Bunny costume not fit as well as it used to? Looking for an Elsa dress on-the-cheap for that desperate 3 year old?

Stop by Heritage Hall in the first week of October.

The City of Kirkland’s recycling program is testing a costume swap for the upcoming Halloween season, with the hope of building a system where residents can trade in unwanted get-ups for fresh ones — and for free.

“We’re trying to make sure we talk about more than recycling,” said Jenna McInnis, the recycling program coordinator for the City of Kirkland. “It’s about reducing and buying less — both things to do before recycling. It’s better to get costumes and use them again, than it is to buy them.”

Kirkland will collect costumes at City Hall from Oct. 3-7, with the swap set up between 10 a.m. and noon on Oct. 8 at Heritage Hall.

A handful of elementary schools, including Peter Kirk and John Muir Elementary, will also have collection bins for students, parents and staff.

Items should be in clean and wearable condition, with a handful of exceptions.

“If you dressed up as a zombie, it’s okay to have rips and holes,” McInnis said. “But nothing that’s not supposed to be that way.”

McInnis said she wasn’t sure how the program would go.

“I’ve seen ones done where they have hundreds of costumes,” she said. “This is our first time doing it, so we could have a ton, or not so many. We’re hoping to have a lot.”

The costume swap won’t be an exchange program requiring residents to donate to participate, but McInnis said it’d best for swappers to bring a costume if they plan on taking one.

Leftover costumes, if there are any still hanging at noon on Sept. 8, will be donated.