Crafty Trick-Or-Treaters

With Halloween being only a couple hours away, students are saying it was easier and cheaper to just throw different items together and call it a costume.

They are putting together unique, awesome costumes without breaking the bank.

Even though people are buying knickknacks from popular stores such as Spirit and Party City, majority, if not all of their costume pieces are from thrift stores and/or their closets.

For many students, their outfits are costing between $2-$20 dollars, excluding the items from their closet.

At Amvets on Elmwood, they had a corset for $5 and leather vest for $10.

Shana Miller in her mime

costume without makeup

Add sexy stockings from target for $5, black pumps from your closet and white makeup and black nail polish for $2 from Family Dollar.

Add this all together and your costume can be Dr. Frank-N-Furter from Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Students in The Union at Buffalo State College chime in about how expensive it is to dress up for Halloween.

 “I made my own costume actually. I went to Amvets and got a stripped turtle next and went to spirit for makeup. In total I spent about $7 and my boyfriend and I are going to share the makeup for our mime costumes,” Said Shana Miller, a Psychology major at Buffalo State College.

In Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, the first evil ex was Matthew Patel. His outfit was fairly simple: striped shirt, trench coat, khakis, black boots and eyeliner.

A fairly cheap outfit if you pull from your closet and go to a thrift shop, which is what Christopher Davis plans on doing.

“I’m going to be Matthew Patel, the first evil ex in Scott Pilgrim. I have a striped shirt already, I’m going to buy a trench coat from Goodwill or Amvets and my friend is letting me use her eyeliner,” Said Christopher Davis, a Buffalo State College student and worker at Tops.

 “Costumes are just too expensive, plus I want to be something different,” said Davis.

Brandon Moore, a graduate of the University at Buffalo agreed with Davis on the aspect of being something unique.

“The cost is obviously ridiculous, but it’s a once a year thing. Might as well have fun and spend some money.”

“I plan to take my nieces out if Halloween isn’t canceled. My sister took them to Spirits to get their costume; they spent nearly $100 on all three of them and they got me a batman shirt for my costume.”

Although Buffalo officials might postpone Halloween this year, residents still plan to have a good time one way or another.