>>LAUREN VERNO: GET THIS. PEOPLE SPEND A SCARY AMOUNT HALLOWEEN EACH YEAR. TYPICALLY
169 TO $183 PER PERSON. NEARLY
50% OF THAT IS SPENT ON
COSTUMES. SO FOR THOSE THAT
HAVE SHOT AT ONE OF THE BIG
BOX HALLOWEEN SHOPS, THIS HIGH
PRICE TAG. NO SURPRISE. SO
EARLIER WE SHOWED YOU SOME OF
THOSE 3.50, ADULT COSTUMES.
NOW WE’RE LOOKING AT ONES YOU
MIGHT WANT TO DRESS YOUR KIDS.
THIS YEAR WAS MORGAN WITH
GOODWILL JOINS ME THIS MORNING
WITH SOME LAST MINUTE
HALLOWEEN COSTUMES THAT WON’T
BREAK THE BANK. ALL RIGHT,
LIZ, WHAT YOU GOT FOR ME?
>> ALL RIGHT. SO NOW I’M STILL
MY FRENCH TOAST COSTUME. BUT
NOW WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE
KIDS. SO I GOT I DON’T KNOW IF
YOU CAN RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS
LITTLE FRIDA KAHLO ALL WE DID
IS WE FOUND THIS BLOUSE AND
GOOD. WELL, THIS HEADBAND WAS
ALREADY PRETTY MUCH I JUST
TOOK A FLOWER ARRANGEMENT,
BROKE IT DOWN AND HOT BLOOD,
SOME FLOWERS ON IT. AND SO IT
COSTS A COUPLE OF DOLLARS. AND
SHE’S ALSO GOT THIS LITTLE DAY
OF THE DEAD BAD THAT SHE’S
USING A TRICK OR 2. AND THESE
MUSTACHES CAN BE USED TO MAKE
HER EYEBROWS. SO THAT’S FOR A
LITTLE GIRL. ALL HAVE
>> YEAH, MAYBE DOWN HERE.
WE’VE DRAG N FOR A LITTLE BOY.
THIS IS THE EASIEST CAN BE
PROBABLY FOR 3 OR 4 YEAR-OLD
ZIP THEM UP. AND IT ESPECIALLY
WITH THAT THIS WARM. I STILL
THINK COLD TEMPERATURES COMING
UP. AND THIS IS JUST ABOUT $5.
WOW, I DID WELL. AND IT’S
READY TO GO. AND NOW WE HAVE
THAT THIS WAS A TOP AND A
BOTTOM OF A MERMAID FOR A
LITTLE GIRL. THERE ARE
ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF THEM AT
THE STORE. SO
>> THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN A
SISTERS OR FRIENDS COSTUME
WORKING TOGETHER AGAIN. THIS
IS JUST A COUPLE DOLLARS I’M
GOING TO SAVE ON AVERAGE 60 TO
70% OVER BIG BOX STORES AND
YOU’RE KEEPING CLOSE OUT OF
THE LANDFILL TO SUCK HEAP THAT
IN MIND WHEN YOU SHOP HERE
WELL, THIS WE HAVE FOR AN
ALTAR BOY, A FRIEND’S PRINCE
CHARMING, VERY
>> I LOVE THE PRINCE CHARMING.
I WANT TO PUT CHRIS AND THAT.
YES, IT’S VERY NICE. AND THEN
THIS MAYBE BEEN WORN ONCE
FIND. IT’S A POTTERY BARN KIDS
LITTLE PUMPKIN OUT THAT YOU
SEE THESE KEEP EYES WALKING
AROUND ON YOU CAN GET THAT FOR
4.99 AND THE STORE AND THEN
THIS IS MAYBE MY THIS I DON’T
KNOW.
>> IF WE CAN THE BACK OF THIS
IS A LITTLE BUNNY POMP. THIS
IS A BONNIE AND WE FOUND SOME
BUNNY EARS TO GO WITH THAT AND
SHE CAN GO TRICK OR TREATING
WITH OUR LITTLE EASTER BASKET.
HOW CUTE IS THAT? SO WHEN YOU
GO INTO GOODWILL, DUIS, HAVE
THIS HALLOWEEN SECTION ALREADY
SET UP OR MORE GOING KIND OF
HAVE PUT IT TOGETHER.
>> YOU CAN DO BOTH. BUT WE’VE
REALLY MADE IT EASY FOR YOU
ALL THE STORES HAVE LIKE THIS
ONE HERE AT SAINT JOHNS BLUFF
HAVE ALL THE HALLOWEEN
COSTUMES AND ONE SECTION AND
HAVE DECOR AND ONE SECTION SO
YOU CAN TAKE THEIR IDEAS.
THEY’VE DONE THE CREATIVITY
FOR YOU OR YOU CAN JUST LOOK
THROUGH THE SHELVES AND SEE
WHAT YOU FIND SEE WHAT SPARKED
YOUR INTEREST. YOU STILL HAVE
3 OR 4 DAYS. AND, YOU KNOW,
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF
CREATIVITY AND IMAGINATION.
>> AND YOU’RE GOING TO COME
AWAY WITH AND ON AVERAGE OF
LESS THAN $10 PER COSTUME. HOW
DID YOU COME UP WITH THAT?
FRENCH TOAST COSTUME? I
ACTUALLY SAW IT ON ANOTHER TV
SHOW BARRYMORE SHOW. I SAW IT.
AND THIS SCARF AND THE SPRAY
AND THE SHIRT AND THEN THIS IS
JUST PORK BOARD. MY TOAST. AND
THIS IS A POST. IT SAYS MY PAD
OF BUTTER AND I’D LIKE KIND OF
COSTUMES OF THE LIKE A TWIST
ON THEM. SO THIS WORKED FOR ME
AND NOW WE’VE GOT SOME OTHER
WE’VE GOT SNOW WHITE WOW,
WHICH IS SO CUE. LET’S LOOK AT
THE PRICE TAG. 5.99. 5.99 AT
THE STORE. NO, IT’S CERTAINLY
NOT GOING TO. AND WHEN YOU’RE
FINISHED WITH THEIR COSTUMES,
YOUR KIDS GROW OUT OF IT,
DONATED BACK TO GOOD WILL KEEP
THE CLOTHES OUT OF THE
LANDFILL AND FUND PROGRAMS IN
THE COMMUNITY THAT HELP YOUR
NEIGHBORS BREAK DOWN BARRIERS
TO EMPLOYMENT. IT’S JUST
WIN-WIN AND IT’S A LOT OF FUN
TO DO AS A FAMILY TO COME