Open thread: your DIY Hallowe'en costumes?

By Xeni Jardin on 1:10 pm Tue, Oct 30, 2012

Each year here at Boing Boing, we invite you, dear readers, to share your plans for fun home-made costumes. So what's it gonna be? Frankenstorm Sandy? A Mars Rover? Honey Boo Boo? Do tell, in the comments.

Each year here at Boing Boing, we invite you, dear readers, to share your plans for fun home-made costumes. So what's it gonna be for you (and/or your children) in 2012? Frankenstorm Sandy? A Mars Rover? Honey Boo Boo? Do tell, in the comments.

[UPDATE: You guys, sorry, but Disqus is not behaving well today with image uploads. If you leave a comment with a photo of your costume here, and the image doesn't show, consider sharing it via a third-party image hosting site link?]

Photo: "Day of the Dead," shared in the BB Flickr pool by Chris Wilson. Make-up by Gretchen Wilson. Hair by Chaunah Macewicz.

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Boing Boing editor/partner and tech culture journalist Xeni Jardin hosts and produces Boing Boing's in-flight TV channel on Virgin America airlines (#10 on the dial), and writes about living with breast cancer. Diagnosed in 2011. @xeni on Twitter. email: xeni@boingboing.net.

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http://www.kimwerker.com/ Kim Werker

My 22-month-old is seriously into finding Waldo, so Halloween was easy this year. I knitted him a hat and painted stripes on a t-shirt. Add in some novelty glasses, and, well, can you find him?
- CaptainPedge
  
  I *THINK* I have spotted him!
  Brilliant costume :D
  - http://www.kimwerker.com/ Kim Werker
    
    Thanks. :)
- Kim Salazar
  
  Cool! Is that the Waldo hat pattern I posted on Rav? -kbsalazar
  - http://www.kimwerker.com/ Kim Werker
    
    I used a pattern by Dutch Hollow as a loose guide. Here are the project details on Ravelry – http://ravel.me/kpwerker/wwc
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=38503937 Sarah Jones

I went as a narwhal!
- nanner
  
  brilliant!
- wysinwyg
  
  Sorry to be a party pooper but it should probably be attached closer to your mouth since it’s actually a tooth.
  - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=38503937 Sarah Jones
    
    yes, but it would have interfered with my beer drinking.
    - http://www.matthewpetty.com/ Matthew Petty
      
      Some kind of straw for stealing others drinks?
      - awjt
        
        Nar I drink YOUR milkshake, *sluuuuurp*! Nice costume!
    - wysinwyg
      
      I felt bad about making my stupid comment until I saw your brilliant response.
    - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003641356111 Byron Roberts
      
      That’s the most appropriate response one could ever give! :)
- ocker3
  
  Ecstatic Narwhal is ecstatic
- Zard0z
  
  Next year you should go as a Narwholar Bear: http://i.imgur.com/4UNSK.jpg
- lev36
  
  Love it!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=833824201 Verdell Wilson

I recreated the Pan Am flight attendant costume from “2001: A Space Odyssey.”
Zander

Mermaid costume made for our 3 year old by laser cutting fabric scales…
Casey

Continuing my childish tradition of dirty words and puns, I was a Camel Toe (Tow). Previous years, I’ve been a golden shower, a chocolate starfish, and a teabag (which you can easily make by folding a white sheet or with white fabric).
- VyperX
  
  Encore! Encore! Encore! IOW may you continue until you’re an old man, a dirty old man. :)
http://abrightcontainer.tumblr.com/ manybellsdown

Tippi Hedren from “The Birds”. Here’s the dress, putting the birds on tonight.
harrisonicus

Walter White and Jesse Pinkman:

https://vimeo.com/52318259
http://twitter.com/TheLiB Sarah Houghton

Mail order bride: dress sewn out of FedEx envelopes with a delivery slip bouquet and “sorry we missed you” slips to hand out.
- http://abrightcontainer.tumblr.com/ manybellsdown
  
  Hah I love this one!
BrotherPower

Here’s a work-in-progress shot of the Animal costume I’m making for my 8-year-old. I just finished the oversized drumsticks and the spiky wristbands today.
- BrotherPower
  
  …and here’s my other son’s Golden Age Cap (store-bought jumpsuit, modded Quidditch goggles and helmet liner, custom shield) and my scratch-built SAMCRO cut.
  
