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2016 Top 25 DIY Halloween Costumes

Best costumes of the year. Easy to make, creative to be!

Brooke Hadgraft

Nov 01, 2016

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Who needs a trip to Party City or Spirit Halloween store, when you can save your money and utilize a creative mind of your own? Most popular in college and as you get older, more people by the year are creating DIY Halloween costumes. There is nothing better than piecing together articles of clothing from your own closet or hitting the stores at the mall to find items for your outfit. Altogether, whatever you buy will probably cost less than a packaged costume for sell in stores made out of cheap fabric.

Let's be real, as a kid you want the full costume to look as identical as possible to whoever you are being, but once you get older, you start to be more creative with it and learn what's called... being 'cost efficient'. You learn to make whatever you buy more useful; you buy something you can use and wear on multiple occasions rather than just one day and never again.

Every year, DIY costumes get more creative each Halloween and this year, Instagram proves some popular costume trends this year.

In no particular order...

2016 Top 25 DIY Halloween Costumes:

1. Alien

2. Purge

3. Barbie

4. Sandy and Danny from Grease

5. Boxer

6. Hobo

7. Trump vs. Clinton

8. Lifeguard

9. Gumball Machine

10. Zombie

11. KISS

12. Unicorn

13. Monsters Inc.

14. Sandlot

15. Skeleton

16. Frat Boy

17. Drink Beverages

18. Dodgeball Average Joes

19. Teletubbies

20. Netflix and Chill

21. Mean Girls

22. Lilo & Stitch

23. Alvin & the Chipmunks

24. Fruit

25. Playing Cards

As you scroll through your Facebook newsfeed and your Instagram accounts, I am sure you will come to see many people wearing these costumes as well as other DIY costumes. When in doubt for Halloween, Do It Yourself! Make your own costume!

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2016 Top 25 DIY Halloween Costumes

Best costumes of the year. Easy to make, creative to be!

1. Alien

2. Purge

3. Barbie

4. Sandy and Danny from Grease

5. Boxer

6. Hobo

7. Trump vs. Clinton

8. Lifeguard

9. Gumball Machine

10. Zombie

11. KISS

12. Unicorn

13. Monsters Inc.

14. Sandlot

15. Skeleton

16. Frat Boy

17. Drink Beverages

18. Dodgeball Average Joes

19. Teletubbies

20. Netflix and Chill

21. Mean Girls

22. Lilo & Stitch

23. Alvin & the Chipmunks

24. Fruit

25. Playing Cards

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1. Watch an R-rated Scary Movie in a Movie Theater

2. Buy a Lottery Ticket

3. Vote in an Election

4. Participate in a Run (or a Walk, Realistically) for Charity

5. Go on a Road Trip

6. Start a Savings Account

7. Get a Credit Card

8. Sign up for Spotify Premium

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10. Start a Meditation Routine

11. Go to a Yoga Class

12. Treat Myself to a Dinner for One

13. Volunteer for a Charity

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1."But what would happen if we all tried to be like Santa and learned to give as only he can give: of ourselves, our talents, our love and our hearts? Maybe we could all learn Santa's beautiful lesson and maybe there would finally be peace on Earth and good will toward men."

"Sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see."

"If you won't use your heart, who cares if it gets broken? If you just keep it to yourself, maybe it'll be like my rollerblades. When you do decide to try it, it won't be any good. You should take a chance. Got nothing to lose."

"Remember, no man is a failure who has friends."

"Life is made up of meetings and partings. That is the way of it."

"If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find a that love actually is all around."

"Sometimes things look good on paper, but lose their luster when you see how it affects real folks. I guess a healthy bottom line doesn't mean much if to get it, you have to hurt the ones you depend on."

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"There's room for everyone on the nice list."

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8. Who put the alphabet in alphabetical order?

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12. If your shirt isn't tucked into your pants, are your pants tucked into your shirt?

13. Why is it called "quick sand" if you sink slowly in it?

14. If I try to fail, but succeed, which one did I do?

15. If Cinderella's shoe fit perfectly, why did it fall off?

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