Last Minute Halloween Costume Ideas

Halloween is fast approaching, do you have your costume? If not, don't worry! I have some easy, low cost ideas to help you out!

Getting a fancy costume this late in the game is hard. First you have to find the costume you want, and if you do find it, the store might not have it in your size. Even if you do find what you want in your size (most likely after going to multiple stores), now you have to wait in a mile long line to pay a crazy amount for something you'll probably only wear once. If you try buying one online, you run the risk of the costume not getting to you in time for Halloween! And would it even fit right?

So, for all you procrastinators out there that still don't know what to do, here are some quick, last-minute ideas:

1. Just add blood

You can wear normal every day clothes and just put blood on them and yourself. Instant zombie! (Or cannibal, or killer, or whatever you want.)

You can also use an old Halloween costume and add blood. Now you're a Zombie *enter old Halloween costume here*.

2. Nudist on strike

Normal, every day clothes with a sign that says "Nudist on strike".

3.  The Super Fan

Wear your favorite sports jersey. Add a cape.

4. White Trash

Wear a garbage bag (preferably white).

5. Pizza Rat

You can make this as intricate or lazy as possible. Buy a rat suit, or just mouse ears. You can either make yourself a giant fake piece of pizza, or just be eating pizza the whole night.

6. Superhero

Superhero shirts are everywhere now (even superhero jackets with hoods that can be used as masks!) and becoming more and more detailed. There is even superhero lingerie if you want to be a sexy superhero. Wal*Mart has a lot of superhero shirts and jackets, and Hot Topic and Spencer's have many superhero corsets, shirts, and accessories.

7. Vampire

Wear anything! Just add fangs! Blood optional.

8. Look in your closet!

You might already have the materials for a costume and not know it!

Simple characters like Shaggy from Scooby-Doo, require little effort.

Shaggy
-green t-shirt
-khaki pants
-if you have a dog, BINGO! Scooby-Doo!

Bob Ross
-afro
-jeans, belt
-button up shirt
-you can make a pallet from cardboard
-paintbrush

Men In Black
-black suit
-white button up
-black tie
-black sunglasses

Witch
-anything dark or black (maybe an excuse to use an old formal dress?)
-hat
-broom (optional)

Paul Ryan
-have you seen that weird photo shoot he did with the backwards red baseball cap and him lifting weights? It looks pretty simple to pull off. Also, the people that will understand the costume will laugh really hard.

9. BE UNIQUE! Look at what is available and USE YOUR IMAGINATION!

You don't have to be a character from a show or movie. You don't even have to be a real person. You could be a pun! A play on words! I've seen "When life gives you lemons" (shirt that says "LIFE" and you give lemons to people) and "Freudian slips" (a women's slip with 'Freudian slips' attached to it), even a "Spice rack" (spices in a bra), a "Ginger Bread Man" (a red head holding loaves of bread).

Don't be stressed out over a costume this Halloween. Have fun! Halloween is supposed to be FUN! So have fun with your costume! Do something you like!

Hopefully I've got your mind juices flowing and provided a few ideas for you Halloween procrastinators out there!

If you have any ideas of your own, comment and share below!