Brooklyn Brokavore

Halloween 2K10 DIY costumes ftw!

My halloween costume rules: 

1. store-bought costumes are cheating
2. should cost under $30 for everything
3. ideally, is warm enough to not have to wear a coat, and
4. has pockets

This year, my “log lady from Twin Peaks” costume satisfied all four.  The outfit was thrown together from Salvation Army finds, the glasses were $6 at a cheap-hat-and-sunglasses-shop, and the log was found under a pile of sticks on a Crown Heights sidewalk.  (Anthony kindly used his handsaw to get the log down to a manageable size).

Anthony was a “ghost biker” (yes, morbid, but also fitting given his run-in with a car this week), which entailed buying size 8 women’s pants at said Salvation Army (couldn’t find any white pants in the men’s section), white make-up, white hair spray (that I also used), white spray paint for his helmet, white gloves, a cheap flower bouquet, and white tape to cover his shoes and helmet straps.

Sylvia and Jeff, also pictured, went the gauze mummy route.