HELP!!!!! I HAVE 48 HOURS TO COME UP WITH A COSTUME!!!!

[RPM]

OK, here it is: I have till friday evening to come up with an idea for a costume for my wife and me.

I hope to make it something cheap and that I can make at home; Prefereably something that comes in a pair (eg. Carrot & Broccoli) or something that is an opposite pair (eg. god & devil).

Please hit me up with your ideas - much appreciated.

Further appreciated if you can recommend construction techniques and materials that correspond to your suggestion.

Thanks.

-R

[bigwillq]

1. Beavis and Butthead (nt)

[RPM]

7. don't think the wife would go for it...

BUT a buddy of mine once went as Terrence and Phillip (of South Park Fame).

[Worst Username Ever]

2. There is always the reliable t-bird guy and pink 50's chick.

[RPM]

30. I dont have the hair for that...

Greazing up a baldie is a non-starter :-)

[Sannum]

3. I don't have a suggestion,

But around the time of the Clinton debacle, I was Linda Tripp. I put on a hideous wig, suit, and witches nose and carried a tape recorder. I was voted "scariest costume":)

[Shoeempress]

4. Make a name tag which says IRS AUDITOR. wear nice ants and shirt

Scariest thing I can think of

[RPM]

9. Great Idea

Specially since I am into Tax Law...

[serryjw]

14. Remember the movie Philadelphia?

Go as 2 law suits

[helnwhls]

17. you are correct ma'am

that is the scariest

[freeplessinseattle]

25. lol, I love it! hee hee (nt)

[oldtime dfl_er]

5. You go as a woman and she goes as a man

Honest to Pete the time I dressed as a man and went out on Halloween was one of the funnest times of my life. (Boyfriend refuesd to put on a dress, though.)

[Mabus]

6. get a cowboy hat,

say stupid things like "bring it on" and "Osama (long puase) we git him dead or alive" and BINGO! you're a texas a**hole.

[BoX o BooX]

8. Death & Taxes

One of you all in black, painted in whiteface, like a ghoul. The other (prolly you) in a black suit, with phoney money taped all over you, spilling out of your pockets, etc.

Quick, cheap, easy. Not unlike my first wife.

[underpants]

22. Funny and great idea

Welcome to DU

[rot0r_head]

10. Not sure about your wife, but you could...

get a grey hooded sweatshirt and a pair of cheap aviator sunglasses.
Boom. Instant Halloween costume.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

11. Sanitation Worker and Garbage Bag

Take an old broomstick and turn it into a trash skewer for the sanitation worker. The other person gets one of those big paper trash bags and cuts arm and leg holes in it...and maybe a cut-out for the face as well.

The nice thing about this get-up is it provides a trick-or-treat bag at no extra cost.

[RPM]

18. hmmmmm - liking this one

guess i will be the garbage...

[geniph]

12. If my husband and I go out,

which is doubtful, we're thinking of going as the Last Temptation of Christ - he'll wear sandals and a brown robe with his hair loose, and I'll dress up in a devil costume with a pitchfork and a whip.

I think it's bound to offend SOMEONE.

[Blue Gardener]

13. Hippies

I will be dressing as a hippie chick this year. The most I spent was $14 for the long hair wig. Got the shirt with big bell sleeves at a second hand store. Made the headband. Really big hoop earrings for $3 at Target. Already have flare jeans since they've been in style that last few years. Making brownies to hand out (just plain brownies!), so that's another couple of bucks. Altogether I don't think I spent more than $25.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

15. Black and white

one of you wear white, the other black, and carry a sign that says something like "opposites attract".

[helnwhls]

16. The old charlie brown ghost costume

A fitted sheet with extra eye holes always works in a pinch.

[RPM]

19. too difficult to drink while wearing

cramps my partying. Thanks tho!

[helnwhls]

20. that's the beauty of all the extra eye holes! :P

[RPM]

21. oh - now i get it....

very clever - just the thought of ol' Chuck sucking down a brewski is tearing me up right now.

Thanks for the laugh of the week!

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

23. I am attending a lovely

Pimp N' Ho party on Saturday. Any advice on what ho's are wearing these days??

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

24. I know, my date and I can go as Ann Coulter and Rupert Murdock!

[politicat]

32. Tailored business suits in Republican colors...

A la Michelle Malkin, Ann The Man and Greta.

That type of ho, right?

Pcat

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

39. Exactly. Subtle, but effective, I think.

[Jean Louise Finch]

26. Go as tea bags!

I tell you, that's the best costume I ever saw.

She was wearing a white-ish garbage bag stuffed with leaves and had a string coming off of her head with a Lipton label at the end. Cheap and so hilariously original. You could be black tea, she could be green tea, or something like this.

[Taverner]

27. Tippi Hedron from "The Birds"

You could put wire birds affixed to your hat

[UrbScotty]

28. Richard Nixon and either Agnew, Ford, or Pat (nt)

[KT2000]

29. One of my favorites was a TV

your wife could go as a satellite dish

Paint a box black, cut out the screen, write MAGNATOX across the bottom front. Be sure to dress up your face as a favorite TV character. Then put it over your head.You can even make a remote for interactive fun.

For your wife - something round and use lots of aluminum foilfor the dish.
She could also be Michael Powell of the FCC.

[RPM]

31. Kick - I still need brainstorming help... please!

[BoX o BooX]

33. You kicked in the final inning of the final game...

... of the World Series.

Which was foolish.

But WHY... WHY did you kick? You got 20 good suggestions. How many do you want?

Is NOTHING good enough for you?

[RPM]

35. about three or four more

yeah - should have kicked in the AM when the sox shit storm settles...
My post count is low - i am not yet skilled in such matters.

I beseech your pardon :-)

[TheCentepedeShoes]

34. An ape mask

and black and white prison stripes.

[wovenpaint]

36. How about a cat and dog?

one year I dressed my kids up like this:
Take a hooded sweatshirt in the color you want (I used white) and paint spots on it with acrylic paint (I made brown spots). Get a glue gun (NO house should be without one!) and some felt squares. Cut cardboard ears and glue felt over them and glue to sides of hood. Or just make floppy long ears....You could wear sweat pants to match or just your reg. clothes. Tail can be made from felt also, if you want a tail. Stuff with old nylons, paper or stuffing and pin to your tail area. you could use gloves for paws or even make those from felt too. Trace your hands and make bigger (think Mickey Mouse). No sewing, just use glue gun to close seams. Big old work boots, let imagination run wild. Use makeup to give yourselves noses and dog/cat features. Use eyelash glue to attach whiskers...could be pine needles painted black or, button thread pieces.
This is a great outdoor costume as it keeps you warm, too!
Good luck! Let me know if I can help more.

[norml]

37. The Invisable Man

All you need is an ace bandage to wrap around your head,dark sunglasses,and gloves.

[Z_I_Peevey]

38. Get a couple of graduation gowns or choir robes at a thrift

shop, two clown wigs and two clown noses. Go as Scalia and O'Connor.

[rustydog]

40. One wears a box of cereal, one carries a knife.