Our most frugal Halloween. - Page 2

Kozzy · 10-28-2008, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by 4Girlies

I have a whole bin of costumes I lay out for the kiddies and they pick from the pile. I collect them from hand me downs/thrift stores/garage sales all year long and just tuck them away. My very tall 8 yr old DD is getting hard to find costumes for though!

I used to do the exact same thing!

flybygrace · 10-28-2008, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Simplemom

My dd's are going as old ladies. I bought an old fashioned dress and nightgown at the thrift store and 2 old looking purses. I bought some gray hair spray paint for their hair at the dollar store. I might put curlers in one of their hair and a bun in the others. The purses will be the candy bags. I just can't afford to spend $20-$25 a piece for costumes at Wal-Mart this year. I googled homemade Halloween costumes and found lots of cute ideas.

My girlfriend & I dressed up like old ladies in our junior year of high school. It was HYSTERICAL! We, too, took a trip to the thrift store and found the most hideous mu-mu dresses ever and these huge glasses.. We blew up balloons and gave ourselves huge racks too!

olimad · 10-30-2008, 02:51 PM

Both my dds wanted to m&m's this year. It's cold in Erie, PA, so i always try to have a warm costume for them to wear. I bought sweatsuits @ the trift store & then went to the craft store & bought white & black felt & cut the eyebrows, eyes, mouth & m's out of felt & hand sewed them on their costume. Then i bought white winter gloves on sale @ Kmart. Their costumes only cost me $13 for the both of them & they're super cute!

ChickyHip · 10-30-2008, 02:55 PM

We did get a hand me down Thomas costume, that my mil had made for another grand child. I ended up buying the James train costume. The homemade one is so much nicer, I wish I had bought stuff to make one instead. So we are only HALF frugal this year.

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