While college girls are spending up to $100 for skimpy halloween costumes at Fairvilla Adult Megastore, Orlandosentinel.com has ideas for homemade costumes that are witty albeit a little embarrassing.
When I was a kid, my mom dressed me up as the sky one year. I wore a blue sweatshirt with felt clouds glued on it and green pants. The crowning touch was blue face paint and a gold headband. I'm not going to lie; I looked awful. But I thought I was the bee's knees that year, even if I was kind of nerdy and tall and thin. I guess I can forgive myself for that fashion moment.
Looking back, my parents were struggling financially at the time. My dad had just lost his job and, like so many parents today, couldn't afford the latest Transformers costume complete with light up buttons. I remember thinking how cool my mom was for coming up with this unique idea and never realizing that we were going through tough times. To be honest, I didn't realize we were alright financially until I left for college and had to input their income onto the FAFSA application.
With the economy in the state that it is, I think it's great that the Sentinel is helping parents out with this image gallery of unique Halloween costumes on a budget. Hopefully, their kids won't even realize that their parents are struggling and can look back on their "Static Cling" costume fondly (no matter how silly it may look). I hope when I have kids I can teach them to appreciate the small things and that you don't need tons of money to have fun.
Source: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/halloween/sfl-cheap-costumes-0917,0,897154.photogallery
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I totally agree with you, Halloween costumes have gotten way out of control. Where's the creativity? It's all about who can show the most skin, not who has the most creativity. When I was a kid I was in the same boat... single mom, not too much money, etc. but we always still came up with the coolest costumes. Not like the creezy $50 party store costumes, but cool homemade ones. I think it's great that Orlando Sentinel is encouraging this idea.
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