Halloween’s a time to whip out the big dogs, as it’s the only celebration throughout the year where the more over the top, the better. However, when it comes to the outfits, I feel like too many girls let the side down and it all seems a bit ‘been-there-done-that’. I mean, how original is it really to put on your shortest skirt, your tightest corset with a pair of suggestive, elongating stockings? Definite 2/10 for effort, and for originality – sorry girls – you’re only getting 0.5.
The point of Halloween is to dress up and have some serious spooky fun, not to look like a prostitute in drag. So, please, let me help you: I’ve got five, super fun, DIY Halloween costume ideas which will you make you the coolest (or should that be ghoulest?!) of them all!
1) Marge Simpson
Sounds crazy and ridiculous, I know, and so unattractive for all you wannabe sex kittens out there, but this is a fun and quirky idea which is sure to get a few laughs, whilst still enabling you to not look totally horrific. Look how great this chick looks in her getup!
2) Avatar
Another fun, but totally fab and original idea, is to slap on some blue face paint and go as an Avatar! Get hold of a blue bodysuit or just roll around in blue paint, whichever works best! But remember girls, there’s no such thing as not enough glitter/blue! If you’re struggling, there are even YouTube tutorials in order to show you the way to become the best avatar you can!
3) Corpse Bride
In keeping with the blue nature of the aforementioned Halloween idea, another cute costume is going dressed as the Corpse Bride. Get yourself a pair of pale contact lenses and, yet again, roll yourself in that blue paint, with maybe even a cheeky blue wig this time…
4) The Queen of Hearts
If you’re after something a little less gruesome than a dead bride, then maybe this could be for you! Every girl loves rosy red hearts, don’t they?! Fake tan isn’t an option for this one, as pale face paint/skin is an essential for the red hearts and lips to look their optimum.
5) An Olive
And, for old time’s sake, we’ve all seen it, we all love to hate it, but there’s always the option of going as, like Georgia did in Angus Thongs and Perfect Snogging, an olive. Yep, a round, khaki green shell is a must, along with a little red bobble hat. Okay, you’re not going to be anyone’s sex bomb in this one, but if we’re living by the legacy of Y.O.L.O (which, let’s face it, we all are), then this is one hundred per cent the winner.
Whether it’s one of my super-original suggestions, or something else fun and quirky, please, let’s unite and dress up in costumes which omit the sluttiness and let’s, FINALLY, have fun with our fancy dress! Happy Halloween!!!