Halloween weekend is fast approaching and you just realized, to your horror, you forgot to get a Halloween costume. In lieu of throwing on a sheet and calling yourself a ghost or putting on a pair of Depends and going as a “big baby,” throw together one of these last-minute costume ideas instead:
1. Justin Bieber- Watch out for swarms of tween girls in this get-up. Find a faux leather jacket, some red hot skinny jeans, and a blonde or brunette heartthrob wig. Or straighten your hair, sweep it to the side and hold with hairspray until your heart’s content. Avoid getting water bottles thrown at you.
2. Betty White- Find anything your grandma might wear, pair it with pearls, a white wig with curls and an unusual sexual appetite for Jon Hamm from Mad Men.
3. Sue Sylvester from Glee- Nothing could be easier (or warmer) to wear for Halloween. Wear a matching track suit, don a blond boy-cut wig (like Justin Bieber hair, restyled) and a megaphone if you feel so inclined. Shout out some of her best lines such as: “You think this is hard? I’m passing a gallstone as we speak. That’s hard!”
4. Lindsay Lohan behind bars- What do you need? An orange jumpsuit, a box of Kleenex and a substance to abuse.
5. Tom Cruise in Risky Business- This works for guys and girls. All you need is a button down guy shirt, some tighty-whities, tube socks and some stunna shades. Bring along a fake “Guitar Hero” guitar if you have one.
6. Any Twilight character- If you want to be werewolf, all you need is some khaki shorts and no shirt whatsoever. If you’re a Bella Swan, wear jeans and some rain gear, style your hair straight with a matching headband, powder your face white as snow, and act as boring and as prematurely “undead” as possible. Lastly, if you want to be Edward Cullen, wear a tight shirt and jeans, style your hair a la Elvis, powder your face even whiter then Bella’s, then glitter-ize yourself with some sparkle lotion or powder.
7. JetBlue Disgruntled Airline Employee- Love the guy who flipped a switch on a JetBlue flight? Instead of buying the costume online for upwards of $60, just put it together with what you already have. Pair a blue dress jacket with dress pants, wear an airplane pin on your jacket and a Band-Aid on your cheek, then carry around a suitcase and a mug of beer (you might want to carry a fake one in public).
8. Absolutely last minute costumes- If you have literally five minutes to put together an outfit before your Halloween party, try one of the last-minute costume ideas at www.halloween.com/halloween-costume-quick-ideas.php. One example: Attach a cereal box to yourself and stick a toy knife through it. Voila, you’re a “Cereal Killer.”
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