[WitchyKitty]

You can get tons of inexpensive costume pieces at thrift stores this time of year. I bought some very cheap items for my own costume this year. For example, I just bought a brand new with tags, originally $20, layered capelet for only $3.99 at Goodwill last weekend. Bought a 50's type tea length party dress, too, for about $6. Made myself a broom with a pine branch that I sanded and stained and the bristles for it I bought at Joann Fabrics on clearance for under a dollar. With a few other pieces I got for cheap on ebay, or already had at home, I'm putting together and awesome party witch costume. For kids sized items, they would probably be even cheaper!

 

[WitchyKitty]

Oh, I don't have pics, but I also did a scarecrow costume for myself one year...pretty much for free with items around the house. Put colorful patches on an old pair of jeans, flannel/plaid shirt, pulled my hair into pigtails and crimped it to look like straw, khaki fisherman's hat, boots, gloves, stuck a corn cob in my front shirt pocket, added yellow yarn pieces out of my shirt sleeves and pant legs (or you can use corn husks/straw/yellow or tan strips of material/ect...whatever you have.) and then I painted my face with stitches around the mouth, eyes and nose with eyeliner and filled in the nose with red lip liner inside the stitches. I made it in 45 minutes, lol.
I did the same for my mom last year...she used an old straw hat, though, and tied a rope around her waist, too. I made her two felt crows...one for on her hat and one for in her front pocket, with some fall leaves. Also super cute and free!!