Need ideas for homemade Halloween costumes for the very tall.

August 28, 2016 7:23 PM

I've been invited to a friend's Halloween party again this year and am looking for some good homemade costume ideas.

At 6'6", I'm trying to avoid disappointment with an off-the-rack costume that will almost certainly not fit right or be comfortable.

Last year, I went as a bottle of Sriracha (red sweat pants, red Sriracha shirt, party hat covered in green crepe paper) and it was perfect and really comfortable.

Would love any ideas of an easy (I'm *not* crafty/handy) homemade costume, with a bonus if my height is part of the costume/gag. Willing to spend no more than $50 on supplies/clothing.

Thanks in advance!

posted by Twicketface to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (12 answers total)

take a child's halloween costume, open the back seams, and add string/ribbon/etc to let you get into the outfit. Honor the bigness.
posted by blob at 7:28 PM on August 28, 2016

Any basketball player, or for bonus points, Muggsy Bogues or Spud Webb.
posted by Etrigan at 7:40 PM on August 28, 2016

Short person on stilts.
posted by phunniemee at 7:58 PM on August 28, 2016 [14 favorites]

Lurch from the Addams Family. Just face makeup and a tux.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 8:21 PM on August 28, 2016 [2 favorites]

Or The Giant from Twin Peaks - which was my last go. I am also 6'6" and so I totally feel your pain. The costume I remember most fondly wasn't tall specific - I grabbed a somewhat adequately sized suit jacket from goodwill, ripped up, with a bunch of stuffed monkeys stapled to it.
posted by wotsac at 8:29 PM on August 28, 2016

Two (short) people in a trench coat
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 8:43 PM on August 28, 2016 [1 favorite]

I can tell you from personal tall man experience that Abraham Lincoln is a winner. Drunk people really enjoy yelling "ABE!" at you. Old black suit from a thrift store, one cheap stovepipe hat, and a fake beard (if you don't already have one / aren't willing to shave your mustache off for this experience).

One year I went as 'head wound Abraham Lincoln' and a friend of mine dressed up in a brown suit and carried a fake Deringer and walked around behind me everywhere I went. It was extremely amusing to hear people go from a smiling cheering "ABE!" into a moment of contemplative (okay, drunk) silence and then on to, "SCREW YOU, BOOTH!"

[caveat: I live in New Orleans where Halloween is an incredible (okay, drunk) experience with thousands of people in the streets yelling at each other. YMMV if you're just attending your friend's party or something. To ensure a good time with ample costume recognition I suggest spending your Halloween in New Orleans.]
posted by komara at 10:29 PM on August 28, 2016 [5 favorites]

Best answer: I once wore all blue and attached a straw to my head.I was a "tall drink of water."
posted by papayaninja at 5:07 AM on August 29, 2016

You could be Slenderman.
posted by Too-Ticky at 5:10 AM on August 29, 2016 [1 favorite]

Brown or green clothing, attach a bunch of purple balloons to self with tape = bunch of grapes
posted by freezer cake at 10:51 AM on August 29, 2016

Many years ago, my spouse was a tree. Green shirt, brown pants, fake foliage from Michael's, toy kitten on shoulder that did voice activated stuff. I went as a firefighter.

Maybe the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man? Sailor hat and shirt, white sweats?
posted by zix at 8:33 PM on August 29, 2016

Man in the yellow hat from Curious George? Would work as a friend/couple costume or alone (w/ a stuffed monkey).
posted by R a c h e l at 6:54 AM on August 30, 2016