidi and Al From Home Improvement
18 The Fresh Prince and Carlton
19 Zoolander
20 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
21 Phil and Lil From Rugrats
22 The More You Know
23 Lisa From Weird Science
24 Troop Beverly Hills
25 Mrs. Doubtfire
26 Maverick and Goose From Top Gun
27 The Gang From Scooby-Doo
28 Mean Girls
29 Wednesday Addams
30 Wayne and Garth From Wayne's World
31 Elaine Benes From Seinfeld
32 Magda From There's Something About Mary
33 Beanie Baby
34 Pee-wee Herman
35 Lisa Frank
36 Baby and Johnny From Dirty Dancing
37 Say Anything
38 Westley and Buttercup From The Princess Bride
39 Kelly Kapowski From Saved by the Bell
40 Heathers
41 Scream
42 Richard Simmons
43 Where's Waldo
44 Bob Ross
45 Joan Jett and Cherie Currie
46 Wendy Peffercorn and Squints From The Sandlot
47 Jane Fonda
48 Daria and Jane
49 Nancy Downs From The Craft
50 Mr. Men and Little Miss Book Characters
51 Zenon
52 Arnold and Gerald From Hey Arnold!
53 The Very Hungry Caterpillar
54 Alex From Flashdance
55 Legends of the Hidden Temple Contestants
56 Mulder and Scully from The X-Files
57 Beavis and Butt-Head
58 Bill Lumbergh From Office Space
59 Shania Twain
60 Lisa Frank Unicorn
61 Chuckie From Rugrats
62 Thelma and Louise
63 The Cheetah Girls
64 Spinelli From Recess
65 Men in Black
66 Allison and Bender From The Breakfast Club
67 Sailor Moon
68 Raven Baxter
69 Cat in the Hat
70 Prince
71 Helga Pataki From Hey Arnold!
72 Elliot and E.T.
73 Aaliyah
74 Golden Girls
75 The Breakfast Club
76 Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable
77 S Club 7
78 The Dancing Lobsters
79 VHS Tape
80 Avril Lavigne
81 Lizzie McGuire
82 Home Improvement
83 Mia Thermopolis From Princess Diaries
84 The Lost Boys
85 Angelica From Rugrats
86 Laney From She's All That (Before and After)
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87 Living Single
88 Misty From Pokémon
89 Angela Chase From My So-Called Life
90 Blue and Steve From Blue's Clues
91 Troll Doll
92 Clarissa Explains It All
93 The Powerpuff Girls
94 Captain Planet
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95 Angela Hayes From American Beauty
96 Blossom
97 Judy Funnie From Doug
98 Austin Powers and Dr. Evil
99 *NSYNC
100 Ms. Frizzle
101 Home Alone
102 Clueless
103 Buffy the Vampire Slayer
104 Dexter's Laboratory
105 Animaniacs
106 Jennifer Lopez
107 Beetlejuice
108 Game Boy
109 Freddie Mercury
110 Mario and Luigi
111 Ferris Bueller's Day Off
112 Back to the Future
113 David Bowie in Labyrinth
114 Rainbow Dash From My Little Pony
115 Operation Game
116 Lydia From Beetlejuice
117 Jem
118 Chucky
119 Debbie Harry
120 Where the Wild Things Are
121 Care Bears
122 Faith and Buffy From Buffy the Vampire Slayer
123 Risky Business
124 Cory and Topanga From Boy Meets World
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