Halloween Costume Ideas: Getting Silly, Scary, Or Smart With Spectacles

If you always need your glasses to see, you might feel discouraged when Halloween rolls around. For some costumes, glasses might ruin the look; after all, since when does a pirate or a fairy wear glasses? However, you can find tons of costume ideas that make glasses an integral part of your dress-up.

Hide The Glasses

One way to incorporate glasses from a place like the Spectacle Shoppe, Inc. into a costume is to cleverly hide them. For example, if you wanted to dress up as a fox, you could create the fox mask around your glasses so that the lenses make the eye holes for the mask. You'll be able to see, but your glasses won't draw attention away from your clever costume idea. Other ideas that involve masking your glasses include:

• Batman and Robin
• Cleopatra
• The Dread Pirate Roberts from The Princess Bride
• Any other animal that might work with the fox idea, such as a wolf, leopard, owl, or raccoon.  
• A traditional style aviator. Simply put the over-sized goggles over the top of your frames, and don the bomber-style jacket and leather cap and you'll be set to win any costume contest. 

Feature The Glasses

However, you will have the most variety if you choose to have your glasses be the center of your costume. The best was to do this is to choose a well-known character who has classes are part of their signature look. Some ideas that will stay evergreen for years to come include:

• Waldo, from the Where's Waldo book series. A red-and-white-striped sweater, some blue jeans, and beanie will complete this look with relatively little effort.
• Luna Lovegood, from JK Rowling's Harry Potter series. Although Luna doesn't wear glasses in the series, a well-known scene shows her wearing brightly-colored spectrespecs. You can decorate your glasses to look like this bizarre set of eyewear, and complete the look with a blonde wig, a magazine, and and wand. Of course, you can always go the traditional route, and dress up like Harry, whose round glasses have become an iconic symbol of his character. 
• A cat lady. While this isn't a character from a book or movie, this is an easy costume idea that people will find funny and clever. Simply don an outdated dress or bathrobe, find yourself a couple of stuffed kitties to hold or position on your shoulder, and put your hair up in rollers. You can keep your glasses as is.
• Velma from the Scooby Doo series. Velma is the stereotypical smart girl. To complete this costume, you'll need a red or burgundy skirt, an orange sweater, and dark hair set in a bob style. Your glasses will make the costume complete. 
• Simon, from Alvin and The Chipmunks. Simon basically wears a floor-length blue muumuu, some sneakers, and a set of black-framed spectacles. To make this costume even cooler, bring some helium balloons with you to change your voice occasionally during the party, or enlist some friends to be Alvin and Theodore. 
• Napolean Dynamite. Most people will recognize this costume, especially if you splurge on a "Vote For Pedro" shirt, and perfect your ability to say, "Tina, come get your dinner," in the right tone of voice. 
• A hippy. Return to the flower child era by taping some see-through colored cellophane over the the lenses of your glass. Raid a local thrift store for some bell bottoms and scarves. You can perfect the look by straightening your hair or buying a long-haired wig. 
• Ralphie, from the classic movie A Christmas Story. Break out the pink bunny suit, put on your grumpy face, and wear your glasses with pride. Just make sure you don't end up licking a metal pole; that hurts. 
• Clark Kent. A white dress shirt, slacks, and a Superman t-shirt are all you need. Keep some of the buttons of the white shirt open, so people can see the Superman logo peeping through. 

Your Halloween costume doesn't have to be limited by your glasses. There are tons of great ideas that will make your costume the talk of the party.