5 Creative Halloween Costumes

Whether adults are dressing up to accompany their children when trick or treating or heading to a costume party with their own peers, creative adult Halloween costumes have become a popular part of the Halloween festivities. In addition to the usual witch, monster or French maid costumes available in traditional costume stores, these creative adult Halloween costumes will definitely set you apart from the crowd.

It’s never too early to begin planning your Halloween costume, especially if you are looking ahead to Halloween 2012. Avoid the ultimate Halloween faux pas. By planning now, you have the definite advantage of not appearing at a Halloween party dressed exactly like a dozen other people at the same party.

Of course, if more than two of you show up dressed as Harry Potter it could be a bit funny.

But the comic factor is exponentially increased along with the number of Potters in the room. There is a limit to this, however, and at some point you want to kick yourself for your lack of ingenuity. Harry Potter may have been an excellent costume choice in the late 1990s, and even an puzzling choice in the early nineties, but times have changed and so should your Halloween costume.

Here are the top five Creative Halloween costumes:

5. Walter Mondale, the 42^nd Vice President of these United States.

This costume was very popular with the fashionable young set in the mid 1990s. However, this Halloween season, retro is in and you will be a beacon of fashion if you revive this trend.
Pulling your Walter Mondale costume together is a cinch. Start with a conservative men’s suit, accessorized with a square knot tie, and eye glasses. Use a photo graph from his time in office to make sure you have the right kind of glasses to make your costume authentic.
The advantage of donning a Halloween costume like is that it shows you mean business when it comes to your Halloween costumes, and your knowledge of US history will make you the belle of the ball.
The downside of showing up as Walter Mondale is that the real Walter Mondale just might show up… especially if you are partying in Washington, DC.

4. Ghost

It’s an age-old costume, but this novel approach has most likely never been used before. Since ghosts are clearly pale, just use a white sheet with two holes cut out for your eyes. By following this basic technique for this original Halloween costume, you will look like an actual ghost and scare the dickens out of all of the other guests at the party.

The advantage of showing up as a ghost is that you are guaranteed to be one of the most realistic costumes at the Halloween party.
The disadvantage is that your costume will be so authentic it will possibly scare the other guests a little too much. Besides, if any of the party goers decides to come dressed as a "Ghostbuster," you could run into some trouble if they hit you with a shot from their proton pack.

3. Ghostbuster

If the top two Halloween costume options on this list do not appeal to you why not take a brief trip back in time and go as a Ghostbuster? Simply put on beige jumpsuit scattered with a few clever patches, and accessorize with a ghostbusting a proton pack
The biggest advantage of playing Ghostbuster on Halloween is that you are ready to deal with the problem if a ghost shows up to haunt the Halloween party.
Your disadvantage is that your odds of being slimed are significantly higher than those of anyone else at the party.

2. The Hamburglar

A Halloween costume that evokes memories of the McDonalds infamous character responds to two of America’s passions, fast food and crime stories.
Combine these two infamous obsessions and dazzle Halloween party guests dressed as everyone’s favourite crook… on the lam, and impeccably stylish in black suit, red tie, mask, wide brimmed black fedora, horizontal black and white striped shirt and all.
You have the advantage because you can spend all night eating juicy hamburgers and saying "robble, robble."

Your only disadvantage is that any cops from the 1940′s will recognize you on the spot as an escaped fugitive and escort you back to the pokey. The risk is definitely worth it when the reward is spending your Halloween stuffing your face with burgers.

1. Santa Claus

No explanation needed for this one.
Your greatest advantage here is that you will be wearing the coolest Halloween costume by dressing up as the jolliest man on Earth. And there are no disadvantages.