Make your Costumes, Don't Buy

Pre-made Halloween costumes are an expense you can do without. Look around in your closets and be creative with your own existing supplies. I made a costume with a black pillowcase (cut two eyeholes), an old graduation gown, and a cardboard axe that actually won a costume contest.

Of course, if you're in a hurry, you can grab an old white sheet, cut you two eyeholes and go as a ghost!