Please help! I need a costume idea for class!

Kyle Stebbins

Kyle Stebbins

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In my Creative and Strategic class I have been given an assignment to design my own costume for Halloween. The catch here is that FIRST I must give myself a problem (examples might be: i want to hook up with the girl at a party, i want to get totally wasted, i want to blah blah blah.... something along those lines) and then use design my costume to help me ACHIEVE this goal and SOLVE this problem.

I've only got a very basic idea, that I'm not really that happy about.

Here's the deal: I have to design this costume TODAY and present it TOMORROW NIGHT. Can you guys and gals help me out?

Put any ideas you have on here. -- Please.

I'm busy editing the hell out of my TwilightFest entry so I'm worried I might not have enough time to dedicate to the brainstorming process for this project.

Let me know. :beer: and thanks in advance!! :beer::beer:
 
Let's see a problem? Does it have to do with partying? I'm assuming no?

Okay, so a guy needs to get cavity out of his mouth, so go as a guy with a vise grip in his mouth!

Heh, okay, seriously...

Hmm, what about a guy who needs to make a dog house and all of the tools and planks of wood stick to him?

How about a guy needs to power the world, so he spends all his time rubbing his feet on carpet? So you go to class with your hair all sticking up, socks and other things stuck to you, and of course wool socks on your feet.

Hmm, how about you're on a deserted island and you need to cut your hair? Or perform surgery?

Gah, this is hard...
 
This is who I'm dressing up as for halloween.

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Your problem could be: "how can I simultaneously appear to have 1. incredible class, 2. a larger brain than everyone else, 3. a talkshow on PBS, and 4. a cool black eye?"

Dressing up as Charlie Rose with a black eye is the only answer!

and it could probably get you laid and drunk as well.
 
Jon you have a brilliant mind.
While this class is rather open, and pretty lenient with its guidelines, I would still keep this within the Halloween realm. -- Going to a party is pretty predictable, but as long as we've got a Halloween theme going here... the project will be a success.

Let's just say, for the sake of staying on the same path, that my Halloween costume needs to be worn and executed on Halloween. My plans can be ANYTHING... I even thought it might be funny to have my problem be me, sitting on a couch, hoping for an invitation somewhere. See what I'm getting at? I have to have the problem on Halloween, and solve it with my costume.

Another idea I had was making some sort of angelic outfit out of a bedsheet in order to meet up with a girl at the party that I have my "eye" on, who I think may be a "good girl".... and if I get there and find out I'm quite wrong, the costume can TRANSFORM into a TOGA! -- The little trumpet prop I was carrying around as an angel can then, in turn, transform into a beer bong.

Get it?

I still think that idea is kind of lame, but it will act as a last resort if I don't hear something on this thread. ;) Keep em coming, Jon!!
 
Weston said:
This is who I'm dressing up as for halloween.

Your problem could be: "how can I simultaneously appear to have 1. incredible class, 2. a larger brain than everyone else, 3. a talkshow on PBS, and 4. a cool black eye?"

Dressing up as Charlie Rose with a black eye is the only answer!

and it could probably get you laid and drunk as well.
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This is hilarious! -- The question I will get from my teacher is: "How is your costume solving all of these problems?"

EDIT: I see where you are going with this.

This is actually pretty damn funny.

I've placed it on my legal pad list.
 
Problem: You want to drink like a fish at the party but you don't want to worry about running to the bathroom all night. Go as a giant bladder. :)

If you want to make it legit, run a catheter. :eek:
 
Kyle Stebbins said:
Another idea I had was making some sort of angelic outfit out of a bedsheet in order to meet up with a girl at the party that I have my "eye" on, who I think may be a "good girl".... and if I get there and find out I'm quite wrong, the costume can TRANSFORM into a TOGA! -- The little trumpet prop I was carrying around as an angel can then, in turn, transform into a beer bong.
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Thats actually not a half bad idea, but I can see why you're looking for more suggestions. I'll try to think of some whilst I clean my apartment.
 
Problem: There are too many young coeds breathing at your university.

Solution: Get 20 boxes from those small cereal variety packs and tape them all over your body with ketchup. put a plastic knife through a box or two.

costume: You are a cereal killer.

btw, you will be popular when the keg is full and the snacks run out.

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Problem: You are having trouble getting a date for the big dance.

Solution: dress in all black and tape barbie dolls all over your body

costume: you are a chick magnet.
 
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To keep yourself from getting too scared, you attach mini blinds right in front of your face so you can close them. :D Okay, kinda lame.

Love the chick magnet idea. Or heck, you could go as a magnet, with a red N on top and S on the bottom.

Perhaps back onto the chick thing, you could go as a multi-costume man? Something that changes, or you have several masks of different colours. This way you can keep trying to score with the same hot girl all night, and you just change costumes/masks when it doesn't work. Or a mask that you can wear inside out? This way you can at least have two shots with every woman? Also a shirt that goes inside out.

If you're under age, you dress as an older man to be able to buy beer.
 
Jon Starr said:
Perhaps back onto the chick thing, you could go as a multi-costume man? Something that changes, or you have several masks of different colours. This way you can keep trying to score with the same hot girl all night, and you just change costumes/masks when it doesn't work. Or a mask that you can wear inside out? This way you can at least have two shots with every woman? Also a shirt that goes inside out.

If you're under age, you dress as an older man to be able to buy beer.
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I love this idea, I was actually kinda thinking the same sorta thing, but I really like the reversible costume idea on it. You could also combine the the two by having a fake mustache to stick on. This way you look older to buy booze and pick up chicks.
 
Jarrod Homer said:
I love this idea, I was actually kinda thinking the same sorta thing, but I really like the reversible costume idea on it. You could also combine the the two by having a fake mustache to stick on. This way you look older to buy booze and pick up chicks.
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Maybe also bring a few Ids, and random things like a police badge, or a stethoscope, or a stunt double certificate, things that would impress the ladies. ;)
 
Jon Starr said:
Maybe also bring a few Ids, and random things like a police badge, or a stethoscope, or a stunt double certificate, things that would impress the ladies. ;)
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I'm loving the stunt-double certificate. That's hilarious.

Interchangeability will definitely win me points on this project.
I feel like the chick magnet and cereal killer ideas are kind of worn out, as I've seen them at a lot of parties already. Maybe not in that exact fashion, but similar.

I like the old man idea, as I am the youngest person in the class. It is senior level, and I'm only 20 years old. I'm told that I'm well ahead of the curve in the class, but I think highlighting my age in this instance will be GREAT.
 
Kyle Stebbins said:
I feel like the chick magnet and cereal killer ideas are kind of worn out, as I've seen them at a lot of parties already. Maybe not in that exact fashion, but similar.
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so you are saying these ideas are the cross fades of costume choices. Damn you kids with your rock n' roll:Drogar-Smoke(DBG):
 
Kyle you could dress up as a little kid. The problem being that you want to go trick or treating but you will be shunned for being to old and you just want to be young again. If the people in your class make fun of you for being the youngster they might get a kick out of this.
 
Settled. -- I'm going as the guy on a driver's license I found.

He's 21. I'm 20.

My problem: I want to go to the bars on Halloween.
My solution: I dress like the bearded, heavy-set, motorcycle riding man on this ID.

Brilliant! ;)

Thanks for all the ideas guys.
 
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