{"id":19214,"date":"2025-10-30T00:25:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T00:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/19214\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T00:25:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T00:25:13","slug":"how-to-have-a-very-pennsylvania-halloween-costume-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/19214\/","title":{"rendered":"How to have a very Pennsylvania Halloween \u2013 costume edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having a hectic Halloween season? We\u2019ve got you covered.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re in need of a last-minute costume in the Penn\u2019s Woods department, you\u2019re in the right place. City & State has put together our annual Halloween guide, complete with a collection of commonwealth-centric spooks and spoofs, all frighteningly fashionable \u2013 and feasibly fun to fabricate \u2013 for some do-it-yourself fun.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Costumes<\/p>\n

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\nPhoto credit:\u00a0Drew Angerer\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Tall bald U.S. Senator<\/p>\n

The commonwealth\u2019s senior U.S. senator has made a name for himself on quite a few occasions \u2013 for a few different reasons. Try out his starter pack to take a walk in the big man\u2019s shoes.<\/p>\n

Contains: Carhartt hoodie, shorts, phone with pre-written troll posts<\/p>\n

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\nPhoto credit:\u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n

Sexy mail-in ballot<\/p>\n

The absentee voting method, which has become a contentious judicial issue, is essentially the hanging chad of the 2020s. If you\u2019ve got cardboard and creativity, it\u2019s an easy DIY costume for anyone with an Amazon box. The only question is: Are you valid?<\/p>\n

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\nPhoto credit: Commonwealth Media Services,\u00a0Roberto Galan\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Nightmarish State Amphibian<\/p>\n

In 2019, then-Gov. Tom Wolf declared the Eastern Hellbender Pennsylvania’s State Amphibian in part to bring attention to conservation and clean water initiatives. Despite the ominous name, the large, harmless salamander isn\u2019t as scary as you\u2019d think. In reality, the costume is more \u2018Geico Gecko meets brown Barney.\u2019<\/p>\n

Contains: Hellbender mascot costume, lollipops for every child terrified by the sight of you<\/p>\n

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\nPhoto credit:\u00a0Neustockimages\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Capitol escalator repair person<\/p>\n

The person with the best job security in Harrisburg is none other than the Capitol\u2019s escalator repair expert. Another doable DIY for anyone with a tool belt and hard hat, the Capitol repair person has the blue-collar look that shows effort without overdoing it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\nPhoto credit:\u00a0ScottBush\/Getty Images,\u00a0Kevin Brine\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Sunday hunter<\/p>\n

Exchange Sunday\u2019s best for a high-vis vest \u2013 and not much else. Whether you\u2019re in camo or reflective gear, the commonwealth\u2019s newest Sunday hunters are eager to show off their guns now that the state\u2019s shooting on the Sabbath prohibition is no more.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\nPhoto credit:\u00a0Liudmila Chernetska\/Getty Images,\u00a0Yevgen Romanenko\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Energy vampire<\/p>\n

Show how much you\u2019re looking forward to increased electric utility rates with this ode to the oncoming artificial intelligence onslaught in the state. This AI-inspired outfit is both timely and a good source of warmth when those heating bills get too high thanks to data center usage.<\/p>\n

Contains: Indecipherable ChatGPT instructions for\u00a0 costume and AI slop video explainer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Having a hectic Halloween season? We\u2019ve got you covered.\u00a0 If you\u2019re in need of a last-minute costume in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,13472,13473],"class_list":{"0":"post-19214","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-pennsylvania","9":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","10":"tag-pennsylvania-news","11":"tag-personality","12":"tag-satire-odd-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}