Halloween is such a fun time of year for fancy dress but it can get expensive. If you need to kit out the whole family you are probably going to want to find some cheap Halloween costumes.
Cheap doesn’t have to mean boring though. There are some fabulous affordable Halloween costumes available to buy, or you could even make your own, using a few accessories to jazz them up a bit.
Probably the easiest cheap Halloween costume to put together for girls is a witch costume. You just need a black dress and a witches hat, you can then accessorise as much as you want to. You could go the whole hog and paint your face green, or paint some big warts on. You could be a colourful witch and wear some stripy tights. There are loads of fabulous stripy tights and hold ups available in all sorts of colours.
You can also vary the length of dress you wear depending on how you feel. If you feel cheeky wear a short skirt and if you want to go for a more classic Wicked Witch look in the style of The Wizard of Oz wear a long black dress and a cloak. If you want to carry any accessories you can always add a broomstick or a cuddly black cat if you have one!
The other obvious cheap Halloween costume you can make yourself is a ghost. If you have an old sheet just cut some eyeholes in it and throw it over yourself! Alternatively dress all in white and paint your face white too so you look like a ghostly lady or gentleman. You could even dress as one of the ghosts in Harry Potter that floats around Hogwarts, such as Moaning Myrtle.
Other cheap Halloween costumes include little devils, if you like red and have some red clothes! You can wear anything you feel like and get yourself a pair of devil horns that are easy to buy online and don’t cost very much.
Wigs are another great Halloween accessory to add to any costume that you’ve created yourself, to give it an edge. There are lots of fantastic wigs available to buy online, including witch wigs, devil wigs, vampire wigs and even Voodoo priestess dreadlock wigs.
Another popular affordable Halloween costume for both men and women is a vampire costume, as again you can wear pretty much anything and just add some fangs and a cloak. You can even go as a modern vampire, and base yourself on one of the vampires from Twilight or Buffy.
The best Halloween costumes are often the cheapest if you use a little imagination and creativity. You can buy ready-made cheap Halloween costumes online or you can make your own and then just buy some accessories. Whatever you choose to wear make it scary but fun!