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.

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

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!

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.

Happy Creating!

Check out my Halloween costumes DIY ideas!

I'm a Piece of Sushi! {Halloween Costume DIY}

I'm Late {Last Minute White Rabbit Halloween Costume}

How to be a Bullet Bill for Halloween {Costume DIY}

Call Me Miss Seuss {Cat in the Hat Halloween Costume}