Our pal, epic word nerd Erin McKean, made this awesome (and awesomely quick) Lego brick costume out of little more than plastic bowls and a cardboard box.

Spotted on Facebook (with no attribution). The how-to pretty much speaks for itself.

Here are two adorable and funny costumes you can easily spin out of one project, Eggs and Bacon and Breakfast of Champions.

You will be a roll of toilet paper. People will laugh.

A quick Halloween costume idea from instructables user gnatquill: a spike through your stomach!

This one, which has been floating through the interwebs, is so creepy, I almost didn’t post it, but it’s an amazing example of a very simple costume with a big bang for the buck. All you need is a dress zipper, some skin-friendly glue, and some red paint.

White pants, black hoodie, some black and white paint, and a bouquet of flowers and you have yourself a hipster-worthy Amazing Bansky costume.

This toxic waste costume obviously took some time, but you could probably whip up a quicker version in an evening.

And if you want your pooch to provide fire support while you storm the neighborhood for candy, here’s a get-up that’s sure to earn him some dog treats of his own.