Your old Halloween costumes

[girlinterrupted]

The candy corn thread made me think about this.

What were your costumes growing up? I remember being Annie, a cowgirl and a clown (shuddering). Some of my costumes were homemade and disturbing, some of them were store bought. I remember my best friend's mother always threw something flashy on her and doused her in makeup and wigs. Looking back on the pictures is hysterical - we joke that apparently she was a hooker every year with a different look.

I still like to dress up though. My favorite grown up costume was in my senior year of college - I was the bee girl from the Blind Melon video. That took the cake.

[SmilesSoSweet]

When I was younger, I had a few of those plastic costumes with the the plastic masks that you bought in a box. One year I was Casper, then Rainbow Brite. My brother was a He-Man character and I think I was She-Ra for another year. Then I had to be Punky Brewster in third grade.

Last year I was a baseball player. A friend of mine back home threw great Halloween parties. The year before that I wore my high school cheer uniform that fit me once again, but doesn't anymore. hehehe. I don't think I'm doing anything for Halloween this year.

Yeah, I like the plastic costumes. I wonder if I held on to one of those if it would be worth anything now.

[shimmer728]

I've dressed up as a witch, a princess, a butterfly and a black cat. Even though I'm an adult now, I still dress up for Halloween.

In '02, I was Britney Spears. In '03, I had mono so I missed Halloween completely......last year I was a ho (BF was a pimp). This year, I will dress as a Catholic schoolgirl, and my boyfriend is dressing as a rabbi.

[wordsmith]

Hah...I bet I could tell you every childhood costume...maybe even in order. Wait...I'll be back.

[wordsmith]

My mom or I made almost every costume I've ever had.

Only pics I’ve seen before I was school age have me as:

-Gypsy (I could barely walk I was so little)
-Witch (I do remember being afraid of a rubber spider my mom pinned to my dress)
-Angel (my brothers were devils, I can attach a pic)


Elementary School:

-Cheerleader
-Fairy princess
-Ladybug
-Ballerina
-Gypsy
-Zombie
-Flapper
-Cat buglar
-Hippie

Nothing through high school
Had so many dress-up parties in college I forget what was for what

Post-college:
-I led a community haunted house for a couple of years, so I just wore black and a sequined mask for disguise.
-Black cat
-Goddess
-Cowgirl
-Witch

[girlinterrupted]

Aw, that picture is adorable!

[shimmer728]

Oh, I was a cheerleader in third grade! And you guys are really going to laugh at this......I was a SOONERS cheerleader!!!!! LOL. I have no idea why. We have almost zero ties to Oklahoma, although my great-grandparents lived there for a while.

[wordsmith]

Aw, that picture is adorable!

Especially the awesome 70s goldenrod-and-avocado green kitchen. And my mom's mad fade away jump shot photo skills.

[J-girl]

Especially the awesome 70s goldenrod-and-avocado green kitchen. And my mom's mad fade away jump shot photo skills.
LOL exactly!!

But you guys look adorable though.
Sometimes I just stay home on Halloween nights to give candy to kids and see how they are dressed up and they all remember me from last year and they'll say "thats the girl who gives us REAL chocolate" LOL!

[Ciderhillnh]

Strawberry short cake
Rainbow Bright's horse
Cat
Punk rocker
Devil
Kiss of death
Masquarade

In college it became more fun.
My senior year I was a dirty devil....feather boa and all!
Dark Angel
Heavenly creature (did some makeup and wore a halo)
This year------little ho Peep (Ive probably posed that like 3 times but it still makes me laugh!) Im still hunting for the sheep though!

[coll214]

I'm going to say 80% of the time my costumes were home-made, except the year my mother didn't finish my bee costume in time...that year i was Wonder woman. the following 2 years I was that, wings so big i didn't fit through doorways. otherwise, what I remember...
a witch at least three times, all slight variations.
a bunny
Punky Brewster
punk rocker
Cowgirl
Court jester

[Kitty]

Here's what I can remember:

- Fairy Princess
- Punk Rock Chick
- Dalmation dog
- Witch
- Gypsy
- Hippie
- 50's poodle skirt chick
- A goth
- Secretary
- Go-go dancer
- Fortune teller
- Marilyn Monroe

[Cole]

All of my costumes have always been home made. In no particular order:

Little kid:
- Butterfly
- Tooth Fairy (we even got the dentist to loan me a giant toothbrush!)
- Clown
- "Spirit of Halloween" - I just bought a whole bunch of halloween stuff - earrings, a ghost tiara, tights with spiders on them, and my mom painted me a black sweatshirt with glow-in-the-dark paint that said "halloween spirit" on it
- Lion (that one was freakin' sweet)

Middle/High school:
- Gypsy
- "dead" (White wool cape, painted my face (and hair) white with black lips and eyes.)
- Space alien thingy (I had lots of silver fabric around)
- Cabaret girl
- Hippie (which I then became when I went to college:))

College:
- Hot
- Devil in a blue dress
- Goth (you should see those pictures. Ppl didn't even recognize me at the party)
- Alice in Wonderland - this one was GOOD

then last year I bought latex elf ears, since I'd just cut all my hair off. I can't tell you how many people ACTUALLY asked me if they were my real ears. Drunks.

[steamroller]

God I love Halloween. My younger years were riddled with lame DIY costumes for the most part...

