8 Halloween Costumes With a Yellow Dress
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Yellow is the happiest costume color there is. It belongs to bees, sunflowers, rubber ducks and storybook princesses, which makes a yellow dress a surprisingly flexible start.
Every idea here keeps the dress as the base and adds two or three cheap pieces.
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1. Bumblebee
The classic yellow costume. Add black stripes and wings and you’re a bumblebee.
How to do it: Wrap wide black ribbon or fabric tape around the dress in stripes, add small sheer wings, black tights and an antenna headband.
Worth buying: bee wings and antennae.
2. Storybook Princess
A long yellow ball gown is one of the most famous princess looks of all time.
How to do it: Hair in a half-up style with a ribbon, long yellow or gold gloves, a book under your arm and a single red rose to carry.
Worth buying: long gold satin gloves.
3. Sunflower
Bright and cheerful. A sunflower is perfect for kids and adults.
How to do it: A ring of yellow felt petals around your face on a headband, a brown center painted on your cheeks or worn as a collar, and green tights or a green belt for the stem.
Worth buying: a sunflower headband.
4. Rubber Duck
Funny and very easy. You’re everyone’s favorite bath toy.
How to do it: Yellow dress, an orange felt beak on a headband or drawn-on orange lips, orange tights and a few bubbles (a bubble wand) to carry.
Worth buying: a duck bill headband.
5. Lemon
Bright and simple, with a lot of pun potential.
How to do it: A round yellow dress, a green leaf headband and green shoes. Carry a sign that says “When life gives you lemons.”
Worth buying: a green leaf headband.
6. Ketchup and Mustard
A classic couples costume. You’re the mustard; your partner’s the ketchup.
How to do it: Yellow dress, a white cap or headband for the bottle top and a “MUSTARD” label pinned on. Your partner wears red with a “KETCHUP” label.
Worth buying: a ketchup and mustard set.
7. 1950s Sweetheart
A yellow swing dress is pure 1950s. Pair it with a greaser for a sock-hop couple.
How to do it: A neck scarf, a high ponytail with a bow, cat-eye eyeliner, red lipstick, white socks and saddle shoes or flats.
Worth buying: a 50s neck scarf.
8. Sunshine
Cheerful and sweet. A great choice for little kids or a group of weather costumes.
How to do it: A yellow dress, a headband of yellow and orange felt rays, rosy cheeks and a big smile. Pair with friends dressed as a rain cloud and a rainbow.
Worth buying: a sun rays headband.
Yellow Dress Costume Tips
Match the shade. Pale yellow suits a princess or sunshine; bright lemon yellow suits a bee, duck or mustard.
Add one piece that only belongs to the costume: wings, a beak, petals or a label.
Pin everything, so the dress survives.
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Yellow Dress Costume FAQ
What can I be for Halloween in a yellow dress?
A bumblebee, storybook princess, sunflower, rubber duck, lemon, mustard, 1950s sweetheart or sunshine.
What’s the easiest yellow dress costume?
A bumblebee. Add black stripes, wings and antennae.
What couples costume goes with a yellow dress?
Ketchup and mustard, a bee and a beekeeper, or a 1950s sweetheart and a greaser.
What’s a funny yellow dress costume?
A rubber duck or mustard.
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