How to Create a Punk Rocker Costume

Punk's not dead! Even a well-behaved child or mild-mannered accountant will feel like a rebel in this costume. Follow these simple steps to achieve an authentic and fearsome punk-rawk look that will have everyone else cowering in fear, no matter how old you are.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Bright Plaid Pants
• 1 Package Safety Pins
• Dog Collars
• Felt
• Hair Gel
• Makeup Kits
• Spray-on Hair Colors
• Black Permanent Markers
• Temporary Tattoos

1. Purchase white felt and, using a permanent marker, write "Sid Vicious Lives" or "Anarchy" on it in jagged writing.

2. Attach it to the front of your shirt with safety pins. Place a pin every other inch, and pin them so the safety pins are on the outside and can be seen.

3. Rip a hole in the knee of your plaid pants.

4. Put on your shirt, pants and combat boots.

5. Line your eyes with sloppy black eyeliner.

6. Gel your hair so that it sticks up, and then spray green hair color on it.

7. Apply a few fake tattoos to your arms and neck.

8. Don your dog collar.

9. Practice leering in the mirror.

Tips & Warnings

• If you can't find plaid pants (Goodwill is an excellent place to look), torn-up jeans will also work.

[jamesrice1984]

on 9/4/2009 apparently none of you know what real punk is, so you should all shut up because you all sound completely stupid.........any questions you could ask me.

[kcp217]

on 10/30/2007 also: to the cheerleader haters: if you "punks" are going to be that judgemental eat ****. I was a varsity cheerleaded for three years, captain my senior year and I did not "Bop around". Out of anyone, punks should try to be the most understanding of other people. Who the **** are you to judge another human being based only on what they wear or even more pervalently, their negative sterotype? Yeah, I understand that there are a ****LOAD of bitchy, vapid cheerleaders out there who are too quick to judge and demene. However, couldn't you say that there are also a ****load of "punks" that act the same way? Be what you preach.

[kcp217]

on 10/30/2007 anyway, my point is that no one punk had any right to put restrictions or lables onto any other person, much less any other punk or their purpose. That said, it's ****ing Halloween. I was Bob Dole one year. That didn't mean that I was mocking his lifestyle, only being retarded. lol.

[kcp217]

on 10/30/2007 yup so... yes. Punk is a way of life. true. but think about it. what is it really based on? historically, punks were not "non-conformists" per se. THey were just grungy ****ing kids who had radical ideas and ways of life. They dressed they way that they dressed to shock people into paying attention to their purpose, and had the attitudes that they had because of the way that most of them had been treated throughout their lives. THey saaw a need for change in many venues, not just fashion or music. Most punks were politically minded individuals who were not obsessed with not conforming in any way, but were instead people who were just pointing out what they saw as wrong. Many punks in the early days of the movement wore swastikas and other SS symbols as a way to point out what they felt the American and British gavernments were reverting to. The point was overhaul, and one punk was not

[cyranocytoplasm]

on 10/19/2007 Wow, what a bunch of whiners. It's just fun, people. You don't have to be "punk" to express your individuality. The fun of dressing up is to step outside of your daily norm and be something you're not for a night. But if being belligerent and overly sensitive is punk, then you've got it down pat.