10 Last-Minute DIY Halloween Costumes
Oh no, you just checked the Facebook invite and realized that that party on November 1st is actually a Halloween party. That's right, Halloween is falling on a Thursday this year, a deliciously unclear day that means your friends are free to force you to dress up for not one, but two weekends in a row! If the concept of wearing a costume fills you with more dread than that scene in Hereditary (you know the one), don't worry. We've made it easy for you to let down your loved ones for another year in a row with your absolutely mediocre, last-minute costume!
Cat Costume
If you've never been a cat for Halloween before, we applaud you. But for the rest of you lazy people out there, wear all black, throw some cat ears on, draw on whiskers with eye-liner, pin a strip of fabric to your pants, and leave your pride at the door. Congratulations, you're wildly mediocre.
▲Ceiling Fan Costume
There's nothing that says, "I Googled 'easy costumes' like 45 minutes before I was supposed to be here," like a punny costume. For this cringe-worthy offering, simply grab some pom-poms, make a '#1 Fan' sign on some poster board, and write "Go Ceiling!" on an old T-shirt. All your friends will groan, but when has that ever stopped you before?
▲Minion Costume
What an outdated cultural reference! Whatever! May minions live eternally in our collective consciousness! Grab some overalls, a yellow shirt, print out the Despicable Me "G," put a head band and some googly eyes on a yellow beanie, and hit the town as the most disturbing cartoon creation to ever infect our society.
▲Pineapple Costume
Feeling crafty? No? Neither do we. The first step is to coerce a friend who's good with scissors into helping you. Then, grab a yellow dress or big shirt and some green construction paper. Maybe, if you're lucky, you can find another friend who bothered to spend some time on their costume who's going as Spongebob.
▲"Its Raining Men" Costume
All you need is an umbrella you don't mind poking holes in, a printer, some string, some variety of rain jacket, and a very low sense of self-respect. If you want to really hit friends and acquaintances over the head with the joke while simultaneously making yourself exhausting to be around, carry around a small speaker playing, "It's Raining Men" by the Weather Girls.
▲Hippie Costume
You can almost definitely make this work with just whatever vaguely-70's clothes you have in your closet. Then draw a peace sign on your cheek to essentially scream at everyone you meet, "I'M A HIPPIE I'M WEARING A COSTUME I SWEAR! I KNOW I JUST LOOK LIKE I DRESS THIS WAY BECAUSE THESE ARE IN FACT MY CLOTHES BUT IF YOU REFERENCE THE PEACE SIGN ON MY CHEEK YOU WILL SEE THAT THIS IS A COSTUME!"
▲Corpse Bride Costume
We know you aren't nearly committed or creative enough to make a costume as good as the example above, but a slightly sh*ttier corpse bride is definitely within reach, even for someone like you. Just find a white dress you can rip up a little bit, some kind of cloth to put in your hair as a veil, and then get some white or blue face paint. It'll be a costume that will make people say, "Yes, that looks kind of like a costume."
▲Morpheus from "The Matrix" Costume
While a purple suit would surely bring the look to another level, all you really need to reasonably claim you were trying to be Morpheus is a long black coat, a tie, sunglasses, and maybe a red pill and a blue pill to whip out when people question if you're doing a Men in Black thing.
▲Deviled Egg Costume
We wish you were better than this, but we know you aren't. Simply cut a big hole in the middle of a white T-shirt, wear a yellow shirt underneath, and get a pair of devil horns and a devil tail. This is giving up.
▲Zombie Costume
For this one, basically just make yourself look like you organically look the morning after you black out on wine coolers and fall asleep with your make up and clothes on. Rip up an outfit, apply fake blood liberally all over yourself, smear eyeliner around your eyes, tease your hair, and then just kind of roll around in some dirt for good measure. No one can accuse you of not committing, at least.
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