
Lumpi
It is the night before Halloweekend begins, and you have nothing to wear. Fear not, we have all been there. Here are some last-minute Halloween costumes that will look like you prepared for this weekend months in advance.
Hodor
from
Game of Thrones
Head to the Target men’s or maternity department (your call) and find a fuzzy, oversized, grey turtle neck. Then, pick up a box of Raisin Bran. Find a bungee cord — because we know you all have one here in upstate New York — and duct tape it to the cereal box. Duct tape will adhere each end to the box so you can create straps. Be sure to cross out “raisin” on the cereal box title. All night long,
Game of Thrones
fans will admire your artistry. There is no Hodor without Bran on his back.
A stick
Wear all brown. Find some decorative leaves at the recently-opened Home Goods and attach them to your head. Walk around all night and ask people, “what is brown and sticky?” Then point at yourself and tell them you are a stick.
Hamnanners
Wear something with Hamilton gear on it. Carry a banana in your left hand and your phone in the other. Ask people if they want a bite of your banana and then take a picture of them taking a bite.
Alexander Hamilton
Find yourself a wig at any Halloween-themed store and sculpt your jawbone to imitate Hamilton’s chiseled features. Carry around a quill pen and complain about Aaron Burr.
Guy in a bar fight
Put a pillow under your shirt so that it resembles the stomach of someone who spends too much time at the bars. Borrow some purple eye shadow to give yourself a black eye and put ketchup on your knuckles. No one at the VT will want to mess with you.
Zombie
Cut up a white shirt. Mix up one tablespoon of flour with a cup of water and two tablespoons of red food dye. Spread this bloody substance over the cuts in the shirt. Walk around with a look of shock on your face. When people ask you what happened, run away screaming.
Light-sider
Dig out that pair of white jeans from last summer (risky, we know). Find a Polo Ralph Lauren button down and fold up the sleeves. Do not forget to pop the collar. If you prefer a more masculine costume, go for salmon shorts and a pastel Vineyard Vines polo.
Dark-sider
If you’re brave, get your friend to give you a stick-and-poke tattoo. A more tame costume may be combining flannels with Birk-n-socks. A juul, cigarette, vape, or joint will seal the deal.
Q-tip
Dress in all white. Wear white shoes and stick cotton balls to your head. Voila, you are a Q-tip.
A laptop
Dress in silver clothing. If you do not have silver clothing on hand, tin foil will suffice. Find a bunch of stickers and stick them to yourself. If you are an Apple fan, draw an apple on the middle of your forehead. Bonus points if you can repeatedly draw the QWERTY sequence on random parts of your body.
Frat boy
This is when those early 2000s Adidas slip-ons will come in handy, but do not forget to wear socks. Find a sports jersey and a baseball cap to wear backwards. Try to drop “pledges,” “beer,” “dude,” and “annex” into your conversations.
Bundy Residence Hall
Tape crushed beer cans to your body, hang around people who smell like weed, and ask people to shotgun. Do not forget to speak loudly because we all know how thin those walls are. For overachievers, carry around a black cat.
A Dirty Hoe
Buy the gardening tool. Then get it dirty. Done.
