IS the price tag on Halloween costumes more terrifying than the evening itself?
Instead of blowing your budget on flimsy outfits, go DIY with these easy, eerie ideas.
SHEET GHOST: Dig out a spare white sheet — the older and more ragged, the better.
Cut two eye holes, drape it over your head and you’re instantly a classic spectre.
For extra creepiness, drag it through some mud in the garden and add fake blood stains using ketchup or red food colouring.
BIN BAG WITCH: Grab a black bin bag and cut out holes for your head and arms.
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Use an old scarf or dressing gown cord to tie around it as a belt.
Make a witch’s hat from black card rolled into a cone.
Some green face paint completes the look.
Add plastic spiders, £1 per pack, Poundland, to up the scare factor.
ROTTING ZOMBIE: This one’s dead easy. Rip up some old clothes and stain them with watered-down brown paint or even cold tea or coffee.
Use face paint to create a spookily pale complexion, with dark shadows around the eyes.
Add splashes of fake blood, too — either with face point or by mixing red food colouring with golden syrup.
Back-brush your hair and you’re good to go.
DEMONIC PUMPKIN: Wear all orange and stuff your T-shirt with scrunched-up newspaper to get a rounded outline.
Cut out sinister black cardboard shapes for a terrifying face and pin them to your well-padded top.
Add fake blood dripping from the eyes and mouth. A green beanie hat is a perfect stalk.
SKELETON CREW: Dig out black leggings and a long-sleeved top.
Use a white chalk marker or a tube of cheap white face paint to draw bones onto the fabric.
Paint your face like a skull with dark, hollow eyes.
Up the ante by using glow-in-the-dark paint (£3.99, Amazon.co.uk) for a bone-chilling look.
- All prices on page correct at time of going to press. Deals and offers subject to availability.
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