An all expense paid "drive away" trip to the city of their choice (some
restrictions apply), including three days and two nights at a four or five-star hotel,
breakfast, other amenities, and $200 in spending money.
Ten runners-up received a set of Devil's Dentures™. This fabulous
"Halloween" treat is a full set of chocolate teeth, the ghoulish kind--green
teeth with black gums--filled with mouth-watering milk chocolate in a clear plastic jar.
"Static Cling--Dress in all black (pants and turtleneck) and safety pin socks,
bras, underwear, etc. all over yourself. It's free!"
-- submitted by Jen of San Francisco.
"Go as a guy walking on a windy day. First, wear an old shirt and pants, and a
suit jacket and wingtips if you want. The nerdier you look, the funnier the costume will
be. Slick your hair to one side with mousse and/or serious hair gel. Stick a piece of wire
in a tie and bend it so it is pointing the same direction as your hair. Tape pieces of
newspaper to the other side of your body that got stuck when the "wind" kicked
up, and you're ready to go! Cost - 0$ - 10$ as long as you buy the clothes at a secondhand
store. Of course, women can be the "Windy Day Guy" also!"
-- submitted by Alison DeLuca of Evanston, IL .
"Go naked in a clear plastic trash bag! Be an EMBRYO!!"
-- submitted by Peggy of San Diego.
"Dress in an all pink or purple outfit (Reg. or Grape) & then tie an old shoe
on your head - Ta Da !! Your a piece of gum stuck on the bottom off a shoe."
-- submitted by Pat Griffin of Apex, NC.
"A woman friend of mine had a hilarious costume last year...she was a road sign.
She dressed in warm-ups/t-shirt...drew markings that indicated a road...and posted various
signs on her different body parts. Two that I can remember vividly: On her lower front she
had a "Visitors Parking Only" sign with an arrow pointing down; and on her back
side a "Do Not Enter" sign with an arrow pointing down. Be creative with other
signs describing YOUR body parts."
-- submitted by Dennis Paine of Holland, Mi .
" This one is kind of gross (and maybe a bit mean), but I did get a lot of laughs
out of it. Take an old white T-Shirt , lay it out in front of your car and run over it. Do
the same with any old pair of shorts, jeans, or pants. These should all be old clothes
that you obviously really don't care about if they get messed up. Make sure you run over
them well enough as to see visible tire tracks. Then go to any costume store and buy the
ears and tail of any animal of your choice. This will cost, maybe, $5. While you're there
get some fake blood. Drip the blood all over yourself and your clothes. You are Road
Kill."
-- submitted by Tina Rossini of Chicago.
"This costume idea is really only for the couple planning on attending a party
together. Go as a plug and receptacle, with the male being the...well, you know.
Everything can be bought very cheaply at a hardware store. The tricky part is the
wiring..just find someone who knows electronics. The plug can be a giant paper-mache plug
that sticks out of the person's stomach or chest or where ever. Inside one of the two
prongs can be the real plug. The partner wears a giant receptacle, with a real receptacle
in one of the holes...that person also wears a light-bulb on top of their head, fastened
on a hat. The wires can be run under the desired clothes...I suggest black. Now, when the
couple hugs, the light bulb lights up. Now how many costumes have special effects?"
-- submitted by Jordan Monsell of Kent, CT.
"Here is one for the sickly demented. Make a set of bicycle handles bars (I'm sure
you can imagine how to do this). Attach a bunch of tampons to your clothing. A little bit
of red food coloring. And Presto....you are a Menstrual Cycle. :)"
-- submitted by rca of Houston, TX.
"Laundry basket Wear a sweat suit with socks pinned all over it, and cut a hole in
the bottom of a laundry basket. Use suspenders to hold it on you. Save old detergent,
Clorox, or bounce boxes and hang them from the side of the basket. You can also rub a
balloon all over your hair to give the static cling effect. It's cheap and easy. Laundry
baskets are $3.00 @ Target and everything else is stuff you have in the house!"
-- submitted by Lori Schuler of Union, Ky.
"Last minute idea: Find the most wrinkled pants and shirt you have. Iron the left
side of each. comb or gel you hair on only the left side of your head, If you are male
shave only the left side of you face. Leave you right shoe untied. Go as someone with
Hemi-neglect disorder (Real condition where you neglect one side of your spatial
environment) I had people in splits when I did this because I only talked to the left side
of people and only ate food on the left side of my plate etc. COST $0.00 "
-- submitted by Danny Thomas of Chicago .
"Go as "White Trash" !!! Wear all white and pin white trash bags to your
self along with banana peels burrito wrappers, any kind of trash!"
-- submitted by Jodi David of Lompoc, CA.
"This is a cute costume and really great for outdoor parties! First, get a pink or
off white one-piece pajamas, found at Victoria's Secret, under $15, then buy 8 baby bottle
nipples, found at most Target's or K-mart, under $5 for package of 6 or 8. Then you can
either buy or make some pig ears, if you buy them, you can find them at any Halloween
costume center, under$5. Cut little holes in the front of the pajamas and glue the nipples
from the inside pointing out, so that from the outside of the pajamas, you see the nipples
sticking out. Put the pig ears on your head and TADA! Your a mama pig!!!"
-- submitted by Gina Dellamora of Berkeley, California .
