{"id":7883,"date":"2016-10-25T11:00:40","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T16:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abodo.com\/blog\/?p=7883"},"modified":"2021-01-05T09:22:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T15:22:13","slug":"cheap-easy-halloween-costumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/blog\/cheap-easy-halloween-costumes\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Halloween Costumes for Broke Procrastinators Who Also Aren\u2019t Particularly Crafty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ah, Halloween. It\u2019s a great time of the year if you\u2019re into gourds, campy television, and crafting. Who doesn\u2019t like pumpkin beers, all-night movie marathons of bad \u201880s horror movie sequels, and grown-ass men and women parading around in costumes?<\/span><\/p>\n

But if you\u2019re not so great with your hands, or if your idea of \u201ccreative\u201d is to carve a frown into a jack-o\u2019-lantern, Halloween can be stressful. Every year, the costumes get more and more\u2026 Instagram-worthy. Everyone seems to be competing for the most involved, intricate, and clever homemade costume. Gone are the days when a (surprisingly expensive) store-bought banana outfit was the hit of the night. And there\u2019s nothing worse than bobbing for apples at a Halloween cocktail party dressed in your civilian (or work!) clothes.<\/span><\/p>\n

So what do you do if it\u2019s the week before Halloween, you don\u2019t have a costume, you can\u2019t think of one, you\u2019ve spent all your money on candy for neighborhood kids\/yourself, and you can barely put together an Ikea couch?<\/span><\/p>\n

Have no fear. It turns out that our apartment-hunting experts at Rentable are also pretty savvy when it comes to cheap, fun Halloween costumes. Check out these four costumes, each of which takes less than 30 minutes to make and can be assembled with items you probably already have lying around your apartment:<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The Gift That Keeps Giving<\/h2>\n

The ultimate two-birds-one-stone costume. Even if you procrastinate and haven\u2019t started thinking about Christmas yet, you probably have some wrapping paper stuffed in a closet somewhere. After that, all you need is a big cardboard box, some tape, and one of those giant stick-on bows. Wrap the box, cut holes out of the bottom and top big enough for your torso, and then cut holes for your arms. Wear uniform colors \u2014 preferably black \u2014 so that the focus is on the present, not your clothing. And the shinier\/more outlandish the wrapping paper, the better.<\/p>\n

2. Domino<\/h2>\n

This one hinges on a few wardrobe questions: Do you own a white -shirt? How about white jeans or slacks? If so, you\u2019re in luck: All you need is to be able to cut lines and circles out of black construction paper, tape them to yourself in something approaching straight lines, and you\u2019ll be well on your way to playing the bones for a night. (Bonus: This makes a great couples\u2019 costume, if your significant other is just as uncreative and broke as you are.)<\/p>\n

3. Burrito<\/h2>\n

This one\u2019s easy, but it may make you hungry. All you need is a package or two of tin foil and someone to help you wrap yourself in it, head to foot. Don\u2019t wrap each leg individually, otherwise you\u2019ll look like you\u2019re wearing a spacesuit (another great idea!). But don\u2019t wrap your legs too tight, either, or you won\u2019t be able to walk, and you\u2019ll end up attending the party as that all-too-familiar tragedy: a burrito that has fallen to the floor. Write your favorite order in sharpie across your torso, and you\u2019re golden.<\/p>\n

4. Pumpkin<\/h2>\n

The old stand-by. There\u2019s something really funny about eschewing the topical, the clever, the gross, and going super-basic for Halloween. Turns out that wearing the sort of costume a toddler or a dog might wear \u2014 dressing up as a lion, or a bat, or some other non-scary thing \u2014 can be really funny as an adult. A pumpkin is about as basic \u2014 and easy! \u2014 as it gets. The most difficult part of this costume is finding an orange sheet, or a gigantic orange t-shirt. If you have that, all you have to do is cut some jack-o\u2019-lantern shapes out of black construction paper, and affix them with tape. Put the shirt on, then stuff a pillow or two (or three) under it, securing them if necessary with twine. (Or, you can just cinch a belt around your waist, over the shirt.) Find a green hat and voila: It\u2019s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ah, Halloween. It\u2019s a great time of the year if you\u2019re into gourds, campy television, and crafting. Who doesn\u2019t like pumpkin beers, all-night movie marathons of bad \u201880s horror movie sequels, and grown-ass men and … <\/p>\n

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