Halloween is right around the corner. And if you\u2019re thinking of skipping the basic pumpkin outfit this year, we\u2019ve got you. Austin Halloween is all about humor, local nods, and a little extra spice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
From roadside\u00a0signage to tequila brands, here\u2019s how to flex your Halloween creativity using stuff you probably already have lying around.<\/p>\n
Black tee, white letters (paint or tape) and voil\u00e0: you\u2019re an iconic Austin meme. Optional: hold a mini margarita for authenticity.<\/p>\n
These limited-edition outfits channel Pantalones\u2019 kick. Matthew McConaughey’s tequila brand\u00a0is offering the costume individually for $34.99 or bundled with a bottle for $74.99 while supplies last.<\/p>\n
Grab a red shirt, smear some safe-for-skin paint or sticker dots and sprinkle with glitter for a sweet-and-spicy snack look. Everyone will want you on their rims. Bonus points if you carry a little bottle of real chamoy for dramatic effect.<\/p>\n
Bandana, braids, faded jeans and a guitar (or even a cardboard one). Add a look of eternal chill and you\u2019re halfway there.<\/p>\n
Bell-bottoms, fringe, round sunglasses and a tie-dye tee. Sing like you\u2019re at the Armadillo World Headquarters and you\u2019ve got the look.<\/p>\n
Channel the Queen of Tejano with a sparkly purple jumpsuit (or anything sequined), a red lip and a microphone. Add big 90s curls and belt out \u201cBidi Bidi Bom Bom\u201d like you\u2019re headlining RodeoHouston.\u00a0<\/p>\n
White shirt, pink pants, a bowl cut styled blonde wig and that famously chill \u201calright, alright, alright\u201d attitude.\u00a0<\/p>\n
All black outfit, black eyeliner, maybe a feathered hat if you\u2019re fancy and flail your wings dramatically at anyone with food. Bonus: squawk at people.<\/p>\n
Silver or gray top and pants, tape a logo on your chest and put on a round hat and fake cameras meant to detect nearby traffic.<\/p>\n
Gray or black clothes, white tape for lane lines and a bike helmet with two horns if you\u2019re feeling literal. Hold a tiny cardboard that indicates which evil highway you are (so many to pick from).<\/p>\n
Old plaid shirt, jeans, boots and a toy\u00a0chainsaw. Smudged makeup optional but highly recommended. Warning: might scare your neighbors more than intended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Halloween is right around the corner. And if you\u2019re thinking of skipping the basic pumpkin outfit this year,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,1223,1224,372,4958,987,1811,27],"class_list":["post-13694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-austin-texas","tag-austin-things-to-do","tag-fall","tag-fall-season","tag-halloween","tag-october","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}