Halloween Costume Ideas

It’s Halloween again in the good ol’ USA

[justgowithit]

Usually I hate Halloween because I have think of something creative to be and then go to some party. This year I was lost again – as usual – when my girlfriend looks at me and says, “why not just go as yourself – a computer nerd!” Ah Ha – Perfect. My problem is solved!

Anyone else in the US have some unique ideas?

[Syzygy]

That'll depend on how scary you are, methinks!

Not in the US, but thought it a good opportunity to provide a link which provides a basic background to the origins of Halloween [bbc.co.uk].

I might treat myself and watch The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow [imdb.com]. Not the one with Mr Depp, but rather the Disney animation with the voice and songs of Bing Crosby.

This used to scare the pants off me as a little kid (the cartoon that is, not Bing Crosby!).

Syzygy

[hooloovoo22]

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays.

Last year I was dressed like Indiana Jones but I had a mouse instead of a gun, some cat5 cable coiled up instead of a whip, a giane lower case blue 'e' on my back, and a keyboard instead of a satchel...

anybody know what i was going for?

[krieves]

Last year my wife and I dressed as a picnic. I was a gas grill and she was a picnic table.

[limbo]

Went to a fancy dress party not too long ago and a couple came as the knife and sole, pretty funny. there was also a group of hulks, and a man in rubiks cube. Not very scary but amusing :)

[roscoepico]

Going as an SEO. Bathrobe and slippers...;)

[bunltd]

Dress up? Too much to do with dressing the kids up. I did dress as Aeryn Sun from Farscape a few years ago - leather and all

My son has been Mario from Mario Sunshine (complete with a scale model of Flud - his water squirting side-kick and captured shine sprites)

Last year he was Link (Zelda Windwaker version) with sword, shield, pointy ears and yellow hair.)

This year: he wants to be a Pokemon trainer, based on Ash Ketchum, we've got gym badges, pokeballs, and Pikachu to set off the costume, he really likes the fingerless gloves :). (he's won trophies the last 2 years, hope he wins something this year - he'll be so disappointed if he doesn't)

My daughter is going to be a princess <insert sparkles> - but not the Disney variety - her costume consists of massive amounts of tulle in purple, teal, lavender and blue liberally sprinkled with tiny sparkly pompoms. If she'll wear the wings, she'll be a fairy princess.

I'm going as myself this year, camera wielder and candy sherpa. ;)

LisaB

[mivox]

I think I may just glue my homemade fimo horns on my forehead again. They always go over well, partly because nobody notices them at first. Heck, I could do the horns AND the barcode-on-the-forehead at the same time...

(Note: If you sculpt a pair of horns out of white fimo/sculpey clay, and then put them in the oven and completely forget about them until you notice the smell of slightly burnt plasticine, they come out with a lovely gradation of tan-to-dark-brown from base to tip. Better/more realistic color than the black gloss spray paint I was originally planning to use...)

[hooloovoo22]

i was the internet explorer with my costume described above. lots of blank stares.

[Macguru]

>>i was the internet explorer ... lots of blank stares.

Maybe they never saw a costume with so many holes... ...sorry :)

I am out of here...

[mivox]

Either that, or he was carrying a virus that wiped their 'hard drives'...

*duck*

[duckhunter]

We dressed up as our favorite websites last year at work, that was fun.

The kids? Two boys, one had to be Spiderman and the oldest is going as a Ninja. I think it's so he can carry a sword!

[Jenstar]

>>> i was the internet explorer

Hehe, now that is a good one.

Who is going as the spammer [spamgift.com]?

[duckhunter]

I have a cartoon on my wall of kids trick or treating and one of them is dressed up as the "blue screen of death" (wearing a monitor on his head). He feels guilty because he thinks he should be sharing some of his candy with Bill.

[mattglet]

I've got my chicken costume ready to go. I'm not doing the feather suit, it's too much of a pain. I just got a white sweatshirt, white sweatpants, and orange soccer socks (for legs). I have a mask, feet, and homemade tail (with feathers). It's pretty cool, if I do say so myself.

[mona]

I've always like costumes that are a current topic or ones that include some type of action. Just thought of this one -

How about go as a politician in a television ad? Make a tv set to go on your shoulders so your head is 'in' the screen. And then you can walk around all night saying "Hi. My name is Joe Blow and I endorse this <insert various witty line>".

Sorry, seen too many political ads - my brain's turning to mush!

[AAnnAArchy]

I dressed up as a cereal killer once. Simple costume to make -- buy a cheap t-shirt (larger than you would normally wear), some of those individually sized cereal boxes, some fake blood, some plastic knives. Take the cereal out of the boxes, glue the boxes onto the shirt, glue knives stabbing the boxes, spread around blood. Let dry. Wear shirt. Voila! Instant cereal killer.

[Syzygy]

Halloween - my God! - you lot scare me...

;-)

Syzygy