Pirates are in! Go to your local thrift shop and buy 1) Striped shirt or blouse, 2) Black pants, 3) Bandanna, 4) Maybe a vest, too. Find black fabric to make an eye patch or buy one. Look at a yard sale or store for a parrot.
Cut the pants (shirt, too, if want) with ragged edges.
Attach the parrot to a shoulder or stick.
Add an old pair of sneakers that you've ripped up.
Voila, Pirate! References :
There is the classic….the bum. Get black charcoal, spread some on your face, get raggedy clothing, a stick with a bag on it slung over your shoulder.
Another one is a baby…get a "nightgown" that is one of those that covers your full body & feet, get a bib, and bottle…this is easy and comfy too lol, also will work with a pacificer.
You can also do the mummy…get some toilet paper and wrap it around you (though it may not last all night so be sure to keep extra on hand).
Go as a ghost, get a white sheet, cut out eyes, drape it over you, and no one will know who you are.
2 years ago i went as a crazy mom , i had my hair in rollers and candy stuck every where on my cloths my son was 11/2 and it work everyone started laughing , it was a cheap costume References :
Daisy duke! Just get a pair of old shorts cut them a little shorter, some cowboy boots..and a flannel shrit cut up and maybe a hat. I was her last year it worked great. I got mostof my stuff at a thrift store and everyone loved it! References :
take an old pair of jeans (not ur favorite ones!) and shred and tear them in a couple places. Take a white t and do the same… wear some old tennies with a headband and wrist bands feather the hell outta your hair and go as a 80's hair band concert fan! References :
Safety pin those little boxes of cereal onto a blue jean jacket. Stick those little plastic picnic knives into the boxes. Use a little red magic marker. Go as a cereal killer. My hubby is a fireman and every year we go to the FD Halloween Ball. He doesn't like to dress up so, he wears his regular clothes and puts that jacket on. Later in the night he slips it off. LOL Everybody says, "Are you a cereal killer again this year?LOL" References :
dress up as a baby? you can wear cute p.j's and
carry a baby bottle and wear a binny (white,blue,or pink)
maybe carry a teady bear! how cute!
hope i helped!!! References :
My mother always made our costumes and we always came in first place. I have used my mothers ideas as an adult and now as a mom of children too. They have always come in first and second.
You could go as a Head Hunter and use real bones. You have to dry them out. We go to the butchers and then boil them. We then let dry and use them as props for around your body. We also get the little shrinking heads from the dollar stores and add them to the costume as well. Cover up with black makeup, tease your hair up, get bones for earrings(female) and for the nose(male)you can find ways to keep them in their place. I do have a picture of when I did my girlfriend up as that. I don't have a web cam though. She came in 2nd, only reason not 1st is becasue the guys who was hosting the big party, his cousin came in first as Mark Anthony - big deal, it was a store bought costume and not original
Here in Canada we have no name brand products at the grocery store. A big bag as a costume with no name written on it.
A prison outift with your phone number instead of a prison number. Ha he ha he for you singles…..
A huge giant Plasma TV - easy to do instead of the old tube box!!!
Okay their are my ideas…….Happy Halloween, kat References :
1. Fire Hydrant: Wear a yellow or red sweat suit, and attach a stuffed dog to your leg (with its leg "lifted").
2. Attack Dog Trainer: Take a stuffed dog and sew it to the arm of a long-sleeved shirt so it looks like it is biting you. Wear a name tag ("Bob's Attack Dog School). Add blood and scratches all over your body.
3. Q-Tip: Puff up your hair and spray or powder it white (or wear a wig). Wrap your body in blue plastic wrap. Put cotton over your shoes.
4. White Trash: Take a kitchen-sized white plastic trashcan. Cut it so you can wear it around your torso, fill with white or clear garbage hanging out around the top. Tie the lid to your head. Wear over all-white clothes.
