Easy Halloween Costumes For Free

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Cheap costumes, and even free costumes, are a real possibility for every family this Halloween. Are you tired of overpriced plastic Halloween costumes? Or are you looking for a break from the mass-produced polyester princess gowns? Maybe you like all that stuff, but making ends meet this year is getting harder and harder. The solution is in your own home! It's time to turn on your printer and venture into the back of your closet.

You can get free printable-masks online and use old clothes and fabric from around your house to dress up in a complimentary fashion. This simple combination of elements creates winning, easy Halloween costumes for the season, and a nice break for your finances.

If you aren't very handy with a needle and thread, don't worry about it. You can use rubber bands or safety pins. You can drape and belt fabric without having to make a single stitch. Don't think you have a lot of fabric around? You can use old curtains that you've banished to the attic, or sheets that you've been piling up for a garage sale. There is spare fabric in everyone's home, you just have to identify it, then use it for all it is worth.

Let's say the only fabric you can find is old clothing that doesn't fit anyone in your family anymore. That's great news! Cut it up into strips and glue it or pin it onto something that does fit. You can cut the legs off of old pantyhose, tie them in knots around your wrist and attach a bunch of strips of torn colored fabric to them. Now you've got furry paws! Print out any animal mask and you're half way home.

Just turn on your creative juices. You've probably got everything you need right there around you. With the help of online printable masks, you can make great costumes for free, and have fun doing it. Years from now, you'll remember the Halloween that your family made costumes together much more fondly than the years that you threw something in your shopping cart.

Amanda Hodges Heard is a work-at-home-mom artist and writer. She is the creator of [http://www.printable-masks.com]

Visit printable-masks.com to get your free masks and lots of fun costume ideas.

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