The Best Halloween Group Costume Ideas For You And Your Friends

With season three having returned this summer and bringing with it new characters - oh, hey, Robin - Pinterest say there's been a 653% increased search for Stranger Things costume. A great one to do with friends.

With last month marking 25 years since Friends first debuted on TV screens (feel old? us too) there's never been a better year to pay homage to Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Phoebe and Joey.

For inspiration on how to recreate the female Friends members most memorable outfits, we've got you covered.

With the show's final season having premiered on Netflix earlier this year, it's a good time to recreate the orange - and, well, khaki - penitentiary looks on October 31.

Halloween was a big focus of the original movie - which turned 15 this year - so why not recreated the main character's outfits that night? In a group of four, assign one person as Regina, one as Cady's zombie 'ex-wife', a PVC suit and some ears for Gretchen's cat and then finally, fluffy ears and a backwards 'K' for Karen's 'I'm a mouse, duh'. So fetch.

Greta Gerwig's highly-anticipated remake of the classic novel lands in cinemas at the end of the year so get ahead of the curve and dress up as Little Women for Halloween? You likely already have a woven bag and prairie dress in your wardrobe anyway, right? Lyst has also reported searches for straw hats up 37% year on year.

Crack out the black and white face paint and don your best leather and, actually, this is a relatively easy group costume but one that will impress.

With many a character - from teachers to pupils - round up your mates and inject some magic into the party with this Halloween costume.

Searches for 'family toy story costumes' are up by 151%, according to Pinterest, most likely due to the release of the popular animated movie's fourth instalment. Whether you want to go as Woody, Jessie, Buzz, Bo Peep, Ham the pig or team up with a mate and go as Slinky Dog, the world's your oyster. To infinity and beyond!

The second half of the remade show's third season is due to hit this year, which perhaps explains the 379% search increase on Pinterest for Powerpuff Girls group costumes. Find two other pals, one goes for blue, the other pink and the final green and voila.

Got a group of five? Excellent. Recreate the Spice Girls with their most memorable signature looks: The 1997 Brit Awards of course. After the group (minus Victoria Beckham) reunited for a host of stadium concerts this year, the girl band is a great costume for prolonging that nostalgia.

Whether it's Princess Leia's iconic double buns and a big white high-neck dress or an all-fur Chewbacca look, Star Wars group costumes are a classic so you can't go wrong. May the force be with you.