# Low-effort Halloween costumes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 19, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499 "2022-10-19T18:15:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/1 "2022-10-19T18:15:37Z")
Hi, y’all. So the thing is this: My husband and I are dutifully going to a neighborhood gathering on Halloween night. It’ll be held outdoors, mostly adults attending, and we don’t plan to stay long. However, costumes are expected. What can I do that won’t be too uncomfortable or troublesome? Truthfully, I already have dark clothes and long scraggly hair, so I may just plop on a witch hat and call it good. But I like to hear y’all’s ideas, and maybe someone else out there is half-assing it this year as well. Thanking you in advance. 🎃 ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/2 "2022-10-19T18:44:46Z")
Your husband may already have most of the things required to be Jake from State Farm. [![](https://costumesheaven.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/RoundCorner-1-13.png) ](https://costumesheaven.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/RoundCorner-1-13.png) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/3 "2022-10-19T18:49:58Z")
My low-effort go-to is a business suit, with the white dress shirt mostly-unbuttoned, with a Superman shirt now exposed. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/4 "2022-10-19T18:50:51Z")
Now that’s what I’m talking about! I’d have to wear a wig, but then I could be Flo. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/5 "2022-10-19T18:52:14Z")
Also good. I could probably talk him into that easier too! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/6 "2022-10-19T18:54:51Z")
Years ago, when I needed a costume on short notice, I put on a brown sweatshirt and pants, collected a bunch of band posters and lost-pet flyers in the neighborhood, stapled them to myself, and went as a utility pole. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/7 "2022-10-19T18:58:33Z")
You would also need a price scanning tool. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/8 "2022-10-19T19:02:14Z")
Do you have jeans and a plaid or otherwise bright-colored shirt? In years past, I picked up a “ten-gallon hat” at the local dollar store and went as a cowgirl. I’m not sure if they still sell them, though. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/9 "2022-10-19T19:07:55Z")
I’ve picked up a pair of bib overalls and a tractor cap from a thrift store, put on a plaid shirt, and went to a costume party as a farmer. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/10 "2022-10-19T19:35:27Z")
Do you have a sheet you don’t mind cutting a couple of holes in? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/11 "2022-10-19T19:41:17Z")
Former “Gifted Child”: “I was supposed to be a lot of things.” ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/12 "2022-10-19T19:44:53Z")
Anyone in your house ever been in martial arts? One year I wore my gi as a costume. It was comfy. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/13 "2022-10-19T19:47:05Z")
Personally, I love the [Japanese “Jimi Halloween” phenomenon,](https://www.boredpanda.com/jimi-halloween-mundane-costumes-japan/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic) where people “dress up” as “everyday situation” characters. Like the person whose glasses fogged up from their hot beverage, the person who wishes they’d gotten a shopping basket while juggling too many items in the checkout line, etc. (Wearing the little badge explicitly stating your “everyday situation” is helpful.) Cervaise’s “utility pole” costume seems somewhat in that spirit. ---
**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/14 "2022-10-19T19:52:13Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Do you have a sheet you don’t mind cutting a couple of holes in? Or a lot of holes/black spots, as seen in “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”. 1:08 at: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3bIexl5Et6c/maxresdefault.jpg "It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown — Ghost Costumes | Apple TV+") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bIexl5Et6c) Stick tinsel all over a green sweatsuit and go as a Christmas tree. Remember to get a hat with a star on top. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/15 "2022-10-19T20:28:18Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > Do you have jeans and a plaid or otherwise bright-colored shirt? In years past, I picked up a “ten-gallon hat” at the local dollar store and went as a cowgirl. I’m not sure if they still sell them, though. Thought of this but ruled it out because I don’t have proper boots. Good excuse to buy boots, though! > [@Skywatcher](#): > > I’ve picked up a pair of bib overalls and a tractor cap from a thrift store, put on a plaid shirt, and went to a costume party as a farmer. Husband did this last year. He could do it again, I’m sure no one’s grading us. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/16 "2022-10-19T20:28:59Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Do you have a sheet you don’t mind cutting a couple of holes in? Yes, I probably have sheets with pre-ripped holes! ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/17 "2022-10-19T20:30:50Z")
The Great Pumpkin sees all! ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/18 "2022-10-19T20:34:26Z")
Serial killer. They look just like everyone else. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/19 "2022-10-19T20:49:10Z")
I went as a cowgirl and just wore sneakers. Nobody said anything. ---
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/20 "2022-10-19T20:56:50Z")
You could be Moira Rose. Wear a black outfit with bonkers thrift store jewelry and accessories. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499.md?page=2)