DIY and Recycled Halloween Costume Resources
This guest article is from Lexie Fox, a high school junior in Marin who is currently working on her Girl Scout Gold Award project educating the community about how to fight against fast fashion waste. Read more on her website, www.fashioneverafter.com and follow her on Instagram @fashioneverafterproject.
Making or assembling your own Halloween costume is fun, economical, and environmentally responsible. Keep that used costume out of the landfill — after all, most costumes get used only once — and get a gently used one from a local thrift store or make your own with thrifted materials and fabric, especially if you have sewing skills. Not handy with a sewing machine or needle and thread? You can still get a lot done with a hot glue gun!
Here's a guide to Marin thrift stores and other resources for DIY or recycled costumes.
Marin County Thrift Stores
Marin's thrift stores stock a variety of good used kids' Halloween costumes, as well as plenty of other clothing and accessories that you can use to help put together that perfect Halloween outfit.
Goodwill
936 7th Street, Novato 94945
(415) 897-5144
Open daily 10 am–6 pm
809 Lincoln Avenue, San Rafael 94901
(415) 456-5273
Open daily 10 am–6 pm
Salvation Army Family Thrift Store
350 4th Street, San Rafael 94901
(415) 454-7201
Open daily 10 am–6 pm
West Marin Community Thrift
11431 Highway One (corner of Mesa Road), Point Reyes Station 94956
(415) 663-9227
Open Friday–Sunday, 10 am–4 pm
Marin Humane Thrift Shop
360 San Anselmo Avenue, San Anselmo 94960
(415) 459-5787
Open Monday–Saturday, 11 am–4 pm
Hospice Hodgepodge
910 Lincoln Avenue, San Rafael 94901
(415) 459-4686
Open Tuesday–Saturday, 10 am–5 pm
910 Grant Avenue, Novato 94945
(415) 893-9036
Open Tuesday–Saturday, 10 am–5 pm
American Cancer Society Discovery Shop
930 Diablo Avenue, Novato 94945
(415) 408-5722
Call for hours
Craft & Fabric Stores in Marin and the Bay Area
Craft and fabric stores offer a variety of costumes, costume pieces, and seasonal decor and have plenty of supplies for you to put together your own Halloween creations, too. These stores offer both in-person shopping and curbside pickup.
Joann Fabric & Crafts
245 Tamal Vista Boulevard, Corte Madera 94925
(415) 924-8700
Open daily, 10 am–5 pm
The Dharma Trading Company
1604 Fourth Street, San Rafael 94901
(415) 456-1211
Open 10 am–5 pm, Tuesday–Saturday
Michaels
Northgate III
400 Las Gallinas Avenue, San Rafael 94903
(415) 446-7390
Open Monday–Saturday, 9 am–8 pm; Sunday, 10 am–7 pm
Fabrix
432 Clement Street, San Francisco 94118
(415) 221-4111
Open daily, 10 am–5:30 pm
This awesome fabric store in San Francisco's Richmond District upcycles a wide variety of fabric from manufacturers, mills, and retailers. It's well worth a visit for unique fabric and supplies.
The Legacy
789 Gravenstein Highway South, Sebastopol 95472
(707) 823-7520
Open Monday–Saturday, 10 am–4 pm
Sewing and crafts resale store that supports Sebastopol Area Senior Center,
