How to Create a WWF Costume - Mankind

Dressing up as Mankind will scare almost anybody, with or without his sidekick, Socko. Read on to transform yourself into this crazy wrestler.

Things You'll Need

• Neckties
• Sweatpants
• Wigs
• Spray Paints

Instructions

1. Grow out your hair to at least shoulder-length, or wear a dark brown wig. It doesn't have to be clean-cut; Mankind is a raggedy character, after all.

2. Create Mankind's mask, or find an equivalent at a Halloween costume store. To make the mask yourself, cut eyeholes in a piece of durable, dark brown leather large enough to wrap over your face. The top of the mask should be a single thin strap that connects the mask from the forehead to the back of the neck, allowing your long, straggly hair to show. Include a thick chin strap, too.

3. Pick out a white dress shirt with short sleeves. Don't tuck it in or iron it, and remember to unbutton the last couple of buttons.

4. Find an ugly brown or solid black necktie and hang it to just above belt level.

5. Wear black or blue sweatpants, but no jeans.

6. Slip on a pair of dirty white sneakers, which make for comfortable trick-or-treating.

7. Practice the Mankind head tilt and crazy look. Keep your mouth open and your tongue showing.

8. Create Mankind's sidekick, Socko the sock puppet. Take an old, dirty sock, draw on a pair of eyes and a mouth with a black marker, and place it on your right hand. You don't have to practice ventriloquism; just have Socko say "trick or treat." You might even get some extra candy.

Tips & Warnings

• Mankind's front teeth are missing. To avoid having to ask your buddy to knock your teeth out for you, head to the makeup aisle of a Halloween costume store.

• For some variation, pick out a necktie with a bunch of yellow smiley faces on it; Mankind has worn this on occasion.

• The mask is the toughest part of this costume. Try spray-painting amateur wrestling head gear brown and molding it into Mankind's mask.