Thread: Great costume with little or no money?

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Hi everyone, was just telling someone on this forum how you don't need a lot of money to create a great costume....after all isn't Halloween all about fun (and candy)? LOL

For example, my favorite Pirate costume of 2002 was my husbands big white shirt, my own black pants and brown boots. I found a great red velvet remnant at the fabric store for a sash and I got cheap accessories at the party store to finish it off, eye patch, gold hoop earring and a pouch for gold. I got a lot of compliments that year!

Anyone else have any other great ideas?? I'm sure there are tons...

Zombie:
Old clothes - either already owned or from resale, ripped and worn. Basic makeup (white or green with some shading), mess up hair, and practice walking with a slow unsteady gait and an unfocused stare and you've got a very decent costume for almost nothing.


Vampire:
Fangs that fit over your canines like Scarecrows are great, but you can find a cheaper option at Walgreens for under $10 (they work similarly fitting over the canines - NOT the silly fangs like children get with the hinged piece) if you're trying to stay within a budget. Add some dramatic pale makeup, dressy clothes with some antique-looking (costume) jewelry and some fake blood dripped from the mouth. Of course, with the Twilight series, you could just wear street clothes and put on some body glitter and say "I'm a vampire! Ooooh scary!"

Surgeon/nurse (lots of variations you could do here)
You can find cheap scrubs at places like Garden Ridge or even Walgreens sometimes - but they are easily located in stores near hospitals too. Under $15 in my area. You could do just a regular nice doctor or nurse (finding a toy stethescope should be TOO hard, but it's not essential to the costume).
OR you could be an evil crazy doctor/nurse with blood all over you, evil makeup,
OR you could be a SWINE flu nurse: add a pig nose and one of those big joke shot syringes you should be able to fine at the party stores

Doing something like a time era should also be easy - especially for women since their clothes reflect style changes a bit more than the guys. Local thrift stores might have some cool 70s or 80 things that were popular from the different years...

Inexpensive Martha Stewart

The MS wig and MS apron both cost about $45.



The blouse, skirt, shoes and necklace from a thrift shop ran about $18.00



I have to wear support hose on one of my legs so my pair of support hose became the stockings.

About $63.00 total for this whole outfit.

Also these are REAL clothes and not some cheaply made costume fabric.

I have been recommended to throw my own costume party and dress as Martha mixing drinks and passing around hor'deurves!

Sounds good to me!

TC

LOVE those ideas! Thanks guys!

Originally Posted by designbymaj

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Grab a pile of clothes you don't like....


..toss heaps of fake blood on them...


..when people ask what you're dressed as, tell them you didn't dress up this year.

I just scored big at Value Village today. I got the ugliest and best fitting crimson polyester pant suit for $7.50. The jacket and pants feel great and I'm thrilled about that and at that price, I don't have any issues with destroying it so I can be a zombie. I also picked up an off white brand new blouse at old navy for $1.50. So, for $9 my outfit is done! I'm going to go bury my clothes for a couple of days now.....