Today is the big day! Tricks and treats, and perhaps even ghouls and goblins, run abound on this long-awaited All Hallows’ Eve. But the most important part of today is being able to show off your terrifyingly hilarious or hilariously terrifying costumes.

Oh, no! Did the thought of dressing up slip out of your mind? Or did you think it was unnecessary, and now you changed your mind?

Well, this goes out to all those costume procrastinators! Whether you are planning to show off at a Halloween party after school or do some good ol’ trick-or-treating, these costumes will be perfect for you. For one, they take a maximum of two hours; for another, they are quite witty.

Take your pick to have a happy, fun Halloween!

“Letting the Cat Out of the Bag”

You’ll need: a big cardboard box, a cat plushie, scissors and glue.

Directions: For others to understand this costume, you’ll need to be animated. Grab the cardboard box tear off the top flaps. Glue any remaining loose flaps on the sides and bottom closed. Cut the edges of the top of the box in a zig-zag pattern to resemble the top of a paper bag. Create holes for your arms on the sides of the box and for your legs at the bottom of the box.

Once you’re in the box, put the cat plushie at the bottom or hidden somewhere inside the box (make sure it doesn’t fall out!). When someone asks what you’re supposed to be, pull the cat out of the box to “let the cat out of the bag!”

“Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum” from Disney’s Alice in Wonderland

You’ll need: black shoes, red pants/skirt, yellow shirt, red hat, felt (yellow, blue, white), stick, scissors and hot glue gun.

Directions: A perfect costume for couples or best friends! Cut out two large, curved triangles from the white felt to act as the “collar.” Glue the two pieces so that the corner of one touches the corner of the other. Cut out a bow tie-shaped piece from the blue felt, and glue this piece at the intersection of the two corners of the collar. Glue this construction onto your yellow shirt.

Cut a tiny circle out of the top of the red hat, only large enough to fit the stick into. Glue the stick so that it can fit snugly into the cut-out hole. Create

a flag like the ones the Tweedles have as shown by cutting the yellow felt. Glue the yellow felt to the stick.

Let all the glue dry, put on your black shoes, and have fun acting as ridiculous as the Tweedles!

“Helpful Honda Guy”

You’ll need: a blue polo shirt, khakis and white marker

Directions: Ideal for Clark students, as all you need is to put on the aforementioned clothes. Draw the Honda logo onto the left side of your chest. And voila! Not only are you in dress code, but you’ve got yourself a costume, too!

“Chef”

You’ll need: an apron, white paper, any kitchen utensil, scissors, tape and measuring tape

Directions: First create a chef’s hat by measuring the circumference of your head. Tape multiple pieces of white paper (all oriented portrait style) together until you have a horizontal length of paper that is about four inches longer than the circumference of your head. Make vertical creases until the taped-together paper is only half an inch longer than the circumference of your head. Tape the two edges of the paper construction together. Grab another piece of paper to create a circle to close off one of the open ends of the paper to finish the hat.

Put on the apron and grab your kitchen utensil to complete the look. Add your own finishing touches by drawing on a thin mustache on your face, splattering the front with the sauce of your choice, or however you feel that a professional chef would look!