last minute halloween costume ideas?

Mummy

What you need

• strips of old cloth or gauze

• needle & thread

1. Take an old white sheet (or gauze) and tear it up into long strips. Take one strip and wrap it around your slacks. Stitch it in place. Continue this until the slacks are covered with strips. Now repeat this with the top. Make sure they are secure and that you won't trip on any loose pieces.

2. The last step after you have made the top & bottom is to put them on.

3. Wrap the gauze around your head. Be sure to leave plenty of room for eyes, nose & mouth.

4. In the movie "the Mummy", the mummy walked with a limp and held his right arm out.

Note: If you cant find gauze, then toilet paper can be substituted.

Spa Princess

What you'll need.

oterry bathrobe

opair of slippers

ohandheld mirror

otowel

ogreen or blue face makeup

ogift bag

1: Apply mask of green or blue makeup leave 1" around eyes & mouth.

2: Put on a plush terry bathrobe and pair of slippers.

3: Wrap hair in a hand towel secured with a safety pin.

4: Carry a gift bag for effect that you can use to trick-or-treat.

5: Optional: fake nails and eyelashes for the full treatment look.

Goth Prom Queen

What you need.

• black dress, pants suit or sweat suit.

• ribbon for sash

• dried or black flowers.

• black shoes

• torn black nylon stockings

Wear dark colored clothes, preferably black. If you don't have any, try a thrift store or yard sale. Now you will need a Tiara, this can be made with a wreath of black flowers or dried flowers. Using a felt tip marker, carefully write "Goth Homecoming Queen" on the sash. Apply some dark makeup around your eyes. A little glitter in your hair completes the outfit.

Corpse Ghost Girl:

Here's how to become a Corpse Ghost Girl!

First, you'll need:

1. An old, long white, plain nightgown

2. Dirt, mud, fake blood, and leaves

3. White powder, face paint,or cream

4. Scissors

5. Dark makeup for your eyes and lips

Here's what to do:

1. Take the nightie and cut it in a few places. If you want to use the fake blood, put it in the gashes. Also, rub the dirt and mud to look like you rose from the grave.

2. Put white powder or cream on your skin.

3. Put dark makeup heavily on your eyelids and lips. Also, put fake blood and dirt, on your face. Put dirt and leaves in your hair.

It's that simple

Take any shirt and use a marker or paint to write across it "one million dollars" When someone asks you what your costume is simply say "Well, what do I look like?" well you look like a million dollars sweetie.

Also fun...many years ago my mom went as a pregant cat. If you happen to be pregnant this works especially well, if not, a small pillow should do the trick.

Get a black leotard and some opaque tights or panyhose. Glue baby bottle nipples to the front of the leotard. Top with some whiskers painted on your cheeks and some kitty ears.

For home made kitty ears find a peice of thin cardbord (about the thickness of a cereal box) and cut two semi-diamond shapes from it with a straight peice in the center. <=> The triangle shape on the ends will be the size of the ears. Fit a long hair clip or some bobby pins across the center and fold the triangle shaped ends up. Glue those ends together and cover with some fabric or other material.

When you do your hair you can clip those ears in without the hassle of a headband that isn't really "one size fits all" and you can maintain a cute hair-do without the fuss. Keep in mind that the lighter the ears the less pinning they'll need.

Ok, you can be 'person in the wind'. get some old clothes that you don't mind trashing; a jacket and tie. Next get some wire coathangers. Take the coat hangers and straighten them out. You will take the wire and place them inside the front of the jacket and inside of the tie. Then bend the wire so that it holds the front of the jacket open to one side and bend the wire tie so that it curves around towards your shoulder.same side as the jacket is open. Now get some hair gel and push your hair out to the same direction the jacket and tie are pointing. Now you are ready. Practice making wind noises and pretend you are holding onto objects to keep from being blown away. You can also spin around abruptly as if the wind is blowing you around. Have fun!

