[bunnyb]

hey all,I wasn't sure where to post this but thought this was probably the best bet: my friends and I are making an event of the Sex and the City movie release and dressing up as the characters (complete with Stanford Blatch!) and going for cocktails before the movie. I'm probably going to be Charlotte as I have straight brown hair (although cropped to longish bob today with purple tips); originally I was going to be Miranda and wear a trilby like she often did and now I'm a bit stuck for ideas to look like Charlotte... I'm thinking as classy/Jackie Kennedy like as possible! I'll probably just wear a black dress though unless anybody has any ideas? Oh, and I refuse to wear ANY Burberry (it's not well regarded here)!

[mouse]

oh man ok guys i know halloween is really far off but i just found out that last year my friend's little sister and her friends went, collectively, as a FRAT PARTY. i saw pictures on facebook and seriously it was the most genius thing ever, they had a drunk professor, a toga dude, a frat boy, a slutty girl, a mascot, a frat house (cut out of cardboard with two dudes peeking through the windows), a keg and a red cup of beer. i LOVE the idea of a group theme costume and that one is genius.

[whatagirlwants]

Did everyone have a good Halloween? I went to the annual Halloween party in West Hollywood this year and saw all kinds of costumes. But this is LA...the place where people dress up everyday basically. I saw costumes from fairies all the way to Mr. and Mrs. Pac-Man costumes which looked pretty good.

[epinephrine]

i love the tooth fairy idea. a fairy costume, the foofier the better (almost like a princess/ballerina costume with pink fluffy tutu and ballet slippers and irridescent glitter wings), accessorized with a tooth necklace and a pair of big-ass pliers...so clever and satirical!

so my sushi costumes were a great success, especially with the addition of a squid nigiri to complete the picture. i ended up using just one pillow per costume, strapped to the stomach, with a simple, simple tunic overtop (i just folded a strip of fabric in half and sewed the sides, leaving armholes at the top and slitting the top for the head hole - i also took it a step further and added an elastic band to the bottom to finish it off) for the rice. the toppings i made with slices of 1.5 inch thick foam mattress, cut to the right shape and spraypainted. i added details with eye makeup, and pinned loops of fabric to the back to go around the arms, like a backpack. i ran out of time for the wasabi purses, but that can happen next year. we won a prize at the party for most creative costume! i'll post pictures as soon as someone sends me some.

rocky horror tonight! skanky madness from outer space! wheeeee! happy halloween, guys!

[hellotampon]

I threw a shindig last Friday that turned out to be quite successful. I wanted to be the Morton Salt girl, but I couldn't find a yellow dress so at the last minute I threw together a tooth fairy costume and it ended up looking really cute, but kinda slutty ("sexy ________ " Halloween costumes annoy me). But whatever.

[weremonkey]

Carnival Freaks? Great idea!
That's exactly what our Halloween Parade float krewe did this year - and we won first prize! How cool is that?!
There must be some sort of neighborhood festival or party to do that with. Or you could throw a theme party yourself for next Halloween with that as the declared theme.

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.

[_octinoxate]

mouse, that's a brilliant idea. red lips, fake lashes, and the rest of your face taped up with scotch tape...

[nickclick]

thanks! it was difficult to make that serious face in pictures. and i now know that i'm no good as a blonde, only on halloween.

mouse, i truly love pee wee. that would be sooooooooooooo funny. did you try the boys' department for a grey suit?

[mouse]

yeah, i was gonna be sexy pee wee herman, actually, but i couldn't find a little grey suit to fit me

[_octinoxate]

bunny, crin, thanks a lot for your suggestions! i still haven't settled on anything for sure yet...

crin, your spiders sound very cute and very delicious.

mouse, great video! i do like sexy abe lincoln... and oh, it lends itself to soooo many bad puns. (and i thought sexy harry potter was ridiculous enough-- they sure got one on me! )

nick, u look charming.

[mouse]

awesome costume, nick!!

i was a stepford wife. i had a big fat blonde wig, false eyelashes, sixties cocktail dress & heels, and i drew joints on my arms.

anyone fed up with certain ladies' tendencies to use halloween as an excuse to slut it up needs to watch this video right exactly now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgnPpRyfs6w

sexy 1900's steel conglomerate tycoon! sexy abe lincoln! sexy sexy! ....aaand FROG.

[nickclick]

the spiders sound awesome, and delish.

here's me and mr.nick as royals.

[crinoline]

octi- awesome costume! I like that you went with Harry instead of Hermione/Ginny. (yes to photos, too!) The Poe idea is very good, hmmm maybe one of those murder mystery games? I went to a huge Halloween party in highschool and the girl's father dressed like a creepy butler and narrated the murder mystery as we played the game. It was very cool.

Thanks for the suggestions! I've seen brain dip served in hollowed out cauliflower, which looks very neat. I ended up making squashed spiders, which was just marshmallows and confectioner's chocolate melted together and pressed onto pretzel stick "legs" with M&M eyes. They were a big hit.

[bunnyb]

all of these ideas are making me wish I was doing something for hallowe'en this year!

_octinoxate, I don't thing you could go wrong by doing something really classic and chilling: read Poe's "The Raven" with some atmospheric touches (darkness, sound effects, creepy voice...)

also, love the costume idea!

I hope some of you are able to post photos so I can live vicariously!

[_octinoxate]

epi, i LOVE your idea. that is my favorite idea all season.

ferraro, what about a devil tail? (i love the satire, btw)

i just got my costume! i'm gonna be sexy harry potter it looks like this:
-hogwarts robe from costume store, made for 8-10 year old. tight and cropped even shorter.
-golden yellow polo shirt (too tight)
-men's maroon and yellow boxer briefs (griffyndor colors!), to show when my slutty robe doesn't cover my ass
-the requisite glasses and wand and scar and messy short hair
-fencenet stockings
-maroon pumps
-red lipstick and tons of eye makeup

hehehe....

okay, but the reason i popped in here is that i'm hosting a halloween party/birthday party on the 31st, and i've asked all my guests to bring "something spooky"-- a game, ghost story, activity, ouiji board, dark poem, facts about hitler and the occult, whatever! just something fun to "show and tell." but i've been so busy getting my costume, decor, sending out invites... that i haven't thought of my own spooky thing! what's a good creepy game or activity or something for a halloween party? thanks in advance for your creativity!!

[nickclick]

my friends had a halloween dinner party last weekend, and they had great food, both autumn-y and halloween-y, such as black and orange caviar (i forget the varieties) on toasts shaped like pumpkins and bats, a baked brie puff with cinammon, a small pumpkin carved out and filled with hummus, pumpkin ravioli, and lots of vampire wine.

[themeiu]

I've always loved Pen and Teller's classic Bleeding Heart Jello. Cut into it and it oozes 'blood'.
http://www.chefandy.com/recipes/bleedingheart.html

or I also found this: Brain Dip, serve it in a skull dish.
http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/special/fe...00braindip.html

Good Luck!

[crinoline]

haha deviled egg

I need to make something for a Halloween party this Saturday, appetizer or dessert. Does anyone have any ghoulish ideas? (Cheap and easy if possible)

[culturehandy]

Last year I had my mom help my sew a fried egg costume, I then found devil horns and a tail. I was a deviled egg.

[shinyx3]

epi, i love your idea! you must take pic'c and post them. i sadly will not be dressed up this year. i will be away from my home and i will have my baby with me so, no big parties.