Create a Costume with Goodwill

 10/9/2015

(Updated: 10/12/15; 10/26/15)

Here’s a Halloween tip: Don’t be afraid to use your imagination.

Goodwill® is the place for Do-It-Yourself costumes. Buying gently used items at Goodwill for your costume is a money-saving, eco-friendly way to celebrate Halloween.

This is your chance to be your own creation. Get creative with Goodwill’s assortment of donated clothing, accessories and fabrics to make a truly unique costume.

What great costumes can you create from Goodwill finds? Well…

Ladies — Doctor or Zinny:

Be Meredith, Dr. Bailey or your favorite television M.D.

 

Swap out the lab coat for a pants suit and add some crazy makeup and you are Zinny, Goodwill’s Halloween spokescreature.

 

Guys — Charlie Brown:

Good grief, it’s easy: Find black shorts, brown shoes and a yellow T-shirt to draw a zig zag on.

Kids — Harry Potter or Hermione Granger:

Add a dash of Hogwarts (round glasses, wooden wand, striped tie, and scar on forehead) to a simple black robe and wizard hat.

 

The Secret Stitch Club has great a Harry Potter costume tutorial on its blog and on Pinterest.

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Anybody — Superhero:

Come up with some wild powers and put together a suit to match; then go mingle with all the Avengers and Justice Leaguers you’re sure to see October 31. 

 

Download our costume tip sheet or pick up a copy at a store. Or visit Goodwill.org/Halloween to get ideas from Zinny and her friends from Hotel Transylvania 2. 

We can suggest ideas until we’re blue in the face (that would be a great costume, by the way) but you know yourself best. Be wild. Be crazy. Be subtle. Just #BeYourOwnCreation!

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Be sure to enter our Costumes to DIY For Contest. You could be a winner if use items from Goodwill in your creation.

Dress up your furriest friends for Halloween -- Goodwill Blog