Last Minute Halloween Costume Ideas
Skyler Powers
Let’s say you weren’t planning on wearing a costume on Halloween, or that you weren’t going to participate in the holiday at all, but now you are having second thoughts and need a costume fast.. Well, if this describes you, then you are in luck because I am here to help.
We are going to start things off with a crafty costume. You start with putting on a shirt and a pair of pants. The color doesn’t matter for either. Then you put your crafting skills to work and fashion one huge quarter out of foam, plastic, etc. You may also be able to purchase a large quarter at the store. You then pull out your handy hot glue gun and glue the oversized quarter to your back. I recommend using a shirt you won’t miss as this quarter won’t be coming off easily. What are you? You are a quarterback.
Next up is probably one of the the simplest ideas. You wear all black from head to toe, and then you take a postage stamp (enlarged if possible) and stick it to your chest. What are you? You are blackmail. The next one will be convenient if the rain or snow decides to fall on Halloween. You take an umbrella and pull out some stuffed cats and dogs. Then, using string, you tie the stuffed animals to the umbrella so that they are dangling over the edge. You can also throw on a raincoat if you want. What are you? You are “Raining cats and dogs.”
Next in line is a play on words. Take out a shirt of any color and purchase some fabric paint or markers. Then write “Go Ceilings!” on the shirt. If you want to go the extra mile, you can try to find a giant foam hand and write “Ceilings” on it. What are you? You are a ceiling fan. Next is the most time consuming. Go to the store and purchase all the gauze you can carry because you are going to need a lot and I bet no one has a closet full of gauze in their house. Then, you are going to wrap yourself in the gauze from head to toe. Once you are done, secure the end because you don’t want to be that poor fellow that unravels themselves. If you haven’t guessed it, you are a mummy.
For the next costume, put on all black or all white clothes. Then, using black or white fabric paint (whichever is opposite the color of your clothes), paint a stick figure person on the clothes. Then, fashion a mask out of foam and create a face. You will be the best stick figure in town. Lastly, is this clever costume. Put on anything blue (T-shirt, hoodie, etc.) and wrap yourself in any kind of cord (telephone, extension, phone charger, etc.) Make sure this cord is long enough to be comfortably tied around your torso multiple times and not anywhere else. Don’t tie it above or below your torso. Then purchase a rubber chicken, if you don’t already have one, and wrap it in the cord with you. This one is hard to guess. You’ll be confusing everyone you meet. What are you? You are “Chicken Cord on Blue.”
I hope that these classic to clever last minute costume ideas will save you from being that person that shows up to the Halloween party as himself/herself, or that person that is trick or treating with a plastic bag from Walmart and is costumeless on the scariest day of the year.
