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Costume ideas, thrifted decor, and step-by-step projects for a Halloween that’s all you.

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  • Create a Salem-Inspired Tablescape

    Create a bewitching tablescape for your Halloween party, inspired by the cobbled streets and crumbling tombstones of Salem—a perfect inspiration with its haunting history.

  • 3 Costume Ideas for a Happy Halloween

    It’s easy to create thrifted costumes! From busting ghosts to judicial icons and the cutest feline familiar, you got this with a little help from your favorite thrift store.

  • Make this Halloween Boo-tiful!

    From skeleton flamingos to flowery skulls and bats aplenty, make your Halloween  anything but ordinary with these darling DIY décor projects.

  • Last-Minute Costumes for Kids

    Planning costumes for the whole family on a budget and a time crunch is tough. Check out these last-minute costume ideas and then run over to Goodwill for the components.

  • Halloween Horror DIY: Paint it Black!

    Paint it black! These Halloween DIY tricks will make your space the scariest of them all. Gruesome frames, books of spells, rat brains — and more!

  • Endless Drinking Skeleton

    Ahoy mateys! Let local Austin influencers Jaimie and Jay show you how to make a DIY pirate drinking skeleton prop for Halloween—talk about a porch pirate!

  • Halloween Home Tour

    Take a Halloween house tour with Austin-based crafter, blogger, and thrift-a-holic Jennifer Perkins. Check out her secondhand finds, thrift transformations, and Goodwill goodies!

  • Goodwill DIY: Skeleton Jeans

    Bring Your Own Bones! This DIY skeleton jeans craft project can easily translate to other articles of clothing you can thrift from your local Goodwill.