Name: Halloween Costume Clinic
Start: 2026-10-31T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-10-31T14:00:00-04:00
Location: Boston Building Resources

Need last-minute Halloween costume help? Join us for sewing repairs and craft support for kids' costumes using reused materials in Boston.
About this Event

Halloween morning and your costume still needs work? Bring it to BBR! For four hours, our space will become a costume fix-it clinic where menders and makers help you finish what you started. Bring an idea, a half-built costume, or a bag of parts, and we'll help you work out the rest.

Experienced sewers and crafters will be on hand to stitch, cut, glue, and paint alongside you. Your ticket gives you access to our craft supplies and our stash of reused materials. Drop in any time between 10 and 2. Pay-what-you-can tiers, please consider how much material you need, or how simple your fix is when selecting your price. Additional materials may be purchased at the Reuse Center!

What We’ll Cover

🧷 Patch rips, reattach buttons, and hem or take in a costume that doesn't fit
📐 Cut fabric, felt, and cardboard into the shapes your design needs
🖌️ Paint details so they hold up through a night of trick-or-treating
🔩 Choose the right way to attach each piece: hot glue, stitching, safety pins, or velcro
♻️ Build masks, capes, wings, and props from reused materials

Make and Take Home

Your costume ready to wear that night!

Come Prepared

Bring your costume idea, any pieces you've already made or bought, and the child or person who will wear it if you need to check fit. Help is first come, first served, so arrive early if your project needs a lot of sewing. Wear clothes you don't mind getting paint or glue on. Suitable for kids and adults. No experience needed.

Member Discount

If you are a BBR income-qualified Plus Member you will have received a personal discount code applicable to all workshops. Learn more about Plus membership. If you have difficultly using the code, or have not received one, please email [email protected]. If the discounted price presents a financial hardship, please reach out as well.

Workshop Policies

Payment must be made at the time of registration through Eventbrite. If you are unable to attend and wish to cancel your registration, you may do so through Eventbrite, under the following conditions:

If at least one week (seven days) or more before the class, we will refund the cost of the class less registration fees.
All other cancellations are nonrefundable and nontransferable.

Only those who are registered will be able to attend the workshop (no unregistered companions). Contact us if you need reasonable accommodations.

Audio or video recording of workshops is not allowed. Please refrain from cell phone use during workshops.

Transportation and parking

Boston Building Resources is located a short walk away from the Roxbury Crossing station on the MBTA Orange Line.

We are close to the Southwest Corridor bicycle path.

If you are driving, there is free on-street parking on Terrace Street which has no time limit weekends and after 6:00 p.m.

Photo/Video Consent and General Release

By registering for this class, I hereby authorize Boston Building Resources to use pictures of me taken in a photograph, digital image, or video. I hereby release Boston Building Resources, its agents or employees, as well as any and all users and exhibitors of said pictures, from any and all claims, demands, accountings, and causes for which the aforesaid video, digital image, or photograph likeness may be used pursuant to this Consent and General Release. It is also my understanding that I will receive no compensation for my likeness or testimonial. If I opt out, I will inform staff at the registration desk before class stating that I do not want to be in photos.