Zombie
Perhaps the easiest fancy dress costume to make: simply search your wardrobe for some old clothes and get snap-happy with a pair of scissors. Smear a little fake blood onto the fabric and use either face paints or make up to create a zombie look. You're wanting to create a white base layer, with dark eyes and of course, more fake blood.
Black cat
Find a pair of black trousers and a black top and either buy or make a cat's tail and ears. Claire's Accessories usually sell a lot of cat-inspired gear around Halloween time. Use either black face paint or eyeliner to draw a round black dot on your nose and three lines coming off across each cheek for whiskers.
Devil
The devil costume should come easy if you have managed to perfect the black cat costume. Instead of black clothes, dig out some red clothes to wear as your main outfit. Create or buy a pair of Devil horns and a plastic pitchfork, paint your face red and attach a large rectangle of red fabric the length of your shoulders to your back to make a cape.
Mummy
The Mummy is a fun costume to make. All you need to do is wear white clothes and roll toilet paper around you. For a gory effect, smear fake blood around the costume for a more sinister look. Toilet paper tears easily so it's best to use lots of layers and secure with cellotape.
Wednesday Addams
Become a member of the Addams Family to creep out everyone around you. All you need is a long black dress, with long sleeves and a white collar (you can always make a collar yourself and sew it on), braided hair and white powder to dust on your face and hands for pale skin.
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