T-L Photo/PATRICIA GRAHAM Some clothes from the toy box, a few football jerseys and masks from the thrift shop make Halloween cheap and easy! Remember, reusing items is perfectly OK. This year’s karate kid could be next year’s ninja!

KIDS LOVE it! Adults love it! It’s Halloween and the one time of year everyone has a chance to become someone different. While there are those who have spent the last 11 months preparing their uber super duper costume, many of us are more of the last-minute, cheap and easy costume variety. For those who usually come up with a Halloween costume while filling the trick-or-treat bowl with mini Snickers bars, here are a few of my favorite picks for fast costume ideas for kids and adults alike: ? “Cereal” killer: Put on those black sweat pants and a hooded sweatshirt and head for the kitchen. Grab a box of your favorite breakfast cereal and insert plastic meat cleaver you picked up at the discount store. Ta Da! You’re a cereal (serial) killer ! ? Static cling: If mutilating an innocent box of breakfast food is too violent for your tastes (or if you happen to love corn flakes), keep the black pants and shirt and race down to the laundry room to get all those mismatched socks.