Halloween Costume Ideas

So I have a halloween party Friday. I need a cheap and easy costume that I can throw together. Being GRM, I figured everyone here is on board with cheap and easy...(wait..that came out wrong ) frugal and low effort.

Any ideas? Kids will be present so it can't be too adult themed.

Thanks!

a racist ghost or wear a doctors without border tee shirt cough a lot and have a thermometer hanging out of your mouth.

Greasy mechanic?

I dress as Bob Ross every year. I already have an epic beard, so all I needed was an afro wig, white dress shirt, jeans, a paint palette, paint brush, and any sort of landscape painting.

If I do end up needing a costume, I'm going as the bearded lady. I've not shaved or.trimmed in 3+ or had a haircut in 6. All I need is a dress to fit a guy built like a lineman.

I did/am doing Van Gogh. Basically, cover up your left ear (the picture is backwards because of mirror) with gauze, get some fake blood and an ear to carry around in a tiny gift box. Were a white shirt without collar (sleeping shirt with a few buttons up top if you have it), and an older looking jacket. I had everything except the first few items and am in for well under $10 with gauze left over for when I really need it.

mndsm wrote: If I do end up needing a costume, I'm going as the bearded lady. I've not shaved or.trimmed in 3+ or had a haircut in 6. All I need is a dress to fit a guy built like a lineman.

The Bruins found one, not quite a lineman, but a large hockey player:

get some kind of animal ears/hat then go to a thrift store and find a suit that matches the color of the animal

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this is me as a moose, kinda hard to see but the suit is brown to match. cheap, easy, and the ladies loved it

I did Speed Racer one year w/ my open face helmet. Duct tape M on the top. Clothes from Salvation Army, gloves from Home Depot.

One year, I wore a pair of blue coveralls, work boots, hard hat, goggles, and head lamp, and carried around a fake pick axe.

The "miner in possession" ticket ended that though

White tyvek coveralls and a handmade posterboard sign hung from my neck that says "Please wait: Costume loading..." with a progress bar drawn underneath. Flip side of sign says "Error 404: Costume Not Found"

I am doing The Dude. Already have long enough hair and a beard. Most comfortable costume ever.

just shove your head up your ass and go as a politician

mad_machine wrote: just shove your head up your ass and go as a my company's management

FTFM (Fixed that for Me)

Albino black guy?

SVreX wrote: Albino black guy?

White guy going as a black guy in whiteface - most offensive costume ever

Just throw a bunch of mix-match on and say you are Highly Confused.

I once went as an end table. I built a cardboard table that fit around my waist and wore a lampshade on my head. It was hard to dance in, but on the plus side I always had a place to set my beer.

SWMBO and I do couples costumes on the cheap and/or DIY.

From recent memory.
This Year (2 parties, 1 down one to go) I'm Bob Ross, she's a Happy Little Tree, see Slefain's description for Bob, she wore all brown and had branches with leaves from Hobby Lobby sticking out of her hair.

Last year we were Fry & Leela from Futureama, I made a Planet express delivery box, Slurm koozie, and bought a red jacket from eBay. She got a purple wig, toy ray gun, some cheap boots, and we made her wrist communicator and eye from craft foam, everything else was from our closets.

A few years ago I was Indiana Jones & she was Short Round, thrift shop for clothes, party store whip, and "Freddy Krueger" hat I modified, already had the jacket. For her I used a blue paint pen and ink jet iron on NY Mets logo to turn a cheap plain white hat into a vintage Mets hat for Short Round, clothes came from thrift store/salvation army.

We were Paulie Bleeker and Juno from the movie Juno, ink jet printer iron on Dancing Elk Condors logo on a burgundy Hanes Tee shirt from Walmart, dyed some white sweat bands yellow with Rit, borrowed some yellow shorty-shorts from roommate's girlfriend, already had tube socks and tennis shoes. Juno was thrift shop clothes, died some shoe laces for the Dr. Martins, and a balloon for the "preggo eggo."

We did gender-bender Sonny & Cher once too, I make an ugly woman, and she looked more like Groucho Marx than Sonny, but it was all thrift store/Walmart clothes. Finding an evening gown that fit was a challenge.

The Bandit & Frog, red pearl snap shirt from eBay, already owned the hat, fake mustache, kick ass belt buckle from eBay, already owned the boots and jeans. She got her hair done, "feathered" like Sally Field's, and got clothes from thrift shop.

I know there have been others, but those are what come to mind right away. We never spend much on costumes and always do well in the contests, got 1st place with Bob Ross & the Happy Little Tree last weekend. Got 3rd as Fry & Leela.

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Cardboard box and paint.

The kids will love it.

fritzsch wrote: I am doing The Dude. Already have long enough hair and a beard. Most comfortable costume ever.

That just your opinion, man.

Ghillie suit and go as "Not Here."

I like the couples costume ideas.

I'm leaning towards going as Shaggy and trying to convince the baroness to go as Velma. The fact that she would look totally hawt in a tight sweater and short skirt has nothing to do with this concept.

Otherwise, I'm also thinking Mulder and Scully from the X-Files. Already have the suits and trench coats. We would just need to find some huge 90's vintage cell phones to call each other on as soon as we're more than 20 feet apart. Then I can eat sunflower seeds and she can glare at me like I'm insane and childish.

I was going as a LEGO man but I didn't have any Sonotube that fit my head.

Beer Baron wrote: I like the couples costume ideas.

One year, my GF made a dress out of carpet and I just wore jeans, white t-shirt, work boots, and a utility belt with a big staple gun “carpet and carpet layer”.

Her idea as she wanted to make a statement to some other girl about who I was with; little room for ambiguity after that.

BTW, do you think it’s possible to make carpet look slutty…I didn't think so either but it is.