DIY Halloween creative costume ideas

I am from Massachusetts, and Halloween costumes are very important. I grew up only a few minutes away from the Salem Witch Museum. Like most local children, I am obsessed with the trial history of witches. It has an impact around Halloween, and may even affect a competitive spirit of innovation.

You really don’t want to be the kid wearing a store-bought mask. When we are old because we no longer collect “trick or treat” candies and Halloween becomes a social event, showing resourcefulness, coordination and style become especially important.

A student who is still a good friend showed up a Halloween-themed school dance with an amoeba as the theme. That’s right, one of those single-celled organisms you observe under a microscope in a scientific laboratory. He filled a clean garbage bag with balloons, taped the drawings of various parts of the amoeba, and punched two holes in the bottom of his legs. At the time we laughed and screamed, but what was creativity and imagination.

My friend’s costume is memorable, but it is also cost-effective, easy to use, and readily available. Becoming an amoeba may not appeal to most people, but consider his spirit of experimentation and get inspiration from the surroundings. Once, while working in a city far from home, I was invited to a Halloween party at the last minute. I wrapped my roommate’s light blue tablecloth around myself in a Greek style, and painted dark circles around my eyes. In 5 minutes, I am a DIY zombie bride, ready to dance all night.

It’s hard to imagine a great costume idea like the one above, but the inspiration for the next great Halloween costume idea can come from almost anywhere. You can make DIY costumes with items you already own. Things such as face paint, extra fabrics and even spray paint can be used to make a simple DIY Halloween costume.

Benefits of making your own Halloween costume

Halloween costumes don’t have to be perfect, complicated, expensive or look like a floor belonging to a comic convention. If you have time and money, that’s great, but you can use your own home, plus the Dollar Store and second-hand goods trading, to create miracles.

Making your own Halloween costume is fun and cheaper than buying one from the store. The clothing templates are printed year after year, almost unchanged. As a result, you are left with some cultural clichés: clowns, witches, hippies, sexy women, cowboys, superheroes. I even saw American clothing and African wigs in a clothing store. Those should retire.

You can do better and have fun. In the United States, the spirit of Halloween lies in cleverness, disguise and surprise.

If you want to stick to your ideas, please check the clothing available online for inspiration. Search for the most popular clothing and consider taking product ideas and making them your own. They wear generic pirate costumes. The first thing you think of may be a specific pirate. Captain Hook jumped up, and then “Men in Black” in “The Princess Bride”. The hook is complicated. But I can definitely make a hole in the big triangle of the black T-shirt and tie it to my head like “Men in Black”. you understood.

You might also consider the costume of a couple-not in two halves, but dressed up as a famous duo. Adults can also use the idea that they have given birth to children. The ghosting on the sheets still works (although it is a challenge to watch it at a Halloween party).

Easy way to reuse what you already have in your closet for DIY Halloween costumes

When considering clothing, the first thing to do is to count the messy items in your home: cardboard boxes, styrofoam, plastic bottles, lids, shower curtains, old sheets, and clothes you want to cut or change. You may have more capabilities than you need.

The best things for clothing are old-fashioned cotton T-shirts and cardboard boxes. They are the blanks of your creativity. The cotton and cardboard of T-shirts are easy to cut, paint, tear, sew, glue and staple. You can make almost anything out of cardboard: masks, body armor, helmets, whatever you want.

Evaluate your tool supply: scissors, children’s watercolor, Exacto knife, tape, hot glue gun, twine, stapler, plasticine, pencil, tape measure and binder. That is my basic clothing DIY kit, but if you are a craftsman, you may add some special tools. Maybe you only need glue, tape and stapler. Very good, please use the existing functions.

You should also make a reasonable assessment of your skills. This may not be the first time hot glue has been used, nor the first attempt to turn a small piece of cloth into a DIY garment that dreams of an hour. Poor facial paint can be a disaster, but it would be worse to let your DIY Halloween costume fall apart.

How long do you have to wait until the party? If it’s tonight, skip to the quick tip. If you have a few days to a few weeks, you will have more choices, but also a lot of fun.

If your goal is to become a character in a TV series or movie, then they may live in your closet! That cardigan? Mr. Rogers. Do you have a floral top and a friend’s vest? Janet is from a “good place”. do you understand? Maybe you need accessories or a strange pair of shoes to stick things on? Go to your local second-hand store for details. Oops, you can even go to a clothing store to buy a cheap hat.

You will be surprised how easy it is to transform into a dress, a shirt. Or some other items or other beautiful clothes that you already own.

How to find your own Halloween costume from thrift stores and dollar stores

If you have more time and only a little extra cash, please visit your local thrift store. Is that a dress from the 1960s or 1970s era? Phyllis Schlafly (Phyllis Schlafly). Looking for an evening dress? 007 or Kingsman. If it is not in good condition, please consider buying it to further reduce stress and sprinkle it with fake blood. There are too many characters in tuxedos and suits.

As I mentioned before, thrift stores can have accessories from any era. They can even be a complete outfit. Find beautiful fedora hats and double-breasted suits, and you are the gangster. Find a beret and you are half of Bonnie and Clyde. If you are a couple, you can shop together to coordinate the appearance.

Tips for making a quick Halloween costume

mask. All you really need is a mask with a mask, but a mask with props is even better.

Lift them quickly: Cut off the stockings and nylon to wear an anti-theft mask. Raid the Monopoly game, get cash and fill your pockets.

Makeup mask. Paint curly beard, goatee, side corners, and stubble. Depending on your clothes, you will become an instant pop singer or super villain. Hollow out the cheeks to darken the eye sockets. Put on a skirt or sports fan equipment to complete the look, and then you will head to the undead party or competition. Think of the waiting room at Beetlejuice.

Paper Plate Emoji Mask: Please use two plates to maintain stability. Bind or glue them together. If you don’t have yellow paint, just buy Sharpie and you can go to work. You can bind the plates to sticks, paint mixers, rulers, flat, sturdy and unimportant things. Remember to make an eye hole.

If you have more than an hour, consider making the mask wearable by supporting the sides with 2-inch round or square binding cardboard. The tie is wrapped around the cardboard like a button. Tied to the back.

Wear a suit, So this looks like a choice, not a hasty accident.

Mask box. This is silly but very charming. If it happens to have a box that fits your head. Cut out a face from one side. It can be square, it can be like a robot, or it can be like an emoji. You can paste an incision on the face of someone or something. Remember to pierce the eye.

robot: If you want to look like a robot, please make yourself some rectangular cardboard gloves. Draw colored buttons and squares on it. Or, if you have time and an old computer, tie hot glue keys to gloves and perhaps wear a mask.

Finally, there is an emergency suit. Go to the pharmacy on the way to the party and choose the most ridiculous children’s clothes. Get a safety pin. Fix the garment to the garment. And put on an expression of absolute confidence. No one will know that this will be a great conversation starter.

–By Nic Desmet