Vertigo58 Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 This should be very easy to answer. What do you recall as being your favorite, scariest or most embarassing costume you wore as a kid? Let's try to be honest. I once made my own costume as a mummy. I ripped white sheets into wide strips and tied all over myself and wore a scary plastic skeleton mask with it. There is a good photo that mom took as I crept up the stairs gazing into the camera in a slight circular blur. Pure Polaroid mistake but great scary end result. (more scanning to do) ...more rats! Anyway I had a friend I worked with that told me he actually wore a Banana Split's costume. We all busted up into hysterics when he confessed about it. My mummy outfit kind of looked like this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 I remember going as a ballpark peanut vendor once. It wasn't very successful I guess because it looked too real. When I knocked on people's doors they kept trying to buy the peanuts from me.The last time I went trick-or-treating I was a cop and my friend was a robber in handcuffs. Again, too many people thought it was real (maybe because I was a little on the tall side as a child), and we had to give up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NenaE Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 I was a black cat, once...it was one of those cheesy dimestore costumes, in the cardboard box, always too short, with the plastic mask that hurt your face, rubberband always broke. BTW-Those things go for a lot of money nowadays, especially if you have the box, too... "highly collectible". Seinfeld does a great stand-up routine about them, just hilarious. Boy, those were the times... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 I think I almost always a witch. I never much cared about the costume. The only one I remember really liking was one year I went as a bum. I guess back then we called them 'hobos'. Mom made up my face to look all dirty and I dressed in dirty, torn boys clothes. Not sure why I liked that. Hmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmer Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 When I was in college I used to dress as various faculty members for Halloween. We had some who were individualistic enough to be quite easily parodied. Either that or full western gear with boots, hat, a fancy western shirt, and a string tie. Among my crowd that was quite exotic, even in Houston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 In 1975 I was Batman. Bad plastic suit and mask with the rubberband that eventually broke. I was a pirate in 1977. That is about all I can remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimberlySayWhat Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 I never dressed up because I was scared of Halloween costumes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 (edited) most embarrassing - was a pacman machine one year around 8 yrs old. The kind you find as a sewing kit in fabric stores.favorite - was a rotating rubik's cube one year Edited October 15, 2008 by Highway6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 spiderman and dracula come to mind with a hand me down cape from an older cousin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 (edited) I was Barney, the blue Power Ranger, the white Power Ranger... those are probably the worst costumes I've ever worn. The best was a clown costume that was too small and gave me a camel toe. Edited October 13, 2008 by Montrose1100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memebag Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 (edited) When I was little, I was always an astronaut. I had a pretty cool store bought costume with a space helmet and space suit. I loved that.When I was 7 or 8 I started being Dracula every year. My mom made me a cape and I figured out how to do pretty good vampire makeup. I loved that so much I had a hard time not wearing it every day.When I was 10 or so my dad swiped a big brown monk's robe from some movie prop storage place. I did a gray skull makeup with big empty eye sockets and teeth drawn over my lips. Oooh, that was fun.In the late 80s I went to a Halloween party dressed as Ben from "Blue Velvet". (That's Dean Stockwell's character, the one who lip-syncs "In Dreams" for Frank into the shop light.)Last year I was a pirate. This year I think I'll be a dead pirate. Edited October 13, 2008 by memebag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapillionWyngs Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 My mother used to rent my costumes from a costume company downtown. One year I remember being a tiger - and quite embarassed!When I was in college, I was Scarlet O'Hara, and there was actually a Rhett Butler at the same party! We didn't know each other - but we ended up in a 5 year relationship after that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I went to a costume shop near downtown Houston one year to rent a costume and ended up walking out. They were all moldy smelling and funky feeling. You would think that whenever someone rents a costume that it would be cleaned upon return, but I don't think so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 These aren't me (obviously), but they're kind of cool: Both from http://www.makezine.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted October 14, 2008 Author Share Posted October 14, 2008 These are all hilarious responses. Your all killing me, get it? When my brothers and sisters were real little my mom made our costumes (she used to be a professional tailor in downtown back when) so she made them quite well. Only us older 3 actually got to walk down the street trick or treating but we knew everyone it seemed and even walked with cousins just 2 houses over so it was safe. Our costumes were stereotypical Halloween. Big brother Frankenstein, big sis a witch, me a ghost (sheet with holes in them) very Charlie Brown-like. Rats, all I got was a rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Native Son Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I recall a homemade Robin the Boy Wonder costume that involved a homemade cape, mask, gloves, and...gag..tights....I believe at 6 or 7 I was pretty darned impressed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted October 14, 2008 Author Share Posted October 14, 2008 I recall a homemade Robin the Boy Wonder costume that involved a homemade cape, mask, gloves, and...gag..tights....I believe at 6 or 7 I was pretty darned impressed Whats even funnier is some people (secretly) enjoy dressing like that as adults! What ! I was once a giant Budweiser can of beer I made myself and paid very close attention to detail when I made it circa 1982. Have pics but again more blasted scanning to do. Blah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimberlySayWhat Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Oh wait, I did have a Smurf mask one year. But I didn't wear the cheap plastic shirt that came with it. I wore my own Smurf T-shirt. I was always afraid of the elaborate grotesque costumes and painted faces. I was scared of everything as a child. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Y Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted October 16, 2008 Author Share Posted October 16, 2008 Then I had a vacuum cleaner hose coming out from the bottom, and I had numerous "attachments" that went into the end of the hose. On my head was a shower cap with a hook on top. Maybe you can figure out for yourself what I was supposed to be. In case you still can't figure it out, the buckets say "Vinegar" and "Water". We envy you Heights2Bastrop! Kind of reminds me of old Carol's bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 For those of you who dress your animals for Halloween... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted October 21, 2008 Author Share Posted October 21, 2008 For those of you who dress your animals for Halloween... That IS killer! You win for Best Pic of the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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