the great big songfight HALLOWEEN thread

Eric Y. · Post by **Eric Y.** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 8:42 pm

tviyh wrote:i'm on my way to bed now, having finally finished most of my daughter's costume, and getting my hands and pants covered with glitter in the process. last weekend she told me she wanted to be a unicorn, saying she could use the old horse costume she had in her closet and wear a pointy birthday party hat or something. the mental image that conjured up was so pathetic (but cute!) i felt obligated to do something to help her have a decent costume. (i am opposed to generic store-bought costumes, by the way, even though the horse one was -- she just needed something to wear to school one day last year and my mom picked that up.) anyway i have constructed a unicorn's horn, of sorts, out of a rolled up piece of posterboard, and have wrapped it in shiny silver tissue paper and attached dangly sparkly silver decoration type things. the horse suit itself, i have just finished spraying front and back with the entire contents of two cans (one gold, one silver) of glittery hairspray.

........... pictures will follow.

welllllllllll... only about a month late, but i finally got around to uploading these pics from my camera to the pewter.

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 9:05 pm

i always thought it would be cooler if those suits had the face hole appear to be in the mouth of the animal so it would look sort of like the kid is being swallowed by the animal. but i have no influence in the area of costume design...

Heather. Redmon. · Post by **Heather. Redmon.** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 10:02 pm

Thanks for reminding me tivvy! I've been meaning to post these pics of our little dude. He just turned 2 a few weeks before Haloween and wasn't too keen on wearing his bat costume. He refused to let me paint his nose! He really enjoyed the trick-or-treaters though!

and the pumpkins that Phil carved

P.S. Your daughter is supercute and her unicorn costume kicks ass!

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 3:45 am

WTF is this Halloween shit all about. I don't like it.

I just had 3 little kids come to my house with masks on going 'trick or treat'

I told them to piss off.

Too much freaking American television if you ask me

ken · Post by **ken** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:28 am

I made my own R2D2 costume this year.

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:35 am

ken wrote:I made my own R2D2 costume this year.

Looks good, Ken. It's tempting to say something about the third leg R2D2 has...
I'll post pix later of my Darth Vader and Harry Potter off-spring.

anti-m · Post by **anti-m** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:38 am

I spent waaaaaaayyyy too much time puting this coat made of upholstery swatches together for this costume:

I'm glad to no longer be sewing diamonds together.

--M

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:45 am

Anti-M, that pretty much kicks ass.

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 12:00 pm

anti-m wrote:I spent waaaaaaayyyy too much time puting this coat made of upholstery swatches together for this costume:
I'm glad to no longer be sewing diamonds together.

No, that's called quilting. Art quilting at that. Awesome! You just threw that together? Is there anything you don't excel at?

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 12:06 pm

Holy crap, Anti-M. That's awesome! When you told me about this project, I was skeptical. But G'damn, that's awesome!

anti-m · Post by **anti-m** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 12:18 pm

Aw, thanks guys!

I don't usually go in for clowns or clown derivatives... but I this year I took part in this big, Halloween bus party that has a different theme every year. One year the theme was pirates. (Arrrrrrrrr!) This year the theme was clowns.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:59 pm

Wow, now that's impressive. You look great! It's a party on a bus? I've done a little quilting (via my sister) so I know what kind of pain that is.
-bill

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 5:20 pm

A couple shots from tonight:

Heather. Redmon. · Post by **Heather. Redmon.** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:01 pm

Spencebot in the best Robot costume ever!

Ally Cat

Allison and Spencer

jack · Post by **jack** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:59 pm

love the little man's drum kit!

Heather. Redmon. · Post by **Heather. Redmon.** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:09 pm

Yeah, he got that for his birthday from the grandparents!

Reist · Post by **Reist** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:26 pm

I had to work halloween ... no costume or fun for me. Whatever. I'll take the day off next year.

Bjam · Post by **Bjam** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 12:04 am

I was Dorothy for school/orthodontist appointment/travel up to NYC. Then, after awkwardly standing around a fancy NYC hotel foyer, I changed into normal people clothes. (Apparently faux-posh people either grin madly or grimace and shake their heads at Halloween costumes)

My parents and I went to see Evil Dead: The Musical tonigh, and ohmagosh, it is fabulous. Silly gore, hilarity, crazy dances, everything. It really is great, if you're in NYC and feel like seeing a silly gory off-Broadway musical(with cheap seats, ~$25!) you should go see Evil Dead: The Musical.

Ken: Wooonderful costume. Very clever.

Anti-m: Very talented! You looked like a very classy clown.

erik · Post by **erik** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:56 pm

I'm glad I got dressed up on Saturday, because by the time Halloween rolled around, I totally wasn't feeling it. I was the Angel of Death.

Märk · Post by **Märk** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 9:23 pm

erik: you should audition for the Misfits!

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 10:32 pm

Sven wrote:erik: you should audition for the Misfits!

I was thinking Sting.