Going to a halloween party tonight. Any idea what I could just throw together? I am not good at this at all. I'm usually just glad the kids look festive. The one year my husband and I did anything, we wore jeans and our "crew" shirts from 4 wheeler races we used to help with. Not exactly costumes, but we were happy.
Thank you for the ideas. Those are great! We ended up not going (sick kid), but these will really come in handy Friday and next year.
Robe, cold cream on face, draw dramatic eyebrows and wear red lipstick. Scarf to hold hair back. Mommy Dearest.
A cereal box with a rope tied around it - you are a cereal killer
Or this - a friend wore a tshirt where she wrote "go ceiling! Rah rah rah" on it and carried pompons. She was a ceiling fan.
Or just a hello my name is sticker with someone else's name.
Or going with the candy theme - if you have smarties, tape them all over your pants and go as a smarty pants.
I wear a black velvet gown (that I once wore to a wedding) almost every year for Halloween. One year I added a crown and a cape and was a queen, one year I added black angel wings and a black halo, another year I bought a fancy witch's hat.
After Halloween, I recommend you go out and buy 1/2 price costumes. You could buy mouse or cat tail, ears and nose accessories and just pair it with black pants and shirt.
Men In Black. Black clothing, jackets if you have them, sunglasses, toy guns - preferable one giant nerf type one and one little tiny one.
do you have candy? I saw one the other day - it was Hotties or the Hot candy and they were taped to the pants and they were "HOT PANTS"...
it was silly but cute and easy...
if you have a red and white striped shirt with jeans? Go as Waldo!!
One year I stole my husband's clothes, wore my hair up under one of his ball caps, and used brown eyeliner to give myself some stubble and thicker eyebrows. I didn't have much of a figure, so I pulled off my "man" costume very well. It was actually a huge hit too, people loved it!
What do the kids look like? For example, DD is going to be a horse, so DH is going to put on a cowboy hat, boots, jeans, a plaid shirt and a bandana.
You could get party hats (solid colors) and matching solid t-shirts (like from Micheal's) and all be crayons.
Or if you have an old nightgown and a hat, look online for a printable fox mask or do some simple wolf makeup and be the wolf that ate granny. One year DH was the wolf and I was Little Red.
Get a big old pillowcase or sheet and cut MANY holes in it and be a Charlie Brown Ghost. Or black shorts, a yellow shirt (again, Michael's) and draw a jagged line to be Charlie. If you wore a blue dress and pigtails you could be Lucy.
Again with the party hats - red party hat, some red face paint for cheeks, some plain pants and boots, and an oversized shirt belted at the waist, braided hair, and you're a garden gnome.
Put a big paper P on a shirt and black your eye. You're a "black eyed pea".
Many stores sell masks/ears/tails as kits. Get one of an animal you like and dress in solid colors to match.
we haven't gone to a party in a while, but when we did we just did 'dead whatever.' i put on my ren faire garb, he wears a puffy shirt and sash with a sword, then we do dead white makeup with black eyes and lips. voila! dead pirate and wench.
khairete
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Gypsies (pants, bangles for you, bandanas tied around your heads)
Referees (black pants, black & white striped shirts, whistles, black cap,
tennis shoes)
Cowgirl (bandana tied around your neck, cowboy hat, vest, cowboy boots
if you have them)
SuperMan & SuperWoman (blue shirts, capes made from fabric you have
around house, big "S" on shirt, jeans, boots)
King & Queen (crowns bought from Party Store, jewelry, cape, dress for
you/pants & nice shirt for him, make him a sceptor)
Cops (blue shirts, fake badge from party store or local Walgreen's in kid
section w/fake handcuffs etc.)
Him: mechanic (overalls, grease, wrench) You: waitress (skirts, apron,
pad of paper for taking orders, tray)
Mail carriers (blue shirt, blue pants or shorts, satchel w/lots of envelopes)
Black outfits. 4 pieces of huge white construction paper cut into circles. Write numbers and you guys are lotto balls. Won't say what two numbers to pick :-).
Black outfits..place chewed gum, wrappers, lint, crumbs... You guys are dirt.
Any old Christmas sweaters or Santa hats, stored in the basement?
We went tonight and my 10 year old is Iggy Azalia for Halloween this year. This morning I decided she wasn't wearing that costume to church. So I nabbed a goldish dress and scarf out of the closet, hot glued twigs to a headband, and used my makeup to make her a deer. She loved it and got a ton of compliments.
One year I dressed the kids old cabbage patch up like me and taped to on my waist. I was beside myself.
My favorite couples costume I saw this year was Jessica and Roger rabbit-just stuff on hand and some bunny ears :)
