Will you make your own costume this Halloween?

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25th October 2019

A SHOCKING new report has found that up to seven million Halloween costumes and masks are thrown away each year after being worn just once.

The report, released by nature charity Fairyland Trust, looked at the UK’s 19 biggest costume-selling retailers, including Tesco, Amazon and Argos.

They found that on average, 83% of the materials used in Halloween costumes are oil-based plastics.

This would mean that together, the seven million binned costumes would create around 2,079 tonnes of plastic waste. That’s the same weight as 83 million Coca-Cola bottles!

The charity also found that the real plastic footprint of Halloween is probably much larger than was found in the survey, since it didn’t include all the plastic toys and food packaging that is specifically produced for Halloween.

Sarah Wise from the Fairyland Trust says there are plenty of ways to dress up without having to use plastic: “Raid your old wardrobes or local charity shops for costumes! Old curtains can easily become a witch or wizard’s cloak, or simply cut jagged edges off old T-shirts to create an elf’s tunic or a torn zombie outfit.”

Will you make your own costume this Halloween?

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asbml · 5 years ago

No but I also won't buy one because my family won't celebrate Halloween this year.
I've also got last year's costume to use if we are going to celebrate.

pandaworld · 5 years ago

My family doesn't celebrate Halloween but I usually go trick or treating!

pandaworld · 5 years ago

I'm not going this year though!

fishgirl2 · 5 years ago

Yes I definitely will.
I’m going to be a vampire 🧛‍♀️

kidgamer · 5 years ago

I dont celebrate Halloween 😢😢

cleverclog · 5 years ago

I don't celebrate Halloween so...

squish123 · 5 years ago

My mum always makes costumes for us using our old clothes but we also keep using an old costume that she brought for us years ago.

crimson · 5 years ago

I just fix my old costume and wear it

kkyellow · 5 years ago

yeeeeeeessssssssss im gonna be a cat a black cat

tinytim · 5 years ago

Yes

jacreeves · 5 years ago

My parents don't let me go trick or treating so I don't really wear costumes for Halloween. Any costumes we do use are re-used. I think it is a great idea for people to use old clothing and materials to make Halloween costumes.

rosy · 5 years ago

i will because i always do so......

rosy · 5 years ago

i’m being a minecraft enderman

miaowsooty · 5 years ago

I am just wearing my cat onzie and a tail that I wear every year

flodo · 5 years ago

I just wear my old spider light up tights with a denim skirt on top 🧛🏻‍♂️

enderboy · 5 years ago

I always make my own costumes! This year I’m being an enderman from Minecraft

swace · 5 years ago

No. I keep the same one each year, until I don't fit in it. Some people love Halloween, and buy a new costume every year, which I think is a waste as the plastic that comes with it ends up elsewhere.

delealli · 5 years ago

Yes cos all I need to do is violate a sheet and drop it over my head😂

naidazari8 · 5 years ago

Yes I made a vampire cape last year and have some regular clothes to wear under it

catheaven · 5 years ago

I normally go as a 🐱 cat.(hence my username!) I paint my face black and fashion a headband to have cat ears on it by cutting fabric in ear shapes and super gluing them on. Then I wear black clothes. There is how to make an easy Halloween costume! Save the planet 🌍 people!

ellitibble · 5 years ago

Yes I will because I don't want to be wasteful.

lilpenguin · 5 years ago

Why would you just throw away a perfectly good halloween costume!?

rollersk8t · 5 years ago

I am not a big dresser upper for Halloween but if I was, I would try to make one. And if it goes wrong and looks terrible, hey it's Halloween! We aren't meant to look perfect!

gogogirl09 · 5 years ago

yes i always make my own costumes!

spacegirlg · 5 years ago

I’m using a bat costume we already have! Put it with some black leggings and T-shirt then, BOOM! A bat!

omangion · 5 years ago

I am going to a Halloween party that you don't wear costumes. When I do go to party's that you wear costumes, i always keep mine for my younger brothers or put them in the charity shop.

xtumblingx · 5 years ago

I will not as I already bought my costume and Will wear the items again before throwing them away because it is a dress!

zebra10 · 5 years ago

I am not celabrating halloween this year. But past years my family have and very occasionally we will buy a mask or somthing but we have not bourght a whole costume in 11 years. We have a dressing up box with some witch dresses and stuff but otherwise we just use dark clothes and cloaks and adapt them slightly.

loli-pop · 5 years ago

my mum uses me as a model, showing of what she made in just 1 MONTH! her needle goes FLASH ! FLASH! FLASH! . i can never see the needle cos of how fast she is moving it!

wookie123 · 5 years ago

We aren’t buying costumes but we won’t make one either

dodge7 · 5 years ago

Mum made mine 2 years ago.

fox64 · 5 years ago

I am not going to, however I have one I've used for the past 3 years, (!) so I won't be wasting plastic. (hopefully)!!!

ballet2006 · 5 years ago

Yes I have made my Halloween costume I'm going as a haunted hula girl

rubikspark · 5 years ago

I am going as Team Rocket from Pokemon and i am making it myself!
It is finished now!

w3bb · 5 years ago

No because I do not like Halloween so will not need one.😉

catfan123 · 5 years ago

I didn’t, but I did use my old onesie!

theboy7 · 5 years ago

I'm just covering a box in tin foil and calling it a robot

anju-fnews · 5 years ago

If you want to save the planet and be eco-friendly during Halloween then re-use or make a Halloween costume .

kittens23 · 5 years ago

I am ALWAYS a cat. Paint face, black clothes, cat ears............ DONE! Easy as that.

oceangirl · 5 years ago

No but I am reusing mine from last year

5honypony · 5 years ago

Sadly, no, but I am borrowing a costume from my friend, who bought it.

mktc.07 · 5 years ago

No, In my household we use hand me downs and reuse old costumes.

samcan · 5 years ago

no but I'll reuse mine

toffeedogs · 5 years ago

We used to do Halloween and always made our costumes. But we don’t celebrate Halloween anymore so...

sandwichbo · 5 years ago

I make my own by using every day clothes and going as a book character

bamboomilk · 5 years ago

No. Only coz I can't (I don't know how to). :)

lindawalla · 5 years ago

No I always buy my costume or reuse them!

redrubyguy · 5 years ago

No. The ones for sale are far better quality.

katkid10 · 5 years ago

I have never celebrated Halloween in my life, so nearly 10 years!

panda89 · 4 years ago

Yes...

piggy9876 · 4 years ago

I make my own every year because I like too

panda89 · 4 years ago

yes i made one by ripping up some jeans and T-shirt and painting my face with red paint. Awesome zombie ✔️✔️✔️

It was better than u would think!!!!

luigi55 · 4 years ago

no