Where to shop for Halloween in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Here's a list of Minneapolis/St. Paul and the Twin Cities metro area Halloween stores - places to get Halloween costumes, Halloween makeup, party supplies, fake blood and everything you need for Halloween in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Worth a trip to from any part of the metro area. Thousands of costumes from cheesy to elaborate, wigs, makeup, party decor, fake blood, smoke machines, props and accessories. The staff are a great resource for costume help and ideas - they've been doing this longer than anyone else in the Metro.
Spirit Halloween opens seasonal Halloween stores across the Metro area in mid September. This year, there are stores in Wayzata, Bloomington, Edina, Roseville, Blaine, and two in Woodbury.
Another temporary retailer, Halloween Express, has four stores in the Twin Cities metro area this year, in Minnetonka, Maplewood, Burnsville, and Apple Valley.
If you are making your own costume, one of the Ax Man surplus stores in St. Paul, St. Louis Park, Fridley and Crystal is your destination. Leather scraps, shiny material, steampunk style accessories, military surplus, hardware, duct tape, soldering irons and a plethora of weird stuff, and stuff for sticking it together, can be found at the four metro area stores.
You could buy a modern polyester replica costume of a disco diva, '50s housewife, a flower child or a teddy boy, or you could get the original polyester article without any of the made-in-china angst from one of the
Twin Cities' vintage and clothing resale stores.
Head here if you want to dress as a magician, and if you want to dress as something else, come too - they carry a range of costumes, stage makeup and party supplies too.
A warehouse full of discount fabrics, plenty of Halloween and holiday choices, plus sewing accessories, perfect for making costumes on the cheap.
Costume Rentals offers 30,000 costumes from the Guthrie Theater and The Children's Theatre Company of Minneapolis.
This company in downtown Minneapolis sells and rents thousands of costumes.
