Homemade Creativity

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays.  At what other time of year can you see a hippie, a whack-a-mole, and the jolly green giant proudly walking down the street together?  I love seeing the clever costume ideas people come up with at Halloween, and all of my favorites have been homemade.

In Target’s Iron Man costume Halloween commercial, which can be watched here, we’re shown a kid in an Iron Man costume his mom made.  The premise is that the costume is much less cool than the store-bought version.  As much as I love Target, I just don’t “get” this ad; I thought the kid’s homemade costume was awesome!  Sure, the push light on his shirt fell off part way through the commercial, but with a little ingenuity, that could easily be fixed.  The homemade costume may not have been the most accurate representation of Iron Man ever, but it was cute, clever, and 100% unique.

I just don’t think you can beat a homemade costume.  Not only does making your own costume force you to be creative in bringing a costume idea into reality, but it also gives you so much more freedom in deciding what you want to be for Halloween.  Anyone can walk into the store and pick up the latest witch’s hat, but when is the last time you saw a whack-a-mole costume hanging on the supermarkets’ shelves.  Most costumes are fun, but homemade, super-creative costumes will always be the best.