Do-It-Yourself Sid & Nancy Halloween Costumes

Nothing says scary quite like this 70s/80s rocker gone bad. Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols was the baddest of them all. His girlfriend Nancy was no slouch in the creepy department, either. If you’ve been dying for an excuse to dress up as a punk glam rock star circa 1980, here’s your chance! This Halloween you can be pretty. Pretty Vacant.

Items you will need for Sid:

Leather jacket
Torn t-shirt (ripped with a razor blade)
Safety pins for t-shirt
Blue jeans with the bottoms cuffed
Black boots (combat boots are perfect)
Spiked black hair
A half empty bottle of liquor
Bruises and scabs
Bass guitar (optional)

For Nancy:

A leather jacket
A leopard-print shirt (or something colorful)
A black leather skirt
Ripped fishnets
Boots
Black eyeliner
Red lipstick
Spiky, dirty blond hair
Scabs and bruises
A cigarette hanging out of your mouth

It’s all about pissed-off punk attitude. Sid, put on your T-shirt, your jeans, your boots and your leather jacket. Tease the hair. It should be dark and tangled. Apply fake bruises and scabs on your arms, especially in the crook of your arm. Nancy, take a pointer or two from Sid. Put on your t-shirt, your skirt, your fishnets and your boots. Your blond hair should also be teased to be as messy as possible. A nice touch is heavy eyeliner and red lipstick, both a little on the smudged side.

For pointers, check out the movie “Sid and Nancy” (1986) starring Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb.

Frightening Fact:
In “Sid & Nancy”, Gary Oldman had to lose weight to play Sid Vicious, but he lost so much that he ended up in hospital.

Do-It-Yourself Han Solo & Princess Leia Halloween Costumes

A short time from now, at a Halloween party not too far, far away, there will be a princess and her smuggler. That’s right. Go to the party as Princess Leia and Han Solo and be a Force to be reckoned with! Making these Star Wars Halloween costumes is a snap!

Items you will need for Han Solo:

Dark hair, parted down the middle
A white long-sleeved undershirt
A dark blue vest
Black jeans or slacks
Black boots
Red masking tape (use a marker)
Black belt
Toy gun

Items for Princess Leia:

White dress or robe (floor length)
White or silver belt
Dark hair, parted in the middle
Dark earmuffs or balls of yarn
Toy gun

Leave those hyperdrive repairs to Chewie. It’s time to ready for the Halloween party, Han. Put on a white long-sleeved undershirt. If it’s a button-down shirt, unbutton it down to mid-sternum. If it’s not, cut the shirt down to that point. Tuck the shirt into dark jeans. You need a red stripe down both sides of your pants. This can be achieved by attaching red tape down the outer seam of both sides of the pant legs, or by using velcro to attach strips of red felt down by sides from pant-leg cuffs up to the hips. Add the belt and black boots - tuck your pants into the boots. Part your dark hair (wig or otherwise) down the center and you’re ready to go. Oh, wait. Don’t forget your blaster.

Come on, Princess. The revolution can wait. Your white dress should be flowing. It can just as easily be fashioned from white sheets. The dress should be floor-length. At the waist, wear a white or silver belt. Part your dark hair down the center and wear a pair of dark earmuffs to achieve Leia’s distinctive bun hairdo. Grab your blaster and your smuggler (Han) and you’re ready to lead the rebellion at this year’s Halloween party.

Frightening Fact:
Jodie Foster was George Lucas’s second option for Princess Leia.

Do-It-Yourself Scarecrow Halloween Costume Instructions

The choices here are good scarecrow (like the Wizard of Oz) or bad scarecrow that wishes to kill and maim. Hmmm…three guesses which version SoCreepy prefers! In any case, this is an easy Halloween costume to make.

Items you will need:

Old clothing (flannel shirt, overalls, etc.)
Hat
Rope
Gloves
Straw
Fake crow
Black grease paint stick

Put on the clothing and stuff your sleeves, pant legs and neckline with straw as if you were made of it. Use the grease paint to mark your nose. If you wish to be sinister, invest in a small make-up kit and paint your face green, gray or brown and use the black to hollow out under your eyes and accentuate your cheekbones. Attach the crow to your shoulder. Put on the gloves and stuff a bit of straw in those, too. Use the rope to tie around your waist, wrists and ankles. To complete and evil look, grab yourself a real pitchfork!

Frightening Fact:
Scarecrows are nothing terribly exciting. They have been around since the 1500s and were devised by farmers to keep birds from destroying crops.