Excellent Thrifty Halloween Costumes…

At a recent event (theme: “Under the Sea”) I spotted these young ladies dressed to kill as the Odyssey’s Sirens. Upon further investigation I learned that not only were these costumes beautiful but they were also very thrifty!

I interviewed the chief architect of the “look” (pictured at center) and she passed along the following information:

“1. Components: XL hanes t-shirt, some sort of belt/ribbon, shell necklaces and head     bands. The shirts can be bought at Walmart, k-mart, etc. You can use an old belt. I got the shell necklaces and supplies for the head bands at Michael’s arts and crafts store

 2. The headbands can be made many ways:
    - plain gold ribion with a starfish
    - 3 pieces of gold ribbon, braided with a starfish
    - 2 pieces of gold ribbon, twisted with starfish
    - excess t-shirt scraps with ribbon wrapped around it with starfish

      *Make sure the ribbon has wiring to make it easier to twist, braid, etc.

      *Also the starfish i bought used to be alive, but were dried up (gave it the sea affect)

3. I would say each costume cost between $12 - $20.”

Thank you to the sirens for sharing their thriftiness with us!

Stay tuned for more Thrifty Halloween ideas!