Nostalgic Women Share Halloween Costume Snapshots from the Height of Their Blunder Years in the 80s, 90s, and Early 2000s

Welcome, nostalgic ladies. It feels like the days of bad Halloween costumes are over. Now with makeup tutorials on the internet, every costume and accessory imaginable available on Amazon, and online communities and forums to help you perfect your costume with helpful suggestions, it feels like it might actually be impossible to have an ugly costume. Sure, some cheap costumes end up looking pretty frumpy, but nothing will ever match the types of costumes we had to grow up on. Not only were they homemade, but because costumes were not yet such an accessible commodity, we had to be extra creative - resulting in some incredibly out-of-pocket ideas like the Titanic and the Iceberg, a Mondrian painting, and McDonald's french fries. At least they were made with love!

All of these amazing aforementioned Halloween costumes are pictured down below, posted online by brave internet women who don't mind showing embarrassing childhood pictures just to make online strangers feel a bit of nostalgia. If you grew up in the 80s, 90s, or the early 2000s, and you had your mom make your costumes and your older sister do your makeup, take a stroll down memory lane with these hilarious Halloween pictures!

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My sister can never run away from the cringe...

Via u/tspy11
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Via u/leanna_bee
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I was so super goth...

Via u/Miss_MafuqinG
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Was weirdly obsessed with Kelly Osbourne... begged my mom to let me go to school like this on Halloween

Via u/alwayswantsnacks
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Ah yes, the Halloween where my mom let me parade around the neighborhood as a McDonald's French fry

Via u/kristalewis18
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I’m not the cute cat or the little chef... I’m the sandwich!

Via u/rosie-roo
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I was really proud of this Halloween costume

Via u/abby_cello
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I was "Goth Raggedy Ann" for Halloween, 2002...

Via u/kathryyyn
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My childhood best friend was bubbles from the Powerpuff Girls from Halloween in 2000

Via u/Complete_Mine5530
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Rainbow Brite yarn wig FTW

Via u/sparklingwino21
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Approx 12 years old going to a Girl Scout Halloween party.

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At ten years old, I had my first dress up party at my very Christian school and thought this appropriate ...

Via u/zombi_unicorn
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Mid 90’s, my Hocus Pocus phase. I wanted to be Thora Birch so bad.

Via u/tlacuachetamagotchi
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Halloween in 7th grade ‘98-‘99? Anime was definitely not cool yet

Via u/TheVagtasticVoyage
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Titanic and iceberg - Halloween 1998

Via u/mrspetie
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Throw back to my 2000 homemade Halloween costume. I was so proud.

Via u/Shaynasaur
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Some of my questionable Halloween costume decisions from middle school

Via u/Fiftydollarvolvo
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I didn't have a costume for Halloween so I went as a fictional character I made up named Aunt Scarealot

Via u/Orchidcat
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My poor poor mother always did her best to accommodate my ridiculous Halloween costume ideas.

Via u/spectagal
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That time my overly religious parents made me wear a white TURTLENECK under my cheerleader Halloween costume

Via u/reallytraci
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When Mom used Desitin instead of make up for a costume. As it slowly slid down my face, I went from a happy to a very sad clown.

Via u/megrox754
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Halloween 1999. I wore this costume A LOT.

Via u/NeedsMoreTuba
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I (female) was super proud of my mom-made Captain Picard costume

Via u/theonewholeans
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The time I was in American Girl magazine in 1996. My mom made this costume.

Via u/eld1126
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Halloween 2002 I was a cheerleader. My grandparents loved it, my dad (pictured) couldn’t care less

Via u/Parsnip8503
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Just saw another post here featuring a Spice Girls poster in the background.

Via u/diabetass
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When I was put in charge of making my own Halloween costume, I chose lumpy space princess.

Via u/seretastic
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Nostalgic Women Share Halloween Costume Snapshots from the Height of Their Blunder Years in the 80s, 90s, and Early 2000s

My sister can never run away from the cringe...

I was so super goth...

Was weirdly obsessed with Kelly Osbourne... begged my mom to let me go to school like this on Halloween

Ah yes, the Halloween where my mom let me parade around the neighborhood as a McDonald's French fry

I’m not the cute cat or the little chef... I’m the sandwich!

I was really proud of this Halloween costume

I was "Goth Raggedy Ann" for Halloween, 2002...

My childhood best friend was bubbles from the Powerpuff Girls from Halloween in 2000

Rainbow Brite yarn wig FTW

Approx 12 years old going to a Girl Scout Halloween party.

At ten years old, I had my first dress up party at my very Christian school and thought this appropriate ...

Mid 90’s, my Hocus Pocus phase. I wanted to be Thora Birch so bad.

Halloween in 7th grade ‘98-‘99? Anime was definitely not cool yet

Titanic and iceberg - Halloween 1998

Throw back to my 2000 homemade Halloween costume. I was so proud.

Some of my questionable Halloween costume decisions from middle school

I didn't have a costume for Halloween so I went as a fictional character I made up named Aunt Scarealot

My poor poor mother always did her best to accommodate my ridiculous Halloween costume ideas.

That time my overly religious parents made me wear a white TURTLENECK under my cheerleader Halloween costume

When Mom used Desitin instead of make up for a costume. As it slowly slid down my face, I went from a happy to a very sad clown.

Halloween 1999. I wore this costume A LOT.

I (female) was super proud of my mom-made Captain Picard costume

The time I was in American Girl magazine in 1996. My mom made this costume.

Halloween 2002 I was a cheerleader. My grandparents loved it, my dad (pictured) couldn’t care less

Just saw another post here featuring a Spice Girls poster in the background.

When I was put in charge of making my own Halloween costume, I chose lumpy space princess.

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Nostalgic Women Share Halloween Costume Snapshots from the Height of Their Blunder Years in the 80s, 90s, and Early 2000s

My sister can never run away from the cringe...

I was so super goth...

Was weirdly obsessed with Kelly Osbourne... begged my mom to let me go to school like this on Halloween

Ah yes, the Halloween where my mom let me parade around the neighborhood as a McDonald's French fry

I’m not the cute cat or the little chef... I’m the sandwich!

I was really proud of this Halloween costume

I was "Goth Raggedy Ann" for Halloween, 2002...

My childhood best friend was bubbles from the Powerpuff Girls from Halloween in 2000

Rainbow Brite yarn wig FTW

Approx 12 years old going to a Girl Scout Halloween party.

At ten years old, I had my first dress up party at my very Christian school and thought this appropriate ...

Mid 90’s, my Hocus Pocus phase. I wanted to be Thora Birch so bad.

Halloween in 7th grade ‘98-‘99? Anime was definitely not cool yet

Titanic and iceberg - Halloween 1998

Throw back to my 2000 homemade Halloween costume. I was so proud.

Some of my questionable Halloween costume decisions from middle school

I didn't have a costume for Halloween so I went as a fictional character I made up named Aunt Scarealot

My poor poor mother always did her best to accommodate my ridiculous Halloween costume ideas.

That time my overly religious parents made me wear a white TURTLENECK under my cheerleader Halloween costume

When Mom used Desitin instead of make up for a costume. As it slowly slid down my face, I went from a happy to a very sad clown.

Halloween 1999. I wore this costume A LOT.

I (female) was super proud of my mom-made Captain Picard costume

The time I was in American Girl magazine in 1996. My mom made this costume.

Halloween 2002 I was a cheerleader. My grandparents loved it, my dad (pictured) couldn’t care less

Just saw another post here featuring a Spice Girls poster in the background.

When I was put in charge of making my own Halloween costume, I chose lumpy space princess.

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