Surfer

So you live in a place with a coast, and you love the beach, the ocean, the waves and all of the activities that go with. Why not channel that love into your Halloween costume this year and be a beach babe/stud in a beach costume? This costume will be the cheapest you’ve ever done, but conversely might be the most work. Generally, everyone already owns a bathing suit, so the actual costume part will be pretty simple; just get it out of your drawer or closet and put it on. However, if you’re not exactly sure that you have the confidence to go to a Halloween party in just your bathing suit, then a trip to the gym might be in order (that’s where the work would come in). You could always go buy a wetsuit, and bring a boogie board or surfboard with you, and that eliminates the trouble of toning up those few troublesome zones on your body in time for the holiday, and gives you the added edge of being a surfer, instead of just a ‘beach go-er’. But you could be a surfer in swim trunks or a bikini as well. It’s all up to you and what you’re comfortable with.

If you’re like me, and you live in a place where the beaches get a lot of tourism, your friends might get a kick out of seeing you dressed as a “tourist beach go-er”. It would be a great funny costume to do, especially since so many of us that live here originally moved from other states when they were kids, technically we were all tourists once. You could get white face paint to simulate sunscreen that never soaked in, and smear it on your nose and on your cheeks under your eyes. Big baggy shorts are a must, as well as a novelty baseball cap for the state/city that you live in, a brightly colored fanny pack around your hips would be a big indicator of what you were trying to achieve. As for a top, wife beaters for the men and camisole-type bathing suit tops for the women. You could even have a little fun with red makeup to simulate a really bad sunburn.