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14 Easy, Last-Minute Halloween Costumes

Need a quick and easy Halloween costume? Here are some last minute ideas!

Anna Gibson
Oct 31, 2016
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14 Easy, Last-Minute Halloween Costumes
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Halloween is just around the corner and you've probably been too buried in assignments to even think about a Halloween costume. In a rush and need a quick, easy, and inexpensive costume? Hint: Head over to your nearest Goodwill to find materials!

1. Ceiling Fan

Any color of shirt and some pom-poms will work. The lettering can even be optional to get people guessing.

2. &3. Dead Battery or No Wi-Fi

Wear all black, print out the icons, frown all night and you're good! I mean, #firstworldprobs.

4. Deviled Egg

Safety pin a yellow circle to a white shirt and make some devils horns and tail out of a headband and some wire.

5. Fork in the road

Grab a black shirt, glue some white rectangles (or yellow stripes) on and a fork!

6. Grapes

Get a pack of purple balloons from the dollar store, wear all green, and make yourself some grapes. You could even take this as far as "grapes of wrath".

7. Identity Thief

Easy. Buy a pack of Name Tag Stickers and write all your friends' names on them!

8. When Life Gives You Lemons

Write "life" on a white shirt, buy a pack of lemons, and try to hand them out to people!

9. Movie Theater Floor

Buy some cheap movie theater candy from Walmart for the packages, and then cut a (plastic or paper) cup in half for the cup. Don't forget some wrappers!

10. Pig in a Blanket

Make some homemade piggy accessories and wrap yourself in a blanket. Probably the coziest idea on this list.

11. Pumpkin Pi

Find an orange shirt, print out a pi symbol, and stick it on! The headband is optional if you draw pumpkin curves on it.

12. Smartie Pants

Glue a ton of smarties to your pants and it's that simple! Use your imagination for the shirt; glasses optional.

13. Snapchat Filters

There are so many different directions you could go with this one! You could even be the dogs filter.

14. Tourist

You probably have all of the necessary items for this one, but you can always pick up a Hawaiian shirt at Goodwill!

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