Being green is all about being resourceful — looking at everyday objects with an open mind and a little creativity to make something new. Why not apply the same concept to Halloween?
Forget the mass-produced plastic and nylon world — our favorite costumes and decor are always the ones thrown together with wit and elbow grease (and possibly the kitchen sink). The folks over at Inhabitat are holding a contest to see who can come up with the greenest Halloween creations...
Photo from Martha Stewart
Possibly our favorite recycled/repurposed/"green" costume of all time: Robo-Juniper. Anyone in the AT audience have their own green Halloween favorites or ideas for this year? Share them in the thread below then hop over to Inhabitat to learn more about the Green Halloween contest.
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When we were little kids we'd make decorations in school from construction paper, crayons, glue and glitter - we'd wear costumes created from our parents old clothing and use charcoal and old makeup on our faces - Mom would make Spudnuts (Doughnuts made w/ Potatoes) and Fruit Punch for us to enjoy while we listened to ghost stories on the radio and danced to "Monster Mash".
eeek! That figure lurking at the window in the photo above is scaring me.
My favorite Halloween costume was Consumptive Dickensian Urchin. I just dressed in oversized clothes and a newsboy cap, spoke in a horrible Cockney accent and "coughed up blood" (a few drops of food coloring on a handkerchief) all night. Great fun! Price =$0
It can be relatively easy to dress as a fictional character with clothes that you already own or find at a thrift store.
Example: Take a red strapless dress, cut the hem into points, add big fake pearls, and you're Lisa Simpson.
My costume for the past few years has involved components I already owned, re-purposed, or thrifted. And, of course, it's also green to rent costumes or borrow a friend's old one.