# Suggest a good cheap Halloween costume **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 12, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-good-cheap-halloween-costume/513563 "2009-10-12T18:37:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-good-cheap-halloween-costume/513563/21 "2009-10-13T12:54:24Z")
Cheapest ever- toilet paper mummy. Or a surfer dude toilet paper mummy. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-good-cheap-halloween-costume/513563/22 "2009-10-13T13:09:42Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > Go as a naked person. Lady Godiva! ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-good-cheap-halloween-costume/513563/23 "2009-10-13T14:52:20Z")
Buy a ton of purple balloons. Blow 'em up, attach them all over your clothes or to a sheet or whatever. Make a cute green cap with a stem and leaf. You are a bunch of grapes. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-good-cheap-halloween-costume/513563/24 "2009-10-13T15:19:55Z")
get some netting, sew two big squares together, stuff with dry leaves. You are a Tea bag. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-good-cheap-halloween-costume/513563/25 "2009-10-13T15:29:33Z")
A bunch of years ago, I made myself a bright yellow hood/helmet/hat thing and I attached some long white petals all around it, donned a dark green sweat suit and brown shoes. I was a daisy! Easy and comfy, and doable again if I ever get another green sweatsuit! ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-good-cheap-halloween-costume/513563/26 "2009-10-15T00:02:16Z")
Dress entirely in one color (pink or light green would work well) and duct tape a shoe to your stomach. Presto! You’re used gum! ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-good-cheap-halloween-costume/513563/27 "2009-10-15T00:19:57Z")
Billy Mays? Or maybe a lot of purple balloons and be a bunch of grapes? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-good-cheap-halloween-costume/513563/28 "2009-10-15T03:38:49Z")
> [@supergoose](#): > > Pin a sheet strategically and be Greek? > > Might require a bit of internet research. You could get away with wrapping a sheet around you under the armpits (lengthwise) and then pinning the sheet once on one shoulder (the side of the body that is wrapped) and several times spaced out (with broaches and stuff, maybe) down the other arm (the side with the two edges of the sheet), then tying a string or belt or something around the waist so that the sheet droops over it. > > That was probably confusing, sorry. Close, how about a [chiton](http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/clothing2.html) one can easily be made of 2 twin bedsheets, and I have been known to cheat and buy [fancy buttons](http://buttons4u.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=MTL_BTTNS) like the pewter flower or rope edge ones, and the heavy fancy rope for draperies from a joannes fabrics. Actually, you dont even need to use a pair of twin sheets. Fir a simple single use chiton, just buy the right length of plain cotton yard goods, cut to 2 panels and just add buttons, hemming would be nice but not everybody will either hem by hand or own a sewing machine. Dont forget you will need a palla[shawl/veil] ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-good-cheap-halloween-costume/513563/29 "2009-10-15T15:52:02Z")
Get a cheap black T-shirt and glue some mini liquor bottles to the chest. You’re a “titty bar”! ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-good-cheap-halloween-costume/513563/30 "2009-10-15T17:31:50Z")
This one’s taken from **The Office** but if you really want to go all minimalist… Get one of those decal stick-on name tags, the kind with the pre-printed “Hello. My name is\_\_\_\_\_\_\_” space. Write in a name other than your own and when people ask “Where’s your costume?” you point to the tag and say you’re “Dave” or “Bruce” or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-good-cheap-halloween-costume/513563/31 "2009-10-15T18:21:20Z")
> [@minlokwat](#): > > Get one of those decal stick-on name tags, the kind with the pre-printed “Hello. My name is\_\_\_\_\_\_\_” space. Write in a name other than your own and when people ask “Where’s your costume?” you point to the tag and say you’re “Dave” or “Bruce” or whatever. Or you could just do [this](http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/9f70/). ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-good-cheap-halloween-costume/513563/32 "2009-10-15T18:23:28Z")
Wear a white top, white jeans, and white socks and shoes. Pin a large yellow oval (made of felt) to your chest. Now wear small red horns on your head. You can add a small red tail if you like. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-good-cheap-halloween-costume/513563/33 "2009-10-15T18:26:56Z")
> [@](#): > > Wear a white top, white jeans, and white socks and shoes. > > Pin a large yellow oval (made of felt) to your chest. > > Now wear small red horns on your head. You can add a small red tail if you like. ? And what are you, aside from a white devil with a yellow oval on your chest? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-good-cheap-halloween-costume/513563/34 "2009-10-15T19:11:54Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > ? > > And what are you, aside from a white devil with a yellow oval on your chest? From the description, sounds like “a deviled egg”. ---
**Author:** ![evilhomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/43a26b/32.png) [@evilhomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilhomer)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-good-cheap-halloween-costume/513563/35 "2009-10-15T19:22:09Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Take a sheet and cut it full of random holes – many more than you need for eyeholes. wear it as if you’re a ghost. > > PRESTO! – You’re Charlie Brown. > > See how many rocks you get. > > (or you could carry a Goodie Bag full of Rocks, for he benefit of those who can’t figure it out) I did this a couple of years ago (complete with a bag of rocks), except instead of cutting holes in the sheet, I cut circles out of a piece of black fabric, and attached them to the sheet. The best part is everyone knows who you’re supposed to be. Who hasn’t seen It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-good-cheap-halloween-costume/513563/36 "2009-10-16T04:07:37Z")
> [@minlokwat](#): > > Get one of those decal stick-on name tags, the kind with the pre-printed “Hello. My name is\_\_\_\_\_\_\_” space. Write in a name other than your own and when people ask “Where’s your costume?” you point to the tag and say you’re “Dave” or “Bruce” or whatever. My best bud found herself at a costume party sans costume some years back. So she went as No Fun. When people asked her what she was supposed to be, she said “I’m no fun.” It actually worked better than expected. > [@An\_Arky](#): > > Lady Godiva! I think horses cost more than ten bucks. ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-good-cheap-halloween-costume/513563/37 "2009-10-16T04:31:24Z")
I’m going as the tooth fairy. ( All in white, wings from the dollar store? ) White construction paper teeth. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-good-cheap-halloween-costume/513563/38 "2009-10-16T04:54:26Z")
A girl I work with had a friend who wore a shirt that said “Go Ceiling!” and carried around a little pennant that said “Ceiling” on it. He was… a ceiling fan The look I’m thinking about will be a Red Sox or Celtics jersey, streamers wrapped around my arms, waist and such, a party hat and the letter T written on everything. (except the jersey, since that’ll be borrowed) I will be… the Boston Tea Party ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-good-cheap-halloween-costume/513563/39 "2009-10-16T15:32:40Z")
get a cardboard box and go as that kid in balloon on the news yesterday… ---
**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 16, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-good-cheap-halloween-costume/513563/40 "2009-10-16T20:42:53Z")
Husband dressed in ginormous fat pants and shirt from Goodwill, ordered a 6-foot sub sandwich and carried it around with him (later it was served) and was Jared. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-good-cheap-halloween-costume/513563.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-good-cheap-halloween-costume/513563.md?page=3)