Easy, Cheap, Fun, Unique Halloween Costumes!

Halloween is coming... Do you have your kids costumes?

I like to ask my kids what they would like to be first, then I go on to think how we can put it together without going to the store and spending $20-30 on a COSTUME for 1 day!!  It is my pet peeve that I find these thin little, no shape, style, or creative costumes, that look worse than just buying pajamas and they are so expensive!!!  Do you know what I am talking about?

Places I like to go to find my costumes are:

The thrift store - for either pieces of it, or you can find a costume that someone else spent $20-30 on and get it for $5!

Garage Sales - I always see costumes for $1 at garage sales in the summer, and I pick them up.  

Dollar Store - I like to pick up the accessories here, like make-up, hat, guns...

Friend's Houses - borrowing couldn't be better!  Free, and you can swap if you have something they could use too!

Here are my kids last years Halloween costumes:

(bad lighting because it was dark, and cold outside, so I had terrible lighting and indoor shots only.)

This little stinker was an adorable skunk!  (bought on an online garage sale for $5 -t shirt and tights she already had)

My little lady (bug) - this was borrowed from my sister in law, and she used her own dance jumper, and tights.

My sweet bride - my sister owned this gorgeous white dress, and I bought the flowers and head band at a garage sale $1

What a handsome bandit!  I used his church dress shirt, his jeans, and he got the hat from my brother, and his bandana was free.  I bought him guns from the dollar store, but he couldn't find them when I was taking his picture.

Here are a few costumes I found online that I thought were easy to throw together, easy to make, or just so dang cute!

This cat costume is so easy to do!  In fact I was one.  All black, a tail and ears!  Easy enough!!

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Haha, an Oompa Loopma!!  This is so cute, and weird!!

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This is so cool, and easy to make.  A fun lego man.  Cardboard boxes people!  They are wonderful!

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This is so fun!!  I don't know how you would sit in it, but very creative and cheap!

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This costume is from recyclable materials!  So CUTE!  I suppose you could sit on a skate board to shuffle around!

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This is what I am talking about finding at the thrift store (shirt, hat, gloves).  You could find all these things to create a mime.

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Aww, Some really big hat boxes, and you've got a cake!!!  You could probably make one from bristol board too.  Again, how do you sit?  But what a creative idea!

  

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I love this one!!  Mario!  Very simple, easy, and fun.  Again, hop over to your thrift store.

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My cousin was "Where's Waldo" a few years ago, and I thought it was such a great idea!!

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This gnome, is SO creative.  You can do it!!  Look closely at how easy it would be!!!

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Do you already have your kids costumes?  Or yours?!!  

If I am brave enough, I may share some of my past costumes with you (we'll see.  I may need some convincing!)

I would love to see some of your ideas!!  I'll link up a halloween costume party just before Halloween, so you can send me some of your fun ideas!  Even if they are past years!