Creating costumes
The Howl was full of students showing off their costumes and dancing the night away Saturday evening. While many costumes were purchased at a store or ordered online, some USU students decided to make their own.
“When you make your own costume, you can guarantee that it will be unique,” said Jordan Gee, a junior majoring in elementary education. “It usually is cheaper and can be a lot of fun as well.”
“My wife and I really enjoyed making our own costumes,” said Mason Cardon, a Spanish major. “They weren’t super intricate, but we had fun and saved money.”
Cardon and his wife Tori, a broadcast journalism major, are both juniors at USU.
Mason decided he wanted to be “God’s gift to women” this year.
“All I had to do was put some wrapping paper around a box, then cut holes for my arms,” Cardon said. “It was really inexpensive and easy.”
One aspect of making a costume that some enjoy is the creativity it takes to make the costume.
“You are limited in what costumes you can have when you purchase from someone else,” Tori said. “When you make your own costume, you can literally be whatever you want. I was an ugly Miss Universe contestant this year, and everything I wore was something we already had. It was cool making something out of what you already own.”
Gee said those who make their own costume can let their imagination decide what they will be for the Halloween parties.
“Some homemade costumes become so intricate that you would guess it was bought it a store,” Gee said. “I am super impressed with some of the costumes I’ve seen this year. It’s really cool that they made it themselves.”
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