Cheap costumes

Costumes at Halloween specialty stores can get expensive. Who wants to pay $50 for an Iron Man costume that doesn’t even look authentic? Keep your wallet full and run to a craft store to make a cheap costume.

Ke$ha: Lady Gaga costumes were creative last Halloween. Wear Ke$ha’s outfit from the VMA’s and fashion a dress out of a black trash bag. Also, don’t shower or brush your hair for a couple of days. 

Hester Pryne from the “Scarlet Letter”: Remember reading Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic novel in high school? You don’t necessarily have to dress in Puritan clothes; just grab some red cloth, cut it into the letter “A” and pin it on your clothes. 

Rosie the Riveter: Who wouldn’t want to dress as the biggest female icon of the 1940s? Wear a blue button up shirt, wrap your head in a red and white bandana, slather on some red lipstick and flex your muscles. 

Academy Award: Dress up as the item most movie stars vie for. Wear all gold or maybe even paint yourself gold. You could wear gold leggings shorts, and a tank top and have the brightest costume.

Detective: Whether you want to be Sam Slade or Sherlock Holmes, all you have to do is grab a trench coat, a pipe and look smug. 

Gilligan: Ever watch the show “Gilligan’s Island” on Nick-at-Nite? Wear a red polo shirt, blue jeans and get a sailors hat (you can get them for a couple of dollars at the dollar store). 

Complied by Jessica Pickens