Halloween Costumes

TallFatSue · 10-13-2005, 05:51 AM

Any ideas for Halloween costumes this year? I was considering being either a jockey or possibly a Hobbit (my feet are big enough). Only joking!

Last year I was a gladiator (wow, did people get a charge out of that at parties!

) and the year before I think I was a pirate wench. One of the costume shops which sprung up around here has a section of plus-size costumes, but the choices are limited to nun, doctor, convict, gangster and wicked witch. Maybe I should just be a gladiator again. That was a lot of fun.

BBW Betty · 10-13-2005, 07:19 AM

I know it's a little late, considering when the movies came out, but my husband and I always think dressing up as Shrek and Fiona would be a blast. We're both kind of built for the parts.

We also have Renaissance costumes. When we went to the MN Renaissance Festival this year, people said we looked like Robin Hood and Maid Marion.

moonvine · 10-13-2005, 07:33 AM

My nickname at work is "Princess". So I am always a fairy princess. Long purple sparkly dress, purple wings from Torrid, silver shoes, wand, tiara from Ebay. What do you want to be? It's the day you can dress up as anything you want

Coop · 10-13-2005, 07:38 AM

I'm going as Coop from Megas XLR.

Fan~Girl · 10-13-2005, 07:43 AM

Last year I went as a Harry Potter charachter, wand, robes (made by my own fair hand) and all ^_^ This year we're on holiday for Halloween, so I'll probably get something over there. Planning to take a first trip to torrid actually, I'll have to have a peek in there ^_^

Tracyarts · 10-13-2005, 12:34 PM

I had the grand ambition of coming up with a different costume for each of the 4 Halloween parties I've been invited to this year.

So far, I've attended one, and I copped out and wore my renaissance faire costume with a masquerade mask and a bunch of feathers in my hair.

The second party is supposed to be a Harry Potter themed party this weekend, but the hostess has yet to send out the evites. So, who knows if it's actually happening or not. If so, then I will probably come up with something using my witches' hat I had from my costume 2 years ago.

The third party is taking place after-hours at the renaissance faire, so I can wear my wench costume all day, and then throw on a pair of fairy wings and colorful yarn hair falls and an excess of glittery makeup and be a fairy.

The fourth party is taking place at a local gothic-darkwave music club, and I already have a costume for it. Black dress, spiderweb patterned glittery masquerade mask, spider necklace, and spiderweb "lace" fabric as a shawl.

I decided to slack off this year and work more with what I already have in my closet instead of trying to make or buy a complete costume.

Tracy

Sandie_Zitkus · 10-13-2005, 12:45 PM

I've always wanted to be a tube of toothpaste. I don't know why. I just never have had the ambition to figure out how to make it. Besides I would be the tube that was squeezed in weird places - ya know?

ThatFatGirl · 10-13-2005, 07:37 PM

I did this last year: I wrote words like id, ego, super-ego, penis envy, oral stage, anal stage, phallic stage, etc. on square pieces of fabric with fabric marker and sewed them onto a black lacy slip = Freudian Slip.

You could probably use marker on duct tape for an even quicker version.

I love Halloween!!!!

Cannibal · 10-13-2005, 07:43 PM

I was the planet Jupiter one year; that was pretty fun, but it required a horrifying amount of paper mache and was difficult to maneuver through doors. Ditto the year I was a volcano.

Maybe a favourite historical figure?

TallFatSue · 10-13-2005, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Cannibal

I was the planet Jupiter one year; that was pretty fun, but it required a horrifying amount of paper mache and was difficult to maneuver through doors.

Now there's an idea. Sometimes I catch my engineer husband online, downloading photos of big round heavenly bodies: Mars, Saturn etc. I have a much better equator, and I can run rings around Saturn any day, but that would be even harder to get through doorsways.

Wayne_Zitkus · 10-13-2005, 08:05 PM

Back in the Late '70s when I was between marriages, I was bar-hopping in Madison, NJ - a college town. I walked into one bar and saw that virtually everyone inside was in costume. And I was wearing a light-colored suit that night.

Suddenly, I had an idea.

I walked around the corner to a convenience store, and asked the clerk for a brown paper bag. I tore two eye holes and a mouth hole in it and went back in to the bar as The Unknown Comic.

Nikki · 10-13-2005, 09:28 PM

I'm going as Jubilee! Watch my sparklers fly! Whee!

ClashCityRocker · 10-13-2005, 09:36 PM

zombie elvis, vincent vega(and jules winfield will be a friend of mine), frankenfurter and possibly a chippendales dancer. these are all planned, not just ideas. yeah, halloween is my kind of holiday.

aaron£

Sandie S-R · 10-13-2005, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by TallFatSue

Any ideas for Halloween costumes this year?

Here's a couple of my past favorites...

This is my Mermaid costume (we also used to sell this costume in my web store)...

