[epinephrine]

so i finally came up with an idea for a costume! my girlfriend and i work in a japanese restaurant and we were inspired to go as pieces of sushi. i'm going to be a salmon nigiri and she's going to be a tamago (omelet) nigiri. and we're accessorizing with green, lumpy wasabi purses, and maybe geisha makeup. we're going to strap two pillows on, front and back, with a tunic over top made of ripply, cream-white fabric, cinched at the bottom to create a marshmallow-y look, with the toppings strapped to our backs. hers should be easy, just a painted strip of foam mattress with a "seaweed" belt around the middle, but mine will be trickier. i'm going to look for some vinyl for the right shiny effect, but if that doesn't work i'll just use fabric. should be fun! this would also be a really cute costume on kids, i think.

[crinoline]

pepper- That sounds precious!

So, Crinoboy and I are going as the Romeo and Juliet of the Pirates vs. Ninjas debate. He will be a ninja and I will be a pirate. I already have the corset, striped skirt and boots, and I think I'm going to curl my hair.
Does anyone have any ideas for sexy pirate-y makeup?

ferraro- hooker shoes, and nurse / french maid stuff maybe?

[ferraro]

pepper, you guys will be so cute! i loved making halloween costumes with my mom as a kid. she would get really into it every year. she also let us turn our basement into a "haunted house" and then my sister and i would invite the neighborhood to walk through.

epinephrine, i hear you about halloween sometimes being lame as an adult. i think gay bars, especially drag bars, are the way to go. people are usually a lot less self-conscious about dressing up and get really into it. (and i LOVE your side show idea! i'm usually too disorganized to get a good group theme going but i really appreciate bitchin' group costumes when i see them.)

so i think i'm going to be "slutty halloween costume" this year with like a school girl skirt, maybe cheerleader top, and bunny ears. any ideas on more cliches to include?

[pepper]

i,m so lucky to be a mum, every special occasion is just tons of fun again! i love it.
little has a scooby doo costume that my mom couldn't resist buying for him. i'll try to make up scrappy doo for the little princess and i'll be velma. should be fun and easy.

[epinephrine]

halloween is such a big deal for me, but nobody else here seems to give a shit. every year my halloween gets a little more disappointing. i usually go to the annual rocky horror party at this funny little second-run dive theatre in town - at least that's reliable - but last year it sold out before i got there and i ended up sitting in a deserted bar in my bitchin' ninja turtle costume, drinking a couple beers with a friend, and going home. so depressing...i hope this year is better, but no plans have materialized yet. if the opportunity presents itself, i'll put the effort in to a shiny new costume, but otherwise i'll just be donatello again. sigh.

my pet costume idea would take quite a few people to do properly, but i'm intent on doing it someday: i want to be a circus sideshow. bearded lady, tattooed lady, siamese twins, strongman, fat lady, maybe some really freaky elephant-man type stuff. i have a friend who has a couple of great books on circus freaks that would have loads of ideas.

[nickclick]

at work our halloween costume theme is literary characters (yes, it's a nerd fest here!). since i'm already gonna be a vampire beauty queen to another party, i need something easy and cheap. i guess a vampire is a literary character, but that's lame. any suggestions?

[hellotampon]

So I'm thinking I'll either be a flower, or Hello Kitty. Both will probably be cheap and easy to make and I won't have to explain what my costume is all night, or wear something that's uncomfortable or "Sexy."

[bustygirl]

I think I'm going to make a gogo dress and go as Emma Peel from the Avengers this year. Mainly because the dress would be super easy, I already have a jacket and boots, and my hair is the right length for a flip.

My kid is going to be a devil. I've made his hoodie already, and I'll post photos of it in Say Cheese.

[i_am_jan]

Treehugger: ooh, that's a great idea, a psycho surgeon! What if you put a fake body part hanging on the end of the machete - or hanging out of your breast pocket (something that looks like a human heart you've ripped out of someone)...or if you could find a iron-on patch of a duck's head to put on the breast pocket of the scrubtop (like those crocodile emblems on 80's style polos) to signify you are a quack. Or design a fake medical degree on your computer and put the Cracker Jack Box logo on it.


I love the Golden Girls idea too! Make sure to put "Thank You For Bein' A Friend" on your cell phone ringtone that night so every time it rings (da na na na...)

[zora]

Wanted to post this link for anyone thinking of decorating their house:

Mr Thrifty!

Cheap! And Skeleton!

[LilPinkElectricC...]

Oh man a guy would make a great Dorothy! My best guy friend would make a perfect dorothy. he already has her hair so, it wouldn't take much. I found some really big glasses so i can be sophia, all i need is a white wig to top it off!

[octobersky]

Treehugger - perhaps if you ripped the scrubs and added other assorted stains along with messy hair and smudged makeup? You could also carry a bottle of whiskey along with the scapel, I dunno just an idea.

If I get to go to a Halloween party I found a really great Simplicity pattern with a few minor alterations I could go with a "gothic caberet" theme. Just for shits and giggles I would love to carry a ridding crop...the sad thing is I rarely have a party to go to and when I do people tend to go with the lamest costumes. Too bad we couldn't have a Bustie-Con Halloween!!! Everyone's costume ideas sound so fun and creative

[shinyx3]

oh my, i want to be a golden girl! that would be soooo funny! i an not very near to CO though but you must post pics if you do it.

[LilPinkElectricC...]

I really, really want to find some friends to do a group costume this year because I want to go as the Golden girls. I'm not exactly how I would do the costumes. Currently all i can think of is shoulderpads.

[treehugger]

I'm thinking about getting some scrubs, splattering them with red dye (blood), wearing a stethoscope and a fake scalpel. But, I'm looking for pointers on making it look sort of "deranged surgeon"-like rather than just "sloppy doctor" like...any thoughts? Maybe a machete instead of a scalpel..I dunno.

Pepper, slightly weird, but cute too! I guess it depends on your friends, I think it's cute.

[pepper]

people have told me forever that i look like olive oyl, i do sort of resemble shelley duval so i can see it.
anyhoo, that's who i'm going to be this year, little will be popeye and the baby gets to be swee'pea. even though swee'pea was a boy and popeye was a grown up and romantically involved with olive. is it too weird? dang i hope not 'cause i think it's going to be so cute!

[erinjane]

Oh, how i love halloween, but I don't know if i'll even have any party's to go to this year. I'll probably have to channel all my energy into making my parents house look extra scary.

[humanist77]

I thought of a great costume idea last night:
wear a bad used prom dress, and carry a baby doll, covered in fake blood, attached to some sort of umbilical cord coming out from under the dress...yeah I'm sick

hopefully no one can relate to this in anyway and take offense to it-I mean, how often does that happen...on prom night especially?!

[llamas]

Oooh, I think I just set a goal for this year's costume--wearing a tutu too! Thanks gumby! Hopefully I won't have ridiculous theme and group issues again like last year.

[nickclick]

mr.nick and i are thinking about being pugsly and wednesday from the addams family. does anyone know who they are anymore?

gumby, the tightrope walker sounds fun and a good excuse to wear a tutu.

i forwarded the pussy costume to all my immature friends, which is pretty much all of them.