Five Minute Halloween Costumes

Halloween is two days away.  At this point, it is time to accept that the lovely, hand-sewn costumes you have been thinking of (haha!) are probably not going to happen.

We've all been there.  Some years we are totally on the ball and prepared, and some years Halloween just sneaks up on us.  So here is our list of last-minute costumes to throw together in a pinch:

Zombie

Torn Pants

Dirty and torn shirt

Bed Hair and loose pony tail

Blood: Steak sauce on face and shirt

Ghost
White sheet with a hole for the head
White hat
 

Three Hole Punch Jim (as made famous by The Office)

Button-up Shirt and Dress Pants

Three Dots: black circles made out of paper taped to your shirt in a line down the left hand side like a piece of paper








Cowboy/Cowgirl
Cowboy Hat
Bandanna
Boy: draw on stubble with eyeliner
Girl: braids

Bum
Jeans and old shirt
Beard: colored on with eye pencil
Snow Cap

Coach (this is my husband's favorite lazy costume)
Polo shirt
Gym pants
Baseball cap
Whistle

Mime
Black pants
Black shirt
White gloves
Face: powdered white, pencil in eyes

Monster/Animal
Clothes of all one color
Super messy, spiky hair
Face: smear Kool-Aid or coca powder in matching color

Mummy
wrap toilet paper or a ripped up sheet all around

Martha Stewart
Apron and gardening gloves
(Could add handcuffs or ball and chain...)

Low-Key Witch, Angel, Cat (good for moms or teenage girls)
Dress in all black or white, put on one accessory: witch hat, angel wings, cat ears

Black-Eyed Pea
Black makeup around eyes
Tape a large P on your shirt

Princess

Dress: any dress-up dress you already own

 

 

 

Couples and Group Costumes:

Salt and Pepper
Two people dressed in all black and all white

Shoes (even mismatched)
Solid color t-shirt, safety pins, yarn/string threaded through to make shoelace

Nesting Dolls (perfect for families with lots of little girls)

Matching (or similar) Dresses

Matching Head Scarves

Matching Aprons: scrap of fabric tied around the waist

M&M's



Everyone wears solid colored clothes (like blue pants, blue shirt)

Tape a giant "M" to the front of every tummy

 

Eggs
Lots of people wearing all white preferably with white hats (or brown for brown eggs)


For more Halloween costume ideas check HERE.

Good luck, and get going!


Marcia and Kate