Halloween costumes come cheap and easy
>>Print ViewPublication Date: 10/30/2009
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Tomorrow is Halloween, and you’ve put off deciding on a costume until the last minute. You don’t have the time or the cash to pull off zombie Michael Jackson or the refrigerator box Optimus Prime you were thinking about in August. Fear not, because using less than five bucks, an assortment of found items and garbage, you can still pull off a variety of great costumes.
– “White Trash”
What you need: A white kitchen trash bag.
What to do: Cut holes in the center and corners of the trash bag, large enough for your head and arms. Wear ironically.
What you need: Dry-erase marker board.
What to do: Wear the board and marker around your neck and frequently “tweet” updates throughout the night.
– Paranoid Conspiracy Theorist
What you need: Aluminum foil.
What to do: Cover your head in the foil and spend the night mumbling to yourself and giving people frightened glances. Drink from a pickle jar for an added “crazy factor.”
– Bicyclist
What you need: Pants and a helmet.
What to do: Roll up the right leg of your pants several inches. Wear the bicycle helmet.
– Bell Tower
What you need: Old newspaper and a make-up pencil.
What to do: Fold newspaper into a tri-corner hat. Draw a clock dial on your face with the make-up pencil. Sing the fight song or “On the Banks of the Wabash” at regular intervals. CAUTION: if drawing the clock dial yourself using a mirror, make sure to draw the dial backwards in the mirror.
With a little imagination, a couple dollars and a handful of garbage, you can come up with dozens of costumes. Follow these simple tricks and you’ll be sure to get plenty of treats this Halloween.