Last Minute Halloween Costumes

By Angelina Li

With midterms, work, and life in general, sometimes we just don’t have the time to come with an elaborate Heidi-Klum-as-a-worm costume. Nor do we even want to spend the money. So here’s a few last minute halloween costume inspirations from someone who was Snoopy with just her hair wash headband (conveniently with dog ears)!

Spotify 

A white t-shirt, a cut out green circle, three black pipe cleaners that you can probably get from some craft club (or the local preschool), and you’re now a music app with a scary hefty subscription fee. You can even draw the circle on the shirt directly with a green marker.

Nerds Gummy Clusters 

Probably one of the most popular candies of the year, being a Nerds gummy cluster is probably only scary to students of Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry. But they probably would appreciate everyone eating more clusters so they can have more cavities to fill for money. 

Inside out 2

Unless you have different color dresses to be Joy or Disgust, all the other emotions in Riley’s mind seem to run cold. Fear, Sadness, Ennui—they all sport sweaters in the canon. Embarrassment is even easier, as if you don’t have access to face paint, there is definitely pink blush at Target you can smear all over your face. Purple pants are a bonus too. 

Notes App Confessions

This one is good if you like to be interactive. Turn your white tee (yes, all good budget costumes start with such) into a notes app page and let people write their inner thoughts. Or probably just sign their name

Cream Puff

I thought of this while eating Beard Papa’s at Little Tokyo Galleria with my friend, but why not be a cream puff! Attach a yellow loofa from the dollar store on a headband, wear a shirt in—you guessed it, the color white—and a yellow skirt. This is more of those abstract costumes that you either love or hate, but hey, at least now you get a loofa. And an unadulterated white shirt for after Halloween.

I am a major apologist for my hot glue gun, but feel free to bind things together by sewing (fancy Nancy, aren’t you!), velcro, or perhaps something else that I don’t really want to know about. 

Either way, don’t stress about finding the perfect costume or spending all that money. Unless you want to. Then go wild (responsibly).