Cheap Costumes

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So you�ve gotten an invitation to a Halloween costume party and you�ve got no idea what to dress up as. Welcome to the club. Hundreds of people are faced with this same dilemma every year and still manage to rise to the occasion by creating a truly memorable and cheap Halloween costume.

The very definition of a cheap Halloween costume is one that isn�t going to cost a lot of money or cause a lot of stress. This could be a simple as going as yourself by wearing what you would wear on a typical night at home. �Who are you supposed to be?� you�ll be asked to which you can reply, �I�m me.� If you�re the type of guy who never dresses up then dusting off your suit and wearing that would be a great surprise. Or perhaps you�ve been a bridesmaid and were forced to wear a hideous dress. That would be a laughable and cheap Halloween costume provided the bride won�t be at the party!

Among the other cheap Halloween costumes is your perennial sheet-over-the-head-ghost. You can opt for the classic white sheet ghost but think outside of the box. A purple sheet could mean you�re Prince�s ghost. A floral printed sheet could mean you�re a flamboyant ghost. You can be an eco-friendly ghost with a green sheet or ghost of your childhood past with a superhero printed sheet. Of course you can use that same sheet theme and with a little readjustment use it as a toga. Anybody remember toga parties? How many sheets were ruined for those?!

Another cheap Halloween costume idea is to raid the closet of your spouse. Finding whatever bizarre, odd looking or just plain silly shirt or dress they have tucked away can be just the ticket for creating your own cheap Halloween costume.

You can also use a black t-shirt as a blank canvas to create a cheap Halloween costume. Try hot gluing empty plastic bottles to the shirt and go as your recycle bin. Or duct tape your newspapers for the same affect. You could put an empty moving box over your head and go as an empty moving box. Are you sensing the pattern here?

One of the most successful and cheap Halloween costume ideas could be literally waiting until the very last minute then grabbing whatever you can slap on and go as �last minute slap on costume.� Sure the folks with the expensive rentals might win the big costume contest but who is going to have more fun? The person who has to pay big bucks for a costume and return it the next day or the person who just has to toss their cheap Halloween costume into the garbage?

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Going to a Halloween party with a date whether your are in a new relationship, a marriage or just friends there are plenty of great couple Halloween costumes ideas. What you need to consider is if you want to spend a lot of money for amazing rental costumes or spend a little for the homemade kind? Either way you�re sure to get plenty of attention by putting some of these couple Halloween costumes ideas to work this Halloween.

The first obvious couple Halloween costumes idea is to go as each other. If you�ve been together for some time and all of your friends know exactly what to expect from your sense of fashion style then it would be easy to switch roles and essentially wear what the other would wear. A wig and fake moustache where appropriate will seal the deal. If you don�t want to go as each other you can still switch genders for a lot of laughs. Having him dress as a classic peroxide blonde femme fatale and her dress as a tough gangster type is a fun costume idea for a couple.

Another couple Halloween costumes idea is to go through your closet for all of those outfits you were once happy to wear but are now embarrassed by. Perhaps there was a disco or hippy phase in your past that you can bring back to life. You could even go so far as to pull out the wedding dress and tuxedo to relive that special day. But don�t stop there. With some easily applied theatrical make-up you can go as zombie bride and groom. In fact, you can even go as zombie quarterback and zombie cheerleader. Every costume for couples goes great with zombie make-up.

If your budget allows, there are some sweet couple Halloween costumes ideas that involve professional looking outfits. You can explore your superhero side by pairing up the great comic book legends such as Superman and Lois Lane, Spiderman and Mary Jane, or Batman and Catwoman. There are also the classic literary couple Halloween costumes ideas such as Alice and the Mad Hatter, Romeo and Juliet, Scarlet and Rhett and the ever popular Adam and Eve.

No matter which couple Halloween costumes ideas you choose, make sure you both agree to the concept and that you take plenty of pictures. Who knows, maybe your Halloween costumes will make the perfect Christmas card!

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