How to dress up as Spice Girls for Halloween {Group Costume DIY}

November 11, 2017

If you follow my blog and/or my IG (I hope you follow both), you’ll probably know that I love puns…a lot. I use them everywhere! So, it seems fitting that our Halloween group costumes at work is also a pun. And, our team decided to dress up as Spice Girls!

Now, we’re not your favourite girl group from the 90s, we’re literally a spice you might find in your pantry. And to make things more interesting and funny, we put a cultural spin on our costumes.

How to Dress Up as Spice Girls for Halloween (Group Costume DIY)

How to dress up as Spice Girls for Halloween {Group Pun Costume DIY}

Here’s what you'll need:

  • 2 x Bristol boards per costume 
  • Red ribbons or strings 
  • Glue stick or tape 
  • Scissors 
  • Printer 
  • Stapler 
  • Red top hat (you could find it in party stores) 
  • Hole puncher


Instructions:

  1. Download my labels here
  2. Print each template out onto two landscape-oriented Legal-sized paper in colour. To break the image in half when printing, you’ll need to select “tiling” in your printing settings and select “overlap by 0.5 in”. This will allow a 0.5” overlapping area for you to apply glue and to stick the sheets together.
  3. Glue the full image onto 1 horizontal Bristol board. This will be the front of your costume.
     
  4. Print the barcode image onto a full size Letter-sized paper in black.
  5. Glue barcode image onto the lower bottom of the Bristol board down the middle.
  6. Form a cylinder with the 2 Bristol boards with the images outside.
  7. Staple the sides of the Bristol boards while adjusting the circumference of the boards so that there’s enough room for you to remove your costume. (We’ve concluded that it was easier to staple down the shape while wrapping yourself with the boards) 
  8. Punch two holes at the front and two holes at the back of the board.
  9. To create shoulder straps, insert a strip of ribbon into one of the holes from the outside of the board and connect with the opposite end of the hole. Tie knot from the inside of the cylinder.
  10. Repeat above step for the other shoulder strap
Spice Girls Halloween Group Costume DIY

Spice Girls Halloween Group Costume DIY

How to dress up as Spice Girls for Halloween {Group Pun Costume DIY}

How to dress up as Spice Girls for Halloween {Group Pun Costume DIY}
Tie knots from the inside of the costume

To complete this look, just wear everything black so your spice bottle costume stands out. And if you want to add some pizzazz to your look, put on your boldest red lipsticks. Custom patches can also be used as accessories and bring more fun to DIY costumes. Now you're ready to spice up everyone's lives!

How to dress up as Spice Girls for Halloween {Group Pun Costume DIY}

How to dress up as Spice Girls for Halloween {Group Pun Costume DIY}


Hai Si Ja Hold tight!
What do you think of our costume?

I hope you like this DIY tutorial! If you give this a try or use my template, be sure to share your pictures with me on Instagram and tag @tingandthings_ or use hashtag #diywithting. I'd love to see your take on it!


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UPDATE* - As per popular requests, I'm selling the EDITABLE TEMPLATE for you to make your own spices. You'll need Photoshop to open the editable file. Just change the text for the spices and add in your own graphic. If you're NOT familiar with using Photoshop, I've also included a blank template in the files where you can add your own text and graphics using programs such as Canva or Microsoft Word. Once you've edited the labels, you can follow the steps above the same way to make your own Spice Girls Costumes.

Get The Editable Template Here


Happy Creating!




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27 comments

  1. This is an amazing idea and you are so vert talented! I have a group of 12 year old softball players (13 total) going to the softball Nationals if a few weeks. Would you be interested in making a few more templates (Pumpkin Pie, Allspice, Nutmeg, Pickling, Chili, Rosemary) so we can use this for our opening day costumes? Thank you for your consideration! Stacy

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  2. Hello, I love your idea! My friends and I are considering dressing as Spice Girls for Halloween. In fact, we'd like to dress as Cinnamon, Basilic, Paprika and Curry powder. Would you be interested in making these new templates so we can dress like this for Halloween? Thank you so much.
    Alexandra

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  3. Hello! I love your idea! My friends and I would love to dress as Spice Girls for Halloween. We'd like to dress as Cinnamon, Basilic, Curry and Paprika powder. Would it be possible to have these new templates so we can use them for our Halloween costume?
    Thank you so much!
    Alex

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  4. Just like the person who commented above, my friends and I are also interested in dressing as the "Spice Girls" for Halloween. However, we want to choose our own spices. Do you have an editable version of your template that we could use, by chance? Thank you!

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  5. Love the idea. Can't wait to try it out.

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  6. Are you able to make template for spices i plan on use? I am trying to make a vinyl print out that needs to be an SNG image.

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  7. these are amazing. is there an easy way to change the spice on the template if I needed more or a different kind of spice?

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  8. Hello!! I LOVE this idea for my daughter. Can I ask- where did you get the templates? She and her friends have different spice ideas.

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  9. hello, do you have a tutorial on how I could edit your templates if I was looking for a different spice on the label? or are you able to make different spices?

    Thanks!

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  10. Hello! I love your idea! My Co-Workers and I would love to dress as Spice Girls for Halloween. We'd like to dress as Cinnamon Sugar, Pumpkin Spice, Chili Powder, Pepper and Cayenne. Would it be possible to have these new templates so we can use them for our Halloween costume? How do you print them out. We want to put them on aprons,
    Thank you so much!

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    1. did you hear back from her? i'd like to know how she did it too

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  11. Hi there! My office had the same idea and while doing some "spice" research came across your template. We need a total of 10. Would you consider adding templates? We are actually using aprons and berets. Thank you!

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  12. Hello! These are really cute and clever. Happy to use what you created, except that there is a typo on the templates. They all say NET TW - it is supposed to be NET WT (net weight). Thanks for a neat idea!

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  13. Can you possibly send me templates for other spices as well? I have a group of 15 teachers who would love to do this! Maybe paprika, basil, nutmeg, chili powder, cayenne pepper, oregano, thyme, etc. I can pay for them!
    Thanks!

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  14. Good Morning! We are a team of 7th grade teachers who plan on dressing up as the spice girls for Halloween at school. Is there anyway to get an editable version of this template?? Thanks so much!!!

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  15. Hello! We are a team of 7th grade math teachers who plan to dress up as the Spice Girls for halloween at school. Is there anyway to get an editble template of the label? Thanks in advance!

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  16. Is there a way to change the “spice”on the costumes? Would like the Jamaican jerk one to say chicken spice

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  17. Hi Lorita! Thanks for the templates! Really love it! Hope you'll create more! Stay ingenious!

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  18. Hello love the idea!
    Is there an editable template you are willing to share?

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  19. I'm using a Mac and I can't figure out how to choose the tiling option for the legal paper.? Any suggestions?

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    1. Hi I use a Mac too. It should be no difference. Check your printer settings when you print

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  20. When I try to download her version - it downloads an excel document? Help!!!

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  21. Just wondering if anyone had access to an editable one, we have more people on our team at work and would love to be able to have extra spice options. If not an editable one, have you created some different ones than what are above?

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    1. Hi you can get the editable file from the link at the bottom of the blog post

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  22. On the link to purchase could you please please make a second set with seven more spices? I am not able to edit and would love to buy already made options!

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  23. What is Bristol Board? What size do I need to purchase? Where can I buy it? Does it come in red? Thank you for your help.

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    1. It's the same as poster board. I bought red poster board at office max for my costume.

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