cheap, quick and easy costume ideas for halloween

[EyeofSauron]

soooo, im nowhere near to finish my war machine suit before halloween, as it still needs fibreglassing done and its not warm enough around here anymore to use resin, as i dont have a shop to work in.

now im kinda screwed, as i have no alternatives (yet)
so i thought i might go with something simple. I do have an allmost finished Cap Am Shield, but its the round one and i cant use it for the Rescue outfit.
i do have a brown leather jacket, and brown camouflage pants, so if i could get my hands on a big cardboard, i might go for a cheapish version with hot glue resining the shield xD

my primary costume idea tho was just have a simple light up arc reactor under my shirt, as i need to build one anyway and its probably not that expensive

so, back to the thread topic: what do you think, for the people, who cant get ther project finished for halloween, what would be a good cheap costume, in, lets say, one week.

Cheers
EoS

 

[Rupert_Angier]

Blue BDU pants and fabric from the fabric store, and my wife's insane talent equals an Ultimates WWII Cap. It litetally took her a day to make the bib shirt. Craaazy!

But, there's always the old bed sheet, with eyes cut out for a ghost costume.

 

[hankey01]

Go as a midichlorian. Attach yourself to anyone dressed as a Jedi.

 

[EyeofSauron]

Go as a midichlorian. Attach yourself to anyone dressed as a Jedi.

you just made my day

 

[hankey01]

You could use velcro.

 

[EyeofSauron]

Blue BDU pants and fabric from the fabric store, and my wife's insane talent equals an Ultimates WWII Cap. It litetally took her a day to make the bib shirt. Craaazy!

But, there's always the old bed sheet, with eyes cut out for a ghost costume.

im still thinking about starting a Thor build because i have a lot of free time starting tomorrow noon xD so many ideas, but the time, the time

i need a tardis!

 

[hankey01]

I'm considering Clark Kent again..just for my kids. I was Superman last year but I'm not feeling brave enough for tights again. To be Clark I just need a suit, glasses (3d ones form the theater with the lenses popped out are perfect) and a Superman T-shirt underneath.

 

[darthgordon]

Hmmmm... zombies can be done pretty cheaply if you have old clothes and make-up. Just need lots of blood.

Do you look like any characters you'd want to be? If you look the part, you can often pull off a costume without going completely accurate.

 

[omel]

TDK! if you can work on it everyday for a week , one can be made thats real budget friendly

 

[EyeofSauron]

Hmmmm... zombies can be done pretty cheaply if you have old clothes and make-up. Just need lots of blood.

Do you look like any characters you'd want to be? If you look the part, you can often pull off a costume without going completely accurate.

well, im not sure if i look like anyone someone told me once, i look like jim carrey, but meh thats not a costume idea

TDK was an option, but i dont have a cowl, and dont have the materials for making one

 

[CB2001]

Waldo of Where's Waldo?

Red and white striped cap, shirt, blue jeans, shoes and a walking cane.

 

[EyeofSauron]

Waldo of Where's Waldo?

Red and white striped cap, shirt, blue jeans, shoes and a walking cane.

nobody will know that around here. he is not known in austria

 

[LadyJoker]

If you look like Jim Carrey you could always do the an Ace Ventura costume where he's wearing a tutu. It's super easy, and it would work great since you already have a similar appearance. All you'd need is a white patterned shirt, pink tutu, brown shorts and brown boots. Oh and some product for your hair, but Elmers Glue would work just as well (it does wash out )

Ace Ventura tutu dance | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

 

[CB2001]

nobody will know that around here. he is not known in austria

Austria doesn't know of Where's Waldo?

 

[hankey01]

I can't believe that. That doesn't seem physically possible. How can a whole country not know of Where's Waldo?

Do North Americans know of any children's books/games from Austria?

 

[CB2001]

Do North Americans know of any children's books/games from Austria?

We probably have, but we didn't know it was from Austria.

Besides, Where's Waldo? has various international editions, so I think Austria would have heard of it. Besides, Waldo isn't even an American story. It came from the U.K.

 

[EyeofSauron]

i can assure you, we know it from american tv shows and stuff, but thats about it.

the only thing people know from austria are arnold schwarzenegger, and maybe falco

 

[BoredomKiller]

My cheap and quick costume. Im going as Hit-Monkey from a mini series that was a spin off from a Deadpool comic.
Monkey mask + Suit= Cheap and easy costume.

 

[CB2001]

My cheap and quick costume. Im going as Hit-Monkey from a mini series that was a spin off from a Deadpool comic.
Monkey mask + Suit= Cheap and easy costume.

^That's a good one. I change my suggestion, go with this one.

 

[chicoperdido815]

Superman shirt + blue jeans + red blanket =