<div class="block">We want to help you put together your scariest fit for Halloween and you can do it by repurposing items you already own. Stacey Wallenstein, the mint chip mama, joined &#39;beWell&#39; with some DIY tips on crafting the perfect costume.</div>

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Be Well: DIY Halloween Costumes

Halloween is such a great time to get creative. So instead of spending a lot of money this year on costumes, we've got expert help to do it yourself. Blogger and content creator for the Mint Chip Mama Stacy Wallenstein is here with some creative ideas and I, I love that the table is and it's all repurposed items that you had in your house. So talk me through what you came up with. Absolutely. So we're a big fan of reusing what we have in our house and making it relevant for Halloween. One of the reasons is very often uh your kids come home, they have a snack, they run, they have an hour to trick or treat. It's not really the investment I want to make to spend all this money in an expensive costume, especially if it rains or if it's cold and you have to put the dreaded winter coat over it. Yes. So we've tried over the years to do different things, either fun characters from books or just something relevant in their life. So last year they went as zombie baseball and softball players and this is a pair of softball pants that no longer fits my daughter that she sprayed to make them zombies like and then she just wo wore the same top, same idea. All right. And then Harry Potter has been going through my house for the last decade. So what's nice about Harry Potter is like this one? Yes. So this was a cape that I bought in the pajama section on clearance and a lot of these things I bought on clearance all throughout the year. So I love to keep my eye out every time I pop into a store just to see if there's something that I can then repurpose for Halloween. So this is just a gray shirt that my son has black pants or a cardigan that my daughter has in a black skirt, you throw in a tie, you throw in a tie. I mean, you can buy the tie or maybe you have one that looks like it or buy a scarf, which obviously both you could use it another time and there you have Harry and Hermione. Nice and easy. Very easy. I love this one because it has a toy element to it which just makes the costume more fun. But we're talking about that. So this is as simple as you can get a black body suit. Oh Look and then black leggings and then instead of a bow and arrow that you buy, this is a set from an archery kid. You know the big thing and your kids can play with it and she just repurposed it like that. And this one is probably the simplest of all, which is your two back a sweatshirt, which has the whole entire thing, including the zip up face. But all you did is just pair that with leggings and boom, there's your costume and that's kind of the same idea here with this one. Absolutely. So if you're going to spend 20 to 30 bucks in a costume, why not spend it instead on something that has longevity. So this is just as fuzzy as you can get. And the best part, obviously, the cake. Oh, there you go. So you can have fun all year long in this and you know, be cozy. Uh And this. Yes. Ok. So what about this red? So I wanted to go as Princess Buttercup and Wesley from a princess bride with my husband to a Halloween party and her iconic scene with the red dress. So instead of buying a costume, I just look for a red dress that looked similar that I could then wear again. And this has actually become one of my favorite pieces in my entire closet. It's like thin and comfy. You could dress it up. Oh, there you are. Oh, yes. Ok. And then now this one, all right, obviously I see the fancy gloves. So, what do we have here? So years ago, my husband and I went to a twenties party and I bought, you know, the flower and with that, I also bought this little kit of the gloves and the feather and the boa and I repurposed that so many different ways. So I recently went to a Regency party and this is a dress that I bought just to wear and the sleeves when you puff it up, kind of gives that like Bridgerton aspect throw in a pair of gloves and you look like royalty. All right, I love it. These are so many great ideas. Thank you so much. Of course.