It’s frustrating to buy things that you only wear a few times and then need to get rid of because it feels like such a waste. For example, adult Halloween costumes don’t get enough wear before it’s time to get rid of them to clear out the closets. If you’re creative, you can recycle these costumes so that they don’t just get tossed out after barely being used.

Here are some tips for recycling Halloween costumes:

• Make kids costumes. The pieces from womens halloween costumes can be taken apart and resized to make girls halloween costumes so that they can be used by someone else in the years to come.
• Make wearable clothing. If you can sew, you can usually take the more subdued parts of a costume and add some fabric to create a wearable item. Capes and costume dresses can be turned into daywear dresses, for example.
• Donate them. A lot of people out there can’t afford a brand new costume so they’ll put your donated costume to good use.
• Recycle the parts. Check to see if any of the costume parts are made from recyclable materials and toss those into the recycle bin.

We don’t have to keep costumes forever and we don’t have to toss them out barely used either. Get creative and recycle them to save both money and the earth.

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