A homemade gypsy costume with all kinds of necklaces and long dangling earrings and fancy scarves I wore when I was around 10 years old as my trick or treat costume.

My other favorite costume was one I wore to a Halloween party dressed as a dance hall girl in a short "can can" satin dress with fishnet nylons and a red feather boa that by the end of the night left red feathers all over the place. Of course I was much older than 10 when I wore that one. lol

One of the few costumes I can still remember was a homemade VINCENT (from the movie, "The Black Hole") one. It wasn't too bad considering it was mostly made of stuff lying around the house.

This year my boys are going as a Clone Trooper, and one of the Men in Black.

The Devil complete with red leotards

I stopped putting an effort into halloween costumes when I was 8. The last time I went trick-or-treating was when I was 10 I think. I was so not into it that I wore my normal clothes, but splashed a little fake blood on my face.

Before that, my favorite was the fireman. I borrowed my dads gear from the volunteer fire department.

The pictures are hilarious because all you see is helmet, coat, boots standing...seemingly...by themselves.

The Devil complete with red leotards

*shudder*

Larry, I bet you and I would get along just great in person. You're goofy and self depricating. I'm goofy and self depricating. We could be a disfunctional Laurel and Hardy.

I won two costume contests and some money as Jack Nicholsons Joker back in the day.

Yeah I don't always take Myself too seriously on certain things. It gets tedious after a while if You do. Oh and I am always doing goofy shit. I figure what the hay Ya know??

Larry

"Back in the day" as ALEX says, when mothers owned sewing machines and actually used them, my own mother (an excellent seamstress) decked us out in stype.

I can't remember a favorite but our family album is full of pictures of my mother's zany imagination and her skill at making them come to life.

Halloween was a great time in my youth ~ before people started putting razor blades in apples.

This thread makes me long for the good ol' days of youth and innocence.

A potato in mt pants.

One year I went as Jesus. Sandals, robe, beard, long hair. It was the best until some wackjob started screaming that I would burn in hell for mocking the Lord.

726,

The description of your costume made me think of the movie Fletch.

Thanks!

I was a vampire for 7 years until I stopped dressing up. My fascination with the undead began at a disturbingly young age, but that's another story.

I hosted a party when I was 21 as Frankenstein's monster.

I am 6'3" and I wore some disco heels that added a couple of inches. Got an old suit from Goodwill and padded it out to make me look huge.

The topper was a full head Frankie mask.

When I answered the door for T or T, the kids were shaking and even the parents looked frightened.

"...and padded it out to make me look huge."

Well... who hasn't been guilty of that at one time or another?

Spud's fave hallowe'en costume as a tater tot was the perennial Pirate one.

Why are pirates so much fun?

Dunno, they just Arrrrrrr!

Also, Candy = Treasure!

As a more growed up Spud the best costume EVAR involved dressing up like Gumby with a Rambo bandana, a hunting knife, a fake tommy gun and a bandelero.

Who are you? folks would ask.

"I am Gumbo, dammit!" Spud would reply.

Won a prize that one did.

^_^

Be Well.

/Trick or treat! Ha! Spud is pop out from behind a pumpkin here at the spooktacular Retort, having snuck in like a tater do
stage left.
//Chicks in cat costumes are teh HAWT!

...a dance hall girl in a short "can can" satin dress with fishnet nylons and a red feather boa

~CChris

Can Can = Yum Yum!

Be Well.

I go as a cross-dressing lesbian every year.

Mr. Roboto!