Halloween On A Budget
With Christmas not too far away, the last thing you want to be doing is spending a fortune on Halloween. I have included some prices of costumes below. Lidl is the cheapest, €2 is the best for face paint decorations and goodies, Dunnes and Tesco are on par, so it would depend what you’re looking for. I have also included some idea for homemade costumes (the cheapest of them all!) and ‘How To Carve A Pumpkin’.
€2 Store
Range:
Witches Hats, Skeleton Costume (would fit 3-4 year old), Pumpkin Costume (would fit 3-4 year old), Brooms, Face Paint, Pumpkin Collection Buckets, Halloween Lights and Decorations.
Best for: Face paint (you would pay €6 in the joke shop for the equivalent) and goodies
Tesco
Range:
Girls: Witches (3-10 years) €9.50, All in one Cat Costume (3-14 years) €9.50, Cat Girl (3-4 years) €8.50
Boys: Skeleton (3-13 years)- €7, Dracula (4 years) €8.50, Dracula (3-10 years €9.50) Black & Green Bat costume (7-10 years)- €9.50, WareWolf (5-12 years)- €12.50
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Other: Haribo buckets of Halloween Treats are half price.
Dunnes
Girls: Ladybird, Bee, Lion, Shark (girl/boy), Dragon (girl/boy)- all one size all €10
Boys: Grim Reaper (8 yr old), Vampire (4-7 years), Frankenstein (4-7 years), Skeleton (3-7 years) – all €14
Other stuff: Halloween Baby Bibs €2.50, Halloween Babygrows €3.50, Devil Masks €3.50, Pumpkin Basket €2.50
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Lidl
Range: Witch, Ghost, Skeleton, Hangman, Vampire or Pumpkin – all only €5.99
Other stuff: Party set (including hats, cups, plates and table cloth) – €4.99
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Want to make your own Halloween Costume?? Here are some good websites..
http://www.costumeideazone.com/index.htm
http://www.robinsfyi.com/holidays/halloween/costumes.htm
Or good old You Tube for ‘How to’ videos
Oh and if you were wondering how to carve a pumpkin- click here
If you have any ideas or places to get bargains costumes, please let us know… Value Vera
