# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/21 "2022-10-19T21:39:51Z")
I had an idea, but it would involve getting say, two friends; preferably one with red hair. We’d wear hippie garb, maybe ponytails, and use an eyeliner pencil to put an X on our foreheads. I bet no one else has thought of it. Bet we’d get treats, too. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/22 "2022-10-19T21:48:02Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Truthfully, I already have dark clothes and long scraggly hair, so I may just plop on a witch hat and call it good. Unless you skin is green, nobody will be fooled. And how about a wart on your face, need one of those. Plus, witches these days need the two tone vertically striped stockings. Sounds like too much work. > [@TriPolar](#): > > Do you have a sheet you don’t mind cutting a couple of holes in? This is the easy one. Just make sure you cut the holes where your eyes are. Some people forget that part. > [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > Your husband may already have most of the things required to be Jake from State Farm. I have an actual friend named Jake that already had a red polo shirt with his name on it from his plumbing job. Talk about easy. > [@DCnDC](#): > > Serial killer. They look just like everyone else. Thanks for putting that idea in my head. It’s on you now if I get drunk and kill an innocent person. I usually dress up in leather with a whip. No wait, that’s not Halloween. Sorry. Do you have a tennis racket? You don’t even need white clothing anymore. Any color will do. Have a dollar store near you? That may be worth a look. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/23 "2022-10-19T21:50:58Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > We’d wear hippie garb, maybe ponytails, and use an eyeliner pencil to put an X on our foreheads. Manson Family, I presume? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/24 "2022-10-19T21:51:45Z")
Yes. Some may be too young to get the reference. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/25 "2022-10-19T22:04:13Z")
> [@Tarataratara](#): > > You could be Moira Rose. Wear a black outfit with bonkers thrift store jewelry and accessories. This idea would be great just to wear the most ridiculous wig you can find, provided it’s colored black or white or both. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/26 "2022-10-19T22:18:31Z")
Low effort? Just put on some of your husband’s clothes and a hat, and he put on some of yours and a hat. Done! I don’ think the whole sheet with holes thing will work if you want to eat and drink, and be recognized. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/27 "2022-10-19T22:25:32Z")
I used to have a gaudy Hawaiian shirt. I would wear it and go as a “tourist”. I hate wearing costumes. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/28 "2022-10-19T22:28:49Z")
Wear a garbage bag and say that you are a raisin. ---
**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, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/29 "2022-10-19T22:34:57Z")
Wear all red. Tell people your in debt. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/30 "2022-10-19T22:35:33Z")
My neighbor came to my party one year dressed all in white, with white garbage (crumpled paper, cans spray-painted white) stuck to him. He was my “white trash neighbor”. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/31 "2022-10-19T22:37:39Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > I used to have a gaudy Hawaiian shirt. I would wear it and go as a “tourist”. I did that in college one year. Cargo shorts, loud Hawaiian shirt, floppy fishing hat, dark socks up to my knees, maps in my pockets and a camera around my neck. Pretty easy to throw together at the last minute. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/32 "2022-10-19T22:37:57Z")
Get a white t-shirt and a sharpie and write on the front in big letters **GO, CEILINGS!!!** ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/33 "2022-10-19T22:38:21Z")
You could go as nudists. That outfit wouldn’t cost much. ---
**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, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/34 "2022-10-19T22:42:25Z")
Print out a large pill. Watch the ads for that pill. Memorize the slogans. Pretend you are one of the happy patients in those ads. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/35 "2022-10-19T23:42:06Z")
One time I got four or five cheap-o baby dolls from the dollar store, took them apart, sewed the pieces to an old shirt, and went as a pile of dead babies. I even won a prize!\* \*for worst costume ---
**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, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/36 "2022-10-19T23:45:04Z")
Print either the face of Joe Namath or JJ Walker. Mount it on cardboard to make a mask. Tell people about Medicare Advantage. ---
**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, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/37 "2022-10-19T23:46:07Z")
Print out a large orange sun. Carry a scoop in each hand. You are Raisin Bran. ---
**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, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/38 "2022-10-19T23:51:20Z")
Go as a reverse vampire. Just explain and follow the rules in this thread > [@Facts About Reverse Vampires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-about-reverse-vampires/972514): > > We know they have to be home before dark. But, what other “facts” can we deduce? Here are a few Reverse vampires have stakes in their hearts. If you remove the stake they either become immobile or crumble to dust. They cannot enter your house if you invite them. They draw their strength from garlic. They are very attracted to religious symbols. They must sleep anywhere but on a bed of their native soil. What else? ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/39 "2022-10-20T00:07:13Z")
Use makeup to draw a dark circle around one eye. Then wear a white t shirt with a large letter P drawn on the front. What are you? A black-eyed pea! ---
**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 20, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499/40 "2022-10-20T00:10:02Z")
For one of you, write WILLIAMS on a name tag. For the other, a toy pistol. Point the pistol at nametag wearer and demand their money. You are robbin’ Williams. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-effort-halloween-costumes/973499.md?page=3)