The easiest DIY Halloween costumes need only a few household items and thrift store finds: think a pirate with a bandana and eye patch, a 60s-70s hippie with round glasses and fringe, or a sorcerer in black clothing with simple makeup and a pointed hat. All Out Event Rental can round out any costume party with tents, lighting, and tables if you’re hosting the gathering yourself. Halloween is the one holiday built for DIY, since even on the lowest budget you can put together a costume that’s entirely your own. The only real limit is your creativity: if you can picture it, you can likely make it without buying anything pre-made.
The Pirate
This is certainly one of the easiest costume ideas–particularly great for the last minute. Since the character of a pirate can conceivably look like anything, you really can’t go wrong with the costume details. If you want to go the traditional, archetypal route, a bandanna, jewelry, and possibly an eye patch are good accessories. There is a lot of variation in the pirate costume, and if you don’t include at least a few of the most common accessories of a story book pirate, you might not be recognized. In any case, this is by far one of the most common and popular Halloween costumes and is an easy costume to wear.
The Hippie
You could potentially be confused with some variation of a pirate if you opt for the hippie costume. Of course, the image of a hippie has been evolving, so you may not even really be in costume in some circles. The stereotypical, mid-1960’s-early 70’s hippie look is what you might want to go for in this costume, so look for era accessories. Glasses with round, colored lenses, scarves or bandannas, hemp clothing, boot cut jeans, and sequenced bright and earth-tone colors can all help make the costume. Jewelry and a peace sign here or there can add to the look. This is a simple DIY costume and can be thrown together with average clothes you may have lying around. If you need accessories, a thrift store likely has most of what you need to complete the look.
The Sorcerer/ess
This is another variable costume that doesn’t require much in way of preparation of materials. Black clothing, some amulets, and a little bit of makeup is all you really need to throw together this DIY costume. If you want to go a more traditional route, you could pick up a tall wizard or witch hat. This costume can be tailored to men or women and requires a minimum in materials to pull off. Any costume store can supply make-up and some appropriate clothing and accessories to make this costume unique.