5. Wanted Poster: Use poster board to form a large "Wanted" poster. Cut out a hole for your face, and paint "Wanted! Have you seen this man?" (or woman). "Reward $1,000,000."
be a sailor. all you need is red/white pants, striped top white and blue probably. make a cap or buy it cheap, have a bun done with your hair or something so that you can put the hat on like you would a flower and you might want a boat(small toy) carry around or something. so you might already have a lot of these, if not you can buy them and use them as seperates through out the year. it's not a costum you see everyday, not too trampy like a nurse or maid… you can go out to a party or hang with kids and not feel risque. cute fun outfit. and i gues somewhat appropriate-patriotic(not that i would think of it at first)-
big flare cotton red pants and shirt or anything can be found at a local H&M but i dont know if you have one so yeah… good luck! References :
A guy that I worked with last year went as a FedEx package. He got a refrigerator box, cut holes in it, and got the waybill and stickers from a mail place. It hardly cost him anything, if at all. References :
two of the funniest "cheap" but creative costumes I've ever seen were
a bag of jelly beans - a lady in tights with a clear plastic garbage bag around her torso filled with smaller colorful balloons
a sow - a lady in pink tights and pink leotard stuffed with a pillow. Baby bottle nipples were sewn on the front as well as a couple of stuffed piglets sewn to the nipples. References :
Old navy has cute wings.. or u can buy them at a costume store. put on a cute flowy dress and ur an "angel".
how about hawaiian dancer? u can make or buy a cheap skirt, get plastic lei's, put ur hair down/curly or wavy, flowers around the skirt.
u can go as a trendy teenager… like 80's madonna style, or 50's housewife, or 70's rocker chick, or like paris hilton wannabe. one time i was a '20s gal….flapper.
Go as a "terd". Brown or weird green sweatsuit, stuff it, glue deer corn and toilet paper to the suit. Smudge up your face with brown and make a toilet paper bow for your hair add some plastic flies if you want. References :
I had a friend that had frogot about her classes halloween party so she had a trash bag in her car. She put on the trash bag and told every one that she was "white trash" she won the prize for most original costume! I thought it was pretty funny. ;o) References :
i was a nerd a girl nerd i had a nametag of ida may with taped glasses a curly wig a squaredance slip with a dress on that fit the part and long underware with a sign on my but said kick me
i was the life of the party my shoes were way too big too with hose that went to my knees References :
Buy a wig and some face paint or one of those headbands that have cat ears on them and put some clothes together for a theme. Thrift stores have some weird/cool stuff in them. References :
I WENT TO THIS HALLOWEEN PARTY ONE TIME AND THERE WAS A GIRL THAT HAD A CLEAR LARGE GARBAGE BAG ON AND IT WAS FILLED WITH SMALL BALLOONS. SHE WAS A BAG OF JELLY BEANS!!!!! References :
I saw this costume that would be really easy to make. Make a big cardboard magnet ( the horse shoe kind), big enough to go around your neck. Color it to look like a magnet, silver or gray top with red ends, and then glue little chickens on the end of it and go as a "chick magnet". Or get a box big enough for you to wear (like a dress), paint it to look like a night stand, wear a lamp shade on your head and go as a "one night stand". References :
Get a big clear plastic bag. Blow up a lot of different colored balloons. Put the plastic bag on. Fill the bag with the balloons… instant BAG OF JELLY BEANS! References :
There's quite a bit of cheap costumes out there. You have to be real creative. My mom was Charlie Chaplin once and wore all black(she already had everything) and painted a black mustache. Grab a wedding dress from a thrift store and paint your face, you could be a "dead bride". You can also be a vampire, find all the dark clothes from a thrift store and paint your face with some blood on the corners of your mouth. Be Betty Boop, find a cute little red dress at a thrift store, a black wig, some heels, and paint your lips red. Gypsy; gypsy skirts are in and if you look, I bet you can find one at a cheap $5 clothing store, some big hoops, a scarf to put around your head, some bangle bracelets, and a big belt to go around your waist. Whatever you think of just do it and just go to a thrift store and put it together. You don't have to know how to sew to put together a creative costume. You also don't need a lot of money, just a great imagination. Good luck! References :
I have several: 1) Get a khaki shirt and pants, safari hat, hiking boots and stuffed crocodile and go as The Crocodile Hunter.
2) Get a black dress and a beret, squirt mayonaisse on the dress and go as Monica Lewinsky.
3) Get a piece of cardboard and cut a hole large enough to where you can step into the cardboard and suspend it with rope to hang from your shoulders. Put a lampshade on your head and go as a One Night Stand. You can put stuff on the nightstand too that you would typically find on one..kleenex, glasses, nail polish, etc. References :
September 15th, 2006 at 7:51 am
Go to Wal-Mart. They have tons.
If your in Canada, you can also try Zellers or Value Village.
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September 15th, 2006 at 7:52 am
a blow up costume is the best. I used to have the blow up sumo wrestler costume and everybody likes it.
