Adult Halloween Costume Ideas

Adult Halloween Costumes Ideas – The Zombie

Last year American consumers spent over 5 billion dollars on Halloween. That’s 5 billion dollars worth of candy, decorations and costumes. All of that spending breaks down to an average of around sixty-six dollars per person. But you don’t have to break the bank in order to come up with a great adult Halloween costume idea. A few things to keep in mind are where you’ll be wearing your costume. If you’re going to an outdoor event such as a parade consider the possible weather conditions. If you’re headed off to a Halloween party make sure you pick an outfit that you won’t mind wearing for a couple of hours.

You first stop for a fun adult Halloween costume idea should be your very own closet. Surely tucked away amid the sweaters, shoes and shirts are a couple of outfits that can best be described as “what was I thinking?” This could mean an extremely loud Hawaiian shirt that you add a cheep grass skirt to and go as the “wacked out tourist.” Or maybe you’ve got favorite disco outfit from the actual disco era that you can dust off and go as, well, as yourself from 1977!

If your closets don’t reveal any substantial adult Halloween costume ideas, head off to the store but not necessarily the costume store. You could spend fifteen dollars at the 99 Cent Store and buy fifteen items. Then merely attach these items to a shirt and jeans with safety pins and go to a Halloween party as the 99 Cent Store. You could also look up the closest outlet for medical supplies and pick up a pair of scrubs. Worn clean and you go as a “doctor.” Splashed with red food coloring and you go as a “doctor who had a very bad day.” There are also the army supply stores for the old stand-by of camouflage pants and shirts. You may also consider thrift stores to find some outrageous adult Halloween costume ideas. Those are perfect places for men who want to go in drag and need a cheap, big size dress.

If you’re feeling very creative another perfect adult Halloween costume idea would be to go as a zombie. You may think this requires a lot of work but actually all you need to do is get some theatrical make-up, cover your face with white base, darken circles under your eyes then grease up you hair. And no matter what outfit you wear, just add the word zombie such as zombie bride, zombie businessman, zombie jogger. You can’t go wrong with a zombie!

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Adult halloween costume ideas

Adult halloween costume ideas can come in all shapes and sizes. You can go with the traditional halloween costumes – think ghosts, ghouls, witches and mummies or betwitching mermaids – or you can go with something new and unique. Or you could split the difference, going with something new but not unique at all. Think Michael Jackson or another recently deceased celebrity.

That’s one of the favorite tropes for adult halloween costume ideas these days: Going as someone who recently died. It’s got the right amount of creativity combined with plenty of "that’s sick!" to make it an eye-catcher. Michael Jackson is obviously a great one, as there are about ten different looks you could go with, all of them hilarious if pulled off right.

Think about it. You could be the most recent version of Michael Jackson, lily-white and missing his nose (obviously you shouldn’t cut off your own nose, but you can wear the mask like MJ did for the last few years of his life). You could go with late 1980s Michael Jackson, he of the leather jackets, skin-tight pants, jheri curl, and bulky metal accessories. If done right, you could even bring your own stuffed chimpanzee with you. You remember Bubbles, right? Jackson’s chimp companion from the late 80s/early 90s? That’s a costume everyone would recognize.

Then there’s the "Thriller" era Michael Jackson, he of the red leather jacket, the white socks, black shoes and midriff bearing t-shirt. Or the outfit from the "Billie Jean" video. In the realm of adult halloween costume ideas, these are two that are sure to be recognized by most people.

Of course you don’t have to go as a dead celebrity. Some people like to go as concepts, like "postmodernism" or "alcoholism." My girlfriend and I were thinking about how to come up with a good costume for the latter. I would go as a martini – my head would be the olive, and we’d figure out how to build a glass around that – and she would go as an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. We haven’t hashed out the idea fully, but it’s something we’re working on and will continue to do so as the season approaches.

These aren’t the only adult halloween costume ideas to consider, though. There’s plenty out there if you do some online research, ideas old and new to get your creative juices flowing. Plus there’s tons of "how-to" guides to give you what info you need to construct your costume on your own.

However for 2009 mermaids as the favorites in halloween costume ideas.