Halloween Costume Ideas: Easy, DIY, Free Options (PHOTOS)

On a budget? Forgot what month it is and now it's slim pickings in the costume aisles? Perhaps this goes against Halloween principles, but have no fear. HuffPost has compiled a list of 25 easy, DIY spooky outfits that you can throw together this year.

According to The Daily Green, Halloween can be a wasteful time in the U.S. as millions of Americans purchase costumes that are used once and inevitably end up in landfills. With some creative DIY skills, you will be able to save money and go green this Halloween -- reduce your purchases of new items, and reuse what you've got lying around.

The Today Show had some interesting ideas recently, and Fox News offered rules for this year's festivities: Don't over think it, and ditch the sarcasm and abstract ideas.

Perhaps we didn't fully follow their rules with our list below, but it's solid advice, nonetheless.

For more on what to do or what not to do this Halloween, check out Halloween Costume Ideas From New York Comic Con , unsexy halloween costumes, costumes inspired by 2011's best movies and a collection of sibling and family costumes found around the web.

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Comments

[GeminiMishy]

03:33 PM on 10/28/2011

Haha! My friend did the Waldo one last year. She couldn't get enough of people commenting "Where's Waldo?" on all the pics she hijacked.

[EventsNetwork1]

10:26 AM on 10/28/2011

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[STaR Scream 81]

01:58 AM on 10/27/2011

These ideas are just terrible...

[jdevienne]

05:42 PM on 10/24/2011

Fox News comes out against abstract ideas in Halloween costumes ... At least they're consistent.

[ichoosehappynow]

03:42 PM on 10/24/2011

My kids love Halloween. I bought their costumes at the thrift store. I bought a vintage moomoo robe and customized it into a 1960s outfit. My husband and I will be "Sony and Cher".

http://ichoosehappynow.com/2011/10/24/vintage-thrift-shopping/halloween-is-around-the-corner-and-making-my-own-costume-do-it-yourself-style/

Cheers,
Louise

[padoodle]

11:13 PM on 10/23/2011

Why so many Fraud News suggestions??... I can't stand that station!!!!

[havok563]

01:20 AM on 10/23/2011

Year before last, there were some kids trick or treating who made costumes out of poster-board that were better that these.

[thegrrrr8est]

01:05 PM on 10/22/2011

What a whole lot of lame. If these are the best you can do for Halloween, stay home.

[pr0gressivist]

10:05 AM on 10/22/2011

Strap a board to your head, a couple of small ones to your feet, wrap a sheet around you and fasten a pillow behind your head. Voila! You're a bed!

[GeminiMishy]

03:38 PM on 10/28/2011

I like it!

[ringmaster]

06:49 PM on 10/21/2011

It will soon be
Halloween Halloween
It will soon be Halloween
Silver Shamrock.
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[Pseudonym]

05:16 PM on 10/21/2011

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