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By: Green Halloween: what can I reuse or recycle to make a Halloween mask? | How can I recycle this?

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 09:01:49 +0000

[...] the past – way back in the past – we spoke about making Halloween costumes in general but I wanted to think about masks in particular this time – partly, because I [...]

By: Reusing and recycling at Halloween | How can I recycle this?

Reusing and recycling at Halloween | How can I recycle this? — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:01:44 +0000

[...] Other recycling/reusing Halloween ideas [...]

By: Shorty

Shorty — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:16:28 +0000

Old clothes and a hat=Scarecrow. =3

By: sami

sami — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:42:14 +0000

another good kind of fake blood is to mix equal parts instant chocolate pudding and raspberry/red jell-o mix in water until it is the right consistency. to get good “burnt” skin, burn the edges of a marshmallow, rip off the pieces you want, and the sticky side will adhere to your skin. it looks like black, scarred skin. Apply the blood to your scars and it looks gruesome. By the way, for those of you wondering how this is eco friendly – using these kind of materials reduces packaging as fake gory stuff at the store comes in nasty plastic bubble packages and such.

By: How can I reuse or recycle cheap novelty wigs? » How can I recycle this?

How can I reuse or recycle cheap novelty wigs? » How can I recycle this? — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:02:43 +0000

[...] How can I reuse or recycle things to a make a Halloween costume? [...]

By: s and a

s and a — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:15:04 +0000

i went as a buda

By: s and a

s and a — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:14:45 +0000

i made a punkin

By: chelsea grace worsfold

chelsea grace worsfold — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:32:31 +0000

micheal mayers
old black trousers and shirt (or jacket) rubbed with talcum powder, paper mache mask, white paint, cardboard carving knife with foil and paper mach handle

By: Lesley

Lesley — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:00:44 +0000

Not exactly re-cycling, but last year I was a witch in a country park event, and I was showing the kids real Fairy Liquid (do you know how many fairies they have to squish to make one bottle?)

By: michelle

michelle — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 23:57:16 +0000

one i was a clown so i bought a clown outfit!! duh!

By: Golden Phoenix

Golden Phoenix — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:06:25 +0000

Leftover Red food colouring and corn syrup or glucose syrup makes good (but sticky) fake blood. Beware that younger kids may try to eat you :D

For great witches warts paint your face green and then roll a single rice krispie (one of thoses stale leftover ones in the bottom of the box) into the wet paint on the palette. Stick to your face with a little more wet paint.

For incredibly realistic and horrific burns take a little vaseline and smear it over the affected are, now take an old red lipstick and do the same again making sure to blend it slightly with your finger to make the skin look shiny, weepy and sore.

Now take the stub of an old candle and light it, drip the melted wax onto a surface it can easily be removed from (greaseproof paper or tinfoil is great) so that you get individual blobs. Once solidified remove them from the surface and stick to the “burn” for hideously blistered skin.

If you want that “charred” look then take your candle stub and use it to smoke something like a knife, allow to cool and then take the soot and smear it into the vaseline.

By: Sack36

Sack36 — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 08:52:00 +0000

I once got some chicken wire and stuffed everything that was on my floor at the time. I came as my room…

A variation could be to attach everything you can find that is not recycled and come as a land fill.

By: Paulalala

Paulalala — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:53:22 +0000

I dressed my son up as a mummy for Halloween. I used full sheets around his body and legs as an underlayer which menat we didn’t have to waste as many bandages to complete the look.

By: cadan123

cadan123 — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:13:48 +0000

Recipie for fake blood:
Take some old out of date flour, mix it with old out of date water (if there is such a thing), and add some old out of date red food colouring.