Halloween is my favorite holiday, but I noticed that the month-long celebrations cause a lot of waste. Thrift stores are lined with used-once costumes and plastic decorations. There is so much candy being eaten, leaving plastic waste behind. I want to make sure I am not a part of that problem.

Every year I make my Halloween costumes from scratch, but this year I wanted to be extra careful about how I am doing it. I like to have several costumes, so this has made it tricky, but I’ve done it!

My first costume is Ilya Rozanov from Heated Rivalry. I thrifted a black hoodie to use as the hockey jersey. I then thrifted a red and white shirt made for a hyper-specific event that would not get thrifted otherwise(the white shirt was for donating to an organization, the red shirt I forgot now) to be used as the stripes on the jersey. I hand sewed all of it because I want it to last past this costume as I plan to wear it as an everyday sweater.…