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Check Out These Last-Minute Halloween Costume Ideas

Whether you're a kid or a kid at heart, Patch found five easy costumes for your Halloween hauntings.

It's been hot out. It's not your fault Halloween snuck up on you. Maybe you received a last-minute party invite or change of plans. Whatever the case, you don't need to hide out for Halloween. Patch found five quick, easy, and inexpensive costumes ideas that can get you through these spooky times and guarnteee you'll receive treats instead of tricks.

1. The classic ghost costume still demands respect and a nostalgic tip of the hat to Charlie Brown. Take a white sheet, cut out some holes for eyes, and drape it over yourself. To help keep your ghost disguise from sliding off, tie a tie around your neck to keep it all in place and masquerade as a dead banker - sure to bring 99 percent more treats this year.

2. Zombies are hot right now. Gather some old clothes, stop by a thrift store for shirts, pants, and dresses you can rip and get dirty. Splatter the clothes with fake blood or red paint. Mix white and black face paint - you can find it at Rite-Aid - and apply to your skin to give yourself the look of the dead - black under eye circles are a zombie's signature feature. Don't forget to mess up your hair. Of course, you'll have to perfect your own zombie walk to really bring the full effect.

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3. Everyone knows the old standby Freudian slip, but why not get creative with your own play on words? Wear all black and pin, tape or glue your way to a witty get-up. Add dinosaur figures and you're the La Brea Tarpits. Print pictures of baby chicks from the internet, cut and paste and you're a chick magnet. Cut the fronts off your cereal boxes and you're a cereal killer. The possibilities are endless.

4. Hit up a thrift store or the back of your closet for something your mother would wear. Pair a muumuu with running shoes or go for polyseter pants and a brightly patterned sweater. Don't forget the pearl necklace, oversized earrings and pantyhose. Grab a cane atand pop a tennis ball onto the bottom. When asked what your costume is, simply reply, "your mom."

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5. Why be a cat when you can a bear? Just dress in all black or brown and add a black nose with eyeliner or face paint. Matching felt from cut into half circles and glued to a simple head band will give you ears. Don't forget your phone so you can show people your Twitter page.

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