"I need a costume for a Halloween party but I don't have enough money for one!!"

The "Darth Knight."





You can turn heads at the next party you go to with these "punny" costume ideas that will literally cost you under $10 or less!





And you can even find the items you need for these costumes right in your dorm/apartment/house!









"Cat burglar"

Dress in all black with a beanie/ski mask on your face.

Carry a loot bag full of stuffed animal cats.

Act suspicious at parties and if people ask you what you are, look them in the eyes and say "I'm a cat burglar." "Quarterback" Scan a quarter, or blow up an image of a quarter and print it out on paper or a board.

Attach it to your back, you may dress normally if you'd like.

Carry a football with you and pretend to throw it at people. "Snake pit" Attach 3-5 rubber snakes under one of your armpits.

You may dress normally if you'd like, or you can wear green or whatever snakes are colored...

Add a "weird factor" to your costume by hissing at passerby party-goers. "Babysitter" Attach a baby doll to your butt. Sit.

Jim Halpert from "The Office" inspired costumes: "Three-hole punched version of yourself"



"Facebook or 'Bookface'"







"Reverse Psychology" Wear a sign that reads "YGOLOHCYSP"

Use it against people. "One Night Stand" Wear a lampshade on your head.

Cut a cardboard box to look like a table that you can rest on your shoulders around your head.

Attach "desk items" on top of the "table" such as papers, pens, a cup, box of tissue.

Stand in corners of the party. "Web Surfer"

Cover your entire body in fake spider webs, (you can use real spider webs if you're a badass.)

Carry a surf board.

More power to you if you wear a body surf suit before covering yourself in webs. "A Wizard badly dressed as a Muggle" for all you Harry Potter fans out there. Dress terribly, call everyone at the party a Muggle in your perfect English accent.

Brandish your wand whenever you'd like. "When Life Gives You Lemons Guy" Dress as best as you can and wear a name tag that says "My name is 'Life'"

Carry a basket of lemons with you (if you happen to have an abundance of lemons)

When people ask you what you are, hand them a lemon and smile. "Cereal Killer" Dress as menacing as you can, and put on your best "mean look."

Carry a cereal box around with a fake knife stuck through it.

If people stare at you, stare at them back as you thrust the knife through the cereal box with gusto. "Sim" From the popular game "The Sims" You'll need two green square paper sheets, headband that closely matches your hair color, and about 25 pipe-cleaners (those bendy wire things that are covered in felt.

How to fold it into the Sims diamond "plumbob"

More power to you if you learn how to speak "Simlish" and learn "Sim mannerisms!" "Mozilla Firefox" Dress in all orange, wear fox ears, fox tail, and a blue rubber ball.

You can get fox ears and a fox tail for cheap, or make them yourself if you can!

When people ask who you are, curl your body around the blue rubber ball and say you're "Firefox" "Snobby Butler" Dress in a nice black suit if you have one.

Draw with a black marker a thin curly mustache on your face, and carry around an empty tray topped with empty cups/glasses as if you're a server.

Walk around weaving in between crowds with a smug look on your face. "Waist of Time" Attach a bunch of watches and clocks to a belt, and wear the belt. "Annoying Tourist" Find a tacky Hawaiian Shirt from the thrift store, and wear some khaki cargo shorts and sandals.

Keep a state map in one hand and a camera in the other hand.

Take pictures of everything, and ask people to take your picture as you pose with a peace sign. "Running Fridge" Find a white cardboard box that is able to fit over your upper body.

Decorate it to make it look like a refrigerator, with magnets and A+ papers and what not...

Do some running in place when people ask you what exactly you are. "Boxer"

Fit a small box that is big enough to fit over each of your fists.

Ask people at the party if they want to "box" with you. "Newsflash" Wear a bathrobe and slippers.

Under the bathrobe, wear regular clothes but attach a bunch of newspaper articles to them.

"Flash" people with news! "Wear your own face" If you really just want to go as yourself, but still maintain a creepy and scary vibe about you. Print out a picture of your face, and wear it as a mask.

Act how you normally would at a party as if nothing is different.





Sometimes in your college career, you don't always have time to think about the perfect Halloween costume for any parties you might get invited to. Halloween costumes bought from the store can get really expensive, and you're only going to wear it a few times out of the year.