Since Halloween is just right around the corner, for some, its time to start thinking about Halloween costumes. Most of us want something that is quick and easy and don't have a lot of time to fuss over the costume. We normally need to dress ourselves and our children if we partake in Halloween activities. Below are a few simple ideas for costumes that only require every day household items.

An American Tourist - Weather permitting, for men, you can wear a bright Hawaiian type of shirt with shorts. If you have a straw hat, that is good too. Dont forget to put your camera around your neck and you might want to have a map hanging out of your pocket. For girls, find a very loud, brightly colored dress, with a straw hat and camera. Dont forget the sunglasses!

A Hobo - wear really bummy clothes and dirty up your face with either ashes or makeup. This costume can also be used as a Chimney sweeper, just add a broom.

Coat of Arms - cut the arms off an old jackets or shirts and stuff them with newspaper or plastic grocery bags. Then safety pin them to your coat.

The Wind Blown Man (or Woman) - You will want your hair to look like it is windblown so use gel or hairspray for that part. Take some newspaper and affix it to your leg like it has been blown up on your leg by the wind. Take a hat and have it protrude like its blowing off your head by attaching it to a wire hanger that also sits on your head.

Bunch of grapes - use purple or green balloons and safety pin them to your shirt. Cut grape leaves out of construction paper and tape them around your neck after youve attached the balloons. Wear a hat that you can affix a stem made out of construction paper to. If you have green or purple tights to match, great, if not, jeans will do just fine.

The Basket of Laundry - Take an old laundry basket that you don't care about and cut a hole in the bottom of it. It should be a hole large enough so that it will sit right on your hips when you pull it over your head. Wear a sweatshirt and sweat pants. Once you have the laundry basket sitting on your hips, add clothing to it along with a few dryer sheets. Also take dryer sheets and attach them to your sweatshirt with safety pins.

If you don't have the time to shop for a Halloween costume this year, we hope these suggestions help you with planning for your tricks and treats.

If you are looking for a original and fun Halloween costume ideas this year, you can find many different ones, both online and homemade. You can find most everything from baby costumes to adullt costumes and everything in between.

I know it is weird that this question is being asked so early in the year. What can I do for a peace fairy Halloween costume? Thanks so much.

Its always so exciting to try and decide what you want to be for halloween. And I personally hate buying a costume, I would rather have something unique. This year my friends and I are going as the Fruit of the Looms Fruits. I am going as a red apple. All of us will wear Fruit of The Loom underwear above our pants.
So tell me, what do you think of my idea, and what are your plans this Halloween??

I love makeup. I'm a girly girl. However, a couple years ago I started doing scary/bloody/scabby makeup on myself for Halloween. Everyone thought it was real and I made a few people sick lol. I'd say I'm fairly well at doing it and making it look real...really real...
I was thinking about charging people this year to do their make up. No matter if they wanted a cut throat, bruised eyes or just a colored painted face. Do you think this would be desireable? I would charge like $15 a face for the full bloody scab effect, $5 for a black eye and $10 for cut wrists or a cut throat...something like that. And I would use cornstarch and cornmeal for the scabs, and prop blood...so it wont hurt anyones skin...
Let me know what you think. My tattoo artist saw my pictures and he said I could make a killing at Halloween(no pun intended)

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