Ghouls, goblins, and tasty goodies are just around the corner. That’s right, Halloween is now just a month away - have you decided on your costume yet? If not, your green style maven is here to help with two collections of affordable, easy-to-make outfits for both adults and kids, care of Ms. Martha Stewart. For the younger tots, 7 Grocery Getups features hula dancers, a cheerleader, cowboy, princess, flapper girl, space invader, and a knight and dragon duo (perfect for close-aged siblings hitting the sidewalk together). A number of the "ingredients" for these costumes are ones you already have around your house, thanks to your last trip to the grocery store, helping to save you both money and the planet’s resources. These designs were first published in 2004, so some of the elements aren’t as green, such as the 55Styrofoam cups needed for the space invader get-up. With the process of sustainable dinnerware (hello, potato starch!), finding a eco-alternative for most pieces is a snap.

Don’t worry, I didn’t forget us adults - we deserve to have as much fun as the kids, right!? The 8 No-Sew Costumes feature, first published in 2005, still has a host of great ideas and unique ensembles: "with supplies from the craft store, supermarket, thrift shop, and your closet, you can create fantastic disguises without a stitch." The great guises to choose from include a bubble wrap jellyfish, spider web mother and sock spider baby, garbage bag witch, tulle ghost, coffee filter godmother, umbrella bats, silk leaf swamp couple, and a feather and felt raven. Just reading the names of the costumes springs to life a host of green options, such as those socks in your drawer that you never found a match to (sock spider baby), that broken umbrella that you don’t know what to do with (umbrella bat), and the last must-have item that you ordered online that came with [gulp] plastic packaging (bubble wrap jellyfish).

What as your favorite past Halloween costume?

Can you think of a way to make it more sustainable or easily recyclable?