Halloween plans will look a little different this year, but that doesn’t mean it can’t still be spooky fun! You can always walk around the neighborhood in your costume, have a virtual Halloween party, or celebrate indoors with your household. No matter how you choose to party, make sure to utilize thrift stores and slow fashion options to ensure you celebrate with the planet (and your wallet!) in mind.
Thrifting or creating your Halloween costumes and decor instead of buying them new from retail stores has many benefits. It diverts waste from our landfills, exercises your creativity, usually funds a charitable cause, won’t break the bank, and you could probably wear the thrifted pieces of your costume more than once a year.
St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Stores in Los Angeles and Long Beach are the perfect places to turn your sustainable Halloween plans into a reality! We have seasonal decorations and aisles of clothing waiting to be transformed into the ultimate costume, and revenue helps those experiencing homelessness and poverty.
Need Halloween costume ideas? St. Vincent de Paul of LA put together a list of easy, thrift-able Halloween costumes anyone can do. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for more inspiration!
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Thrifty Halloween Costumes
1. Sadness from Inside Out
2. Russel from Up
3. Forrest Gump
4. Ace Ventura Pet Detective
5. Edward Scissorhands
6. Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
7. Cosmo and Wanda from Fairly Odd Parents
8. Pam and Jim from The Office
9. Carmen Sandiego
10. Velma from Scooby-Doo
Shopping at St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Stores serves those in need and those experiencing homelessness in Southern California. St. Vincent de Paul’s LA Council has 2,500 volunteers serving an average of 200,000 people a year with food, clothing, furniture, appliances, rental, bill-paying and other forms of assistance. We also operate food pantries, soup kitchens, a summer camp for kids and a shelter program on Skid Row.
