Unique & Original Halloween Costume Ideas
Snake Pit
Attach rubber snakes to the underarm area of your shirt. Voila! Snake pits!
Mummy-To-Be
Wear all-white clothes, and add padding to your belly to look pregnant (even better if you actually ARE pregnant). Then wrap yourself in gauze to look like a mummy. Paint your face with white paint and add black all around your eyes.
Fly Fisherman
Attach two metal strainers to your face for fly eyes. Attach wings to your back and stuffed black pantyhose to your sides for legs. Add a fishing vest, fishing hat, wading boots and carry a fishing pole (or a tackle box for collecting candy).
Cat Burglar
Dress all in black, with a tool belt, bag, etc. Carry a bag with stuffed cats peeking out. Or, tape record cats meowing and carry the tape recorder in the bag.
Pimp and His Hoes
Dress in flashy clothes. Carry as many garden hoes as possible.
Twister Game
Cut out colored felt circles and glue/pin them to a white T-shirt. Make a spinner from a white piece of poster board wear the spinner as a hat. (You could also take an old Twister game and cut it up and wear the pieces.)
Bag Lady
Make an entire set of clothes from plastic or paper bags. Use tape to hold everything together.
Upside-Down Person
Take a pair of old pants, cut small holes for mouth and nose, put arms where feet normally go. Take a large long-sleeved shirt and put it on your legs. Take a mask and staple, tape or sew it on to the collar of the shirt. Finally, take a pair of shoes and put them on your hands.
Mad Veterinarian
You can use an old white button-down shirt or actually buy a lab coat, then paint them to look like you have blood, chemical spills, and footprints of all kinds of animals all over you. Mess up your hair as if you have been working really hard, and put gashes, claw marks and band-aids on your face and any exposed skin. Attach some old stuffed animals to your skin and clothes as if they are attacking you.
Granny Gone Wild
Use make-up to make yourself look like an old woman. Then wear saggy stockings, a mini skirt and a tank top. Stuff your butt and chest to make them saggy. Spike bracelets and jewlry leave a great touch. Wear a gray wig, or a cheap blonde wig. Wear a lot of flashy make-up and jewelry. Carry an old lady purse and wear old lady shoes.
Batman and Robin
Attach little fake bats and birds all over yourself.
Slim-Jim
Wear bright-yellow waterproof overalls, a bright-red long-sleeved turtleneck and bright-red cotton gloves. Buy foam rubber and vinyl resembling beef stick texture and form into tall beef stick headwear. Draw the Slim-Jim logo on thin cardboard and glue or sew onto chest of your shirt.
Shark Attack Victim
Wear a swimsuit or wet suit. Attach toy rubber sharks all over yourself, making it look like they are attacking you. Add copious quantities of fake blood!
Buzz Lightbeer
Dress as an inter-galactic superhero and then attach labels from various light beers.
Jeopardy Contestant
Take a large cardboard box, cut out the top and bottom, and use straps or suspenders to hang it from your shoulders (so it hangs around the middle of your body). Paint the box to look like a Jeopardy console, complete with your name, dollar amount, etc., and attach a "buzzer" on a cord. Wear a suit underneath, and walk around calling everyone 'Alex' and phrasing all responses in the form of a question.
Action Figure Still in the Box
Get a large sheet of cardboard big enough to fold around your back and sides. For the front, use a clear shower curtan with holes or a slit cut into it so you can reach out. Then paint the box, attach accessories to the inside and elastic straps for yourself, and dress up as whatever action figure you want to be!
Captain Morgan
Dress like Captain Morgan from the rum bottle (red pirate coat and hat with gold trim, blue pants and cape, boots). Carry a Captain Morgan's Rum bottle.
Jack and the Beanstalk
Wear all grean and wrap wired silk ivy all over yourself from head to toe. Take a straw hat and cover it with cotton balls to make a cloud. Make a sprig of the ivy come out the top of the "cloud." I made a tunic and little hat for a Ken doll which made him JACK, and I was the beanstalk. Carry a bag of beans to hand to people.
Mr. Cupid
Best for a large man. Use a white or red sheet to fashion either a toga or a diaper. Make cut-out hearts and attach them to your sheet. Get a bow and arrow and decorate it. Top it off with a cigar in your mouth and maybe a beer can in the other (optional of course).
Bird Watcher
Wear safari-type clothes, with a safari hat and binoculars around your neck. Make a mixture (white-out and latex works, or make up your own) and splatter it all over your hat and clothes (so it looks like a few too many birds flew over your head!).