What adult costumes do you have that you can take straight out of your closet? - Page 2

[JessicaTX]

My son decided he was against costumes till about 30 minutes before the costume party he went to tonight. He pinned a doll to the seat of his pants and went as a babysitter. His friend wrote "Go Ceilings!!" on a piece of paper and taped it to his shirt, and stuck a pompom in his pocket. he was a ceiling fan.

I think they googled quick and easy costumes. They were gonna go as a mastercard ad
shirt $15
pants $28
shoes $57
Costume with minimal effort: Priceless

but they wanted the mastercard logo as well, and decided it was too difficult to freehand :P

[Ruthla]

Pajamas/robe/slippers = 'sleeping beauty"

You and DP could go as each other (funny for a hetero couple, not so much for a gay/lesbian couple, pointless for a single adult.)

One year I went as a recyling bin. My boyfriend at the time went as a newspaper recycling bin (pieces of newspaper taped all over his clothes, newspaper folded hat) and I went as a can recycling bin (glued some cans all over my clothes and one on a barrette on top of my head.) We wore bright blue shirts (since the recyling bins at college were bright blue with white recycing symbols on the front- use whatever color recycling bins are by you) and cut out the recycling symbol out of white paper and taped or glued those to the front of our shirts as well. We simply raided the recycling bins in the dorm basement for hte newspapers and cans.

[Throkmorton]

Let's see...
Wear all black and pin socks and dryer sheets to yourself = static cling

One year, at work I went as my best friend, and my best friend went as me. We had to wear uniforms, so the extent of our costumes was switching nametags. I was Dave. My mom has also been known to go out on hallowe'en as me which was especially fun during my hardcore goth phase.

Today, I am going as pregnant and sick. It's not much of a stretch, as you can see from my sig. I plan to borrow some rollers from my neighbor and wander around in sweats and my bathrobe holding kleenex and my coffee cup. I even have the perfect slippers to wear. :P The upshot is that tomorrow, i can have pretty ringlets in my hair and go out to that party as a princess, in SCA clothes.

[smocklets]

Originally Posted by RileysmamaNM

Guess I cant dress up as a fairy could offend thoes who believe in fairies.

um, are you going to mock those who believe in fairies? Just a nun costume is not offensive, the "funny" nun costume described is what is offensive.

[swimswamswum]

You could be backwards. Wear all of your clothes backwards, put your hair over your face, and stick a baseball cap on the wrong way.

[jocelyndale]

My wardrobe?
Schoolgirl, Persephone, Chiquita Banana Woman, witch, gypsy, peasant, goth, normal/square, metal chick, fairy (of just about any sort), nymph, silent film star, Slinky (we have a lot of pipe cleaners), cook, chef, tornado . . .

[happyhippiemama]

I'm going as a Surprise: tying a string around my home pregnancy stick (see sig - just found out) and wearing it around my neck.

DP is going as Shocked: wearing a hand buzzer on his finger and shaking people's hands as he introduces himself after me.

[MissMommyNiceNice]

I was at a party last night as a pirate. I had been a lion tamer, but as we found a last minute sitter for ds, it didn't really make sense w/o his little lion but.

so, pirate was easy: sexy bustier, all the rings I own, tight pants tucked into knee boots, big hoop earrings, pearl necklace, bangles & baubles, striped scarf around the waist, daggar, scarf around head, & pirate hat.

Now, I have all these things, but you could easily tailor it to what you have.

: My girlfriend was examining me at the party and, this is a direct quote, "Dag! Are those just regular clothes?" : Yep, but I looked hot!

Now, I'm the type of person that keeps a bag of dress up stuff around, so I may not be the best to ask...and it depends on what you have and how your humor is...

Last year dh & I (7 mos pgs) went as Brittney & K-Fed, I wore a naughty school girl outfit & blond pigtails and carried a baby doll I kept dropping. DH got all g'd out and I bought him a fake spinner necklace & a giant fake magnetic diamond earring. He tied on bandana a'la Tupac, wore a jaunty trucker hat, and a knee brace and all night referred to himself in the third person ("K-Fed needs another beer!") and talking about his super-sweet secret dance move he was perfecting. Oh, we won a prize for that one!

Anywho, maybe you could go as the valedictorian if you have a robe...last night dh went as the elephant man, which entailed cutting an eye hole in a pillowcase. (he always wins least effort) One year he went as a bloody tampon and drew red magic marker on a white shirt and a rope out the back of his pants (he has red hair, so that helps). As I type this, if pregnant nun got burned, I'm sure bloody tampon is going to start a hell storm! Oh, well, we have warped senses of humor. To each his or her own.

[wombatclay]

I was also going to suggest toga...a white sheet and you're set.

The "classic" slacker costume of a name tag (make it out of cardboard and tape) that says God or Serial Killer (I think both were used on Buffy? I remember the serial killer line was "they look like everyone else").

One costume I wore was sort of a morticia addams look...tight black top and black stockings for the base layer. Then I took a black plastic trash bag and cut it into 2-3 inch wide strips. I stuck one end of each strip to a piece of tape and then wrapped the tape around my waist to make a "skirt" that was really alive in that it moved and fluttered and reached out (due to the static) and grabbed things. It was so much fun I made one for a couple different events.

A slight variation on that was a black top, the black "trash bag" skirt, and "wings" made out of more strips of trash bag (attach the strips to a piece of tape and run the tape from shoulder to wrist). I attached a few crumpled sheets of paper, a little tin foil, a small can, etc and went as a "Litter Bug".

[turnipmama]

If you have a solid-colored sheet (light blue or white is preferable) and any fake (or real?) flowers you can make into a garland you can be Mother Earth! That was my costume a couple years ago and it made DH jealous because I got hit on all night at a Halloween party

[goldfinch]

Can you use watercolours on your skin? Does it wash out well? That would really help me with dd's costume.

I probably wouldn't use watercolor paints on kids, actually.

As I recall, one year I did an "urban vampire" outfit and had some real problems with the red paint staining my face... for days...