Next idea: Get a hat, a trenchcoat, a cheap pair of wrap around sunglasses (not too dark, actually very light works well expecially at night), some gloves and some 3 inch wide gauze. You can get the gauze at the pharmacy dept. Get two rolls. Wrap your head up completely so that no skin shows leaving only a slit open for your eyes. A turtle neck shirt helps to hide the skin on your neck. Gauze is easy to breath through. (NOTE: Don't try this with an 'Ace' bandage.Way too tight!) Put on the sunglasses, coat, hat, and gloves. OK! Now you are either the Invisible Man or the lesser known Dark Man (1990's movie). The only problem with this costume is that it can be hot if you're indoors. Also, no one can see your face so it's hard to show any body language.

Here are some cute ideas:

Pirate: pirate costums seem complicated but it's all about layering. start with a pair of jeans and a tank top (very tight). Next put on a short skirt over the jeans, and a deep necked tee shirt over the tank top. Put on a bandana, and wrap an old hoodie around your waist. if you have a thin tattered peice of linin, turn it into a shaw. Make a long golden necklace your belt, use tons of jewerly, and alot of mascara.

Anime Girl: Knee socks, tight tankie, short skirt, hairspray, and mascara is all you'll need. Also some clogs or something very innocent for the shoes. With the hairspray, tease up your hair real girly. Apply three heavy coats of mascara, tops and bottems. make sure your eyes stick out like a sore thumb. Most importantly, look very very animated. After all, you are simply anime yourself.

For a visual, look up some anime on yahoo or google. You could be struck with an idea.

Cute as a button: take that box of buttons that (if your a sower) you defidently have lying around somewhere, and put the buttons all over a plain white shirt and thrift shop jeans. Possibly get earring hooks at a craft store (if possible) and turn your buttons into earrings. Basicly, just glueing makes this costume... Well, cute as a button!

Baby: pajamas, slippers, and pigtails. Innocense in your eyes, and your already a baby.

Scard: Another costume pun. It's a simple idea, and you can do it any old way, but heres my modest suggestion:

Directions from the toes up are simple. Start with white tights, then move on to white clogs or any white shoe in the house. Next, a white skirt, and a white long sleeve shirt. Then, get a pair of white glasses and pop one of the lenses out (if possible) and hairspray your hair straight up. use powder foundation to de-color your lips. Use get lipstick and trace a line down from your mouth.

Also, if you do do this, I suggest you go as "petrified", not "scard" ;p

Trick or treat bag: where all the same color (that include a hat, shoes and makeup) and put a bag around your neck.

It's defidently the worst of my costume ideas, but you'll surley be able to spark something a little more creative then what I provided.

Thanks so much for taking the time to read my suggestions, have a nice halloween!

Next idea: Get a hat, a trenchcoat, a cheap pair of wrap around sunglasses (not too dark, actually very light works well expecially at night), some gloves and some 3 inch wide gauze. You can get the gauze at the pharmacy dept. Get two rolls. Wrap your head up completely so that no skin shows leaving only a slit open for your eyes. A turtle neck shirt helps to hide the skin on your neck. Gauze is easy to breath through. (NOTE: Don't try this with an 'Ace' bandage.Way too tight!) Put on the sunglasses, coat, hat, and gloves. OK! Now you are either the Invisible Man or the lesser known Dark Man (1990's movie). The only problem with this costume is that it can be hot if you're indoors. Also, no one can see your face so it's hard to show any body language.

OMG, can you believe some people think Halloween is evil? I can't, but some people get all weird about it so here's something sweet. Be a starlet from the Marilyn Monroe period. An old frilly dress with a deep v works awesome with some pumps. leave your hot rollers in for like a half hour and make sure they're super tight to make the curls nice and short. wear some skin colored fishnets over some skin colored panty hose. make sure they match your skin almost perfect because anything else is too sexy. BRIGHT RED lips are a must and if you have any gawdy silver eyeshadow smudge it into your eyeliner on the bottom. do brown eyeshadow up to your creases and then add some more silver to your lash line. go with no blush to make the impact of your eyes and mouth stronger. use a lash curler or primer in extreme amounts before donning mascara to make your lashes super long. to top it all off put on nail polish that matches your lips and a pearl necklace and earrings. fake diamonds work too. still not enough? to really go over the top get a black or white boa, but make sure its faux fur not feathers and pin it around your shoulders. don't forget to do an eyeliner mole on your left cheek right above your lips. I did this for a dance and everybody loved it. it's timeless and cheap- I only had to buy the boa and the tights. Wal-mart has a great selection if you don't already have the stuff.

hope it works out. be safe - Ava

This costume is the cutest, we've won lots of costume contest with this. All you need is a white pillowcase.

