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Halloween is a time for celebration! A time for fun, frolic, costumes and, of course, Goodwill! Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont has been THE Halloween Costume Headquarters for generations.
Looking for originality and savings this Halloween? Then visit any of our 19 regional Goodwill stores, where you can mix 'n' match clothing, accessories and other paraphernalia to create an outlandishly wild Halloween costume that no one else will have!
Classic costumes are perfect for a little one’s first trick-or-treat outing and the fun costumes might be just the thing if you’re pressed for time and must wear something to that big party!
Here are some of our favorite ideas...
COUNT DRACULA/VAMPIRE
Clothing: White button down shirt, black pants, black coat, white vest, medallion with red ribbon, cape.
Make-Up: Hair slicked back. White face, with shading on the cheekbones. Dark red lips and dark circles under and around the eyes. Don’t forget the fangs! And perhaps a little stage blood from Drac’s last meal?
Option: Blood Sucking Attorney: Dress in business suit, and carry a brief case. Wear vampire makeup and fake vampire teeth. Hand out business cards that say “B.Sucking, Attorney-at-Law, address, etc.”
FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER
Clothing:Black or gray pants and coat, black t-shirt or turtleneck, and large boots. Shorten the sleeves of the coat so arms appear long and gangly. Dust the clothes with powder for the old and worn look.
Make-Up:The monster is traditionally green in color, but can also be gray, or pale blue. Black lips, black circles under eyes, red scars on right forehead and left neckline. Hair should be combed straight down over forehead. Use Spirit Gum to attach the neck bolts and don’t forget to moan and growl!
THE WOLF MAN/WEREWOLF
Clothing:Pants and shirt can be of any color. The traditional Wolf Man wore green (or gray) button down shirt and pants. Shred the edges and rip holes in the fabric.
Make-Up:Brown skin, dark around the eyes, and the tip of the nose should be black (like a dog). Fangs are important, but remember, bottom fangs only for werewolves.
THE MUMMY
Clothing:This is a tough one, but it’s unforgettable if done correctly! Cover-alls (yellow or white) several (three or four) white or yellow sheets, slippers or thick white socks. Cut the sheets into long strips. By sewing or using hot glue (be careful!) attach the strips to the coveralls, and slippers. Wrap carefully and you should cover all of it with three sheets. Save the last sheet of strips. The entire costume should be dyed gray, yellow or brown. (Use RIT.) After it dries, use lighter colored fabric paint to add highlights to the bandages. After you put on your Mummy suit, wrap the loose “bandages” around you but leave the ends dangling.
Make-Up:A very old dusty gray or brown corpse face works best, with hair slicked back and soaped and sprayed with yellow or white hair color. There are also some great Mummy masks out there! You can also wrap up your face with the extra bandages! Shuffle off to the party!
GHOST
Clothing:A white sheet (just kidding). Today’s more sophisticated specters usually avoid the white sheet. You can really have fun with your phantoms, by making them distinct. The best effect however is to create the illusion of an ethereal wispy spirit. White clothes, white make-up, white hair… white everything!! The spirit effect will play if you just look otherworldly. Also glow in the dark make up is available. Of course, the old reliable sheet is still effective. Be sure to leave your entire head (or face) exposed and make it up. A skull face or cadaver-like white face is perfect. Add white plastic chains. BOO!
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Clothing:Black suit or tuxedo, black cape, black fedora hat.
Make-Up:The Phantom of the Opera is one VERY ugly monster. Pale yellow skin, fine wrinkles and lines all around the mouth and eyes, DEEP dark circles under eyes, hair parted in the middle and slicked down, black lips and oversized monster teeth (not fangs). The Phantom’s most startling effect, his missing nose, can be re-created with make-up (black circles around the nostril holes) Another possibility (producing a more romantic Phantom) would be to wear a plain white half mask.
WITCH
Clothing:Black dress or robe. Witch hat, white or gray wig, broom, press-on nails. Various bags, sacks, belts, rope, old apron. The green skin, hooked nose look from The Wizard of Oz is a classic.
Make-Up:Can be an exaggerated beauty or extreme crone appearance. Just remember to cackle!
HOBO
Clothing:Old suit, old coat, ill-fitting pants.
Make-Up:Lots of brown and black to make yourself dirty. Carry a knapsack on a stick. Remember, it can also be a tribute to Charlie Chaplin and his incredible ‘Tramp’ character. An old hat or a walking cane works well with this costume.
THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
Clothing:Two white sheets, high-heeled platform shoes. Foam shoulder pads (the thicker the better), white and black spray hair color. Tear one of the sheet into strips and wrap your arms all the way up to shoulders. Cut a small slit in the center of the other sheet and wear that over you like a pancho. The shoulder pads should be attached to the inside of the sheet. The ‘gown’ should go all the way to the floor to hide your platform shoes.
