by Rand Fortescue

Halloween outfits can be made out of items which have been found around the house or they can be bought from a specialist store either in the area or on the net. More complex outfits or items that you think you will only ever put on once may be better rented out via a costume supply store.

Halloween costumes are usually only limited by the person's imagination, as once a costume idea has been thought up; the materials can generally be found to create the idea. With the pervasiveness of the internet, there is nearly an infinite source of outfits and concepts that should be considered, even make-up ideas for producing certain effects in a step by step set of instructions and tutorials.

Homemade Halloween costumes can be created via any supplies and clothing which are at a person's disposal. There are many different outfits that can be made by doing this, or created by a couple of folks working along with the materials on hand.

Clown outfits are one suggestion that can be created through the use of extra large clothing and a little make-up. Often the white make-up for the base must be bought, however the reds may be prepared by using lipstick and the other colors may be made from your eye shadow and liners that are in the bathroom.

Since the makeup for a clown is so distinctive, it is quite easy to make a clown costume at home but you can get especially detailed clown outfits on the internet or inside of a shop too. This will likely save you time making it from scratch.

A scarecrow Halloween costume can be prepared by using a flannel shirt and stuffing it with a pillow and then placing pieces of hay or straw in the openings of the shirt so that it seems like the entire thing is filled with hay or straw. The shirt and pillow needs to be held in place using a rope belt and loose jeans or overalls should be worn over it also. In the end, an actual scarecrow is usually made out of bits and pieces and things you don't need consequently how difficult could it be to create a scarecrow costume ?

Pirates are a classic Halloween costume. Everyone likes to dress up as a Pirate at the least once. It's not really that onerous to create a costume with over sized, old clothing and also a bandanna and you'd possibly need one or two props to really convince that you're a pirate. A sword, eye patch or captain hat is likely to be all you need to add to appear like a legendary pirate.

How about topical costumes ? Think of stories in the news and style a costume based on the person or people implicated in the story. A couple of years back it was octomom. Last year it was Barack Obama. What about wrapping a 9 iron around your neck and donning golf gear and pretend that you're Tiger Woods. I'm sure there are a few stories that will break prior to Halloween to inspire you to make that topical and witty outfit that could have the party chuckling. - 39969