I once dressed up like a zombie, and carried around a Kermit the Frog puppet. I was the corpse of Jim Henson. I’ve been thinking of busting that one out again this year.
Ghosted by Elmo Machete @ 08/22/2004 9:53 PM EDT
Last year I was a pile of laundry. I just tied a bunch of my scarves onto my clothes. The party host, a Master Costumer yet, thought it was a great idea. Another year, I was a victim to my boyfriend’s vampire: white dress, white face paint, red ‘blood’ on my neck. But nothing will top my Miss Piggy outfit when I was 8 years old: my mom’s lilac bridesmaid dress [circa 1956] over a pink sweatsuit, long black gloves, little ears on a headband, and a pig snout made from a Dixie Cup. Sigh….
Ghosted by Divaah46 @ 08/23/2004 2:40 PM EDT
In the third grade my mom made me a hershey’s kiss costume. I had to waddle around all day at school in that fucker. I even had a little hat with the Hershey’s paper sticking out of it. The only bad thing, when I stood in the sun, the silver-ish material acted as a death-beam (much like tin-foil) & blinded everyone standing within a mile of myself. Including me.
Oh, & one time I had to come up with a costume last-minute (as in…two seconds before I went trick-or-treating), & decided to go as a mime. Apparently I was the only one who could figure it out, since all the old ladys who opened their doors to give me cheap, off-brand candy thought I was a burglar. Eventually I just gave up on saying "trick-or-treat" & just said "give me all your money" when they opened the door. Except. I didn’t really. But that would have been awesome.
As a kid I remember wearing a dog costume that I hated, it reminds me a lot of the bunny costume from A Christmas Story. There is pictures of me all pouting while wearing it too. I remember being a ninja, a clown and my greatest costume as a kid was Rambo. My aunt made me a body suit that had all kinds of muscles and I wore the thin bandana, a bunch of fake knives, had a huge toy gun, camo pants, everything. It was awesome.
As an adult my best costume was the grim reaper one I put together a couple years ago. I had a real cycle and everything. I went to a huge halloween party my fraternity has every year, but I didn’t tell anyone who I was. I sat on the bus by myself and didn’t move, so everyone though I was a dummy until we got to the party and I stood up and half the girls around me screamed. Then I spent the first half of the party just walking around the outside edge of the lit area staring at everyone freaking them out. Eventually they threatened to call the cops cause nobody knew who the hell I was and I scared the hell out of them. So I finally took my mask off and proceeded to party like crazy.
Ghosted by Beerstalker @ 08/24/2004 11:55 AM EDT
One year my mother paid my creative aunt to make us halloween costumes and I won a prize for my Michaelangelo costume. I also remember some kids laughing at my tights. Which probably led unto the worst, but probably the most fun for some reason, was when my cousins, brothers, and I all dressed as girls. Of course, we overdid it, and all looked like cheap ugly whores. The pictures are the proof. The best was as Elvis, last year.
Ghosted by G4L @ 08/26/2004 12:56 PM EDT
When I was little, I was one of the Moon Dogs. You know, the wrestlers. Pretty pathetic what my mother dressed me in. In 8th grade I wen’t as a sexy witch. Seemed a little risque to me at the time, but my guy friends seemed to love it. When I was about 5 I wen’t as Ernie in one of those plastic costumes. Complete with the mask that broke after 20 minutes from picking on it. My favorite costume was Roxie Hart. I was her last year.
Ghosted by Jessie @ 08/26/2004 9:12 PM EDT
1. The Joker – following the release of Batman in ‘89, I just HAD to be the Joker. My mom made the costume … the makeup crusted – as most cheap store-bought official character makeup does.
2. Two-Face – following the start of the ‘92 Batman: The Animated Series cartoon, I couldn’t help but try to be the really cool looking, half-ugly villain. The makeup again crusted, but I didn’t worry so much this time because, hey, it was Two-Face. Oh, and my mom sewed together two different suits to make the black and white combo suit that Two-Face wore in the cartoon. God bless my mom.
3. Superman/Clark Kent – when it came time to don the tights and go out as Superman in fifth grade … I didn’t. I wore the tights under a suit I wore for my first communion (I was a little late there). I wore glasses without lenses, and a reporter’s fedora. I looked … like a dork – and absolutely nothing like Superman. Oh, and this costume coincided with the start of the Lois and Clark TV series. My mom again sewed a S logo onto some tights … notice the pattern here?
I think that was the last time my mom made a costume for me … and I think the last time I wore one. Oh, no … nope, I’m mistaken. In my junior year of high school, I dressed up as the Joker again … and the makeup crusted again and someone spilled wax on me. I could have put an exploding cigar in their mouth … if only I had had one.
