It is now Halloween season and everybody knows that any piece of clothing can be turned into a Halloween costume somehow! You just need to add some creativity and make some minor alterations and one has a prize winning costume. If you like scary or eccentric or maybe glamour looks, below is 10 tips for how to make your outerwear frighteningly fun.

Glow-in-the-Dark Designs
With the fabric paints that are illuminate in the dark make scary designs such as the ghost, skulls or haunted buildings on your jacket. These spooky features will glow in the dark and turned your jacket into the spotlight on Halloween parties.

Halloween Patches
Sew or iron Halloween pictures on your jacket if you want to be more creative. Select bats or witches, pumpkins or skeletons to make a collection of images that might produce the horrors. This is a fast, effortless and immediate method.

Spider Web Embroidery
Try decorating your jacket with very thin spider webs on the sleeves or on the back part of the jacket. But for a metallic sheen to be incorporated into your costume for the optimum spooky factor you need to use metallic thread.

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Rub the outside of your jacket with sandpaper or snip some parts of it because you want it to look old. If you want to get even more thriller effect, smear fabric-safe fake blood on the material to give your jacket a bloody look like it really went through a fight.

Spooky Chains and Charms
It would be best to accessorize with chains and charms with Halloween motifs added throughout. Having little skulls, pumpkins, or spider accents can be hung on the back of the jacket if you want to make your jacket look gothic, or industrial.

Faux Fur and Feathers
To make them more elegant you can introduce faux fur or feathers to the collars or cuffs. Black fur makes your jacket look very mystical and dramatic, while feathers give a jacket an evil crow touch.

Skeleton Print
Create a skeletal outline on the back of your jacket either by stenciling or free hand drawing. This X-ray style effect looks especially creepy and realistic on a black jacket.

Patchwork Horror
Combine different horror related designs patches like zombies, werewolves, or Frankenstein’s monster. Stack them up one on the top of the other for a messy and bloody effect.

Glow Stick Additions
Add glow sticks or LED strips into your jacket to get a modern glow at night. You can make them go into the pockets or along the stitches, so nothing can spoil your useful invention.

Wings or Capes
If you want to give your jacket supernatural flair then you can sew or iron bat wings or a torn cloak at the nape of the jacket. Great for vampire or bat style costumes!

These DIY ideas will turn your jacket into the coolest 2024 halloween costume piece for any Halloween party you can imagine!