Lay the pillow case down on a flat surface and use markers or paint or whatever to make a face on it. Use at least the top 3/4 of the case. Don't forget to put hair, draw ears and earrings if you're a girl, be creative. Then get a jacket of some sort, stuff the arms, put your bag or pumpkin or whatever you're collecting your candy in over one arm then insert the sleve into the pocket of the jacket and secure it. (secure both arms into the pockets of the jacket). Now, you can try it both ways and see what's most comfortable for you. I've had some kids that put their hands above their head, bent at the elbows resting their arms on their head, and some prefer to just put their arms down to their side. Personally I think it works best if you can find a good hat to put on, and leave your hands to your sides but depending on the face you draw it might not work with a hat. Then, slide the pillowcase over your head and have someone else put the jacket around your waist at the bottom of the face, zip the jacket up and secure it in the back with safety pins if you need to. (We've never had to do that) The end result is that you look like a really little person with a big head. It's really cute depending on how you draw the face and what accessories you use. It's kinda hard to explain with just words.

Master Card Advertisement - All you need is a piece of paper. Wear whatever clothes you want to. Then on the paper write "Shirt - $20, Pants - $40, Shoes - $30, Halloween Costume That Took Minimal Effort - Priceless." For extra points add a picture of the Master Card logo and their slogan "There Are Some Things Money Can't Buy, For Everything Else There's Mastercard." People will definitely be looking at you all day!

Howabout a vantriloquist dummy? A variation of the "doll costume" idea mentioned earlier, only with a few additions.

For a good doll-like appearence, lightly cover your face with white face paint (or a very pale powder foundation if you have it). Don't make your face totally white, just white enough to give you an almost porcelain look. Add a circle of pink blush to your cheeks.

With a dark eyeliner pencil (or those face paint crayons), line your eyelids. This will give you a more wide-eyed appearence, much like a vantriloquist dummy.

With a black eyeliner pencil, draw a line straight down from the corner of your mouth to just under your jawline. Do the same to the other side.

Clothing could be anything doll-like that you can think of or have available. Though, if you wanna go as a specific dummy like Howdy Doody, then modify the costume and makeup (add freckles) to suit.

Idea: Contrustion worker or country girl

Well for women, you can get a pair of jeans and a plaid shirt. Borrow a tool belt from dad, neighbor, husband and be a construction worker. Add a road sign made from a cardboard box that says "slow" and be a state worker! Brown boots or hiking boots should be fine and they are in most people's closet. Simple and you can "sexy" it up by using short denim shorts instead and tying up the shirt. If someone had a hardhat for you to borrow, that would be cool too. Cargo pants could house hammers, screwdrivers, and stick on a tape measure. You could also do a country girl thing and use the same clothing or a pair of overalls. Add a few freckles or a straw hat. Put some veggies in a small basket if you want to and carry it around. Either of these ideas shouldn't cost anything!

Borrow a tool belt from dad, neighbor, husband and be a construction worker. Add a road sign made from a cardboard box that says "slow" and be a state worker! Brown boots or hiking boots should be fine and they are in most people's closet. Simple and you can "sexy" it up by using short denim shorts instead and tying up the shirt. If someone had a hardhat for you to borrow, that would be cool too. Cargo pants could house hammers, screwdrivers, and stick on a tape measure. You could also do a country girl thing and use the same clothing or a pair of overalls. Add a few freckles or a straw hat. Put some veggies in a small basket if you want to and carry it around. Either of these ideas shouldn't cost anything!