Halloween costumes from when you were a kid

SpookShowBaby · Post by **SpookShowBaby** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 12:16 pm

I just posted about pin-the-nose-on-the-pumpkin from when I had my birthday parties, and it made me think about all those costumes from when I was a kid. I remember having this pink poofy dress and wings and going as a fairy or a kid from my class went as a homer hanky for the MN Twins. The best thing about these was that they were home made.

I just wanted to know what your favorite costumes were from when you were younger or if someone else had a costume that you won't ever forget!

magickbean · Post by **magickbean** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 12:27 pm

My favourite costume as a child was when I went dressed up as a Jester - my mum's friend worked for a theatre company and let me borrow the costume for a party - I was head to toe in yellow and red, with a huge 3 pronged hat and curled pointy shoes. I was also covered in bells so made even more noise than usual

I won the costume competition and was so chuffed

Dr Strange · Post by **Dr Strange** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 12:29 pm

I won the costume competition and was so chuffed

Ouch. Wait, is that a good thing?

magickbean · Post by **magickbean** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 12:37 pm

lol! I wondered when I was going to say something that doesn't exist in the US!

"Chuffed" is a slang word here in the UK which means "happy/pleased/smug etc"

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chuffed

NATUREPIXIE · Post by **NATUREPIXIE** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 6:13 pm

One year when I was little I went as Pippy Longstocking.... Everyone knew who I was and said they never seen anyone dressed as her before... Guess I picked a good costume that year.. and it was home made and not store bought.

MHooch · Post by **MHooch** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:47 pm

I remember one Halloween I guess I was about 8 or so, had dark stick-straight hair, chin length, bangs. My mom dressed me up as a china doll, complete with little red silk jacket, makeup to make my eyes look oriental, and pouty red lips. Don't know why that one sticks with me, but it does. Wonder what happened to that little red jacket????

RiC · Post by **RiC** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:31 pm

I used to just dress up as a vampire every year.

The same costume year after year... Kinda boring I guess. I'm enlightened now though, so it's all good

LawP · Post by **LawP** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 3:26 pm

One of my favorite costumes from childhood was a clown (sorry MHooch!). My mom made the whole thing from old clothes and used her lipstick for makeup. In fact, my brother had some old home movies (reels) put on DVD and I'm in one of the scenes in this costume...smiling from ear to ear.

I was about 6 or 7 years old.

I B Howlin' Wolfman · Post by **I B Howlin' Wolfman** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:44 pm

I never liked the costumes I wore as a kid. When we were real little kids, my brother & I wore these orange hobo costumes. So we had to put on black makup for beards, and stuff.

I never really liked it.

When we grew out of that, my grandmother made a set of clown costumes, and that went over like a lead balloon. (I've already posted about what I think of clowns somewhere else.)

Then, grandma made a ghost costume for me once, and that too didn't sit right with me. It was itchey and the hood made me look like some KKK guy. So I hated it with a passion.

It's not until I started to go to the bars, and they had costume contests. that I started to work on my own costumes and find out what I really liked.

Winnie Sanderson · Post by **Winnie Sanderson** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:24 am

my favorite costume as a kid was a homemade rabbit in a magicians hat. I loved it but the wire in the brim of the hat made it hard to sit down...lol

I think that is part of the reason why I love halloween so much. Homemade costumes were alot of fun.

scary sk8ter girl · Post by **scary sk8ter girl** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 1:55 pm

i was a skunk when i was in Preschool and i thought is was pretty cool though!

Dr Strange · Post by **Dr Strange** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:21 pm

Superheroes and classic monsters; like Mr. Hyde and Wolfman.

Tsunami59 · Post by **Tsunami59** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:13 pm

the one I remember the most was a ghost.

SpookShowBaby · Post by **SpookShowBaby** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:39 pm

Thanks for all posting!! I was reading your comments about homemade costumes and the creativity. The boys down the block wore blaze orange sweatsuits one year and then taped on stripes with black electrical tape and went as tigers!! I can't wait to make homemade costumes for my kids someday.

witchy · Post by **witchy** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 12:25 pm

Hi when I was a kid there were two costumes that stood out that I loved, one was a home made unicorn outfit & the second one was the bride of Frankenstien, my mom made both & I wore them all year long till I grew out of them. My mom thoght I was a very weird child, I still am!!! Witchy