My daughter has a ladybug costume, I’ve got butterfly wings and my husband will carry a big net.
Princess Leia. Now I’m trying to perfect my Princess Leia buns. Lol.
I bought an inflatable beard of bees.
Still not sure where we’re going to go (link to my thread asking), but we have our costumes. Since my folks will be around, there will be five of us. So we made some pretty straightforward fish costumes. Fish! Well, not just fish. Mrs. Devil and I will be wearing green fish costumes. The Dudeling will be wearing a white fish costume. My Ma n’ Pa will be in red and blue. They’ll be numbered, of course. Get it? No? Oh, wait, let’s rearrange ourselves so it makes sense.
One fish, two fish, red fish blue fish. (for the front we made large transfers of the appropriate image per person)
Now, if we can only find someplace to wear them…
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Be ready for a lot of confusion from people who will misjudge you for a Naval officer.
Also, hang onto it- they’re discontinuing them in 2014 and you’ll have a collectors item! 
A business traveler.
Ten times as cute and not a tenth as obnoxious, I’m sure.
But y’all are jealous of my costume.
Black leather shoes, black pants, a gold poofy shirt, red doublet, leather vambraces with Celtic engraving, and a grey cloak. I’ll probably not wear the sword, as it’s difficult to sit on a couch with it.
I was going to be a binder full of women, but this cold has kicked my ass hard enough that I just haven’t had the time or energy to construct it. So I’m falling back on the classic vampire. I splurged and bought custom-fit fangs and a black wig (you know you can shop from your laptop even when you’re lying in bed high on Tussionex!).
I’m really excited about my daughter’s costume. She wanted to be Mavisfrom Hotel Transylvania, so we ordered a prefab licensed costume with the dress, leggings, and a wig. Then I went a little crazy shopping to make it really complete - red Converse high tops, mesh fingerless gloves, and black lipstick and nail polish. She is going to look so flipping great, and the high tops are already in service as regular shoes and are incredibly cute on her.
Last night I saw Spiderman on the train. No, not a kid in a half-assed Spiderman mask and some orange crepepaper, like I had as a kid. No, the real Spiderman. Peter Parker. The real deal. Full body costume. zipped up the back and over the head, full rubber cleats built into the soles. (Probably for climbing tall buildings, likely via stairs, escalators, and elevators.)
We speculated about if he rented the suit or owned it. If the latter, did he have a closet full of them, or did he change it up every day, swapping it out with Batman, Aquaman, Superman, and Wonder Woman?
Diobellisima as Honey Boo Boo is cracking me up. I have decided to go super subtle this year. I’m going to wrap my wrists in bandages and put red dye on them. Suicide attempt victim.
My last Halloween costume was a vulgar nun. Sooo much fun.
I was going to go as my favorite youtuber Hannah Hart because it would be easy: a vest, a wig, a bottle of liquor and a fork but now I’m considering wearing a cardigan and carrying an old lady wig and glasses that I’d put on if anyone asks me what I am to be Insta-Gram.
I don’t know anymore. I used to have a great plan, my 3 year old daughter really wanted to be Peter Pan. So to match I would be a pirate along with my 1 year old son.
But now she changed her mind (after I made her costume grrrr) and now she wants to be a butterfly like last year.
So now I get to decide if I want to spend the time and make the two pirate costumes, or pull out my princess Leia costume and dress the 1 year old as an Ewok. Normally the Ewok would win hands down, but I did the same thing two years ago and it feels a bit like cheating.
Is her butterfly costume really insecty, or can you call it a fairy in your head and love your Neverland theme? 
For that matter, can you tuck and tack in the Peter Pan costume and make it work for your son, or would that be more work than just making a new costume from scratch?
You need to have your ass visible through the slit in the gown, too.
Her butterfly is basically wings and black clothes that I might tack something on so it doesn’t look like I am phoning it in. She will probably want her face painted as well.
Adjusting the Peter Pan is an interesting idea, but knowing my daughter as soon as she sees little brother as Peter Pan, she would want it back.
I might just stick with the pirate because I get to wear my kick ass boots, and I love those boots.
I was going to be Spiderman, but I like this idea better.
Actually I think every year that I should be Jack Skellington, since I’m all tall and semi-lanky. I just don’t have the talent to make the costume.
:-/
Well, you know. Not a real suicide attempt. Just kind of the fake kind. You know. Tiny cuts on the wrist? Taking 17 baby aspirin? Sigh. Is this not a good idea after all?
For realistic guts, use minimally expanding foam insulation, available in a spray can at any hardware store or home depot. Spray a jumbled mass onto parchment paper, leg it dry, then paint with an alternating mixture of blood red and dark purple. Smear bits of pus green and yellow are a good touch. Finish with some fake blood for the realistc “wet” look.
Very lifelike.
It’s…um…scuffs foot…I’m sure there have been *worse *ideas…
Ok, fine. I don’t want to spoil anyone’s fun by being offensive. I can think of something else.