There are a lot of people each year that go on Halloween with handmade costumes and with ready made costumes being pricier with each passing year, it is evident that the need for clever costumes made at home is there.
In the past, people who wanted to create their own costume would simply use a piece of white fabric, cut two holes in it and then went out as a ghost. While this is still a great idea for people that love ghosts, there are many other things that could be done as well.
A vampire is a good example of a Halloween costume that can be made at home. All you need is a piece of black fabric to convert to a cape (or a cape if you have one handy for other purposes) and then a tin of make-up in order to make the face pale enough that the person can indeed come across as a vampire. To improve the effect, you should get some lipstick or red crayon and smear some of it across the mouth and teeth of the person dressing up as a vampire. This will add the illusion of the person having just had their dinner of blood and even without the tooth extensions there it is still a fantastic costume to have.
Another good example of a costume that can be entirely made at home is that of a mad scientist. Many people have chemistry goggles in their homes now because of university children or their own work and thus a combination of these safety goggles, dark circles under the eyes made with the help of make-up and a white coat it is quite possible to make somebody look like a mad scientist. If you get them to permanently open their eyes as wide as possible when they go out and then mess up their hair so that it looks as shaggy as possible then it will add an effect to the impression given by the costume.
Ghosts, vampires and mad scientists are three good examples of costumes that people used to buy at the store all the time when they went on Halloween journeys. However, there are dozen of other well-known costumes that can be made at home (ghouls, goblins, witches and faeries) with a bit of creativity and effort and at the same time end up saving a lot of money.
Inventiveness is the watchword for clever homemade Halloween costumes.
D. Halet is an European history, Holidays and Tarot Cards passionate; she writes articles and creates websites dedicated to these subjects.For more info on Halloween Costume ideas, visit
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