Another one.....

edythemighty

I was a girl once. Last year.

nintendude

already done, www.costumeideazone.com, its got everything you need.

MakGeek

Modern Cinderella:

Sweats, make-up and one shoe missing.

Zyada

How about some geeky costumes like:
iPod, WiiMote, Zune, iPhone, Tivo, Robot, Rubiks Cube, Lego etc.
Some pics of these here: www.tinyurl.com/37udjy

Yahoo Buzz has a Halloween Costume Trends with the top searched for costumes here:
www.buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/74830/?cmmnts=last#comments

cfaslave

1: "Cut a hole in a box", 2: "Put your junk in that box", 3: "Make her open the box... and that's the way you do it!

ironchef

an excerpt from some "low-cost costume ideas" from adam sandler ...

" ... Or you could use a prop, you know, you have lying around the house. A newspaper's great. You can go as Crazy Newspaper Face. 'I'm Crazy Newspaper Face! And I want some candy! Give some candy to Crazy Newspaper Face! My face ain't normal, it's a damn newspaper! Come on, extra, extra, read all about me, I need some candy!' "

For students, I recommend 'Crazy Protractor Beard'

... Now gimme some candy!

remi

Mine was stolen by Scott Adams, but I'm headed out as an OJ Simpson memorabilia collector.

Not quite as good as the year I went as an Abu Ghraib prisoner with my own personal Lynndie England, but it'll do.

Jeff

If you are going the Zombie route, this year's must have accessory is a 12" vinyl record sticking out of your head.

lercio

I'm going to a party tomorrow and I'm pretty sure I'm going to be rockin a toga:
[www.howtomakeatoga.info]

Jesse Mrozowski

With a black T-shirt, black pajamas, black socks, and black thong sandals, you can make a surprisingly decent Shirt Ninja costume.

HeartBurnKid

here's a neat ipod costume, not sure if this was already posted - but its at this homepage: [ipodmybaby.com.] cute.

AMiluski

Not sure if this counts as DYI, but I dressed up my twins as ipod minis last year for a home party with outfits from ipodmybaby.com. They were to young to take out so nothing too fancy. My husband wore a black turtleneck like Steve Jobs. Yeah, I know, we're geeks :-)

AMiluski

i'm going as Clown from Slipknot. I used one of the DIY tutorials for screen printing a shirt, to put the logos on a black workshirt that i already had.

Plus, instead of buying the official mask (which doesn't look right once it's on), i'm going to wrap my head in gauze and use fake blood to give it a real/authentic look.

All in all, i'm thinking its going to cost me about 1/5th of the official store bought costumes and such.

ploptoken

I was gonna go with my friend as fight of the conchords. We look pretty close to them and were gonna grow out their facial hair, dress like them, and play some songs. I thought it was a great idea but I live 5 hours away now so it's not much of an option, plus I cut off all my hair. No more Jemaine, so sad. I guess I'll just have to make him a tape this time.

BryanW

It's a very random costume idea, but I plan to portray the "sinful woman" that gave Christ a pedicure, first-century style. (Luke 7:36-50) I'm using a full size red bedsheet, some tights to keep my legs warm, some sandals, and an alabaster jar, if I can find one from a friend, if I can't, I'll wrap a perfume bottle in tissue paper. The sandals were the bost expensive part of the costume, and those I got on sale for nine dollars US. One seamstresses' trick to getting lots of basic fabric for cheap in solid colors is buying a bedsheet or two. The same fabric is sometimes much more affordrable this way than off the bolt.

vergabaths

My co-worker Julia wrote a great How To on ways to find or dream up the best Halloween costume:

[mahalo.com]

SaraMahalo

I'm in law school, so I plan on geeking out a little for Halloween. Current idea is to dress as the "Devil's advocate" - black suit with a bunch of buttons, stickers, and campaign posters/flyers saying thing's like "Devil is #1" and "Go Devil."

outdoorgrrl

Attention: iPod costumes are no longer cool, funny, or original. Please stop.

ChromeSishi

It wasn't for Halloween but I did recently go to an 80s party dressed as a Rubiks Cube. It was rather impractical but worked well as a table for everyone to put their drinks on when I sat down. Sorry I don't have a photo on the web to link to but I assure you it went down very well with everyone! DIY stores are great sources for large amounts of cardboard!

eviljam

I am a law student, so my girlfriend and I thought it would be fun to go as an ambulance chaser and an accident victim this year. I'm wearing my best suit, a pair of devil horns, and some bling. She's wearing a sling, bandages, and fake blood. The whole thing cost less than 20 bucks, so it's easy and budget-friendly.

GinaInSF