Happy Halloween! A DIY Costume re-cap

Finally! October 31st is here! By now you’ve sorted out all of your costumes, probably had a spooktacular time at a costume party or plan on that tonight, or perhaps you have taken the little ones to a trick-or-treat event. . .or you’ve cozied up with a classic Halloween movie and some witchy brew for…

Scary Costume Creation Ideas from Goodwill

Some like it spooky. Some like it grotesque. Some like just a touch of creepy in their Halloween festivities. We’re somewhere closer to the spooky range. So if you’re trying to find some easy costumes to unnerve others this Halloween, we can offer some ideas. Skeleton, Level: super-easy. How to: find a comfortable pair of black sweats,…

Group Themed Costume Ideas from Goodwill

Group costumes—either everyone unintentionally arrives as the Avengers in their box-store sanctioned leotard or they rock the party with cleverly conceived character costumes coordinating into an awesome group themed costume choice. Here are some of our ideas on characters for a grand group costume theme all while keeping that budget low. Pirates, Parrots, and Mermaids…

Last minute DIY costumes that don’t look last minute

Yes, we’ve heard that same line. “I wasn’t going to any Halloween stuff this year, but now…” We’ve been there. Thankfully, we know a great store with last-minute costumes that 1. don’t look last minute, 2. don’t cost last-minute prices, and 3. don’t look like everybody else’s last minute costume. Creepy Doll, Level: super-easy. How to: Find…

Quick & Easy Goodwill Halloween Costumes

Halloween parties are happening, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is having their Pirate’s Revenge Haunted House and trick-or-treating is just around the corner! In case you’re still on the fence as to what you should be this haunting season, we’ve got some quick and easy costumes you can find at your nearest Goodwill store! The…

Costume Contest Winners

Announcing our Thrill of the Hunt Costume Contest winners for 2014! In the Adult category, we have our Pop-Culture winner: Bob Ross and a Happy Tree by Melissa! Goodwill items: Leaves, Leaf bunches, sweater, canvas (painted by the happy tree), brown pants, blue shirt “We have truly enjoyed participating the last two years. Last year…

Plush Pumpkins for Fall

In the midwest, it’s time to face the facts. It’s fall. In fact, it’s been fall for a little while now. We’ve been layering up, breaking out the sweaters, and finding our fluffy socks again. Speaking of sweaters, have you run into a few that are a little on the tight side? One of my…

DIY Toothless Costume

Happy nearly Halloween!!! Oh? You just found out someone in your house needs a costume by Friday and they just let you know now? Well, before you slap a sheet with two eye holes cut out over them and call it a ghost… check out how quick and easy this How to Train Your Dragon—Toothless costume is! You still…

Goodwill + A little Creativity for Halloween!

I know this comes as a huge shock… but we LOVE Halloween at Goodwill! No, no, not for the candy, though that’s a nice bonus. What we love is taking an idea—a popular current character, and challenging ourselves to create that character’s costume from whatever we find in a Goodwill store. It’s like the ultimate costume…

DIY Frozen Costume: Elsa

There are so many great Elsa DIYs out there that we went pretty minimal. If you want to go all out, I strongly recommend one of these tutorials for Elsa. Grace Hepburn Designs  for a full out sewn tutorial or Tutu dress for an easier approach by the Hair Bow Company. But if you’re just…

DIY Frozen Costumes: Olaf

You can choose any of the great characters from Frozen, but if you’re going to have a group, someone HAS to be Olaf! Don’t worry, it’s easier to transform into the talking snowman than you may imagine! Supplies White sweatshirt White poofy vest or jacket White sweatpants or leggings Space Helmet (our central Indiana Goodwill…

DIY Frozen Costumes: Sven

What do you get when you combine a talking snowman with an ice queen and a reindeer with attitude? A perfect trio of Frozen characters, that’s what! Our fabulous triplet models were kind enough to let us dress them in some DIY Frozen costume creations. Judging by their willingness to jump into character, we’d say…