Zombie Halloween

Gone are the days of princesses, bumble bees, pumpkins and any other cute Halloween costume you can think of.  My children went out to Trick or Treat tonight dressed as a zombie and a pirate zombie.  I spent a lot of time for the past two weeks wondering how I was going to come up with an inexpensive, gruesome costume for both of them. 

Out of the blue, my daughter comes home from her dad's in an old dress-up dress, a scarf, big beads, and a wooden sword.  All I had to do was buy a black wig for $5.50.

My son's was easy too.  I went to the thrift store and purchased a button down shirt for $1.50.  I took an old pair of jeans and a stained t-shirt and ripped them to shreds (a good way to take out some frustration!)... Here's where the scrapbooking supplies really come in handy.  After they were all ripped up, I covered them in spray walnut ink, and brown, black and red ink!  The pants were a little too "bloody" for school, but they sure look cool tonight!

I did purchase some face paint for $5.00 at a Halloween store.

So after all my worrying, I ended up spending $12.00.  Pretty good considering the costumes at the Halloween store were $30.00 each (and not nearly as cute!).

Lesson for tonight.  All my scrapbook supplies can be used for projects beyond scrapbooking.  I guess I should invest in some more ink...