Halloween costume (last minute)

Chiba

I got invited to a small Halloween costume party yesterday. The host said costumes weren't required because it is such last minute, but I figure I'd try if I could think of something.

I do not have any costumes already, so what are some ideas of easy easy to do costumes (like maybe going out picking up one thing/using something I can find easily) that aren't too lame? There aren't many geek/gamer type people that will be at this party at all, so obscure geek references won't work.

The only thing I could think of was what Oz (played by Seth Green) did on a Halloween Buffy episode. He just dressed normally, and when someone asked what he was dressed as, he pulled away his jacked to reveal a "Hello my name is:" name tag that said "GOD". I thought it was funny, but I don't know if other people would.

So opinions on that idea or ideas of other costumes? Or should I just take the out the host gave me and not wear a costume?

Thanks!

BTW: I'm a 20 something male.

MushroomStick

Just get a Superman t-shirt and wear a not quite buttoned up shirt over it.

SeñorAmor

Cut a cardboard box in such a manner that you can wrap it around your torso. Then cover it with wrapping paper and put a bow on it and a tag that says "To: Women. From: God"

Super cheap, super easy and super funny.

VisionOfClarity

Unless you are charismatic the god costumes fall flat. There are tons of costumes you can do with what you have at home. When in doubt put on your suit and go as James Bond. Do the Charlie Brown sheet ghosts. Get some orange paint and overly gel your hair and go a fratboy/Jersey Shore. Or the classic standby, go in drag. There are tons of options. What you do depends on what you can pull off and what fits the party.

lordswing

SeñorAmor wrote: »

Cut a cardboard box in such a manner that you can wrap it around your torso. Then cover it with wrapping paper and put a bow on it and a tag that says "To: Women. From: God"

Super cheap, super easy and no longer super funny.

I've been pondering Señor Chang/Community ideas for myself

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc3ttMqZ6Dk

sirchrissypoo

Zombie costume is always really easy. Just get some old clothes, rip em up, cover in dirt and mud, and you're done! If you can, some fake blood helps seal the deal.

Arthur Dent from Hitchhikers Guide is a really easy one. Just get a bathrobe and that's it. Oh, and don't forget a towel. Another cool accessory would be to carry an actual copy of the book around.

The Dude from The Big Lebowski is a similar and just as easy costume as Arthur Dent. Bathrobe, jellies, and a white russian.

If you're a bigger guy or just slightly larger, you can go as the lesser known superhero called The Boulder (or Butterball). All you need is a letter B taped to your shirt, a red strip of cloth with eye holes for a mask, some boots, gloves, and other minor accessories you probably have around the house.

Tomanta

Shaun of the Dead. White dress shirt, red tie, khakis, name tag, some fake blood and if you can swing it a cricket bat (real or fake).

That's what I almost did for our office party this year, but because we are being relocated due to recarpeting that day it's been pretty much cancelled.

Kyougu

Bunch of cereal boxes with cuts and fake blood: Cereal Killer.

Spacemilk

sirchrissypoo wrote: »

Zombie costume is always really easy. Just get some old clothes, rip em up, cover in dirt and mud, and you're done! If you can, some fake blood helps seal the deal.

Arthur Dent from Hitchhikers Guide is a really easy one. Just get a bathrobe and that's it. Oh, and don't forget a towel. Another cool accessory would be to carry an actual copy of the book around.

The Dude from The Big Lebowski is a similar and just as easy costume as Arthur Dent. Bathrobe, jellies, and a white russian.

If you're a bigger guy or just slightly larger, you can go as the lesser known superhero called The Boulder (or Butterball). All you need is a letter B taped to your shirt, a red strip of cloth with eye holes for a mask, some boots, gloves, and other minor accessories you probably have around the house.

To add on to the zombie idea, doing a zombie celebrity may be a little overdone but if you do it right, you can be very funny. One of my friends was zombie Billy Mays last year.

clearsimpleplain

Get a bib and write "Hot Dog Eating Champion" on it. Mustard and Ketchup around the mouth if you want to go all-out.

Stickboy5

Kyougu wrote: »

Bunch of cereal boxes with cuts and fake blood: Cereal Killer.

Even better is if you forgo the fake blood, and cut a quarter size hole in each box: Cereal Rapist. Extra points if you position the holes over the cereal characters mouth.

Another quick and dirty: Nametag with the name Mr. Right (or Ms. If the case)

Raneados

Stickboy5 wrote: »

Kyougu wrote: »

Bunch of cereal boxes with cuts and fake blood: Cereal Killer.

Even better is if you forgo the fake blood, and cut a quarter size hole in each box: Cereal Rapist. Extra points if you position the holes over the cereal characters mouth.

Another quick and dirty: Nametag with the name Mr. Right (or Ms. If the case)

heads up: rapist jokes don't go over too well among a lot of 20-something women

SoaL

sirchrissypoo wrote: »

Zombie costume is always really easy. Just get some old clothes, rip em up, cover in dirt and mud, and you're done! If you can, some fake blood helps seal the deal.

Arthur Dent from Hitchhikers Guide is a really easy one. Just get a bathrobe and that's it. Oh, and don't forget a towel. Another cool accessory would be to carry an actual copy of the book around.

The Dude from The Big Lebowski is a similar and just as easy costume as Arthur Dent. Bathrobe, jellies, and a white russian.

If you're a bigger guy or just slightly larger, you can go as the lesser known superhero called The Boulder (or Butterball). All you need is a letter B taped to your shirt, a red strip of cloth with eye holes for a mask, some boots, gloves, and other minor accessories you probably have around the house.

label all your drinks (assuming you are drinking) as pan galactic gargle blasters

blast your gargle

Deebaser

VisionOfClarity wrote: »

Unless you are charismatic the god costumes fall flat.

Radiation

Go as qualman from doug.

I'm trying to think of something from the office, like Jim's facebook thing...
..I dont have much.

Endless_Serpents

Everyone is drawn to a grim reaper costume. You just need black cloth, lots of it, and a scythe. Either hide your face or get a cheap skeleton mask. Even face paint will do.

Elin

Go as the Charlie Brown Ghost. 1 white bed sheet and a pair of scissors and BAM!, awesome costume.

OnTheLastCastle

I'm going as Shaun from Shaun of the Dead, I think. It was that or Chow Yun Fat from The Killers or Hard Boiled. Gotta find a cricket bat.

edit: Shaun being the easiest nerd costume, you could use a baseball bat instead of a cricket bat if you wanted. Or maybe some records.

Psychotic One

Well theres the no effort costume
(see :39)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2UVsyVLLcE

strebalicious

- Clear Rain Parka
- Nice Shirt and Tie
- (Fake) Axe

Instant Patrick Bateman

donteatmenooo

If you can go to one of those ever-present Halloween stores that show up at this time of year, getting a cheap cape, cheap top hat, fake monocle, and some kind of cane, and you could do an Evil Mastermind (or Professor Moriarty or something). I'm a girl and I got a fake black goatee and mustache and wore a suit under the cape and leather gloves, and everyone loved it.