15 Awesome DIY Costumes That Will Inspire You This Halloween

Picking a Halloween costume is a very important decision. If you're like most people, you wait until the last minute and stress out. Here are 15 fun DIY costumes that will inspire you to get started, brought to you by Savers and Value Village thrift stores, your one stop for Halloween.

1. Flash Dance

On The Cheap Tip / Via youtube.com

What You'll Need:

Willingness to dance all night

Trench coat

Sunglasses

Headband

Leotard

Cut-off sweater

Full video

2. Walking Dead Spoiler Alert

Via Flickr: watertownsurfer

What You'll Need:

Uniform shirt

Sewable badges

Paper bandage

Although it depends on the spoiler, obviously.

3. A Gold Digger

theodditoriumnet / Via youtube.com

What You'll Need:

Shovel

Gold accessories

Gold-colored clothing (the flashier the better)

Full video

4. Bert and Ernie

What You'll Need:

Ugly sweater

Face paint

Bald wig

Rubber ducky

Cut-up afro wig

5. Censored Streaker

Via Flickr: cwsteeds

What You'll Need:

Not much

A cardboard box, painted black

White paint

6. A Piñata

Via Flickr: nate

What You'll Need:

Colored cardboard paper

Snowsuit

See-through mask

The inventor of this costume sent their child door-to-door so the piñata costume could be filled up with candy.

7. The Pixar Lamp

Via qbn.com

What You'll Need:

All-white clothing

Cardboard

Transparent white fabric

8. iPod Ads

Via Flickr: maile

What You'll Need:

Poster board (reinforced)

All-black clothing

Neon paint

iPods

9. Marge Simpson

Via Flickr: mrflip

What You'll Need:

A lot of yellow paint

Vintage-style green dress

Beehive wig made of papier-mâché and cotton

10. The Abducted

Creative Commons / Via youtube.com

What You'll Need:

The top half of a mannequin (or a homemade equivalent)

The bottom half of a mannequin (or pants filled with paper and wires)

Old clothes

11. Nyan Cat

Via Flickr: kellyhogaboom

What You'll Need:

Rainbow flag (or construct your own from colored fabric)

Cloth jam toast from colored fabric

Cat ears

Face makeup

12. Wikipedia

Via commons.wikimedia.org

What You'll Need:

Wire frame

Papier-mâché

White paint

Black paint

13. Banksy's Flower Thrower

Via Flickr: littletinyfish

What You'll Need:

Black clothing

White paint

Bouquet of flowers

14. Transforming Police Car

Via funnyjunk.com

What You'll Need:

Some engineering know-how

Foam board

Paint

Uniform

Sunglasses

Mustache

15. Barbecue Grill

Via tps12.50webs.com

What You'll Need:

Hula hoop

Cardboard

Steel wire

Paint

Hat

Sparkly "grill" mouthguard

Check out the complete instructions.

Whether you're looking to make a masterpiece from scratch or find something perfect off the shelf, get creative this Halloween at Savers and Value Village thrift stores.