And this is my Scottish outfit that I have worn on Halloween and also for Scottish Highland games that we go to. Guy also has a Kilt that he wears.

Hope everyone has fun this Halloween...it is certainly one of our favorite holidays!!

MissToodles · 10-14-2005, 08:17 AM

A ballerina at the Halloween parade this year. watch me do a pirouette!

moonvine · 10-14-2005, 11:52 AM

Sandie, do you no longer sell any of the costumes? I always wanted a purple angel costume from you. I looked, but couldn't find any.

ConnieLynn · 10-14-2005, 02:08 PM

A friend and I had the best time one year as Bar Flies...any excuse to dress trashy

We had teased hair, LOTS of makeup, those little antenna things on our heads and cheapy wings and the shortest, most revealing clothes we could find in our closets. Fun and CHEAP.

Zandoz · 10-14-2005, 04:27 PM

I gave up on Halloween when I realized I couldn't go as a nudist.

Carol W. · 10-14-2005, 06:16 PM

Gosh, you guys are all so creative! Kudos to each of you, especially Tracy with FOUR costume ideas already planned!!

I pretty much do the same thing, or a version of same, every year: either a witch, or a vampire lady. This year it's the vampire: long, black velvet and lace dress from Sanctuarie, velvet choker, and silver jewelry. I get a kick out of the looks on the kids' faces who come to my door: a mix of fear and "what the hell is this old lady supposed to be"?

Next year I may switch back to witch, but I'll need to invest in a new hat: my old one finally bit the dust a couple years back....

Sandie S-R · 10-14-2005, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by moonvine

Sandie, do you no longer sell any of the costumes? I always wanted a purple angel costume from you. I looked, but couldn't find any.

Hey Moonvine!!

We just weren't selling enough costumes to justify keeping them on the site. Inevitably I would get 20 emails the week before Halloween from people wanting the costumes...and I just couldn't accommodate them in that short of time. If you would e-mail me anytime before September 1 next year...I would be happy to make you up a purple angel costume.

TallFatSue · 10-30-2005, 05:06 AM

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Originally Posted by TallFatSue

Any ideas for Halloween costumes this year? I was considering being either a jockey or possibly a Hobbit (my feet are big enough). Only joking!

Sometimes good ideas are born of jokes. Saturday we went to Halloween party hosted by a friend who loves The Lord of the Rings, so I thought it funny for someone my height and weight to be a Hobbit, but all the main Hobbits are male. Art suggested we combine characters from the books with something else. He was GanGolf the White: dressed as the white wizard but with a golf club for his staff. And the mild weather let me go barefoot to the party dressed as Merry Pippins: in costume like 2 of the main Hobbits (Merry and Pippin), plus an umbrella (Mary Poppins).

10-13-2005, 05:51 AM	#1
TallFatSue Retired Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,878	Halloween Costumes Any ideas for Halloween costumes this year? I was considering being either a jockey or possibly a Hobbit (my feet are big enough). Only joking! Last year I was a gladiator (wow, did people get a charge out of that at parties! ) and the year before I think I was a pirate wench. One of the costume shops which sprung up around here has a section of plus-size costumes, but the choices are limited to nun, doctor, convict, gangster and wicked witch. Maybe I should just be a gladiator again. That was a lot of fun.

10-13-2005, 07:38 AM	#4
Coop Proud owner of Megas Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New York. But I wish I lived in Jersey City!!! Posts: 688	I'm going as Coop from Megas XLR. __________________ Coop: The mysteries of the world are revealed when you break stuff!!!

10-13-2005, 07:37 PM	#8
ThatFatGirl Master Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Albany, NY Posts: 4,157	Easy costume idea I did this last year: I wrote words like id, ego, super-ego, penis envy, oral stage, anal stage, phallic stage, etc. on square pieces of fabric with fabric marker and sewed them onto a black lacy slip = Freudian Slip. You could probably use marker on duct tape for an even quicker version. I love Halloween!!!! __________________ "Everything you see I owe to spaghetti." - Sophia Loren Fleeting Fancies

10-13-2005, 08:05 PM	#11
Wayne_Zitkus Proud FA Since 1962 Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Deepindahearta, Texas Posts: 5,528	Back in the Late '70s when I was between marriages, I was bar-hopping in Madison, NJ - a college town. I walked into one bar and saw that virtually everyone inside was in costume. And I was wearing a light-colored suit that night. Suddenly, I had an idea. I walked around the corner to a convenience store, and asked the clerk for a brown paper bag. I tore two eye holes and a mouth hole in it and went back in to the bar as The Unknown Comic. __________________ DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in my posts are mine, and do not necessarily reflect those of my wife.

