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Poster boards and boxes
- iPod ad: Using a neon green, blue or pink poster board, affix the Apple iPod logo to the top corner and attach arm straps with black elastic or rope. Dress in all-black head-to-toe (including face paint), grab an iPod, and dance your way down the street!
- In Touch weekly cover: Extra, extra — who’s the hottest girl in Hollywood? Be the cover girl of your favorite magazine! Paste celebrity images and head-turning headlines onto an oversize poster board, or stop by your local copy center to enlarge a pre-existing one. Attach two handles to the back side, then cut out a hole for your famous face to pop through. Welcome to Hollywood, baby.
- Doll in toy chest: Wear a doll-like dress and your hair in pigtails or a pony, blush on bright pink cheeks and try lush false lashes. Cut the bottom out of a cardboard box or lightweight nylon chest (Minnen, $15, Ikea.com), safety-pin stuffed animals and toys to the top rim, and use suspenders to hang from your shoulders.
- ‘Me in a Box,’ aka: God’s gift to women: Guys, Halloween is the one holiday where you can get away with (almost) anything — even a conceited attitude! To dress as “God’s gift to women,” start by wearing a suit, and then step into a box tied with a bow and filled with wrapping paper. For the kicker, be sure to create an oversize tag that reads, “To: All women,” “From: God.” Making the ladies laugh is sure to win you points!
Quick fixes
- ‘Count on Me’: For a simple yet smart play on words, dress in all black and use double-stick tape to secure cut-out numbers all over your body. Your friends will love that they can “count on you” all night long!
- Dry cleaning: Simply slip on the plastic garment bag from your most recent round of returned dry cleaning over your outfit. Who knew the stain you got on your shirt last week would one day come in handy?
- Got milk?: Using a solid white T-shirt, write “Got milk?” with a sharpie, or try printing out an iron-on T-shirt transfer using your computer. Finish with a “milk moustache” and you’ve done a body good!
- Facebook: A fun costume for friends to figure out … all you’ll need is an oversize old book and elastic. (Large children’s books work best, as they are light and pages are often hard-covered.) Punch a hole in the top right-hand corner of the middle pages, slip the elastic through and tie a knot on each end to secure. Slip your head into the book so that the elastic works like a headband, with the spine sitting behind your head and sides on your shoulders like a sandwich. Then have fun watching your friends stop to guess.
- Pinup girl: Attach safety pins to a T-shirt in the shape of an arrow pointing up. Then pucker up and strike a pose.
- Smarty pants: Attach Smarties candies to your waistline or belt, add nerd glasses, a pocket protector and graduation cap if you have one to be transformed into a “smarty pants.” Better be prepared when you’re asked to figure out the bill at the end of the night!
- Self-absorbed: And for a final play on words, dress in all black and use double-stick tape to secure sponges to your body. It’s the one time you’re allowed to brag about your achievements to anyone who will listen!
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