How Do You Come Up With Last Minute Costume Ideas?
You’ve been invited to a costume party at the last minute and all the costume shops are closed. Or maybe you are the great procrastinator and just never got around to ordering a professionally designed costume. No need to panic. There are usually items from your current wardrobe as well as from around the house that you can rely on to create some very interesting and easy-on-the-budget costumes at the last minute. Have a swimsuit? Go as a Miss America contestant, placing a ribbon sash across your chest written with the name of your home state. Guys who have a Speedo in their wardrobe can go as an Olympic swimming champion, complete with a gold medallion from the jewelry box tied to a ribbon around your neck. If you have a leather jacket, sunglasses and tight black jeans, you can go as a motorcycle chick or babe magnet. That same leather jacket will come in handy if you want to be costumed as a John Travolta-style character from the movie Grease, complete with black comb and gel-slicked
