Paya Lebar Costume Accessories Shop, S$2.20 Halos: CGS Party

CGS Party is a party supply shop on the third floor of KINEX, 11 Tanjong Katong Road, #03-16/17/18, Singapore 437157, a short walk from Paya Lebar MRT. It is not a costume rental house and it does not sell wigs. What it does well is the cheap finishing touch: headbands, hats, eye masks, boas, capes and small Halloween props, many of them under S$5, alongside helium balloons and party decorations. If you have the outfit and need the details, this is the budget stop in the east.

The shop's website names the business behind it as Chin Giap Soon Trading Pte Ltd, which is where the initials CGS come from. It trades as a retail party store and an online shop at the same time, and most of its catalogue is party basics: balloons, banners, tableware and themed decorations, with a dress-up section that grows each autumn.

The Halloween range is current. CGS Party republished its Halloween wearables and props collection in mid-September 2026, and it was still adding new items in October, such as a pack of 12 fake centipedes listed on 5 October for anyone who wants creepy-crawlies on a party table. KINEX itself is the former OneKM mall on Tanjong Katong Road, renamed after a refresh, so older maps may still show the old name.

The headband shelf is where the prices are lowest. A devil horn headband with small bat wings costs S$3, enough to turn a black dress into a Halloween costume. An angel halo headband is S$2.20, and elf ears are S$2.30. Buy both the devil and angel pieces and a couple can go as a matched pair for about the price of a coffee.

For pirates, the three-piece pirate eye patch accessory set is S$2.70. A feather jewel velvet eye mask, sold in assorted colours, costs S$3.50 and works for a masquerade, a Venetian-themed dinner and dance, or a quick villain look. These are light, low-cost party pieces rather than theatre props, which is exactly what you want for a school party where things get lost or broken.

Hats give a costume its outline from across the room. CGS Party sells a black top hat for S$5, the base for a magician, a ringmaster or a Victorian gentleman, and a black police hat for S$7. The floral witch hat, in assorted colours, is S$6 and is a softer, prettier take on the pointed hat for children who do not want to look scary.

The feather boa costs S$9 and is the quickest route to a 1920s flapper or a glam-rock look. The most useful item for Halloween is the reversible cape with hood in red and black, also S$9. Worn black side out, it is a vampire or grim reaper. Turn it over and it becomes Little Red Riding Hood, so one purchase covers two costumes for siblings.

Because nothing here is expensive, it is easy to build a full outfit from accessories alone. A reaper needs the black side of the cape plus dark clothes. A magician needs the top hat and a feather jewel eye mask. A pirate needs the eye patch set, a striped top from home and a tricorn-style hat if you can find one. For a group, buying ten halos or ten pairs of elf ears is still cheaper than one rented costume.

Children's parties are where this shop is most useful. Stock up on the headbands and masks as party favours, and hand them out at the door so every guest is dressed up within minutes. Keep a few spares, because at S$2 to S$3 each it costs little to replace a broken one.

Many customers come for helium balloons rather than costumes. The shop delivers helium balloons for S$30 per trip and warns that they float for an estimated 10 to 12 hours, so for an evening party the balloons should be filled on the day itself. A helium promotion on its site ran until 23 October 2026.

Read the shop's policies before you order online. Its terms state that submitted orders cannot be cancelled or amended. Returns carry an admin fee of 3.2% plus S$0.50, and sale items and gift cards cannot be returned. Buying in person, where you can check sizes and colours with your own eyes, avoids most of these issues.

The retail store opens Monday to Saturday from 10:30 am to 7 pm and is closed on Sundays and public holidays. That matters on Halloween weekend: Saturday 31 October 2026 is a trading day, but if you leave shopping until Sunday you will find the shutters down. Weekday evenings before 7 pm are the easiest time to drop in after work.

KINEX is accessible from Paya Lebar MRT on the East-West and Circle lines, roughly half a kilometre away along the Paya Lebar and Tanjong Katong side of the junction. Once inside the mall, take the escalators to level 3 for the shop's three combined units. The shop spreads across three adjoining units, #03-16, #03-17 and #03-18, so the balloon counter, party tableware and dress-up shelves are all in one space and you can pay for everything at once.

Paya Lebar Quarter, with its PLQ Mall at 10 Paya Lebar Road, sits beside the MRT station and is the obvious place for a meal or a supermarket run before you head home. Across the road, SingPost Centre at 10 Eunos Road 8 combines the main post office with another shopping mall and food court, useful if you are mailing a costume to a friend.

CGS Party is at 11 Tanjong Katong Road, #03-16/17/18, KINEX, Singapore 437157. All prices come from the product listings on cgsparty.com. Ask Karpo in the Karpo APP for dinner near Paya Lebar after you shop.