With Halloween quickly approaching, many people are hurrying about trying to figure out their costumes. Since it is less than a month away, prices of costumes are on the rise. For most college students, this is a hindrance when it comes to deciding what to be. Luckily, CL has a list of fabulous costumes you can buy or make for less than 20 bucks.

Some popular inexpensive DIY costumes are:

• Zombie Sports Player- Any sports team related clothing with matching equipment, i.e. baseball bat and glove and a splash of fake blood.
• Waldo- Red and white striped shirt and hat with jeans

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• Ballerina- Leotard and tutu
  
• Prom/Homecoming Queen- Dress with tiara and sash

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• Cowgirl- Plaid shirt, jeans, boots and a straw hat
• Flowers- Green clothing covered in leaves, real or fake, with a flower headpiece. This can either be a bunch of flowers stuck together or one giant flower.

• Grapes- Green or purple clothes with purple blown up balloons attached all over

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• Knights- Plastic swords, shields and helmets can usually be bought in dollar stores. Add black or gray clothing.
• Army Men-Jacket, pants, boots,and army helmet all painted army green along with you! Cut out and paint cardboard for you to stand on to look like a life size army man figure.

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• Princess- A dress and a dollar store tiara. If you really want to get creative you can make it specific to a certain princess, i.e. a Disney or Adventure Time princess.

If your not one for making your own costume, check out some inexpensive stores or sites that deal with holiday attire. Here are a few common ones filled with loads of classy outfits:

• Party City- This store is great for finding costumes at cheap prices from racecar drivers to Little Bo Peep.
• eBay- You can find every costume here for great prices and don’t assume they will all be old and worn. They sell new and unopened products too.
• Amazon- Another great website to get new costumes at competitive prices.
• Kmart- Not typically what you think of first when hunting for costumes, but Kmart has a decent selection of costumes and clothes that can come in handy with putting together an outfit.
• Walmart
• Target
• Dollar Stores- They have an abundance of inexpensive Halloween accessories.

For more costume ideas, check out DIY:10 Halloween Costumes for Broke Co-Eds.