Thread: Costume Winners

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First year for a party, so DH and I are going to be the judges. We are only having best male and best female costume winners this year, but we'll see how it goes...

I don't like being the judge... so I prefer to let the guests vote. Also... by letting the guests vote, we are eligible to win too.... and it's fun to see which costumes are peoples favorites.

Originally Posted by peyote2004

I don't like being the judge... so I prefer to let the guests vote. Also... by letting the guests vote, we are eligible to win too.... and it's fun to see which costumes are peoples favorites.

We also let the guests vote. I feel that it makes the guests more interactive. Additionally, we (the hosts) are not elligible for the costume contest. We give gift certificates and trophies to the winners, and we have four catagories: Best, Scariest, Funniest, and Sexiest. This year is the first time we are having multiple catagories, so I suppose that it would be possible to win two or more of them i.e. Best and another catagory. We'll see.

OKHaunting, I really like the idea of having a catwalk/stroll. I may do that next year, I don't think it will work this year as I don't have any room for it!

I think my guests would shoot me if we did the costume parade thing, but then again by that time, my guests aren't thinking about much. ;-)

We have had a ballot box in the past, and it works out fine. One problem though, you need to pick a time to award the winner. We typically have people gone by the time that the awards are given and then some people see that as 'the end of the night.'

I did a ballot box this year and framed a little note about how to vote and also mentioned that the winner would be announced at 12. I think it will work out. The main people I care about are spending the night and will party all night, the others can leave at 12 if they want. No big deal.

Yeah, wilbret...I think my guests would shoot me as well.

Originally Posted by wilbret

I think my guests would shoot me if we did the costume parade thing, but then again by that time, my guests aren't thinking about much. ;-).'

LOL! A decent number of our guests know each other and are fairly fun spirited, so I think it is going to work out well for us. We're hoping it will also loosen up some of the shy folks a bit as well. Of course, we'll wait just long enough into the evening for a couple drinks to kick in before we start, but early enough that folks shouldn't be leaving yet. I'll take the lead, followed by my wife so folks get what is going on. However, we plan on us starting it off with a classic Halloween type song, but then have the music set to quickly switch over to Right Said Fred's "I'm too sexy" as soon as the guests get started LOL. Should be fun.

Originally Posted by Embalmer71

We also let the guests vote. I feel that it makes the guests more interactive. Additionally, we (the hosts) are not elligible for the costume contest. We give gift certificates and trophies to the winners, and we have four catagories: Best, Scariest, Funniest, and Sexiest. This year is the first time we are having multiple catagories, so I suppose that it would be possible to win two or more of them i.e. Best and another catagory. We'll see.

My friends have very different tastes in wine, etc... mostly they just like the trophies, We're all big coffee drinkers, so I give gift certificates for Tim Hortons ($10/award) ... ... if my roommate or I win, we just add our gift certificates to the other prizes, or set them aside to buy coffee for who ever stays over.

Last year we had 2 awards (most original & creepiest), and the same person won both. This year she won again for most original ... She said she felt bad for winning both last year, so she dressed down her costume this year, but she still won. ... LOL ... it just proves what I always tell her... she's meant to stand out )