Halloween is quickly approaching, and like most people, you have probably procrastinated on picking a costume. They are expensive, cliché, and just take too much time to try and go find. To save you the trouble of thinking of a creative costume for a group of your friends or just to fly solo, here’s a list of thirteen easy, affordable, and creative costumes.
- Fantasy Football
All you will need is a football helmet or jersey of some kind, and a wand or wizard’s hat. Think Bears fan meets Merlin, you probably have both of these items laying around and they make for a pretty comfortable costume.
- Fork in the Road
This one requires a bit more effort, but shouldn’t take more than ten minutes. Take an old, black t-shirt, some masking tape, and a fork from your kitchen. Using the tape, make two vertical lines and one dashed line in between them. Tape the fork to your dashed line, and alas you have a fork in the road.
- Costume Not Found
Take a plain t-shirt, and using a black marker, write the words, “Error 404: Costume Not Found.” The perfect costume if you are extremely lazy, and people will at least give you a sympathy laugh.
- Movie Theater Floor
I am sounding a bit repetitive, but find another plain t-shirt, preferably black. Take any wrappers you have, such as candy wrappers, chip bags, an empty cup, and tape it to your shirt. You will definitely get some laughs, but remember to wear deodorant. You do not want to be the kid that is a smelly, movie theater floor.
- Low Budget Man
Tie a black trash bag around your neck and using duct tape, write the words, “Low Budget Man.” People who use this costume probably come from an upper middle class family, but it is comical nonetheless.
- Pretentious College Student
Grab a recycling t-shirt, a tweed jacket, a travel coffee mug, some atrocious sandals, a pair of glasses, and a Tolstoy novel. You’re all set.
- Orange is the New Black
Find a prison girlfriend with this season’s snazziest khaki scrubs.
- Bad Blood
Grab your best friends and dress up as the characters from the Bad Blood music video. You will need lots of black, leather, studded belts, and red lipstick. Redefine T. Swift’s squad goals.
- That 70s Show
Dress as a hippie. Put on your mom’s bellbottom pants, part your hair down the middle, and go with your friends. The most simple, last minute costume.
- Decent Human Being
Wear jeans and a “Black Lives Matter” t-shirt, or any human rights campaign t-shirt. What’s better than celebrating your favorite holiday and promoting good morals at the same time?
- Spice Girls
Grab your friends, a couple of old t-shirts, and name yourselves different kitchen spices. You may not sound or look like Scary spice, but you can pretend to be cumin for a night.
- Chip on your Shoulder
Let your friends know you’re still holding that grudge against them by taping an empty chip bag to your shoulder.
- White Trash
You don’t need deep friers or state fairs: just a white kitchen trash bag with a hole in it.