My favorite costume was my favorite for several reasons.
The costume contest had published their rules in the newspaper and they promised the judging would be greatly influenced by "Creativity", "Originality".
So I thought about it for awhile and came up with "Grabstein Feinsmucker", (sort of German for Graveyard Gourmet)
I sewed up a suit using old rubber inner tubes I found along the highway from a semi tire blow out., I built sheet metal round blades for the shoulders (to help cut through the soil to "gourmet" those buried bodies)
I made clay items, painted them with latex numerous times to build up the thickness, like elbow pieces sort of like large tree roots . The head had large "antler-like" tenticles coming from the top and sides of the head (for more digging capabilities).
I made latex casts of my own teeth then sewed them together to make a wide bunch of teeth to fill the huge mouth.
I made a skull from Bondo it hunk out of the belly area, I made other bones as props for me to carry, chew on, goose the local Banker with!
My costume's boots were also inner tube rubber creations.
The costume judges stuck to their posted rules and I won the $300 first place prize!
As they handed me the check a young punk standing nearby (who made no costume) remarked , "I could have made that costume."
I have no way of even estimating the hours I spent re-painting the latex to build up it's thickness or sewing the rubber items together, "Go for it , Punk!"

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