Last updated: June 21, 2026·🔄 Guide reviewed and refreshed ahead of Halloween 2026.· By Ozan Bayraktar

Halloween Costume Guide

May from It Takes Two Halloween Costume Guide

She and her husband are planning a divorce. Their daughter cries on two dolls she made from scrap materials. May and her husband wake up inside those dolls. This is somehow funnier than it sounds.
Blue Hair Casual Glasses Hazelight Studios
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Quick Answer: The May from It Takes Two Halloween costume is a crafts-and-doll build where the yellow turtleneck and round glasses do the recognition work.
  • Yellow Knit Turtleneck Sweater (essential)
  • Classic Round Framed Glasses (essential)
  • Long Wavy Wig
  • Patchwork Jeans
  • Blue Paper Plates
  • Brights Blue Yarn
  • Cotton Rope
  • Scissors
  • Black Slip On Shoes

May Goodwin spends most of It Takes Two arguing with her husband about whether their marriage is worth saving while physically fighting through a succession of increasingly dangerous miniature environments. The yellow turtleneck is the item that anchors the costume visually, but the blue yarn and paper plates are what make it specifically interesting as a Halloween choice. It Takes Two won Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2021 (IGN).

Items Total9 Items
DifficultyEasy
VibeDIY Doll Adventurer
Cost$40-$100

May Halloween Costume Items

May from It Takes Two Halloween costume infographic showing the yellow knit turtleneck sweater, long wavy brown wig, patchwork jeans, classic round framed glasses, blue paper plates prop, cotton rope belt, scissors prop, brights blue yarn, and black slip-on shoes

May Costume Items

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May It Takes Two Hazelight Co-op Game
  • 1 Yellow Knit Turtleneck Sweater (essential)Vivid sunflower yellow, thick-gauge knit, turtleneck collar. This is the item that makes May recognizable to anyone who has played the game. The shade should be a warm, saturated yellow — not pale or lemon-toned. Check your own wardrobe before buying.
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  • 2 Long Wavy WigLong, wavy, warm brown hair worn down. This is May’s human-form hair. If your own hair is long and wavy in a similar color, skip this item entirely.
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  • 3 Patchwork JeansBlue denim jeans with visible patches of mismatched fabric sewn on, exposed stitch lines, and a DIY quality. May’s jeans reference the handmade craft aesthetic of the game’s toy-box world. Pre-made patchwork jeans are widely available; making your own by sewing denim scraps onto plain jeans is also straightforward.
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  • 4 Classic Round Framed Glasses (essential)Perfectly round, thick black-framed glasses. May wears these in both her human and doll forms. The combination of the yellow turtleneck and round glasses is what makes this immediately recognizable to It Takes Two players. Non-prescription versions are cheap and widely available.
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  • 5 Blue Paper PlatesBright blue paper plates carried as a prop or worn as a decorative accessory threaded with yarn. The paper plates reference May’s doll-form accessories and are the most visually unusual item in this build. They are also what generates questions from people who do not immediately recognize the character.
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  • 6 Cotton RopeA length of natural cotton rope looped around the waist as a belt. Reinforces the handmade, craft-material aesthetic of the doll world.
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  • 7 ScissorsCarried as a hand prop. In the game May uses a sickle in the garden chapter — scissors are the closest real-world equivalent and reinforce the crafts-and-making visual language of the character. Any scissor prop works; check your own home before buying.
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  • 8 Brights Blue YarnA skein of bright blue yarn. Thread it through the paper plates, loop it around the rope belt, or carry it. Together with the paper plates, the blue yarn creates the handmade-doll accessory detail that references May’s transformed state in the game.
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  • 9 Black Slip On ShoesSimple, low-profile black slip-on shoes or canvas flats. May’s footwear is completely practical. Check your own shoes before buying — any plain black flat reads correctly.
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Person cosplaying as May from It Takes Two showing the yellow knit turtleneck, patchwork jeans, round glasses, long brown wavy wig, and blue yarn and paper plate props in the complete character build

How to Style the May Halloween Costume

The yellow turtleneck is what reads first and it needs to be a warm, saturated yellow to read correctly at a party. A pale or washed-out yellow sits flat against the jeans and the glasses lose their visual contrast. The round glasses need to be on your face rather than pushed up on the wig — they are the detail that makes the character’s face specific rather than just a woman in a yellow sweater. The blue paper plates and yarn are the conversation-starting props. Carry them rather than hiding them. They do not make the character immediately recognizable to most people, but they generate the questions that let you explain the costume.

May is a professional engineer and the primary financial provider for her family. She is also completely checked out of her marriage and has been for some time. The game does not treat her as a villain for this — it gives her and Cody a genuinely equal share of responsibility for what went wrong and expects you to work through it alongside them. She finds her lost passion for singing somewhere around the attic chapter, and the moment she uses her voice as a weapon against the microphone snakes is when the game says something real about what she gave up to become practical.

Thread the Yarn Through the Plates Before You Leave

The blue paper plates and yarn are more useful as a single assembled prop than as two loose items. Thread the yarn through the center of the plates and tie it so they can hang from your wrist or be carried easily. Loose plates at a party end up on the floor within an hour. Assembled props stay with you.

Have a One-Sentence Description Ready

Most people will not recognize May without help. “She’s from It Takes Two — a co-op game where a couple going through a divorce get trapped in dolls their daughter made” is enough. The game won Game of the Year in 2021, so anyone who follows gaming will likely have heard of it even if they have not played it.

