10 Easy Last Minute and Scarily Cheap Halloween Costumes

As the nights get darker, the wind blows stronger and it starts getting very damp out there, you know that one night is fast approaching… Halloween!

We love Halloween in our office, everything about it! The sweets, films, music (I mean, I Put A Spell on You by Bette Midler is a must!) and it’s the only night of the year where you can dress up and have no one even bat (geddit?) an eyelid! The ONLY thing wrong with it, is that it’s on the 31^st of October, aka the end of the month instead of at the start!

To help you have a Halloween to be remembered, we’ve put together a list of costumes that are easy to arrange and which won’t break the bank!

• Baby from Dirty Dancing – Ever since it arrived on Netflix, Dirty Dancing has gained a big new following and probably the most iconic look of the film is Baby in her pale pink vest and denim shorts. This look is so easy and simply has you looking through your recently put away Summer clothes. For an extra touch, get yourself to the supermarket and buy a Watermelon… ‘I carried the Watermelon!’

• Queen of Hearts – With this look all that is needed is a red dress, a pack of cards and a bit of red lippy! Use the cards to accessorize the dress by sticking them on to belts, jewellery or even make the Disney villain collar by fanning them into a semi circle and using glue to hold them in place! Last but not least, use the lipstick to create a heart shaped lip. Now… ‘Off with their heads!’

• A bat – A classic black costume is so simple to make however have you ever thought about using your old broken umbrella as wings? Dress up in all black, cut the umbrella in half and use use safety pins or glue to attach it to the arms of a black top/hoodie. Fasten the hinges of the umbrella pieces with black tape, so you can open your wings to get the full bat effect. Or simply cut a black sheet in the shape of wings and fasten/attach instead.

• A spider – Very similar to the bat by dressing in all black, but this time fill a black pair of tights with rolled up newspaper and attach both legs onto the top with safety pins and repeat to the other side… remember your own arms and legs make up four of the eight legs! Top tip – make sure you use opaque or thicker tights as the newspaper will show through in bright light, as Michael unfortunately discovered one year in a nightclub!

• Rock legends – Freddie Mercury, Madonna, Lady Gaga, David Bowie and Elton John own some of the most classic looks which are also very easy to recreate. Take Freddie Mercury, all that’s needed is a white vest, pair of blue jeans, sunglasses, slicking your hair back and painting on a mushtache and ta dah! You’ve created one of his signature looks. We know it may not be perfectly accurate but hey, in the words of Freddie himself ‘The Show Must Go On!’

• 50 Shades of Grey – Okay so we are proud of ourselves here! Even though it may feel like Fifty Shades of Grey came out a lifetime ago, the title is bound (see what we did there) in our memory. For a PG version, pick up some grey paint swatches/cards showing the colour (say, 50 shades) at your local hardware store and glue them to a plain black tshirt.

• She Sells Seashells costume – Bear with us on this… for something outside the box, dress up in anything but to the inside of a long coat glue loads of sea shells and prices to imitate one of those dodgy black market sellers. It’s an out there costume so you are guaranteed to be the only one so you’re bound to give other party goers a chuckle. For an extra bit of fun, why not challenge friends to say ‘She sells sea shells on the seashore’ and if they can’t then they have to have a SHHot!

• Skeleton – This one is a really easy one… To make, just cut out sections of a white t-shirt to create a ribcage illusion, add some face paint and stick on a pink paper heart to a black under top.

• Bubble Bath – No water required! Safety-pin white balloons to a white tee and add a colorful shower cap. Just make sure you don’t walk into too many sharp edges!

• Farmer – Most of us probably have everything needed to bring this costime to life. Just layer a flannel shirt under a pair over dungarees or on top of a blue pair of jeans. To add a bit of fright, add some slashes and fake blood.

Happy spooking!

The Waterside Team