  (I’m lucky Halloween comes but once a year or I’d never get anything done!)
  - http://twitter.com/thomjob Thom Francis Job
    
    The Captain America costume is awesome. The SAMCRO one looks good, but you should be careful where you wear it. Real bikers don’t appreciate SOA “cuts”.
    
    Again, the Cap costume is really great!
    - BrotherPower
      
      Hmm. Good point. I wore it to the bank before, and that was pretty fun — I never had such attentive service! — but for tonight I may bust out this favorite from years past…
      
      I call it “BREWBACCA,” and yes, that’s a full 12-pack of Silver Bullets in the bandolier (the only acceptable excuse in my book for ever buying Coors Light).
      
      http://i.imgur.com/199Uy.jpg
  - http://www.facebook.com/carl.rankin.737 Carl Rankin
    
    Wonder Womanatee!
    - Brian Downing
      
      This is the kind of smart, witty, punny and leggy costume that gets you free drinks.
- Bevatron Repairman
  
  This brought tears to my eyes! My Mom made me an awesome animal costume when I was about nine! The head is terrific!
  - BrotherPower
    
    That is fantastic. Thank you for sharing. :) I think it’s the fond memories I have of both of my grandmothers working so hard to make my childhood costume visions come true that keeps me saying Yes to every crazy scheme my own kids can come up with.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Scott-Bell/1197251805 Scott Bell

Jesse from Breaking Bad. I made the blue meth sugar candy from recipes floating around on the web.
- Boundegar
  
  Those recipes didn’t call for a cartload of Sudefed, did they?
  - awjt
    
    No, because he went P2P.
Amy Williamson

My friends and I made costumes from Avatar, the last Airbender: the cabbage vendor, The Boulder, fire-nation Katara, and grown-up toph. They came out great!
- Amy Williamson
  
  Picture:
  - oasisob1
    
    cabbage-bender?
  - ocker3
    
    Truly Awesome!
  - parfae
    
    MY CABBAGES!
- Momof2boys
  
  I love this so much I cannot even tell you how much. This is awesome beyond belief. Especially that you included that cabbage dude!
- Marcelo Teson
  
  *gruff voice* The Boulder appreciates this handsome homage! +1
nanner

I went to a party over the weekend as a plastic wrapped Dexter victim :D It was a big hit! I won the Scariest Costume award LOL

Here’s a photo I took looking down at my costume, in the car on the way to the party. It kind of looked like a grim party dress. It was also ridiculously CHEAP

i am building a Steve from Minecraft costume for my 11 year old son. Also Cheap but a PITA to make :
- http://sterlinganderson.net Sterling Anderson
  
  I made my boys Minecraft costumes too.
richmonahan

Went out as a Che Guevara T-shirt on Saturday. It came together pretty well, it’s weird.
- nanner
  
  you’re all brilliant this year! love it!
- http://weirdly.net Jacob Ewing
  
  I think I just woke up my daughter laughing at this – awesome.
  - richmonahan
    
    That’s great to hear, thanks! Two sturdy pieces of cardboard in a book bag strap harness for the t-shirt, kinda just lucked out that the make-up was the same shade of red.
Gina Menduni

A very Pop halloween this year. I did a Roy Lichtenstein.
- nanner
  
  you too! Brilliant! Well done :D
Cpieper

This year I am going as Seymour from ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ and yes indeed I made Audrey II as well!
- Momof2boys
  
  Love it. LOVE IT.
  - Cpieper
    
    Thanks! Glad you love it.
- http://twitter.com/MrBrownThumb MrBrownThumb
  
  This is amazing! if I share your pic elsewhere on the Internet do you have a tumblr or Twitter account you want it credited to?
  - Cpieper
    
    Feel free to share it! My tumblr is http://youngmonsters.tumblr.com/
    
    And my twitter is
    https://twitter.com/inherentcharlie
http://www.youtube.com/user/Freethinkersanon Christopher

In the past I’ve spent the entire day at work as a werewolf, Uncle Fester, Rorschach from The Watchmen, a gargoyle, an Andorian, Detective Columbo, Harpo Marx, Seymour Krelboin and a homemade Audrey Jr., and Mad-Eye Moody.

