Title: Last minute DIY Halloween costume ideas for adults and kids
Headings: Last minute DIY Halloween costume ideas for adults and kids
A Better Way
Last minute DIY Halloween costume ideas for adults and kids
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Content: Last minute DIY Halloween costume ideas for adults and kids
A Better Way
Last minute DIY Halloween costume ideas for adults and kids
A procrastinator's guide to cobbling together a homemade Halloween costume on the cheap. The best thing about Halloween is that you can get silly and weird and your costume will be all the better for it. Joseph Prezioso / AFP - Getty Images file
Oct. 26, 2018, 12:37 PM PDT
By Nicole Spector
Halloween is my favorite holiday, and every year I decide that I will finally learn how to use the sewing machine that has been collecting dust in my closet. I feel compelled to follow in the footsteps of my mother, who made me costumes from scratch every Halloween until I was in middle school. But I just don’t have the patience or the time to spend hours making an outfit that I will only wear once in my life (and likely get stained by fake blood and makeup). I know I could just go online or to a party store and buy something ready-made, but that can be expensive and, for a Halloween enthusiast like me, unfulfilling. I like a costume that I know is mine and no one else’s — even when I’m going as something as generic as a cat or a zombie. Fortunately those of us who are scarce on time, money and tailoring skills have plenty of tricks we can use to make our very last-minute Halloween costume. Using Pinterest for inspiration, not intimidation
Pinterest is famous for setting the DIY bar pretty high. Masters of crafts take to the platform to showcase their stunning work, some of which looks like it could be in a museum (consider this light-up fairy gown ), but these marvelous creations may best not be interpreted as an end goal, but instead as an inspiration for a costume.