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September 15th, 2006 at 7:56 am
Buy a box of Pampers, put one on your head, and go as a terrorist.
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September 15th, 2006 at 7:56 am
Throw a white sheet over yourself and cut out the eyes.
Instant ghost.
*Thanks Scooby-Doo!*
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http://www.ehow.com/how_1390_create-ghost-costume.html
September 15th, 2006 at 7:57 am
Pirates are in! Go to your local thrift shop and buy 1) Striped shirt or blouse, 2) Black pants, 3) Bandanna, 4) Maybe a vest, too. Find black fabric to make an eye patch or buy one. Look at a yard sale or store for a parrot.
Cut the pants (shirt, too, if want) with ragged edges.
Attach the parrot to a shoulder or stick.
Add an old pair of sneakers that you've ripped up.
Voila, Pirate!
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September 15th, 2006 at 7:57 am
Go as a streaker - no costume needed.
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September 15th, 2006 at 7:59 am
There is the classic….the bum. Get black charcoal, spread some on your face, get raggedy clothing, a stick with a bag on it slung over your shoulder.
Another one is a baby…get a "nightgown" that is one of those that covers your full body & feet, get a bib, and bottle…this is easy and comfy too lol, also will work with a pacificer.
You can also do the mummy…get some toilet paper and wrap it around you (though it may not last all night so be sure to keep extra on hand).
Go as a ghost, get a white sheet, cut out eyes, drape it over you, and no one will know who you are.
Hope these ideas helped!
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September 15th, 2006 at 8:15 am
GO TOO THE SALVATION ARMY STORE AND HAVE FUN PUTTING SOMETHING TOGETHER
AB
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September 15th, 2006 at 8:31 am
2 years ago i went as a crazy mom , i had my hair in rollers and candy stuck every where on my cloths my son was 11/2 and it work everyone started laughing , it was a cheap costume
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September 15th, 2006 at 10:22 am
Toga's A white sheet and a belt or tie rope. Can't get any cheaper, and they're cool. Underwear optional. lol
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September 15th, 2006 at 11:58 am
get a thermal night gown and a sleep hat and slippers and be a sleep walker
clown
doctor or nurse in scrubs [find at thrift stores]
expectant mother
high school grad in gown with dipolma in hand
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September 15th, 2006 at 12:01 pm
Old white sheet, two eye holes. Ghost. Hey, that's as cheap as you can get!
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September 15th, 2006 at 1:30 pm
Put mayonaise in your mouth and go as a PIMPLE.
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September 15th, 2006 at 1:31 pm
throw a sheet over you and call yourself a ghost.
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September 15th, 2006 at 1:39 pm
Daisy duke! Just get a pair of old shorts cut them a little shorter, some cowboy boots..and a flannel shrit cut up and maybe a hat. I was her last year it worked great. I got mostof my stuff at a thrift store and everyone loved it!
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September 15th, 2006 at 1:39 pm
take an old pair of jeans (not ur favorite ones!) and shred and tear them in a couple places. Take a white t and do the same… wear some old tennies with a headband and wrist bands feather the hell outta your hair and go as a 80's hair band concert fan!
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September 15th, 2006 at 1:45 pm
Safety pin those little boxes of cereal onto a blue jean jacket. Stick those little plastic picnic knives into the boxes. Use a little red magic marker. Go as a cereal killer. My hubby is a fireman and every year we go to the FD Halloween Ball. He doesn't like to dress up so, he wears his regular clothes and puts that jacket on. Later in the night he slips it off. LOL Everybody says, "Are you a cereal killer again this year?LOL"
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September 15th, 2006 at 1:50 pm
dress up as a baby? you can wear cute p.j's and
carry a baby bottle and wear a binny (white,blue,or pink)
maybe carry a teady bear! how cute!
hope i helped!!!
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September 15th, 2006 at 2:03 pm
My mother always made our costumes and we always came in first place. I have used my mothers ideas as an adult and now as a mom of children too. They have always come in first and second.
You could go as a Head Hunter and use real bones. You have to dry them out. We go to the butchers and then boil them. We then let dry and use them as props for around your body. We also get the little shrinking heads from the dollar stores and add them to the costume as well. Cover up with black makeup, tease your hair up, get bones for earrings(female) and for the nose(male)you can find ways to keep them in their place. I do have a picture of when I did my girlfriend up as that. I don't have a web cam though. She came in 2nd, only reason not 1st is becasue the guys who was hosting the big party, his cousin came in first as Mark Anthony - big deal, it was a store bought costume and not original
Here in Canada we have no name brand products at the grocery store. A big bag as a costume with no name written on it.
