Mum Transforms Son Into Pennywise With Budget Halloween Costume

Halloween may still be more than a week away, but it looks like we already have a very strong contender for costume of the year.

Amyleigh Harrison, from Doncaster, transformed her son into Pennywise, the creepy clown from IT, with little more than £20 ($25).

Facebook/Amyleigh Harrison

Explaining how she created the costume in the Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK page on Facebook, the 25-year-old said: "Primark tights £2, Amazon wig and costume £19.

"Leftover helium and balloon from birthday party and last year's face paint."

The post has since received more than 28,000 likes and countless comments - most of which were from people who thought the get-up was a little bit too spooky if anything.

One person said: "Scary! Amazing but really gives me the creeps."

Another said: "This is great... I mean, I wouldn't be opening my door on Halloween night.

"Officially the creepiest child I have seen. Fab job!"

A third added: "It's amazing! But if that child knocked on my door trick-or-treating, my two-year-old wouldn't sleep for a week... Or me either!"

Facebook/Amyleigh Harrison

Miss Harrison, who works as a warehouse operative, said her son loved the costume too.

Speaking to LADbible, she said: "My son likes scary films and watched the IT movie and wanted to dress up as him on Halloween.

"It's a bit early for Halloween but he wanted to try it on as soon as it arrived so I thought I'd get a quick snap of him in his costume, and yes, he will be wearing it again on the day.

"My son loves it and says it's his favourite costume he's had."

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But while the youngster - and loads of people on the Facebook page - thoroughly approve of the costume, not everyone thinks dressing your child as Pennywise is very wise.

Miss Harrison said: "I've had mixed reactions, good and bad. Most people say how amazing he looks but you get the odd person saying he shouldn't know who [Pennywise] is at his age."

Conversely, if you're a little too old to be dressing up and going out trick-or-treating this year, then you could always stay in with Morrisons' Trick or Treat Roulette pizza.

The pizza contains ghost chillies - which measure more than one million units on the Scoville heat scale - hidden in random slices. Look no further if you're after an unpredictably and unbelievably spicy pizza this Halloween.

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Jake Massey

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