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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Bowling Green chapter.
I know, but I’m serious. It frustrates me to no end when I read a list of “last minute Halloween ideas” and the costumes either involve a DIY craft that takes at least half an hour or it involves objects that a very small niche group of people possess. So this costume list is going to be one in which you have less than 30 minutes to gather your items and assemble the costume.
rosie the riveter
- blue button up/overalls
- red bandanna/scarf
- red lipstick
- optional: name tag, red belt, boots
elderly person
- robe/pajamas
- slippers
- glasses
- fake mustache (marker works fine)
- optional: walker, grey wig, makeup with wrinkles
tourist
- binoculars/camera
- tropical shirt/button up
- hat
- socks and sandals
- optional: cargo shorts, fanny pack, sunscreen on nose
your parent
- your parent’s clothes/shoes/hairstyle
- fake facial hair (black/brown marker/eyeliner works too)
lumberjack
- red plaid flannel (any flannel could work)
- jeans
- boots
- fake tool (axe, chainsaw, etc)
- optional: beanie, fake beard, suspenders
cat
- cat ears
- black clothing
- black eyeliner/lip liner for whiskers
- optional: tail
ghost
- white sheet
- scissors (for eye holes)
- optional: black pants
zombie
- ripped clothing (with blood and/or dirt)
- fake blood
- optional: yellow teeth/teeth stain, makeup (pale skin, face scars, etc)
‘cereal’ killer
- multiple cereal boxes (3+) with fake blood and slashes with fake/butter knives sticking out
- all black clothing
Tom Cruise in Risky Business
- oversized white button up
- long white socks
- sunglasses
- optional: single candle holder