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Chances are you're going to more than one Halloween party this year, which means you'll have to avoid repeating costumes. But with the holidays coming up and the thought of spending money on gifts lingering in the back of your mind, it's probably smart to avoid using too much right now.
It turns out that with under $20, you can still pull off an awesome costume.
I enlisted the help of my friends and colleagues to see how they conquered this budget-friendly challenge in the past, and I was impressed by how creative and easy their costumes were. Some pointers: puns and sayings are always fun to capture visually, as are TV show characters with distinctive outfits. Above all, I learned that anything is possible with some imagination, paper, tape, and face paint.
Here are the best cheap costume ideas to inspire you this Halloween.
SEE ALSO: The 8 best group Halloween costumes of 2017
Snapchat filter
"One of my Halloween costumes was the rainbow Snapchat filter, which pretty much consisted of $8 face paint from the drugstore and printing out and taping a Snapchat icon to my shirt."— Corina Pintado, INSIDER associate editor for syndication
6-Color Face Paint Set, $6.20, available at Walmart
Social butterfly
Print out your favorite social media icons and tape them to your body or these wings to soar like the social butterfly you are.
Butterfly Wings, $5.50-$5.76 available at Amazon
Helga and Arnold
"This costume for the characters who love to hate each other is 'super cheap,' and we just stapled colored paper to his hat."— Abby Narishkin, INSIDER video writing intern for travel
Poster Board (Assorted Colors), $0.34, available at Target
Pink Hair Bow, $6.99, available at Amazon
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