Ah, October. It’s a wonderful time of year, isn’t it? A time of Pumpkin Spice, cool mornings, blazing autumn leaves, and costumes that are cool, comical, creepy, and everywhere in between.
For many of us, dressing up is the best part of the month. And though many of us may not necessarily be able to attend any parties or go trick-or-treating this year, that doesn’t mean we can’t have a great time putting together a costume all the same. Said costume need not be complicated or expensive, either.
If you know what you’re doing, all you need to get started is a simple custom printed T-shirt. No, seriously. From providing an excellent base on which to build a compelling costume to offering an inexpensive and comfortable option for showing off your spooky spirit, a custom T-shirt can help you take your Halloween experience to an entirely new level.
Here are just six examples of that.
Great for Last-Minute Outings
Stop us if this sounds familiar. You’ve been putting off cobbling together your costume. You simply aren’t sure what you want to do or who you want to be this year. Then, before you even realize it, the occasion is nearly upon you, and you still don’t have any plans for a costume.
Don’t panic — all you really need is a T-shirt. Spend a quick few minutes figuring out something that suits your preferences and sense of style. From there, it’s simply a matter of getting it printed.
Help You Stay in Character
Stop and think for a second about how many characters in popular culture wear a T-shirt of some kind.
It’s a surprising number, isn’t it?
You’ve got Napoleon Dynamite and Vote for Pedro. The Hitchhiker from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas with his iconic mouse shirt. Scott Pilgrim’s Plumtree.
You get the idea. The fact is that a T-shirt doesn’t just need to be the foundation for a costume. It can be the centerpiece of one.
A Foundation for Very Cool Ideas
Of course, if you aren’t keen on obscure pop culture references, there are plenty of other things you can do with your Halloween shirt. Food Magazine The Kitchen, for instance, provides plenty of fun ideas that you can toss together with just a shirt and a quick visit to a craft store. And that’s really only a small sampling of what you can do with a shirt and a bit of creativity.
Splash a gruesome design on your shirt, and you can play a zombie. Pair the iconic logo with a button-up, and you’re Superman. Some polka dots, and you can be anything from a ladybug to ice cream.
The only real limit is your imagination.
An Inexpensive Option
Costumes may be the best thing about Halloween, but the shops that sell them? Not so much. A well-made ensemble is pricey at even the best of times.
But when they’re in high demand, costume costs have a nasty tendency to rise — it’s the same idea as stores upping the price of chocolate just prior to Valentine’s day. A custom T-shirt doesn’t suffer from this drawback. It costs the same no matter the time of year.
Comfortable
Let’s be honest. A pretty big percentage of Halloween costumes aren’t really made for comfort. They might look cool, but they’re not the sort of thing you want to be clad in while wandering around a party.
They can be hot. Itchy. Uncomfortable. Cumbersome.
You get the picture. Because T-shirts are designed, first and foremost, for comfort, a shirt-based costume can be just the thing for your office Halloween party. Or whatever other occasion you might use it for.
You Don’t Always Need a Costume
Halloween is most fun when you get the chance to dress up. But that doesn’t mean you have to do so every year. Especially with how stressful 2021 has been, no one would blame you for wanting to take the year off.
Whether you’re crafting your own costume or just want a cool shirt to wear on Halloween Eve, a personalized shirt can be a perfect choice — and with BlueCotton’s award-winning Design Studio, you can make one that’s perfect for you.