May Group Halloween Costume Ideas

Couples Idea

May & Cody

Excellent couple concept directly from the game. May as the wooden doll in yellow turtleneck and patchwork jeans, Cody as the clay doll in his distinct build. Anyone who has played It Takes Two will place this immediately, and the pairing comes with the built-in irony that the couple who starts the game trying to divorce each other is the natural Halloween couple costume.

May Cody

Group Idea: The Magical Garden Adventure

May, Cody, Rose, Dr. Hakim the Talking Book

Strong group for people who know the game well. Rose is the catalyst for the whole story, Dr. Hakim is the relationship therapist book who guides May and Cody through each chapter, and together the four make up the complete central cast. Dr. Hakim specifically — a sentient hardcover book with a face — is a genuinely interesting costume challenge that rewards commitment.

May Cody Rose Dr. Hakim

Group Idea: Co-op Game Characters

May, Cody, Kirby and Kirby, Banjo and Kazooie

Might work, but this is a theme concept — “characters from co-op games” — rather than a shared world, and the visual range is enormous. May’s realistic doll aesthetic, Kirby’s round pink cartoon blob, and Banjo and Kazooie’s Nintendo 64 bear-and-bird design have nothing visual in common. The concept rewards people who specifically think about game design. At a general party, the explanation needed is longer than the payoff.

May Cody Kirby Banjo and Kazooie

Group Idea: Video Game Characters from GOTY Winners

May, Ellie (The Last of Us Part II), Deathloop’s Colt, Sekiro

Might work as a gaming-crowd group, but this requires everyone to know that all four characters are from Game of the Year winners from consecutive years. May (2021), Ellie (2020), Colt (also 2021 GOTY at some awards), and Sekiro (2019). The concept only lands for people who follow gaming awards specifically, which is a smaller subset than general gamers.

May Ellie Colt Sekiro
Person in a complete May from It Takes Two Halloween costume showing the yellow turtleneck sweater, patchwork jeans, round glasses, long wavy brown wig, and blue paper plate props

May Halloween Costume DIY Tips

Building the Look

This is one of the most thrift-friendly builds on the site. Almost everything is cheap or already in your house.

  • Yellow turtleneck: check your wardrobe first. Any vivid yellow knit turtleneck works.
  • Round glasses: non-prescription clear lens versions are cheap online and at costume shops.
  • Brown wavy wig: skip if your own hair already matches. Otherwise cheap online.
  • Patchwork jeans: DIY option — cut denim patches and sew or iron them onto any jeans you own. Much cheaper than buying pre-made.
  • Blue paper plates: any party supply shop or discount store. A pack costs almost nothing.
  • Blue yarn: any craft shop. A single skein is sufficient.
  • Cotton rope: craft shops and hardware stores. A short length is all you need.
  • Scissors: you own these. Carry them as a prop, do not buy new ones.
  • Black slip-on shoes: check your own collection first.

Playing May at the Party

May is driven, slightly impatient, and genuinely loves her daughter even while the marriage is collapsing. She is not a villain and she is not fully the victim. She is a person who buried something important under being practical.

  • She is direct. She does not hedge. If she has an opinion about something at the party, she states it.
  • She gets mildly frustrated when things take longer than they should. This is available to you as a character trait.
  • She originally had a singing voice she abandoned for her engineering career. If karaoke appears, she would go up. She is better than expected.
  • When someone asks who you are: “May Goodwin. Engineer. Currently a wooden doll.” Show them the paper plates. This covers the explanation efficiently.
  • She says goodnight to Rose every night even during the worst of it. That is the character in one detail.

May Halloween Costume: FAQ

Yellow knit turtleneck sweater, long wavy brown wig, patchwork jeans, classic round framed glasses, and black slip-on shoes. Cotton rope looped at the waist as a belt. Carry blue paper plates threaded with bright blue yarn as a prop, and a pair of scissors as a hand prop. The yellow turtleneck and round glasses are what make this recognizable. The paper plates and yarn are what make it interesting.

Yes, for gamers. It Takes Two won Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2021 and has a large co-op player base. At a gaming event or a party where people play games, recognition is reliable. At a general Halloween party, most people will need an explanation. The costume is distinctive enough that the explanation is short.

May’s abilities change with each chapter. In the shed she uses a claw hammer. In the tree she gets an explosive matchstick gun. In Rose’s room she gains anti-gravity space boots. In the cuckoo clock she creates holographic clones of herself and teleports to them. In the snow globe she controls a magnet half. In the garden she uses a sickle and water hose. In the attic she gains a harmonic singing voice that moves objects.

May and Cody Goodwin are a married couple planning to divorce. Their daughter Rose makes two dolls from scrap materials and cries over them. Her tears trigger a spell that traps May’s consciousness in a wooden doll and Cody’s in a clay doll. The game follows them working through the divorce while trying to return to their human bodies.

May’s doll form has blue yarn hair with a blunt fringe, thick black round wire glasses, a vivid yellow knit turtleneck sweater, patchwork denim jeans with exposed stitch lines, carved wooden arms, and simple black slip-on shoes. The yellow sweater and round glasses are the most immediately recognizable elements of her design.

It Takes Two was developed by Hazelight Studios and directed by Josef Fares. Published by Electronic Arts and released in March 2021, the game won Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2021.

Yes. Cody is the natural partner and a costume guide exists on this site. Cody’s doll form is clay rather than wood and has a distinct visual language from May’s. Anyone who has played the game will recognize the pairing immediately, and the built-in irony of using a divorcing couple as a couples Halloween costume is its own kind of joke.

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