It’s that time of year again: cobwebs stretching across windows, jack-o-lanterns’ flickering leers, and the slow panic of being costume-less setting in. It happens every year– you think you have all the time in the world to find the perfect disguise, but suddenly it’s October 25th, and you still have no clue what to do. We, here at Her Campus Soka, have got all you busy bees (or procrastinators) covered with eight last-minute, semi-creative, definitely trendy costumes.
1. Ceiling Fan
Materials: White T-shirt, sharpie, sense of humor
Directions: Take your Sharpie and write “Go Ceiling!” on your white shirt. Viola! You’re now a ceiling fan.
2. Snapchat Filter
Materials: Printer, glue, plain headband
Directions: Print out dog ears, flowers, or pink hearts and paste them to your headband. You are now permanently #filtered.
3. Beyonce’s Twins’ Ultrasound
Materials: All black clothing, printer, access to Beyonce’s ultrasound photo
Directions: Here’s your chance to be Sir Carter and Rumi without another person! Tape a printout of Beyonce’s ultrasound photo to your shirt and now you are the unborn gemstones of Queen B.
4. Baby Driver
Materials: White earphones, black sunglasses, long gray sleeve, black vest
Directions: Plug in those earphones and put on those shades, ‘cause now you’re channeling Ansel Elgort’s charisma from the all-time best movie ever, Baby Driver.
5. A Blunt
Materials: Sharpie, plain T-shirt, bravery
Directions: Here’s your chance to share every mean comment you’ve ever had in your head. “You’re ugly,” “This party sucks,” and “Go away,” are some of our personal favorites. Write as many as you want, and if people ask you what you are, you can say, “I’m a blunt, and you’re stupid.”
6. Fifty Shades of Gray
Materials: A bunch of gray clothes, preferably in different shades
Directions: Wear a bunch of gray clothes, preferably in different shades. 50 is probably too many, but you could always just be one shade of gray.
7. M&M’s
Materials: Tape, printer
Directions: Print out a bunch of photos of Eminem’s face. Tape them to yourself, and behold! You are a bag of Eminems. Go figure.
8. Pink Emoji Girl
Materials: Pink long sleeve t-shirt, strong arms
Directions: Put on the pink shirt and strike one of the following poses: arms crossed in an X over your chest, or palm upturned in a sassy ‘whatever’ fashion. Hold this pose for the entire night. Good luck.
There you have it people, eight ideas, half-baked and presented for your pleasure. Hopefully one of these costumes will be a treat, not a trick! Good luck, and happy haunting.