10-13-2005, 09:36 PM	#13
ClashCityRocker Chocolate Thunder Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Philly area Posts: 1,332	for me... zombie elvis, vincent vega(and jules winfield will be a friend of mine), frankenfurter and possibly a chippendales dancer. these are all planned, not just ideas. yeah, halloween is my kind of holiday. aaron£

10-13-2005, 07:19 AM	#2
BBW Betty Made My Saving Throw Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 3,700	I know it's a little late, considering when the movies came out, but my husband and I always think dressing up as Shrek and Fiona would be a blast. We're both kind of built for the parts. We also have Renaissance costumes. When we went to the MN Renaissance Festival this year, people said we looked like Robin Hood and Maid Marion.

10-13-2005, 07:33 AM	#3
moonvine Queen of Contempt Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 3,449	My nickname at work is "Princess". So I am always a fairy princess. Long purple sparkly dress, purple wings from Torrid, silver shoes, wand, tiara from Ebay. What do you want to be? It's the day you can dress up as anything you want

10-13-2005, 07:43 AM	#5
Fan~Girl Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK Posts: 19	Last year I went as a Harry Potter charachter, wand, robes (made by my own fair hand) and all ^_^ This year we're on holiday for Halloween, so I'll probably get something over there. Planning to take a first trip to torrid actually, I'll have to have a peek in there ^_^

10-13-2005, 12:34 PM	#6
Tracyarts Master Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Just southeast of Houston, TX Posts: 1,443	I had the grand ambition of coming up with a different costume for each of the 4 Halloween parties I've been invited to this year. So far, I've attended one, and I copped out and wore my renaissance faire costume with a masquerade mask and a bunch of feathers in my hair. The second party is supposed to be a Harry Potter themed party this weekend, but the hostess has yet to send out the evites. So, who knows if it's actually happening or not. If so, then I will probably come up with something using my witches' hat I had from my costume 2 years ago. The third party is taking place after-hours at the renaissance faire, so I can wear my wench costume all day, and then throw on a pair of fairy wings and colorful yarn hair falls and an excess of glittery makeup and be a fairy. The fourth party is taking place at a local gothic-darkwave music club, and I already have a costume for it. Black dress, spiderweb patterned glittery masquerade mask, spider necklace, and spiderweb "lace" fabric as a shawl. I decided to slack off this year and work more with what I already have in my closet instead of trying to make or buy a complete costume. Tracy

10-13-2005, 12:45 PM	#7
Sandie_Zitkus Entrepreneur Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 8,045	I've always wanted to be a tube of toothpaste. I don't know why. I just never have had the ambition to figure out how to make it. Besides I would be the tube that was squeezed in weird places - ya know?

10-13-2005, 07:43 PM	#9
Cannibal Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 13	I was the planet Jupiter one year; that was pretty fun, but it required a horrifying amount of paper mache and was difficult to maneuver through doors. Ditto the year I was a volcano. Maybe a favourite historical figure?

10-13-2005, 09:28 PM	#12
Nikki Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: In your dreams Posts: 70	I'm going as Jubilee! Watch my sparklers fly! Whee!

10-14-2005, 08:17 AM	#15
MissToodles dead peasant Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: nyc Posts: 4,079	A ballerina at the Halloween parade this year. watch me do a pirouette! __________________ it's on a need to know basis

10-14-2005, 11:52 AM	#16
moonvine Queen of Contempt Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 3,449	Sandie, do you no longer sell any of the costumes? I always wanted a purple angel costume from you. I looked, but couldn't find any.

10-14-2005, 02:08 PM	#17
ConnieLynn Conformity is not beauty. Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Damnville, VA Posts: 1,469	A friend and I had the best time one year as Bar Flies...any excuse to dress trashy We had teased hair, LOTS of makeup, those little antenna things on our heads and cheapy wings and the shortest, most revealing clothes we could find in our closets. Fun and CHEAP.

10-14-2005, 04:27 PM	#18
Zandoz Highly irregular Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Turn left at the Pharos, then right at the library...Alexandria KY Posts: 6,276	I gave up on Halloween when I realized I couldn't go as a nudist. __________________ Now some they do and some they don't ...and some you just can't tell ...and some they will and some they won't ...with some it's just as well! Blessed is he who has learned to laugh at himself, for he shall never cease to be entertained. -- John Boswell The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool -- William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act II, Scene VII History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes -- Mark Twain

10-14-2005, 06:16 PM	#19
Carol W. Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: in the woods Posts: 351	Gosh, you guys are all so creative! Kudos to each of you, especially Tracy with FOUR costume ideas already planned!! I pretty much do the same thing, or a version of same, every year: either a witch, or a vampire lady. This year it's the vampire: long, black velvet and lace dress from Sanctuarie, velvet choker, and silver jewelry. I get a kick out of the looks on the kids' faces who come to my door: a mix of fear and "what the hell is this old lady supposed to be"? Next year I may switch back to witch, but I'll need to invest in a new hat: my old one finally bit the dust a couple years back....

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