No holiday brings out our creativity quite like Halloween can! Whether you want to channel your inner superhero or let loose like the pop star you pretended to be with a hairbrush microphone as a kid, there’s something fun for everyone to dress up as. Halloween is also a great time to consider group costumes. Whether you’re coordinating with friends or your family, these group themes can sometimes be the most fun and creative of all, especially when you get to tune into a cultural phenomenon — like Wicked! This thrifty family above certainly got the memo and created a family group costume that everyone will be sure to talk about for years to come.
What’s a Good Halloween Costume for the Family?
Wicked is a great idea for a family Halloween costume! There are plenty of characters to pick from, so everyone can find a good option. Check out each family member’s costume in more detail below and think about how you might be able to recreate something similar with Goodwill thrifted finds.
Because Goodwill prices are only a fraction of retail prices and the average Halloween costume can cost $100 at retail, consider shopping secondhand at Goodwill for Halloween costumes you can DIY and transform into your exact vision. The best thing about shopping at Goodwill for Halloween costume pieces is that the finds and prices are sure to defy expectations, so that you and your loved ones can defy gravity this spooky season!
Halloween Costume Idea: Fiero and Galinda (or Glinda, iykyk)
This thrifty secondhand-shopping mom took to her local Goodwill and came home with a blazer and pants that fit her son perfectly. She transformed them with gold ribbon and altered the shape of the collar to create the perfect princely costume. For Galinda, she found a great pink secondhand jacket that she cut up and reshaped and then thrifted lots of pink luggage and boxes to complete Galinda’s back-to-school look.
How to Make a Dr. Dillamond or Elphaba Costume For Halloween
She painted the Dr. Dillamond goat mask and used yarn to make the beard and hair. It turned out to be a masterpiece that only Elphaba herself could have pulled off. The Elphaba costume was prep-school-chic thrifted finds with green tights and face paint to complete the look.
How to DIY a Nessarose Halloween Costume
The Nessarose costume was particularly creative, with a DIY dress transformed from a plain white dress with lace and red ribbon, and the wheelchair was created from a completely transformed stroller. To make the wheelchair, she used irrigation tubing to make the wheels, covered them in material, painted and decorated them with craft sticks, and then affixed them to the stroller.
This is a costume the family will remember forever, and it’s incredible to see what is possible with thrifted finds from Goodwill!