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Scary Good Ways to Save on Halloween

Posted 10:00AM 10/09/12 Holiday Shopping, Savings Experiment, Shopping |
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Would you stick to classic costumes to save money?

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Halloween is upon us and it's time to prep for a night of trick-or-treating, but how do you get the most out of your thrills and chills without scaring away savings?

When it comes to the holiday, the biggest items you can save on are costumes and candy. For costumes, stick with the classics. Pirates, princesses and vampires never go out of style, and the outfits can be passed down to younger siblings.

To save even more, try to purchase items you can reuse again. Capes, fairy wings and tiaras are staples that can last for years. Plus, they can be used in many different ways -- you just have to get creative.

Now on to the candy. Halloween is all about the sweet confections, but you don't want to break the bank trying to provide for your trick-or-treaters. In this case, dollar stores are not going to give you a deal. While a $1 bag of Snickers may sound like a cheap option, you're better off at discount retailers like Target and Walmart, which offer bigger bags with larger quantities. In the end, you're saving more per piece.

Halloween candySo, before the ghosts and goblins come out, use these scary good money-saving tips to have a happy and budget-friendly Halloween.

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bunnyfunny47

_PLEASE...Do not place any lit candles inside carved pumpkins placing them in your window...Keep all those things outside your house and far away from anything flammable. One year one of our candle fell over and stuk out the mouth of the pumpkin and soon flames went up the curtain catching our entire livingroom on fire. We were very lucky to have caught it in time.

October 26 2012 at 9:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
bunnyfunny47

All this stuff is about marketing stuff to us we really don't need. Sure, Maybe, for some special holiday party, but most people could just as well pick up some pretty cool stuff from the local thrift stores. We don't need to be Big Bird.

October 26 2012 at 8:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
brennemanbelkin

As a kid I wore the same bed-sheet year after year,
Once you cut in the eye holes, there's not much else you can do with it.

October 26 2012 at 9:03 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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MANUELITO

lol, lol, good idea and when you're a kid, you just wanted to have fun, sounds like you did.

October 26 2012 at 11:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jcteach100

Sounds like a sweet idea!

October 20 2012 at 4:05 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
leirual57

For valentines day I buy red and white decorations after Xmas at sale prices

October 20 2012 at 1:53 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
omensofaries

Any one who loves to eat candy corn (as shown), might just as well not buy any and save some mone and just eat spoon fulls of sugar right out of the sugar bowl.

October 19 2012 at 11:24 PM Report abuse -2 rate up rate down Reply
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neddicklight

Killjoy! Always one in the crowd.

October 26 2012 at 4:19 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Illy

I OWN a LOT of capes. I LOVE capes! My oldest is 40 years old!

October 19 2012 at 9:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Unami406

Wow! That Kristen Stewart impersonation was so good it was scary!!

October 19 2012 at 8:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
HI Viola

I give out every year can coke or pesi, some times bottel water, kids gets thursty too..................lol

October 19 2012 at 8:18 PM Report abuse +3 rate up rate down Reply
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neddicklight

I like it! Bet you get good responses! :-)

October 26 2012 at 4:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mtmist3383

I know this is almost ancient history, but when I was growing up we had nothing but homemade costumes. The easiest and best one I had was one year when the weather was so bad I hadn't thought I could go out. At the last minute I grabbed my mothers robe (it came down to my ankles) , her fuzzy houseslippers, stuck some horrid pink rollers in my hair and smears Ponds cold cream on my face. Housewife!! It was a major hit at the homes I went to. One man laughed so hard when I asked him if I reminded him of his wife that I got a $5.00 bill for a treat, lol. Those were the good old days :)

October 19 2012 at 8:12 PM Report abuse +4 rate up rate down Reply
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