Make-Up:The most distinct feature of the bride is her hair. After teasing the hair, attach a light mesh (fabric store) crown to the top of your head with hair pins. The teased hair should then be combed up and over the crown and held in place with the pins. Be sure to cover it all over. Spray the hair with LOTS of strong hair spray, and then spray it black. After fully dried, spray white streaks on either side of the hair crown, starting at the temples and going halfway back. Face is pale white or gray, cupid bow lips, deep shading around the eyes, and eyebrows sharp and extended. The bride’s one and only visible scar is all across the neckline where the head is “attached”.
WIZARD
Clothing:Long robe, graduation gown, or even a house-coat. A cape is an option, too. The robe can be decorated with stars, planets, or glitter. A belt is essential, and you can hang bags of ingredients from it. A large old book (spellbook) can be carried as well.
Make-Up:Wizards can look like anyone, but in a classic way, a long white beard is appropriate and Ben-Franklin type spectacles.
ZOMBIE OR GHOUL
Clothing:Any old suit will work as well as just about any type of clothes. Remember, zombies used to be one of us, and they should be dressed like we dress. The clothes need to be tattered and aged with lots of dying and powder.
Make-Up:Zombies are drab, pale gray in color. Latex flesh (usually found in Goodwill) is good for a zombie effect, as it peels and flakes. You can have some fun with greens and yellows for mold and rot. Remember to blacken the lips and eyes. Hair should be soaped flat for that crusty look.
SCARECROW
Clothing:Old coat and pants – preferably brown and a couple of sizes too big. Rope, old shoes, raffia or straw, a burlap sack, an old floppy felt hat. Stuff yourself full of the straw, and leave a lot of it hanging out of sleeves, pants, shirt etc. The coat and the pants can be “patched” by gluing squares of colored felt to different areas. One corner of the burlap sack is cut out and worn like a hood.
Make-Up:The make up should blend or match the burlap sack and have the doll-like appearance of a painted face or paint a sinister face and add fake ravens perched on the shoulders.
PIRATE
Clothing:Brightly colored or striped shirt, dark pants, bright scarfs, leather belts, black dress shoes, knee socks, or tights. Big hoop earring, eye patch, plastic sword, pirate pistol, hook, bottle, treasure map, sack of gold coins, parrot on shoulder. Shred the bottoms of the shirt and pants. Scarves can be worn around waist or around head. Give yourself a scar or two and maybe blacken out one of your teeth! Ahoy!
PIRATE CAPTAIN
Clothing:Same as Pirate above, but add a long brightly colored coat. More belts criss-crossing the chest, a vest, a tri-corner pirate hat, and a commanding presence. Shiver me Timbers!
Option:A cursed pirate. Use zombie make-up and make the pirate clothes dirtier and torn and ripped. Stretchable cobwebs over various parts of the body are good and add a lot of powder (dust).
SHIPWRECK SURVIVOR
Clothing:Some dirt on your face, beaded necklaces (preferably big beads), sandals, and swim trunks. Shredded clothes and a long beard or wig are also options. The popularity of the reality series might be waning, but it’s still an easy option.
AUSTIN POWERS
The International Man of Mystery will never go out of style (okay, at least not for a while).
Clothing:Velvet suit, ruffled shirt, pointy leather boots or shoes, and lots of color. Tacky is what you’re going for, and don’t worry if your teeth don’t look like Austin Powers’. Yeah, Baby!
Make-Up:They make lots of additions for Austin Powers costumes. Look for Beatles-type mop top wigs, and the very important black-rimmed glasses.
GANGSTER
You can go the Al Capone route or become Clyde of the Bonnie and Clyde crime couple (add Bonnie and this one’s the perfect “couple” costume).
Clothing:Dark pin striped suit, white carnation in lapel, dress shoes, spats, fedora hat.
Make-Up:This one’s all about the attitude…See?
DEVIL
Clothing:Red Turtleneck, red pants (tights, long johns), red cape and horns.
Make-Up:Red skin and heavy black eyebrows and goatee. Pointy ears and horns can be attached with Spirit Gum. It can be a fun costume as you caper, prance and laugh over friends’ shoulders
CONSTRUCTION WORKER
Clothing:Wear a pair of tight jeans, a white T-shirt, tank top, or no shirt at all, (if you have the build for it) a construction hat, and a tool belt.
ZORRO
Clothing:Zorro mask to cover your eyes, black pants, a white or black shirt, and a cape. A black scarf around your waist AND around your head is a must. Carry a rapier sword (plastic) and wear a black gaucho hat.
BRAIN DONOR
Clothing:Hospital gown. Blacken both eyes and wrap your head in gauze with some fake blood spots. Get a clear jar, put small amount of water in the jar with some cauliflower. Label the jar “Brain Donor.”
LIGHTNING VICTIM
Clothing:Take old clothes, cut out some holes, then carefully burn the edges (Kids: don’t do this without parent supervision!). Tease your hair straight up, smudge your face and any exposed skin with black make-up. SHAZAM!
