Cheap Costumes

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At the movies this year you'll be watching more than just the movie. Movie's have notoriously been the bringers of costume fads for Halloween, and this years will be remembered come October. Which movies during the summer will find their way into your heart for Halloween 2009 Costume? Have a look here are my top costumes of 2009

Year One Costumes

- Cavemen costume, roman goddess costume, roman gladiator costume, roman soldier costume, bronze statue costume - This epic movie from Harold Ramis (Ghostbuster's etc) about cavemen who are cast out of their tribe and head off to the 'big city' will do more than tickle your funny bone. You'll find the costumes memorable as well.

Inglourious Basterds Costumes

- American GI WWII uniform, 1940s movie star glamour costume

GI Joe Costume

- Be on the Lookout for the more but for now there are child versions of the Storm Shadow Costume and Duke Costume

Transformers

- Bumblebee costume, Optimus Prime

Public Enemies costumes

- Gangster costume, glamor girl 1930s Hollywood costume, Gangster moll costumes

Harry Potter Costumes

- Hagrid costume, Hagrid mask, Draco costume, Slitherin costume, Harry Potter robe, Gryffindor robe

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Making a dance costume is one of the cheapest costumes for any occasions.

Here are 5 cheap dance costume ideas you can make by hand:

Note these are not for state presentations:

1.  Tap dancer - Supplies: Nylons, A mans dress shirt, a pair of sturdy shorts, tie, bowler hat, suspenders - A white shirt is dyeable and should dyed to match the shorts and tucked into the shorts, when worn. Remove the sleeves for a cooler effect. Add glitter or fabric paint to the tie, if you want.

2.  A Chorus line Dancer - Supplies: Gold leotard, tuxedo jacket with tails (can find at thrift/used stores), glitter, medium wide belt, cane, top hat, gold spray paint, glue - use the gold spraypaint to color the jacket and top hat. Be sure not to use too much paint as the jacket willb e too stiff to wear. Use the glitter on the lapels and cuffs, and band of the top hat, if there are any. Lay a light coating of clue on the belt and cover in glitter.

3.  Ballerina 1  - Child - Supplies: tulle, leotard, tights, glitter or beading - Leotards are notoriously easy to sew things onto. Sew the tulle in a tight band around the middle of the leotard. Start have an inch above the bottom line of leg opening and sew a total of three bands close togehter working upwards. Each band should be no more than 1-2 millimeters apart from eachother. Add more bands for thickness as desired.

4. Ballerina 2 - Adult - Supplies : leotard, tights, tullel ribbon - Easily put together a ballerina dress by gathering the ends of tulle together with ribbon through a thick needle. The tulle can be layered for thicker dance skirts. The belt is the ribbon which is already sewn into the tulle.

5. Belly Dancer - Supplies -  large gold round coin sequins (hobby/craft store), heavy duty swimsuit bikini bottoms, different colored nylon sheer fabric (curtain fabric works ), Sheer handkerchiefs /or smaller bolts of fabric Heavy duty bra, beading, - One to two large pieces of fabric should be sewn into the top of the bikini bottoms front area. Do the same with the back. Sew the gold coin sequins over the fabric around the belt area of the bikini bottoms. Save extra sequins for the bra. Gold coins and handkerchiefs can be sewn around the cup of the bra. Tip: its best to use black for both bikini bottoms and bra.

I hope these costume ideas help with your next party, fantasy or Halloween!

If you'd like to invest in a costume you can visit your local dance studio for costumes. A mix and match of different dance costumes from the studios will be interchangeable over the years.