Being in college, your whole life is on a budget, and when Halloween comes around what you can be is very limited. In the Halloween spirit, I thought I would share my cheap and easy, DIY costume idea!

This year I was struggling, just like any other college student, and of course, right around Halloween. So I took to Pinterest to find an easy costume, and obviously I found the cutest thing, to be a pineapple.

Pinterest is definitely the go-to place for any ideas. In college it is basically your new best friend. The costume that caught my eye, scrolling through, was to be a pineapple. Yes, A PINEAPPLE. One, I absolutely love pineapples, and two it was just too cute to pass up to do.

I went to the nearest store to get all the supplies needed: an extra, extra-large yellow t-shirt, a headband, and green construction paper. In my case, I also had to buy yellow paint and glue, so make sure you are prepared for everything. Might I add, this only cost me about $16, which was great, because I am living the budget life.

It only took me about 15 minutes to make and put together the costume, besides having to paint the whole shirt yellow. But this couldn’t just be for pineapples, you could make so many different kinds of fruit using the same idea! You could do a strawberry, blueberry, any berry for that matter. All for cheap too!

Just because you don’t have a lot of money, doesn’t mean you can’t be something cute for Halloween. So put on those thinking caps, and hit the dollar store, because to have fun, you do not need to spend a fortune.

Happy Halloween!