A prison outift with your phone number instead of a prison number. Ha he ha he for you singles…..
A huge giant Plasma TV - easy to do instead of the old tube box!!!
Okay their are my ideas…….Happy Halloween, kat
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September 15th, 2006 at 2:06 pm
Go as a Serial Killer. They look just like everybody else.
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September 15th, 2006 at 2:09 pm
Just a few easy to do costumes:
1. Fire Hydrant: Wear a yellow or red sweat suit, and attach a stuffed dog to your leg (with its leg "lifted").
2. Attack Dog Trainer: Take a stuffed dog and sew it to the arm of a long-sleeved shirt so it looks like it is biting you. Wear a name tag ("Bob's Attack Dog School). Add blood and scratches all over your body.
3. Q-Tip: Puff up your hair and spray or powder it white (or wear a wig). Wrap your body in blue plastic wrap. Put cotton over your shoes.
4. White Trash: Take a kitchen-sized white plastic trashcan. Cut it so you can wear it around your torso, fill with white or clear garbage hanging out around the top. Tie the lid to your head. Wear over all-white clothes.
5. Wanted Poster: Use poster board to form a large "Wanted" poster. Cut out a hole for your face, and paint "Wanted! Have you seen this man?" (or woman). "Reward $1,000,000."
Hope these help!
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September 15th, 2006 at 2:19 pm
be a sailor. all you need is red/white pants, striped top white and blue probably. make a cap or buy it cheap, have a bun done with your hair or something so that you can put the hat on like you would a flower and you might want a boat(small toy) carry around or something. so you might already have a lot of these, if not you can buy them and use them as seperates through out the year. it's not a costum you see everyday, not too trampy like a nurse or maid… you can go out to a party or hang with kids and not feel risque. cute fun outfit. and i gues somewhat appropriate-patriotic(not that i would think of it at first)-
big flare cotton red pants and shirt or anything can be found at a local H&M but i dont know if you have one so yeah… good luck!
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September 15th, 2006 at 2:39 pm
A guy that I worked with last year went as a FedEx package. He got a refrigerator box, cut holes in it, and got the waybill and stickers from a mail place. It hardly cost him anything, if at all.
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September 15th, 2006 at 2:53 pm
Put a colored (preferably a flowered) sheet over your head (with eye holes) and go as a Hippie ghost.
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September 15th, 2006 at 3:03 pm
make it yourselve theres great ideas on family fun.com
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September 15th, 2006 at 3:04 pm
KISSING BOOTH, half-box in front of you, and mark 25 cents for one kiss!
maybe, you'll make some cash! haha
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September 15th, 2006 at 3:14 pm
Old Jeans, old t-shirt or flannel shirt. Char them so it looks burnt. Use a bbq pit. wear some black smudge make-up.
Viola, you are a Branch Dividian.
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September 15th, 2006 at 3:15 pm
Take white trash bag and tape trash to it. and in big black letters using sharpie the words white trash then put it on over your shirt.
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September 15th, 2006 at 3:23 pm
be yourself
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September 15th, 2006 at 3:24 pm
put on all black clothes dark makeup and go as a goth
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September 15th, 2006 at 3:29 pm
two of the funniest "cheap" but creative costumes I've ever seen were
a bag of jelly beans - a lady in tights with a clear plastic garbage bag around her torso filled with smaller colorful balloons
a sow - a lady in pink tights and pink leotard stuffed with a pillow. Baby bottle nipples were sewn on the front as well as a couple of stuffed piglets sewn to the nipples.
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September 15th, 2006 at 3:40 pm
Try your bedsheet and disguise as a GHOST
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September 15th, 2006 at 3:59 pm
No Need For A Costume Just Go and Wear Your Bathing Suit
LOL Ha Ha Just Kidding. . .
Go To Party City They'll Have Anything Trust Me
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September 15th, 2006 at 4:01 pm
Old navy has cute wings.. or u can buy them at a costume store. put on a cute flowy dress and ur an "angel".
how about hawaiian dancer? u can make or buy a cheap skirt, get plastic lei's, put ur hair down/curly or wavy, flowers around the skirt.
u can go as a trendy teenager… like 80's madonna style, or 50's housewife, or 70's rocker chick, or like paris hilton wannabe. one time i was a '20s gal….flapper.
good luck!
