१६ ऑक्टोबर, २००६

DIY Halloween.

Enough of that mother whining about the bad costumes on sale for Halloween. Make your own costume. With a little makeup and castoff clothing, you can always come up with cooler stuff than you can find in the store. Witness one of my old creations:

११ टिप्पण्या:

stephenb म्हणाले...

impressed.

JohnF म्हणाले...

Ann, shouldn't you have worn some makeup?

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

I'm the photographer, not the subject.

Eli Blake म्हणाले...

As I just posted on your other board:

Best costume I ever had, and the cheapest:

I bought a deck of cards and safety pinned all the spades onto my clothes. Then I got a piece of paper, wrote

SCORE 14-14

on it and taped it in the front of my shirt.

Black suit and tie.

Joan म्हणाले...

When I was a freshman at MIT, my pledge class and I went to the house Halloween party as a nitrogen molecule, which basically involved getting t-shirts printed up with the various electron's names on them. If I recall, I was 2Py(Up).

The best Halloween costume in more recent memory was one I came up with for my husband that he actually agreed to wear: black jeans, black turtleneck, black beret, and a penciled-on skinny mustache: a Beatnik. His business partner showed up at the same party in full-on toga with laurel wreath, which made my husband much more comfortable with his choice.

My oldest has been the Grim Reaper for 3 years in a row now. I made him this huge, very creepy-looking robe with hood and long sleeves. He loves it.

KCFleming म्हणाले...

One year I went as a stagecoach, made of a box, sheet and lotsa work. I was 17. Wore it to school, down the halls, yelling Yeeee Haaaaah. Teachers loved it. Not really.

Another time I made a silver tray out of cardboard, with a hole cut out for my head in the center. Body covered by a bedsheet, I was John the Baptist. Not considered funny at a Catholic school.

My sister wore a simple lampshade on her head to an office Haloween party, and said she was 'The Life of the Party'. They didn't get it.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

I remember the writer Lorrie Moore saying that she'd wear a belt with a lot of clocks attached to it and go as a "waist" of time.

Doug म्हणाले...

Last year, I bought a blond mullett wig, put on a NASCAR t shirt that I won at a golf outing, and wore some ripped up jeans and went as Joe Dirt.

JohnF म्हणाले...

Just a joke, Ann. I actually knew it wasn't you.

West Coast Independent म्हणाले...

This year for our annual Halloween party I'm dressing up as Mr. Incredible. Much to the horror of my boys 14 and 11.

:)

Kev म्हणाले...

My favorite DIY costume was when I wrapped myself in aluminum foil and went to a party as a baked potato. I recycled it (the idea, not the actual foil) a year ago when the Chipotle burrito chain had a "dress up like a burrito, get a free dinner" promotion.