Elementary school

Gypsy Witch
Fairy princess
Snow White
construction worker
Hobo
"Punk Rocker"

Then I went through a "too cool for halloween" phase...

But college? In college we had a BLAST going all out!

Linda Richmond from Coffee Talk
A secretary from my college (didn't go over very well at my work-study job)
Monica Lewinsky
The red head from B 52's (my housemates was the blonde and everyone thought that we were just making fun of guys in drag...)

[capella]

The only costume I remember from being a kid was the time I went as a TV. That's because I made the costume myself ;)

I think this year my hubby and I are going to be "tourists." There's a party and I can't think of anything better. He's going to wear a boat shirt, khaki shorts black socks pulled up to his knees and sandals. I'm going to wear a Hawaiian shirt, khaki shorts, a fanny pack, visor and sandals. We're going to carry maps and a camera. :( I can't think of anything better and I figure, Well, We ARE in Florida afterall.

[cheshrcarol]

I don't really remember all of mine. When I was little I had a lot of those plastic costumes w/masks too. The only ones I can think of are Holly Hobbie and Strawberry Shortcake. In Jr. High/High School I was a pumpkin, a gypsy, and Scarlett O'Hara. College/post college I've been Mary Catherine Gallagher (snl), an egpytian, and once I wore my pajamas to party my friend dragged me to last minute :razz: .

[hoodie]

A bunny, an angel, a gingerbread man, a bumblebee, a pig, a BLT sandwich, a chef, a hippie, a surgeon, the statue of liberty, a jester...thats all I remember from being a kid.

In later years, I've been the Lone Ranger, a whacked gangster, a loser in a beauty pageant, and this year I'm officially in need of ideas.

[Moogcat9]

Wonder woman, my little pony, care bear, fairy princess, wizard, old king cole, zombie, witch, lounge singer, clown, dark fairy, vampire, morticia, etc.

These days, I have like 4 standby costumes for halloween and parties and such. I have a pair of black wings for the fairy getup, some cool fangs for the vampire, red/white stockings and a hat and broom for the witch costume, and a creepy Labyrinth like smiley mask. All of these can be worn with the same dress and cloak...so I can just recycle year after year. Saves money, and since I can switch stuff up, I don't have to repeat the same costume every year. I think I'm a vampire this year. :twisted:

[yankeeyosh]

Mine that I remember were Ernie from Sesame Street,Garfield the Cat, a generic clown. There was one other I belive...somewhere in the age 6-7 range, but I can't recall at this point. But I have not gone trick or treating since 89 when I was 11. Do kids still trick or treat anymore? Since 1990, if we were "lucky", maybe we had 5 trick or treaters in a given year. Of course, we moved in 90, and the first neighborhood we lived in was primarily Conservadox-Orthodox Jewish, so that partially explains it...

[wordsmith]

Here our evening trick or treat has been almost totally done away with in favor of an after-school one sponsored by the chamber of commerece. Kids go from their school room parties (which they've dressed for) to the local businesses, and it's over by 5 p.m. (It's this Monday, and I'm always the designated one at my job to hand out the candy, because I'm the one who likes kids).

There's still a neighborhood trick or treat at night, but from what I can tell, everyone seems to be doing the business one instead.

[yankeeyosh]

Here our evening trick or treat has been almost totally done away with in favor of an after-school one sponsored by the chamber of commerece. Kids go from their school room parties (which they've dressed for) to the local businesses, and it's over by 5 p.m. (It's this Monday, and I'm always the designated one at my job to hand out the candy, because I'm the one who likes kids).

There's still a neighborhood trick or treat at night, but from what I can tell, everyone seems to be doing the business one instead.

That really sucks. I mean, I believe I am a part of the oversupervised and overparented generation. But at least I had an opportunity to actually go door to door trick or treating. Nowadays, it's all organized, supervised, zero-tolerance parties where the parents have more fun than the kids. It's just a shame.

[wordsmith]

Yeah, it's a big safety thing (no kids running in the streets in the dark) and an anti-vandalism thing, as well as a convenience thing for parents who don't want to get their kids ready for their school parties, bring them home, let them wind down, eat dinner, and then get ready to go out again.

[cheshrcarol]

I've never gotten any trick or treaters here (this will be the 3rd halloween), but I'm not originally from this specific town, and I'm not really in touch with all the kids stuff so I don't know if it's because I live on a small quiet deadend street off a busier one, or if the kids do safer stuff. My parents, on the other hand, who live 20 minutes from me get THOUSANDS of trick or treaters, but then they live in a development.

[wordsmith]

I get nothing b/c it's an apartment.

When I lived in Chicago, though, all the kids in our building would come around door to door in the apt. That was pretty cute.

[Moogcat9]

I've never gotten any trick or treaters here (this will be the 3rd halloween), but I'm not originally from this specific town, and I'm not really in touch with all the kids stuff so I don't know if it's because I live on a small quiet deadend street off a busier one, or if the kids do safer stuff.

My neighborhood used to be crawling with kids come Halloween night. But lately, the numbers have diminished. It's not a safety issue, but it's more that all my neighbors are all retired or just non-Halloween friendly folks. I'm one of 2 or 3 houses on my street to still hand out candy. The past few years, I've gotten between 5 and 30 or so trick-or-treaters. But as long as they keep coming, I'll keep handing out the candy.