15 Last-Minute Team Halloween Costume Ideas

Halloween is around the corner – has your team organized a group costume yet? We’re guessing that, like us, your team loves to have fun but everyone’s been working way to hard to get costumes organized. That’s why we’re here with some last-minute large-group Halloween costumes that are easy to pull off and fun to wear.

Here at Glassdoor we take Halloween dress-up seriously, with a high-stakes (our pride, duh) annual tradition of parading around the office in costume team by team. A winner is chosen at the end of the day, and the competition is so fierce that last year ended in a dance-off between a tequila bottle and her team of salt and limes versus Snow White and his (yes, his) seven dwarfs.

We won’t disclose our team’s Halloween costume for this year, for obvious reasons of maintaining our competitive advantage, but we have gathered all our ideas from the past ten years of Halloween #insideglassdoor. Every theme is designed to work for a group, easy to pull together, and inexpensive. Because while we care deeply about winning in the category, we don’t have a lot of extra time and money to make it happen.

So gather your squad, and make this happen. Remember, Amazon Prime is your friend.

Here’s our top 15 list of last-minute large-group office Halloween costumes:

1. Where’s Waldo. Wear: red and white striped t-shirts, large frame glasses, red beanies.

2. Minions. Wear: Yellow t-shirts and beanies, overalls, goggles.

3. Mimes. Wear: Black and white striped t-shirts, neck scarves or berets, facepaint.

4. Emojis. Wear: Yellow poster boards cut into hand gestures or circles with cutout faces glued in place.

5. Deck of cards. Wear: Poster boards or oversized white T-shirts with cutout suits glued in place.

6. Kentucky Derby. Wear: pastels, seersucker suits, fit & flare dresses and large hats or fascinators. Carry fake money and mint juleps.

7. Cocktail party. Wear: clothing and accessories that represent your favorite mixed drinks; think cocktail umbrellas and martini-glass-shaped cutouts.

8. Noah’s Ark. Wear: Partner up in animal-themed onesies.

9. Oktoberfest. Wear: Bratwurst, soft pretzel, beer stein and mustard bottle costumes or hats, and push a cart holding a keg.

10. Lifeguards. Wear: Red shorts, red fanny packs, white Lifeguard T-shirts, zinc oxide and swim goggles, and carry lifesavers.

11. Grease. Wear: Pink ladies and T-Birds-chic. Leather pants, leather jackets, slicked-back hair and white T-shirts + satin bomber jackets, poodle skirts and bobby socks.

12. Greek togas. Wear: Raid the linen closet for flat sheets, then add gold accessories. Done!

13. Office zombies. Zombie makeup + ripped up jeans, T-shirts and tights.

14. Different decades. Wear: Dress for the decade you were born in, or pick a favorite based on what denim suits you best: from bell-bottoms to grunge skinnies.

15. Couch potatoes. Wear: your PJs or snuggies to work, and carry bowls of popcorn, potato chips and remotes.

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