5 Ways to Green Your Halloween Costume.

1. Rent A Costume:: Have you considering renting a costume? Many Halloween and speciality shops rent Halloween costumes. This is a great alternative, especially if the costume you want is expensive or elaborate. Jayson, Eben and myself rented ‘Star Wars’ costumes for Eben’s 7th Star Wars Birthday Party. Jayson was Obi Wan Kenobi, I was Padme and Eben was Luke Skywalker. Jayson and I rented our costumes from a Star Wars collector and I had a friend make Eben’s, so he could keep it and use it again and again, which he does. {This was THE most elaborate party I have ever thrown and I am exhausted just typing about it.}

5. Give A Costume a 2nd Life:: Visit your local thrift store and check out their Halloween costume section. I guarantee they will have one this time of year. We have found fabulous costumes at our local thrift store that have only been worn once and cost a fraction of the price the 2nd time around. The costumes Jayson and Eben are wearing here cost me a total of $10. I threw them both in the wash on the gentle cycle and they were ‘brand new’ again. The fun idea here is when you find the costumes at a thrift store, you get to decide what it is. Eben was ‘certain’ this was a Lochness Monster, which was exactly what he wanted to be that year.