Mustering up creative Halloween costume ideas that are cheap, easy, and relevant to 2019 is not a simple task, especially when adult Halloween costumes sell for the price of a college textbook these days. Not everyone is crafty — some of us are less Martha Stewart and more "Pinterest fail waiting to happen." However, even if you're not a whiz with a glue gun, you can still put together a Halloween costume that involves more than a pair of cat ears. Here are 50 adorable, affordable, and clever costume ideas that require little to no prep (and that your friends will never believe you came up with on your own).
— Additional reporting by Haley Lyndes