The time has finally come… it’s the Saturday before Halloween and you’ve been procrastinating all month trying to find that perfect costume. You’ve wandered through thrift stores, rummaged through devil horns and kitten ears at Journeys and even searched the depths of the internet waiting until you come across the spooky ensemble that truly describes you this year.
But now it’s Halloween weekend and you’re coming up short. It happens to us all! Sometimes it happens every year. But never fear, you don’t have to dust off last year’s costume just yet.
The Beacon has you covered—check out these ten DIY costumes ideas:
Shark
Grab some old gray sweatpants, a swimsuit top, and tape a piece of cardboard to your head. Your night should go swimmingly!
Risky Business
Grab a long button down shirt, knee socks and sunglasses, and be Tom Cruise from Risky Business! Make sure to attend a house party with wooden floors so you can practice the classic Cruise move of sliding across the room with your tube socks.
Cowgirl or Scarecrow
Do you have jeans and a flannel?
Sandy & Danny from Grease
Black leather and hair gel or red lipstick is all it takes to be totally 1950s chic. Even if you don’t have a perfect replica of Olivia Newton-John’s black leather bodysuit, find something tight enough and tease your hair high enough and everyone will get the picture!
Audrey Hepburn from Breakfast at Tiffany's
All you need for this one is a black top, some bling and some oversized sunglasses to be as poised and classic as Miss Golightly this Halloween.
Rosie the Riveter
A red bandana, red
Where’s Waldo
Time to break out those stripes! And the glasses with the lenses popped out from that 3D movie you saw last year.
Wednesday Addams
All black everythang, two twin
Lazy Ghost
Not your boo! Dress in a sheet or a giant white t-shirt! Shoes are not required!
Cactus
Weave white pipe cleaners through a green sweater and go as this prickly plant! Stay away from hipsters, though. They might grab you and put you in their glass terrarium!
Whatever you end up dressing as, remember—it’s all about the memories you make. Take lots of photos and be safe, Pilots!
