Scott Howard has two great costumes, and you can wear both in one night. The everyday Scott is an 80s letterman jacket over a plaid shirt. The Teen Wolf is a hairy, grinning werewolf in a yellow Beavers number 42 basketball jersey. Pick one, or start as Scott and switch to the wolf halfway through the party.
Looking for the MTV series? Scott McCall is a different character. This guide is Michael J. Fox's Scott Howard from the 1985 movie.
How to Make Scott Howard Costume
| # | Item | Description | Shop |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Green and Gold Varsity Jacket | A wool letterman jacket with gold leather sleeves and a knit collar and cuffs. Scott's is a teal-green body with gold sleeves; dark green is the closest match. | 🛒 Check on Amazon |
| 2 | Gold Chenille Letter B | Iron or sew a big "B" on the left chest, for the Beavers. The film's is teal with a gold outline. A gold B reads the same from across a room. | 🛒 Check on Amazon |
| 3 | Plaid Button-Down Shirt | A retro plaid shirt, buttoned up under the jacket. Scott's is a mix of tan, teal and rust, and a brown and cream plaid is close. | 🛒 Check on Amazon |
| 4 | Light Wash Jeans | Faded straight-leg jeans. | 🛒 Check on Amazon |
| 5 | White Canvas Sneakers | Plain white low-top sneakers. | 🛒 Check on Amazon |
| 6 | Basketball | A regulation basketball to carry under one arm. | 🛒 Check on Amazon |
This is Scott before the fur: an average kid on an unsuccessful basketball team, in a varsity jacket that doesn't quite fit the person wearing it. Comb your hair to the side, look a little nervous, and you're done.
How to Make Teen Wolf Costume
| # | Item | Description | Shop |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beavers #42 Jersey and Shorts | The yellow mesh jersey with blue trim, "Beavers" in script across the chest and a big 42, plus yellow shorts. | 🛒 Check on Amazon |
| 2 | Werewolf Mask | A full-head furry werewolf mask with a long brown mane. This is the transformation. | 🛒 Check on Amazon |
| 3 | Furry Werewolf Hands | Brown hairy gloves with claws, to match the mask. | 🛒 Check on Amazon |
| 4 | Werewolf Fangs | Snap-on fangs for the grin. | 🛒 Check on Amazon |
| 5 | Fun Costumes Teen Wolf Costume | A ready-made adult set with the Beavers jersey, shorts, and the furry arms and legs, if you want the whole wolf in one box. | 🛒 Check on Amazon |
For the court look, add the white sneakers and the basketball from the first look and a pair of high white socks. The mane and the fur do the work.
Getting the details right
The jacket is the piece people get wrong. Scott's varsity jacket isn't blue and yellow: it's a deep teal-green body with gold-tan leather sleeves, a knit teal collar with a gold stripe, and a large teal "B" outlined in gold. A dark green and gold letterman jacket is the nearest match you can buy. The jersey, on the other hand, is bright yellow with blue trim, number 42, and it's the only thing that reads as Teen Wolf on its own.
If you don't want to commit to a full-head mask, a wig and a beard with the fangs and gloves is a much easier, cooler-to-wear version, and a big brown mane goes a long way.
More Michael J. Fox and werewolf costumes
Michael J. Fox also played Marty McFly the same year, in Back to the Future. For a classic monster, try The Wolfman.
About Teen Wolf
Teen Wolf is a fantasy-comedy released on August 23, 1985, directed by Rod Daniel and written by Jeph Loeb and Matthew Weisman. Michael J. Fox stars as Scott Howard, an ordinary high school student who discovers he has inherited werewolf blood from his father.
Scott plays for the Beavers, his school's unsuccessful basketball team, until his transformation makes him a star on the court and the most popular kid in school. The film follows the Beavers to their championship game against the Dragons, and Scott's struggle to decide whether he wants to be loved as a wolf or as himself. It grossed more than $33 million in the U.S. on a budget of about $4 million.
The film led to a sequel, Teen Wolf Too (1987), starring Jason Bateman, and inspired the MTV series Teen Wolf (2011–2017) with Tyler Posey as Scott McCall, and Teen Wolf: The Movie (2023).