This year I’m skipping Halloween. It’s probably just as well. Nothing I’ve done matches up to the rest of y’all.
The Pathetic Earthling

My son is going as a HazMat guy.
http://twitter.com/nabine nabine

I’m going to be a Pantone chip–3135, to be exact. Since I’m a graphic designer I think this is going to be a big hit at the office :P
- franko
  
  coated, or uncoated?
  and why 3135?
- http://twitter.com/zaren Jim Schmidt
  
  That shade looks hyperintelligent.
The Pathetic Earthling

My son is going as a Haz Mat guy. Or maybe the Lego Haz Mat guy. It’s sort of ambiguious.
Christine Cobos

I made my daughter a Weeping Angel and my son a Dalek
- http://www.jjsaul.com Jim Saul
  
  Wow. Nicely done.
- DevinC
  
  WILL YOU BE MY MOMMY
  
  …That sounded less creepy in my head.
- Bevatron Repairman
  
  The plunger is nicely repurposed. Is that an uncovered paint roller for the other appendange?
  - Reverend Loki
    
    If I’m not mistaken, an uncovered paint roller was exactly what was originally used to make that arm…
- Christine Cobos
  
  Thank you everyone! Yes, that is an uncovered paint roller and the plunger is actually a cheap funnel with some PVC pipe. The head is a trash can lid and most of the rest is cardboard and paper mache.
- A_Democrat
  
  Awesome! I went as the Tenth Doctor (I swear, the suit’s blue. It’s just bad lighting):
langohr

I made this mask earlier in the year and used it for a zombie walk in Montreal recently. It is partially based on my cat, but with an undead zombie twist.
More photos here: http://www.ianlangohr.com/masks/jean-paul-of-the-dead-zombie-cat-2012/

Making of video here: http://youtu.be/AXtgtgsJa8Q
- ocker3
  
  I love the cat’s expression :)
- http://celesteagnes.blogspot.com/ Sekino
  
  Hey Ian! (Celeste the mini-mask-maker from the Faire here) Knowing first-hand how comfy your masks are, I bet it kept you nice and warm if Montreal’s Zombie Walk was as nippy as Ottawa’s. That cat’s just awesome!
  - langohr
    
    Celeste! The walk was mild, but the mask did make it slightly warmer. Glad to have met you and Jacob at the Faire. I have some pics up on Picasa: https://picasaweb.google.com/113576612736791660127/OttawaMinMakerFaire2012
    
    There’s a lot of you two in there.
http://www.xeni.net/ Xeni Jardin

You guys rule so hard.
- DevinC
  
  I would Like every single picture post in this thread, but then I would run out of Likes, and then if BoingBoing did an article about Obama on a Unicron trampling Hurricane Sandy I’d be all out.
  - Samuel Heath
    
    Obama riding Unicron would be *awesome,* and I mean that in the best 11-year-old boy kind of way.
Mari Stephenson

My grandson decided to be a Minecraft “creeper:. Here is what he, his dad and I created.
jfaehnle

Futurama Fry. Fry is one of my favorite all time characters from one of m favorite all time shows. Also, I’m a huge meme-nerd. I had several NOT SURE IFs to flip through throughout the night, including NOT SURE IF LEGITIMATE RAPE SHUTS THAT WHOLE THING DOWN OR NOT. Although I didn’t snap a photo of the one.
eyesfingerstoes

Me and about 30 of my cronies are hitting the Portsmouth (NH) Halloween Parade this year as the Gotham City Rockers – all hand made interpretations of Denis Medri’s Rockabilly Batman concept drawings. Link to the process I used to make my Leather Batman Cowl here: http://imgur.com/a/vWxGU#7
- Mike The Bard
  
  Yay Port City!
Bevatron Repairman

My son as a HazMat guy. Mostly my Mom’s excellent work, although the backpack (a repurposed large candy tin) blows dry ice steam triggered from a button on the hose. The fan in his facemask is operational, too.
AdamUndefined

