Thread: Next Year?

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Thanks for the tip, pandora! I'll keep that in mind.

Wow some great ideas guys! Yeah the hubby and I are going very dark for this Halloween since we have gotten really into Rob Zombie lately. I will be The Living Dead Girl, from the music video and he is going to be a hideous grim reaper with a real scythe and everything.

I am not sure what I am going to be this year, I have lots of options with our theme Hollywood/Movies. Our party is indoor/outdoor, with lots of running around. So you have to be comfortable and have good shoes, and warm. My sister wants to be the ghost of Christmas future (sort of like the grim reaper with the one skelly hand/arm) until I told her, you know he doesn't talk.

I'm thinking of being a scarecrow this year, something I've never been before. Unfortunately I have no experience with scarecrow costumes and most of the ones I've seen are pretty dumb.

I want my scarecrow costume to be dark and twisted as opposed to those stupid* happy harvest themed things.

I also want to look like I am not a real person because I want to pretend to be made of straw while I "hand out" candy. I want to pretend to be the kind of person who just leaves an unattended bowl of candy on their front yard with a sign that says "Take only two" or something. Then when some greedy kid comes up and takes half the bowl, well, you can bet he won't do it again. (Cackle)

Luckily I am tall and very skinny so I don't think proportions will be a problem. The thing I'm worried about is the eye holes. I'll just have to hope that no one is too observant.


On a side note, has anyone made a candy bowl out of half of a pumpkin? I figure I'll take a big, wide pumpkin, cut off the top half, clean it out, burn out the inside, and fill it with candy.

Lots of candy. Cackle!





*In my opinion. Sorry if I offended anyone.

Oh my gosh! There was a lady that did that when i was a kid and trick or treating. She was laying slumped out on a bench outside her house. I thought she was fake. As I walked by her with my brother and cousins, she suddenly sat up and screamed. She definatly got points for that one.
You could always get a material that is a bit light so that you can see shapes through it, bt no one can see your face. or you can make the eye holes very small.
I'm not sure how to make the candy bowl, but i think MArtha Stewart had a pumpkin punch bowl how to this year... She will probably have that archived on her web site closer to halloween...

Okay I never usually have my costume ideas this early... except when I just plan on wearing my ren fair outfits for Halloween. But I had the greatest idea tonight... The Lint and Lost Sock Fairy. basically I'm just going to start collecting socks from friends that they have lost the mates too... and even going to the thrift stores looking for some, the most awful looking the better.
Sew them together and make my fairy dress. The only thing that I would need to find is some type of gray and fuzzy material to make the wings... (that's where the lint comes in) unless I actually use lint from the dryer but that might not be too good to do. And of course wear mismatched socks on my feet.

Now as far as the vampire teeth... Scarecrow brand is nice but I liked using the Dracula brand better. They have shorter fangs and smaller sized for mouths that need them that way.

Not saying that I'm not a Big Mouth

don't forget the "sock gloves." Cut out the toe on the socks and cut a hole for your thumb.

Oh yeah.... forgot to add that part he he he, I can't wait... mmmm this might actually make an interesting line of fairies for faire... *off to do some plotting* *evil laughter*

For the most part, my family's costumes are set. But Vickie just turned 2 this week. I'm hoping that she get's into the "scarey" aspect of Hallowe'en, whereas her older sis leans toward Fairies and Superheroes.

I might go as a professional poker player since that's big on TV now - a hooded sweatshirt, sunglasses & cards LOL now THAT's cheap!