My favorite time of year is arriving and my warped brain is hard at work again thinking of Halloween costume ideas. I woke up at 4:00 this morning with an idea and have been up ever since. I have noticed on my status page that people are already googling “Halloween costume ideas,” so I thought I would get started a bit early. So, sit back, and enjoy. You can also visit my other blogs I wrote last year for more ideas.
http://dyingbraincells.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/queen-of-halloween-costume-ideas-tis-true/ (I was freshly pressed with this baby. Will the editors like this blog even more? One can only hope)
http://dyingbraincells.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/puntastic-halloween-part-2/
http://dyingbraincells.wordpress.com/2010/10/05/homemade-halloween/
Some people want to go to a Halloween party, but they just really don’t want to dress up. Here are some simple ideas for those who want to be a minimalist on Halloween.
* Strap a potato on your head and go as “Mr. Potato Head.”
*If your name is Bob….Wear the letter B on your chest and wear tube socks…Bob B Socks.
*Dress like a pirate and put the letter R on your chest.
*Wear a bonnet and put the letter B in your hat…..B in your bonnet.
*Strap a teddy bear on your foot, shove a pillow under your top (or if you are pregnant, this would be fantastic)…. Bear foot and pregnant.
*Wear a beret and carry a spatula….French fry.
*Dress like a fisherman with waders and carry a pole….Captain Hook
*Put fake tears coming down your cheeks, carry a bird or a bar of soap….Lonesome Dove. (Am I good or what?)
*Put on a lot of makeup like you’re going to be in a beauty pageant, carry scissors and a blow dryer and go as “pretty cut and dry.”
* Full makeup, carry a frame and go as “Pretty as a picture.”
*Spray paint 2 locks gold, and carry three stuffed bears….”Gold locks and the 3 bears”
*(Here’s a really really weird one) Pull a plant out with the roots, carry it and a mug or can of beer…”Root beer”
*Simple as can be…
For those who want to dress up
*Dress like a lizard and wear slippers….”Lounge lizard”
* For the over 50 or you know what I’m talking about crowd- The guy dresses like a captain, the woman wears chenille. “The Captain and Chenille.”
*Dress like a hillbilly mailman…”Deliverance”
*Dress like a boxer and carry rocks in a bag or just wear a pair of boxers over your jeans and carry gravel….. “Rocky”
*Dress like a bug and carry an apple…”Fruit fly”
For those people who like to run, I came up with ideas for a person who was getting ready to run in a themed marathon in Hawaii and wanted ideas:
You can do the quote from Forrest Gump, “Run, Forrest, Run” and dress with nature stuff on yourself…like a forest….maybe one of you could have a fake owl or squirrel on your shoulder or something.
* From the Rolling Stones song..”Walk this way.” Wok this way but I don’t know how you would dress up like chinese cooks
* “Run for the Roses”- Roses, petals all over your body* ”Born to Run”…wear baby bonnets, diapers… I really like this one..lol
* ” A Run for the Money”- Wear $ signs, you can buy cardboard coins to wear
*Run like the Wind” Kites, wind chimes, etc.
*Running a Fever”- dress in scrubs, surgical masks…
*Run a Tight ship”-Wear boat stuff…
“Run off in All Directions” – East, West, South, North, Eastwest, etc. directional signs.
“Running out of Time”- clock faces, etc. or “Running out of Thyme” and dress like cooks, aprons.
* lol…”Rat Race”- dress like mice
(May not be politically correct, but…”Playing the RACE card” and wear playing cards..lol
I guess I could go on and on. Halloween is just a fun time to be creative and get some candy at the same time. Enjoy!
Posted by abeautifulrind on October 21, 2012 at 6:09 am
Jimpy! It’s been so long, but every Halloween I roll around to your blog over your genius & sometimes even in-genius ideas for halloween costumes.
I was coming back to your blog and I was wondering if you had any help/advice for my costume which is Life, that is, hard to communicate, but my twin is going as death, which is much more straight forward. Anyhow, I was going to go in simply, a white dress, hand out lemons (and lemon heads, cause c’mon lemons are expennnnsive) door-to-door, but as a spin & part of a project i’m working on, ask people what THEY think is the meaning of life! Anyway, i was thinking, what are ways I could ham it up, for me or my brother..any suggestions would be very cool from the queen. & much obliged.
& CONGRATS ON YOUR BOOK OHMYGOSH!
Posted by Jumping in Mud Puddles on October 21, 2012 at 7:37 am
Hey!!! Nice to see you! Hope all is well. I like the idea dressing in white and passing out lemons. That’s really good!
Thank you!!!
Posted by Barb Mooney Kelii on October 30, 2011 at 11:29 pm
I was reading your posts from last year and really liked some of the ideas (cloudy with a chance of showers and grate in bed)! I was down by my craft table and came across a couple magnifying glasses. Then I had my costume… tape some pennies to my clothes, and carry the magnifying glass. What am I? Magnify-cent!!
Posted by Eliza on October 28, 2011 at 12:05 am
Last year a group of is went to a medical school halloween costume party we wore all green scrubs, and accessorized with gangsta style (used aluminum foil to make “grillz” for our teeth and “bling” jewelry… turned our hats sideways, etc) and called ourselves “GANG GREEN” – it was a big hit!
Posted by Angela Williams on October 24, 2011 at 12:49 pm
My husband is in a wheel chair and doesn’t like to dress up very much, so I’m wondering if you can think of a good idea that could incorporate his chair without a lot of effort. You have some crazy good ideas!!
Posted by Jumping in Mud Puddles on October 26, 2011 at 6:20 pm
Thank you!. You could put $ signs and fake money all over him and he could go as “Wheel of fortune.”
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Posted by abeautifulrind on October 18, 2011 at 12:20 am
I have no idea what I’ll be.
What do you think of me being an art thief?
I wear black and paint a mask over my eyes, throw some canvases in a bag?
What else can I go?
Or what’s a different idea?
I’m drawing blanks.
&I’m the pun queen too!
How about any Shakespeare inspired ideas? Or literary in general?
That would be awesome!
Posted by dapperdolly on October 17, 2011 at 6:57 pm
Lol those are funny ideas and I like that it’s not all about being sexy in the recommendations. Halloween for women has become more and more focused on tiny and sexy costumes.
When I read the title I thought of Heidi Klum (and her husband Seal when they do matching outfits).