Halloween is days away. I’m willing to bet a few of us haven’t selected a costume yet. Time is not on our side, nor I suspect is money. I have a few eye-rolling suggestions that are easy on the pocketbook.

1. Black eyed Pea(s): A Classic and easy pun. Wear a giant letter P or several small Ps. Then give yourself a black-eye. Not a real one of course, just paint your eye black with face paint or eyeshadow.

2. Pink I: Easy peasie. All you need is a large pink colored letter I on your person.

3. Static cling: One of my favorite pun costumes. This one requires safety pins and socks. Wear your normal clothes: shirt, pants, maybe even a jacket. Next up you’ll want to pin mismatched socks to your clothes in various hard to see places. Put one on the back of your shoulder, one on your bum, a few on your pant legs, and then few more on your shirt. You can go light or heavy with the socks. It’s all up to you.

4. Dust Bunny: First, you must be a bunny. Wear white sweats, a cotton ball tail, and a set of bunny ears. Next up, you need a feather duster. Since feather dusters are a bit out of vogue these days, you can opt for a rag and a bottle of furniture polish.

5. Coat of arms: First things first, find a coat. The next part is a bit trickier. Gather up the all the gloves in your house. If you only have a pair or two you can find $1 gloves at the local discount store. You we will need as many athletic or knee high socks as we have gloves. Attach a glove to one end of a sock. The final step is pinning the socks (arms) to your coat. Now you have a coat of arms.

6. Cereal killer: You’ve probably seen this one a time or two. Gather your empty cereal boxes. Now have fun mutilating the boxes. Perhaps you can add a bit of blood in the form of markers or paint. String up the dead cereal boxes like you just caught a lot of fish. Use some non-toxic school glue to attach some cereal bits to yourself. Wear some old clothes and glue the cereal to them as well. The last touch is a bloody spoon. Have fun!

7. Butter fingers: Two ways to do this one. The easy way is to tape empty butter wrappers close. Then stick the wrappers on your fingers…not your thumbs. The other version will probably require a trip to the store, a power tool or two, and a bit of effort. Purchase a small block of yellow foam padding. You’ll find it with the the fiberfill and pillow stuffing. Break out the ruler and mark one inch widths across the block. Cut the foam with an exact-o, or better yet an electric, knife along the your marks. You should have long blocks now. Mark and cut the blocks so they are one inch by one inch…they should still be long. Measure your fingers. Add one inch to that length and cut your blocks down to this number. Probably 5 inches long and 1×1 around. Go out to the garage and find your drill and make a tunnel in the blocks. Place your yellow logs onto your fingers. Voila, butter fingers.

8. Ceiling Fan: This one is for the crafter and sports fan. Paint “ceiling” onto an old shirt using block letters or stencils. Paint a #1 on your face like an enthusiastic fan. Look around for a “We’re #1″ foam finger. Last step is to make a small sign using poster board or construction paper. Have it read “Ceiling is #1″ or other such enthusiastic phrase. Now you’re ready to cheer on your favorite ceiling.

9. Bird flu: Craft a small beak from yellow or orange construction paper and stick it to your nose. If crafts aren’t your thing, pick up a cheap bird beak from the dollar or discount store. Add some red spots to your face and arms using makeup or washable marker. Wrap an empty ice bad to your head with an ace bandage or gauze. Last thing you need is a thermometer in your mouth. You can get crazy and clip a few feather to your hair or clothes if you like.

10. Speed bump: I stole this idea from my mom. Wear all yellow. This can be a sweatsuit, pants and a shirt, whatever you have. Roll a tire in black paint then roll it over your costume. Or…If you’re lacking in a yellow outfit, wear all black. The all black costume will need foot wide yellow diagonal stripes across your body. Use scarp fabric and pin it or quick stitch it to the black. Add black bric brac to the yellow area of your costume so that it looks like tire treads. All done. Now, don’t go too fast.

I hope this has helped you think of a few other punny ideas. Have fun being creative.

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