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Pasadena Pumpkin Patches May Inspire Best Halloween Costumes

Fall visits to Pasadena pumpkin fields help you score the best jack-o'-lanterns, but they may also inspire DIY costumes.

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The best Halloween costume ideas in Pasadena can be last-minute decisions and may come during fall trips to the local patches and fields in search of the best pumpkins for jack-o’-lanterns and pies.
The best Halloween costume ideas in Pasadena can be last-minute decisions and may come during fall trips to the local patches and fields in search of the best pumpkins for jack-o’-lanterns and pies. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

PASADENA, CA — With trips to pumpkin patches and fields around Pasadena this fall on the rise, people are already looking forward to Halloween.

Not every Halloween costume needs a lot of time for planning, however. Some can be put together last-minute, and well after visits to the Pasadena pumpkin fields.

The pumpkin patches and fields in and around Pasadena could even inspire the best Halloween costume ideas.

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The magazine Good Housekeeping has gathered a few lists of easy Halloween costumes to pull off, along with a few tips on how to put them together quickly. All of which can be put together using something seen or found at a pumpkin patch around Pasadena.

Here are a few of the fastest do-it-yourself Halloween costume ideas involving items commonly seen at pumpkin patches:

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  • The classic skeleton can be done in minutes. Just cut out sections of an old white T-shirt, put on some black and white makeup and cut out a heart from construction paper often spotted at pumpkin patches.
  • Some easy-to-pull-off Halloween costumes are living puns. Like “Holy Guacamole.” All that’s needed is a green T-shirt, printed out avocado emojis, and a halo and wings made out of the old white fabric often used for decorations at pumpkin fields.
  • There’s always the option to dress up like a mummy — seen at various pumpkin patches — with a costume that needs only a copious amount of toilet paper.
  • Dressing as a live Instagram filter has become a more contemporary Halloween theme in recent years. Instagram users can pull up one of their stories, select a filter, point the phone to a blank surface and take a screenshot, GoodHousekeeping.com explains. They can print the screenshot on a thick board and cut out the middle to fit their face. For best creativity, tape some bundles of hay found at pumpkin patches to the edge of your story.

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