No disrespect intended to the other seasonal threads!
I wanted to share my album of local Halloween displays, so I thought this thread could be a compendium; an omnibus if you will, of spooky stories, outrageous costumes, jack-o-lanterns, and tales of trick-or-treating.
I cruised the 'hood this weekend; my daylight tour of graveyards, ghosts, and goblins: Halloween in my 'hood.
Extra points for those who spot the Muffler Man.
Halloween!!! I’m a knock-out mouse this year since the only people who will really see my costume is people at work. I’ve been practicing giving myself a black eye with make-up. They have videos on youtube by a woman who does stage makeup. Here’s the best round. Still not satisfied with it.
I’ve been putting together a Rorschach (From Watchmen) costume, and constructing the mask myself has been a bit of a bother, especially since I can’t sew worth a damn. Stores don’t seem to sell white masks!
Luckily, I’ve cobbled something together out of a pair of tights, and the hat covers the stitching. The pattern doesn’t move, but at least it’s recognizable. I just hope somebody at work realizes who I am, or I’ll be “that guy with the blotch-face in the trenchcoat.”
I won’t be dressing up this year. I’m interviewing prospective candidates, so the most “unprofessional” thing I’ll allow myself to do is wear my halloween t-shirt with a vest and slacks. But I was going to be a Goth chick.
I’m planning on attending lecture in a Guy Fawkes getup, complete with cape and hat, ala “V.”
Should be sufficiently intimidating.
The Princess was originally going to dress up as the Little Mermaid, but the costume was too itchy for her. My mom got her a less-itchy monster bride costume, which she wore to a party on Saturday. Now I have to go exchange the Little Mermaid costume for an adult-size costume for myself, since the store is no longer accepting outright returns. I was originally going to search the thrift stores for an 80’s/Madonna outfit (good luck finding that Boy Toy belt), but now it looks like a change of plans. I’ll probably end up as one of the 12,500 pirate wenches walking around this year.
You say that like it’s a bad thing.
My office had its Halloween festivities on Friday. I took second place in the costume contest. (Damn mermaid.)
Pictures to come, later.
I dress up as Tom Jones this Halloween. It’s great. I have skin-tight silver pants, shiny shiny black dress shoes and a tight button-down shirt that’s buttoned up to just above the belly button. I bought a 'fro at the local costume store, but had to trim it down to a more manageable jew fro to successfuly pull off the look.
And the best part? My butt looks awesome.
I’m into low-effort, low-cost costumes. My favorite costume ever consisted of a pair of dark glasses, a white cane (as sported by the visually impaired), and fake hair glued to my right palm.
I still haven’t bought my candy! I meant to stop on the way home from work today and totally forgot. I do not want to be buying candy Wednesday afternoon, dagnabbit!
Could that be him in No. 5? If so, he’s had quite a beatin’.
If you come up with a humdinger of a pumpkin, you might want to submit a pic of it to this site. (Pyro effects welcome!)
That’s pretty impressive! I’m going to forward that picture to my brother. He’s been wanting to dress as The Question from DC comics, but neither of us could figure out how to do the mask. I think something similar to your costume would work.
I had a last-minute costume change this weekend. I’d originally planned to be the Fullmetal Alchemist, but I had way too much trouble with the automail. After several hours of frustration with the hot glue gun, I gave up and headed to some of the local stores. I picked up an ankle-length black cape, a witch’s hat and a broom to go with a black dress that’s hanging in my closet. Oddly enough, I’m much happier with this new costume. I’ve finally realized that my intricate, detailed costumes just aren’t worth the effort.
Those are some nice pumpkin designs! My company is having its second annual pumpkin decorating contest. We just finished our pumpkin this afternoon. Since the people in my group are all nature lovers, we went with this pumpkin. It came out much better than any of us expected. We’re hoping to get at least an honorable mention for “Sir Hoppy.”
Question: can a guy with virtually no hair and a full beard manage, through the application of an eyepatch, tweed jacket, and black mock turtleneck, to pull off dressing as Number Two from the Austin Powers movies?
Follow-up: What if that guy is not Robert Wagner, but is, in fact, named Robert? And has had impure thoughts about both Natalie Wood and Stefanie Powers?
I think you’ve got a mighty fine start! The scrape on the top of your cheekbone is especially good. My suggestions: You usually don’t have the really dark red of a fresh bruise with the green of a fading bruise. Tone down your green with a little more yellow and blend it more at the edges so it fades away, especially toward the bridge of your nose. The outside edge of your eye and lower lid look great. If you stipple a little more purple/brown/black into the other red parts (like around your eyebrow), I think you’ll have it!
haha thanks! It was my first shot. It is a little green. The woman on the video makes it look so easy! It’s not
No. The Muffler Man can be seen lurking in the background of the second “Schurra’s Spider” photo (image 11, I think).
So, a skeleton walks into a bar. He orders a beer and a ______?
Mop
Why didn’t the skeleton cross the road?
He didn’t have the guts
For Halloween I read a nifty little horror story – Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge. If the blurb can be believed, it was on Publisher’s Weekly’s list of the 100 best books of 2006. I’m skeptical, simply because it’s a horror title, not because Partridge isn’t a fine writer, because he is.
It reminded me of The Lottery by Shirley Jackson. Very well done.
I dressed up as a space cadet: white tank-top and mini, blue tights, tall boots, silvery make up, and a water gun which I pretend is my ray gun. I’ve never done a slutty halloween costume before, but I didn’t know how to do this without being slutty.
One of my roommates already bought candy to give to trick-or-treaters, but we’ve eaten like half of it already. Oops.