The earliest one I remember was a princess (my mom’s nightgown, hooker makeup, tiara). The most memorable: When I was in 3rd grade, my mom made me a kick-ass witch costume (so I could play the Wicked Witch in the Wizard of Oz, which we did on Halloween) but sent along green creme eye-makeup to make my face green. It wasn’t until after the play was over that I discovered the green makeup was… ooops… waterproof. I had a green face all day.
When I was 11 or so, I made a Mummenschanz costume out of a box and a ton of embroidery thread. I was a dorky kid.
As an adult, I’ve been Scully, Marge Simpson, and a boring witch. I’ve been concentrating on my kids’ costumes for the past few years, but this year I’m dressing again. We do themes, and the kids want to dress from Shrek, so I’m either going to be Fiona (the Ogre one), or the Fairy Godmother. I’d like to convince my husband to go as the Ugly Stepsister (the Larry King part) but he probably won’t go for it. My 4-yr old will be Shrek, and my 2-yr old will be Donkey. I wanted to dress him as Lord Farquad, but DH didn’t want his little one to be a bad guy. Give him a few years and he’ll be painting the fake blood all over the kid.
last year i went to a halloween costume party dressed as julius from pulp fiction(samuel. l jackson’s character) my friend john dressed like travolta’s character and my fine ass best friend laurel was the lovely ms. wallace. it was truly awesome; especially after i made friends with the keg and got into character. =)
Ghosted by Bump @ 08/30/2004 2:26 AM EDT
this last year i went as the cure’s robert smith with the white makeup,smeared lipstick,big hockey jersey with black pants and white shoes with the tounge out…i was sorta a weird hybrid of all of the different eras..my friend shelly went as siouxee(if thats how you spell it) and you couldnt quite tell us apart..well she has boobs…:)
Ghosted by Aqua Fina = Fine Water @ 08/30/2004 3:45 AM EDT
in 7th grade i was axl rose. i wore an "offensive" t-shirt that said "jocks have beautiful balls" on the front and pictures of baseball, football, etc. on the back, white spandex bike shorts, plaid shirt tied around my waist, and black boots with white socks cuffed above the top. plus a bandana around my head with a baseball hat on top. i even had my friend exactly draw his tattoos on my arms with markers. it was so sweet. and btw, i’m a girl.
Ghosted by jenr @ 08/31/2004 12:23 PM EDT
i was the hulk last year. almost completely nude and covered in cheap green makeup, much like the clientel of your nearest tgi fridays.
Ghosted by ollie @ 09/08/2004 2:36 PM EDT
I was Elvira (Mistress of the Dark) in normal clothes one year, 2 years ago I was Melody from Josie and the pussycats, and last year I was a 80’s hooker. (Classic)
Ghosted by Shugga @ 09/08/2004 4:45 PM EDT
When i was 8 i dressed as Lawrence d’Arabia,it was an amazing costume.
Another year my mother deccided to dress my sister as a man ,and me as a woman!
I wore skirt,a wig,heels and my mother also did my makeup and nails.My sister had great
fun that day.
Ghosted by richard @ 09/19/2004 6:03 PM EDT
Iam looking for some sort of "simpsons" Disco Stu costume.
Any insight"?
Ghosted by chad @ 10/07/2004 12:53 PM EDT
In college, I went as Bubbles from Powerpuff girls(I’m a guy). I had a sweet blue dress, white tights, a wig, and these plastic glasses that were made to look like her big blues. We’ll, I got real drunk, real fast, and lost the wig & glasses. I’m usually a really happy drunk, but I just got really sad at the bar because I was just this dude in a stupid blue dress…like I wasn’t even trying.
The next night I went as Slash from Guns n Roses…top hat, leather jacket, cheesy kids electric guitar that plays music with the press of a button, and two packs of Marb Reds(there was one in my mouth at all times)…as a usual non-smoker, I woke up feeling like hell, and my throat was on fire for a week.
Ghosted by MikeK @ 10/14/2004 2:44 PM EDT
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays during the year. I have worn many many costumes throughout the years. The range has gone from a “Cone-Head” to “Elwood” from “Blues Brothers” to “Frankenstein” to “Elvira”. The worst costumes were the ones that were not suited for a hot night. Once I dressed as a French Maid and got allot more action from that costume than any other. A good-looking guy new, in the apartments, was in a Tarzan outfit that was killer on him; the two of us were like together the entire party, so when the party was over we went skinny-dipping in the apartment Jacuzzi. He was all over me and it was the best ever. I would have to say I miss that costume the most and it is my favorite.
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I have a homemade Disco Stu costume that I absolutely love and it kicks total ass. I have worn that the past couple of years.