Gigglebit: 8 last-minute Halloween costumes for the lazy tech fan (and 5 for pets!)

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With Halloween arriving tomorrow, our attention has turned to the last-minute panic of finding a Halloween costume that’s easy to throw together while also indulging your tech side. Here are our suggestions.

1. Blue screen of death

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At the very least, this one is scary, and all you need are blue clothes, blue paper, a Tipp-Ex pen and some neat handwriting.

2. Steve Jobs

^{The late Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs at Macworld in 2005. Image via mylerdude/Flickr}

Black turtleneck, blue jeans, trainers, glasses, iPhone, done. (And, please, don’t do the zombie version. That’s just bad form.)

3. Candy Crush Saga

^{Image via Jacquie Longlegs}

While I respect the effort Jacquie Longlegs put into her DIY Candy Crush Saga costume, I think it would be just as effective to dress in black, then get all the jazzies, jelly beans, Jolly Ranchers, lemon drops and colourful humbugs you can find, and cover yourself in them. The best thing about this get-up is that it’s a costume and a snack.

4. A really terrible superhero

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Got some coloured paper and gift-wrapping supplies? Have a bash and see what you can cobble together. Get it right and your costume could just make it into the ‘so bad it’s good’ category of Halloween achievements.

5. Selfie

^{Still from ‘Instagram “Selfie” Photo Halloween Costume! (DIY) | MapleSunset’ by MapleSunset on YouTube}

There’s a lot that can be achieved with a big sheet of card and some markers, and an Instagram-style polaroid frame is just the beginning. Be sure to add the hashtag #selfie and be prepared to be in everyone’s photographs from Halloween night – making this the ideal costume to indulge your narcissistic side.

6. LED stick figure

OK, I know not everyone has LED strips just lying around the house, nor the technological know-how to make them react to sound like Glowy Zoey’s fab suit here – but dark clothes, glow-sticks and some sticky tape will surely do the job at the last minute.

7. Rage Comics

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Pick a rage face, print or draw it, attach it to your face. You can even alternate expressions during the night for extra craic. And you don’t even have to go with Rage Comics – Allie Brosh’s Hyperbole and a Half creations work just as well.

^{Costume by Christina Duff. Right-hand image via Hyperbole and a Half}

8. Your favourite image macro meme

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You see what I’m getting at with the opportunities that basic paper craft supplies can bring? Endless.

Bonus! Last-minute cat costume ideas from Pusheen

Now that you’re sorted for a Halloween costume, what about your feline friend? We’ll leave that advice to Pusheen, one of our favourite internet kitties.

^{Images via Pusheen.com}

Main image of dog in Halloween costume by Tom Feist via Shutterstock