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Two women dressed in Halloween costumes that represent that Aquarius and Leo Astrological signs

What’s Your Sign? ❯

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What’s Your Sign?

  • DIY headpiece
  • Crop top
  • Metallic skirt
  • Body glitter
Two young girls dressed as garden gnomes for Halloween

Gnomies For Life ❯

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Gnomies For Life

  • Pillowcase for hat
  • White blouse
  • Colorful aprons + skirt, layered
  • Rain boots
A child wears boxing gloves and holds them up in the air. They wear a straw hat, a lei, a hawaiian shirt and shorts.

Hawaiian Punch ❯

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Hawaiian Punch

  • Hawaiian shirt
  • Shorts
  • Boxing gloves
  • Tropical hat
  • Lei
A person smiles and makes claw hands. They wear black cat ears, black clothing with Copy written across the chest.

Copycat ❯

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Copycat

  • Cat ears
  • Black t-shirt
  • Iron on letters
  • Black leggings
  • Black sneakers
A young boy dressed as a t-rex for Halloween

Terrifying T-Rex! ❯

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Terrifying T-Rex!

  • Green hoodie
  • Jeans
  • White poster board + fabric glue
Boo!
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Woman dressed as an 80’s music rockstar for Halloween

Rock Your World ❯

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Classic Costume

Rock Your World

  • Wig or major hair gel
  • Black leather jacket
  • Studded belt
  • Leopard pants
  • Combat boots
Man dressed as a pirate with parrot on shoulder for Halloween

Shiver Me Timbers ❯

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Classic Costume

Shiver Me Timbers

  • White peasant blouse
  • Red scarf or fabric
  • Brown pants
  • Tall boots
  • Gold necklaces
Pregnant woman dressed as a mummy for Halloween

Who’s Your Mummy ❯

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Classic Costume

Who’s Your Mummy

  • Fabric glue
  • Multiple white t-shirts, shredded
  • White jeans
  • White sneaks
Man dressed as a ghost wearing sunglasses for Halloween

You've Been Ghosted ❯

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Classic Costume

You've Been Ghosted

  • White bedsheet
  • Travel coffee cup
  • Aviators
  • White clothes
A man dressed as Frank N. Stein. for Halloween

Frank N. Stein. ❯

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Classic Costume

Frank N. Stein.

  • Green body paint
  • Men’s suit
  • White shirt
  • Black boots
A woman dressed as the Frankie's Bride for Halloween

Frankie's Bride ❯

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Classic Costume

Frankie's Bride

  • Wedding dress
  • Black heels
  • Mesh gloves
  • Wig or hair-safe paint
Woman dressed as a hippie for Halloween

Summer of Love ❯

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Classic Costume

Summer of Love

  • Flower crown
  • Vest
  • Peasant blouse
  • Wide-leg jeans
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A woman dressed as Barbie for Halloween

She's Everything ❯

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She's Everything

  • Cowboy hat + glitter spray paint
  • Pink top
  • Pink jeans
  • Blonde wig
A man dressed as a Ken doll for Halloween

Just Ken-ough ❯

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Pop Culture Costume

Just Ken-ough

  • Blue chambray button down
  • Blue jeans
  • Fringe (can cut off a throw pillow!)
  • Cowboy hat & boots
A young child dressed as Toad from Mario Brothers

He's A Fun-guy ❯

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Pop Culture Costume

He's A Fun-guy

  • White t-shirt (DIY for mushroom cap)
  • Beige t-shirt
  • Off-white sweatpants
  • Blue vest
Two men and a women dressed as the Barbarian, Bard, and Cleric from Dungeons and Dragons for Halloween

Dungeons & Danger! ❯

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Pop Culture Costume

Dungeons & Danger!

  • Dark fabric or sheets — DIY your own capes!
  • Fur blankets for trim and accents
  • Neutral base layers
  • Leather everything: belts, bags, vests and whatever you can thrift
  • Flat boots
  • Props like tiny instruments, old books, etc.
A man and his dog dressed as Pokemon characters, Ash and Pikachu, for Halloween

Catch 'em All ❯

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Pop Culture Costume

Catch 'em All

  • Blue vest
  • White Tee
  • Jeans
  • Gloves
  • Yellow bedsheets/fabric
A woman and a young girl dressed as the mermaid Ariel for Halloween

A Little Mer-mazing ❯

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Pop Culture Costume

A Little Mer-mazing

  • Purple halter top
  • Blue prom dress
  • Metallic sandals
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    Goodwill is your Halloween one-stop shop. But we’re also so much more. Your dollars help fund employment placement, job training, credentials, digital skills and other support services so that people in your community can tap into the power of work and improve their lives.

    Our local, independent organizations employ more than 128,998 people directly and provide support services to millions more. Every day, more than 350 people earn jobs with Goodwill's help.

    $3.6 billion

    spent on costumes nationally in 2022 (including about $700 million on pet costumes, with one in five people dressing up their pets!)

    Source: ModernRetail

    83% of Halloween

    pre-packaged costumes are made of oil-based plastic materials, designed for single use and likely to end up in a landfill.

    Source: Marketplace

    Shop sustainably and affordably at your local Goodwill!

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