STATIC CLING
Clothing:Wear any kind of mismatched clothes, pin one pant leg up, pin dryer sheets on you as well as socks, small towels, etc., and then use hair gel to make your hair look like it has static.
IGOR/HUNCHBACKED ASSISTANT
Clothing:Use a white lab coat (or very large white men’s shirt). Stuff a small pillowcase with cloth, close it, and sew it to the inside of the coat where the “hump” should go. Wear an old pair of dirty brown pants with the legs torn off raggedly just below the knee. Use a rope as a belt. An old ugly brown or gray t-shirt should also be ripped at the collar, sleeves, and bottom hem. For a finishing touch, carry a jar with brownish water (use mixed food coloring), with a chunk of cauliflower in it, which you have soaked in the brown water for at least a day (this is the brain). A shaved head is optional! Walk hunched over.
MOMMY DEAREST
Clothing:The ultimate in creepy! All you need is an elegant robe (or a wrap dress, preferably black or white), add a gaudy brooch for the lapel.
Make-Up:Paint on some thick black eyebrows and heavy red lipstick. Make sure you are armed with a clothes hanger!
GRIM REAPER
Clothing:Black or brown hooded robe, gloves, cape (optional). For the sycthe (reaper): Take a wood broomstick and saw the broom top off. Then cut a slit on the top large enough for two pieces of cardboard to sit snugly side by side. Use duct tape to tape everything together.
Make-Up:A skull face. White with yellow highlights on cheekbones, brow and jawline. Deep black circles around eyes (on your eyelids as well, for when you close your eyes, you’ll appear to have empty sockets!) Draw a skull nose opening on your nose and paint it in with black, white lips with painted on teeth.
Option:Death on Vacation: Wear a grim reaper costume (hooded cape, black cape, white make-up with black around the eyes). Over this, wear a loud flowered shirt, goofy hat, Hawaiian lei, camera around your neck, etc.
REGAN FROM "THE EXORCIST"
Clothing:A nightgown, with bed-head brown hair. Wear torn strips of cloth on wrists (her straps).
Make-Up:Use white make-up on the face. Give it some green shading and dark green around eyes. Finish with bloody slash marks on face and legs. Yellow, rotten teeth, and make your lips brown with white specs for chapped lips.
HALF DEVIL, HALF ANGEL
Clothing:Sew a white and black t-shirt together, so it is white on one side and black on the other. Do the same with a black and white skirt. Spray half of your hair black, and half blonde.
Make-Up:On the devil side do your makeup dark with black lipstick and black fingernails. On the angel side, wear natural makeup with a rosy pink blush and pink fingernails.
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
Clothing:Green tights or leggings, brown tunic, or leather coat. Be sure that whatever shirt or coat you wear, that it’s much larger than you need. Remember you’ll have a hump! Wear old slippers or slip ons.
Make-Up:Wear a messy wig, black out some teeth, put deep shade lines on your face with an eye pencil and add some moles. Most of your look will have to be accomplished by you. Squint up one eye, distort your mouth, and slur your words. Carry a bag on a string.
SCARY DOCTOR
Clothing:Doctor’s coat (or butcher’s coat), surgeon’s scrubs. The possibilities of this basic combination are endless. For example:
MAD DOCTOR: Frizz up your hair. (or oil it up so it hangs over your face), give yourself dark circles, and a wild look. Splatter your doctor’s coat with fake blood, and maybe carry around a spare part or two.
BLIND DOCTOR: Dress like a surgeon and wear dark glasses. Splatter blood liberally all over yourself.
LEPRECHAUN
Clothing:Wear an orange wig and dress all in green with striped socks. Spray paint a small bucket gold, and glue gold candy coins around the edge. An added touch is to attach a rainbow to your head made out of felt and pipe cleaners.
CHUCKY'S BRIDE, TIFFANY
Clothing:Wear a long flowing white wedding dress. Over that, wear a black leather jacket, and black fingerless gloves.
Make-Up:Tease up your hair, use a lot of black eye-liner and black lipstick and other heavy or dark makeup.
VOODOO DOLL
Clothing:Wear off-white sweat pants and turtleneck. Stitch a plaid heart with yarn on the shirt. Stick pins all over your clothes by using a glue gun on the inside and outside of fabric (so they don’t stick you). For your head, sew a long rectangular piece of off white fabric to an off white beanie so it covers your entire head and goes just past your shoulders. Cut out holes for your eyes and sew black mesh on the inside, so you can see out. Tie a piece of twine around your neck to hold the excess fabric down. Use black yarn to make stitches for the mouth.
FRESH FROM THE SHOWER
Clothing:Wrap your hair in a towel and wear shorts and a tube top and wrap a towel around yourself. Wear slippers or flipflops. Carry around a rubber ducky and a loofa.
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