How Green and Cheap can we get this Halloween? Budgets are tight and so is that thong. First thing here… on the Today show last week, Meredith Vieira mentioned to Reese Witherspoon that one of the hot adult costumes this year is Prisoner Paris Hilton.

(Here’s one example.) But Reese didn’t nibble. Instead, she said, “I’m going to be a very scary witch.”

Meanwhile, Meanwhile, Fandango did a recent survey of hot adult costumes taken from movies.

No. 1 for men: Captain Jack Sparrow  (otherwise the age-old pirate costume).

Borat is No. 10. We’re not sure if that’s with his green thong mankini or not.

Women picked Catwoman — worn well by Halle Berry here — as their No. 1 costume, with Hairspray’s Edna Turnblad bringing up the bottom of the list.

If you are low on dough and need to look slick and sassy for pennies, lets get creative. Especially if you have kids, this is how cost effective we need to be this year

Timeless Mummy Costume

Check out the awesome Instructable for how to make your own mummy costume from the awesome and crafty folks at Thread Banger. All you need is:

White sheets (2)
White pants/jeans
White long sleeve shirt (preferably turtleneck)
Box of 100 tea bags
Some 3-5 gallon buckets
Seam ripper
Sewing machine
Scissors

Your HOT body and 3 bucks and you are a SPARTAN!

Make a $2.00 costume from almost only cardboard! Here’s what you’ll need:

PART I:

Cardboard – 3-5 larger boxes should do
Hot glue gun and glue
A box cutter or razor blade

PART II:

Fiberglass sheets/matting (optional)
Fiberglass Resin (optional)
Bondo or another type of filler with hardener (optional)
Sandpaper – 100, 350, and 600 grits (optional)
Spray paint – a black or gray base-coat , a Black Lacquer (optional), a Gold, a Bronze and a copper

You’ll only need the fiberglass, resin, bondo, and sandpaper if you want to use some fiberglass to add a more finished look and strength to your costume.

Grab a swine flu mask when you’re sanding please.

By the way, one of my colleagues contracted
swine flu this week and I’m surprised this is the first person I know that contracted this bug. Get well Deb. Are you freaking out or what? I think I would be. Maybe not. I’ve heard significants facts that say the regular old flu kills many more people than this virus called “Swine” has killed.