When I was a kid, there were many homemade Halloween costumes that used tin foil, like a robot or a space suit. I even folded pieces over my teeth and pretended to be the James Bond villain Jaws a couple times. That was also when I learned about how tin foil reacts to metal fillings in your mouth.
Today, those would cost a fortune. Tin foil prices have gone through the roof. Maybe it’s because so many conspiracy nuts have popped up over the past couple years and need hats. I used to be able to get 60 square feet at the dollar store. Now, it’s 17 square feet for a buck. I saw a larger roll in the grocery store that was $23.
When you look at DYI Halloween Costume pages, you quickly realize it costs a fortune to make any of them. One I saw was Maverick from Top Gun. It looked easy. Just need a green jump suit, aviator sun glasses, and a couple of American flag patches. The jump suit alone costs 40 to 70 dollars. And where else are you going to wear it? Ray Ban wants $160 for the sun glasses. Although, I’ll admit, you can probably get a pair at the Dollar Store. Ok, here’s the easiest and cheapest, a Price Is Right contestant. Just get a sheet of yellow construction paper, cut it into that shape of the name tags on the show, marker your name on it, then tape it to your shirt.
Here are more DYI ideas. I like the Holy Cow one that you can see at the 3:48 mark.