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September 15th, 2006 at 4:08 pm
Go as a "terd". Brown or weird green sweatsuit, stuff it, glue deer corn and toilet paper to the suit. Smudge up your face with brown and make a toilet paper bow for your hair add some plastic flies if you want.
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September 15th, 2006 at 4:57 pm
Fill a stocking with socks and tie it around your waste. Wear an overcoat and be a flasher.
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September 15th, 2006 at 4:57 pm
for a women mans x large pants mans hat, for a man long dress wig and make up
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September 15th, 2006 at 5:23 pm
Large Leaf Bag With Head And Arms Sticking Out(U'd Be White Trash)
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September 15th, 2006 at 5:24 pm
Put on your oldest, rattiest robe & slippers. Put your hair up in rollers. Put whipped cream on your face. Go as a grannie.
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September 15th, 2006 at 5:29 pm
I had a friend that had frogot about her classes halloween party so she had a trash bag in her car. She put on the trash bag and told every one that she was "white trash" she won the prize for most original costume! I thought it was pretty funny. ;o)
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September 15th, 2006 at 5:34 pm
go to target or walmart …..wigs ,hats,make-up,costumes, for only like $16 or less if it's more simple
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myself
September 15th, 2006 at 5:39 pm
prostitute
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September 15th, 2006 at 5:50 pm
i was a nerd a girl nerd i had a nametag of ida may with taped glasses a curly wig a squaredance slip with a dress on that fit the part and long underware with a sign on my but said kick me
i was the life of the party my shoes were way too big too with hose that went to my knees
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September 15th, 2006 at 5:54 pm
Buy a wig and some face paint or one of those headbands that have cat ears on them and put some clothes together for a theme. Thrift stores have some weird/cool stuff in them.
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September 15th, 2006 at 6:09 pm
I WENT TO THIS HALLOWEEN PARTY ONE TIME AND THERE WAS A GIRL THAT HAD A CLEAR LARGE GARBAGE BAG ON AND IT WAS FILLED WITH SMALL BALLOONS. SHE WAS A BAG OF JELLY BEANS!!!!!
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September 15th, 2006 at 6:22 pm
stay awake for one whole night, don't eat, drink a lot and I am sure you won't need any costume.
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September 15th, 2006 at 6:48 pm
I saw this costume that would be really easy to make. Make a big cardboard magnet ( the horse shoe kind), big enough to go around your neck. Color it to look like a magnet, silver or gray top with red ends, and then glue little chickens on the end of it and go as a "chick magnet". Or get a box big enough for you to wear (like a dress), paint it to look like a night stand, wear a lamp shade on your head and go as a "one night stand".
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September 15th, 2006 at 7:02 pm
Get a big clear plastic bag. Blow up a lot of different colored balloons. Put the plastic bag on. Fill the bag with the balloons… instant BAG OF JELLY BEANS!
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September 15th, 2006 at 7:02 pm
There's quite a bit of cheap costumes out there. You have to be real creative. My mom was Charlie Chaplin once and wore all black(she already had everything) and painted a black mustache. Grab a wedding dress from a thrift store and paint your face, you could be a "dead bride". You can also be a vampire, find all the dark clothes from a thrift store and paint your face with some blood on the corners of your mouth. Be Betty Boop, find a cute little red dress at a thrift store, a black wig, some heels, and paint your lips red. Gypsy; gypsy skirts are in and if you look, I bet you can find one at a cheap $5 clothing store, some big hoops, a scarf to put around your head, some bangle bracelets, and a big belt to go around your waist. Whatever you think of just do it and just go to a thrift store and put it together. You don't have to know how to sew to put together a creative costume. You also don't need a lot of money, just a great imagination. Good luck!
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September 15th, 2006 at 7:03 pm
I have several: 1) Get a khaki shirt and pants, safari hat, hiking boots and stuffed crocodile and go as The Crocodile Hunter.
2) Get a black dress and a beret, squirt mayonaisse on the dress and go as Monica Lewinsky.
3) Get a piece of cardboard and cut a hole large enough to where you can step into the cardboard and suspend it with rope to hang from your shoulders. Put a lampshade on your head and go as a One Night Stand. You can put stuff on the nightstand too that you would typically find on one..kleenex, glasses, nail polish, etc.
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