Halloween Costume Ideas | MagicTricks.Com: Magic, Magicians and Magic History

Some ideas for Halloween costumes! Make your own costume, and be creative. MagicTricks.Com can supply costume parts for Halloween magicians and clowns. The other ideas below are not your typical suggestions- but they are creative, and fun, and cheap- and at least you'll be able to see, sit down, or eat in them!

Costume Idea	What You Need
Magician	For drama, wear black pants and a black long-sleeved shirt. If you are traditional, wear a jacket or a cape. Carry an appearing cane, a drooping flower, a raccoon puppet, or a wand. Even make yourself levitate!
Clown	Wear very colorful mismatched clothes, especially ones with large stripes or checks. Clothes should be too large for you. Suspenders are a nice touch, or an oversized necktie. You should wear gloves. Makeup can be purchased at a costume store. Carry a drooping flower, raccoon puppet, or a color changing scarf. Make anything you touch squeak.
Store	You can actually MAKE money with this one! Take a sheet and put a hole in the middle for your head. Put the sheet over you. Now, if you are a grocery store, pin bags of snacks, candy bars, any small items to the sheet. You can sell the items to other people at a party- for laughs and for profit! You can be a toy store, a flower shop, even a magic shop!
Bulletin Board	Take two pieces of poster board, and tie them together at one end with string, leaving about 6 inches of string between the sheets to make a "sandwich board". The idea is to wear the boards, one in front of you, and one in the back. Carry a pad of Post-It notes and a pencil (these can be fixed to the board if you don't want to carry them). Other people can then post notes on you as if you were a bulletin board. After you have a lot of notes on you, people will be fascinated reading your costume!
Breath of Fresh Air	Wear all white. Put white powder on (even flour will do). Carry a can of room freshener, and spray it every once in a while.
World's Most Popular Guy	Dress however you'd like, but fashionable would work best here. Ask a (good) female friend to apply a lot of lipstick to her lips, and carefully press her lips to your face, covering it in recognizable lip marks. You will probably have to touch the marks up, as the idea is to have them look like lip imprints, not like blotches.
Inspector Number 12	Make a name tag that says "Inspector #12". Just like the real Inspector #12 who puts the stamp of approval on clothing, or appliances, etc., you can carry a magnifying glass, put a pencil behind your ear, and "inspect". You may also have a pad of Post-Its, printed with "Inspected By #12" and stick them on other people.
Waldo	From the "Where's Waldo" book craze: Wear a red and white striped long sleeved T-Shirt and jeans. Red hair would be a nice touch, and of course, nerdy glasses. If you want, wear a tag that says "I'm Waldo. You've found me".
Invisible Man	Have a T-shirt printed (or hand print it yourself) that says "I'm the Invisible Man. You can see me? Well, it's not a very good costume".