Halloween — while it may seem like a childish holiday— can actually be quite amusing. Even though you can’tgo door-to-door collecting candy, cash and whatever else theneighbors feel like dishing out, doesn’t mean you can’tdress up and have a little college fun.
Although Halloween is Saturday, there is still time to throwtogether a costume without conforming to “The HookerSyndrome” or torching daddy’s credit card. Here aresome creative, low-cost ideas for your enjoyment:
Freudian slip: This is best for a guy. Wear a ladies slipand attach papers with Id, Ego and oral fixation written onthem.
Blow-up doll: Wear a flesh-colored body suit and gluehair, matching yours, to strategic areas. Wear gaudy makeup andglue a valve from a beach ball to your back.
Chick magnet: Glue or duct tape Barbie dolls, orChicklets for a lesser budget, to a solid black sweat suit.
Static Cling: Wear any kind of mismatched clothes, pinone pant leg up, pin dryer sheets on you as well as socks, smalltowels, etc. Use hair gel or hair spray to make your hair look likeit has static. Ladies, tease your hair bouffant-style and then usehair spray to make it stay.
Chia Pet: Wear a flesh-colored body suite. Buy somebagged green moss and glue it to you. Dye or spray your hair green.If you really want to go all out, paint your skin orange for thefull effect.
Cheep Chia Pet: Wrap yourself in duct tape so the stickypart is facing out then roll around on a freshly cut lawn.
Cereal Killer: Take a bunch of empty miniature cerealboxes, stick plastic knives in the sides, paint with red paint oruse fake blood. Pin the boxes all over yourself.
Kissing Booth: Cut holes in a box so it fits over you oruse cardboard to make a sign you can hang around your neck. Paintthe boxes white and use red paint to write, “Kisses $1″and “Kissing Booth” on them. For an added twist, dothis with several people and see who makes more money.
Caesar Salad: Wear a toga and attach lettuce and croutonsall over yourself.
One Night Stand: Use a large box with a cutouts for yourhead and arms. Cover it with a tablecloth and use a glue gun toattach items for a nightstand such as plastic champagne glasseswith nylons draped over them, an ashtray, cigarettes, condoms,candles, etc. Put a lampshade on your head.
Wicked Witch of the West Side: Wear some ghetto-fabulousclothes [real flashy stuff], big hoop earrings, gold chains andanything else that will make you stand out. Grab a witch hat and abroom and voila.
Girl [or girls with multiple people] Gone Wild: Wear aflesh-colored body suit with a shirt pinned up as if you wereflashing. Attach a black cardboard rectangle to the front of yourchest, with the word “CENSORED” painted in whiteletters. Or, if you’re feeling frisky, cut a piece ofcardboard just big enough to cover the twins. Spray paint it blackwith “CENSORED” in white letters. Tape it or use a lotof eyelash glue [it doesn’t hurt as much when you take itoff].
Oompa Loompa: Paint your face orange and wear a greenwig. Wear white gloves, pants with suspenders and stuff your shirtto make a round stomach.
Little White Lie: Wear all white and pin little notes allover yourself that say things like “the check’s in themail,” “that was the best sex I’ve everhad,” “you look great in that dress,” and”those pants make your ass look great.”
Blind Date: Cut up a calendar and tape the days all overyour body. Throw on a pair of sunglasses, grab a cane andyou’re all set.
Nerd: Best for a big, hefty jock. Wear pants a size toosmall, shirt tucked in and buttoned all the way up, pocketprotector with pens, protractor, suspenders, glasses with tapeholding them together, white socks with black shoes, slicked backhair, etc. Carry a thick book under your arm.
Chippendale’s Dancer: Wear tight black pants, witha black bowtie around your neck and no shirt. Tuck some dollarbills around the waistband of your pants.
Undertaker: Wear a long dark trench coat and stuff allthe pockets with ladies’ underwear.
King of Beers: Buy or make a crown, scepter and cape.Tape or glue beer caps and labels all over the costume.
Smart Ass and Dumb Ass: Each person wears a fake plasticbutt. Attach Dum Dum lollipops to one and Smarties candies to theother.
President and his Secret Service: One person is thePresident trying to shake everyone’s hands. The rest dress assecret service and try to move people out of the way, looking fromside to side constantly. Wear sunglasses, no matter how dark it isand carry walkie-talkies.
Royal Flush [for a group of five]: You will need twopieces of white felt or cardboard for each card. Sew them togetheror attach with straps for your shoulders and stencil them to looklike the ten, jack, queen, king and ace of spades.