I have been growing out my beard for a while. I went as Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.
miss_emelia

We’re working Haunted Fox Hollow (http://hauntedfoxhollow.com) again, so our darling new baby girl is joining us in the pirate cove during the “light scares” hour. So far, she’s done great. She’s more giggles than Y’arrr, but we cheerfully tell the guests that she’ll learn to swab the deck or she’ll end up in the pirate’s stew. When the little kids see that she isn’t the least bit scared, it helps them get their courage back.
mama_faelynn

My son is being Steve riding a pig (with a carrot on a stick) from minecraft. :)
- Boundegar
  
  Nice! The carrot and stick is the latest update, too.
http://www.matthewpetty.com/ Matthew Petty

My favourite family costume that I saw a couple of years ago was the Bee Family. All wore bee costumes, except for the larva in the stroller. Dad wore a toolbelt, Mum wore a tiara.

My own best was The Wicker Man, complete with hidden tape loop of Edward Woodward yelling, “Oh God! Oh Jesus Christ!”
http://newnumber6.livejournal.com Peter

I was thinking of just doing a single bitemark, on a not usually visible location, and then I can roll up my sleeve and say I’m a guy bitten by a zombie who’s obviously a goner but hasn’t quite turned yet.

But I might go even lazier and just use the old “a serial killer… they look just like everybody else”/”Mystique, shapechanged into me.”/”alien in disguise as a human being.”
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=612363682 Dane Garfield Wilson

Just in time for the election…. Spider Jerusalem takes on Seattle…
Not many people have gotten it, but it has been worth it for the couple of people here and there who lose their shit when they see me. Thankful for a bald guy with tattoos costume, since im already there. Homemade glasses and bowel disruptor ftw.
- http://abrightcontainer.tumblr.com/ manybellsdown
  
  SQUEEEEE
agroman

This week was Shark Week here in Madison.
Zander

Porcupine made with a trench coat that I screwed in PVC caps to, and then made quills that attached to those from diagonoally cut and painted PVC pipe. Its great at crowded parties.

Wind up wife and daughter. Wind up keys made from PVC center pipe and ABS key cut on laser cutter.
- Nick Hayday
  
  My wife’s a windup too
http://michigansoundservices.com/ Ian Walker

Fur on collar and wrists + Fangs + Waistcoat and tie + Chinese menu in my hand = Werewolf of London.
Loren Kling

My plan was to be a Robot Chicken puppet but I only got as far as creating the changeable “mouth” that they use on the show.

I’ve got a cardboard “backing” hanging off of eyeglass frames with three differently designed “mouths” held up with velcro. I would have preferred some kind of electronic display for the mouth (would have made it much cooler) but couldn’t imagine walking around with an iPad or cellphone strapped in front of my mouth.

I wanted to design some kind of wrist and elbow “coverings” to make it look like my joints were joined by a metal dowel or something but not sure how to make that look right.Oh, BTW, I’m an actual Robot Chicken puppet as well. Won the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have an RC puppet head carved in my likeness.”I’ll” be appearing sometime this season. Check it out a pic of the carved head at facebook dot com [slash] LorenKlingOfficialPage.
http://www.facebook.com/shannonrhall Shannon Stewart

My husband and I went as Mars and the Curiosity Rover. Had a ton of fun making these babies and the costumes were a huge hit everywhere we went!
- dragonfrog
  
  Wonderful!
- ocker3
  
  Perfect excuse to spend a lot of time joined at the hip :D
http://twitter.com/TheNewsIsBroken TheNewsIsBroken

My partner’s sugar skull tribute and a little ‘shop work to share the dog’s glowing eyes and her makeup. http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j384/GuyInMilwaukee/5ad44f87d30089334615442379d70d09.jpg
slippy0

Mine really isn’t that fancy, but the stars aligned and gave me a week of time to work on props. I was Marshall Lee from adventure time, and decided to make his axe-bass instead of just painting a 2d cutout. The results aren’t amazing, but they’re more than I planned to do, and very DIY. I went with my friend who was Fionna. We got a lot of compliments :)
http://www.facebook.com/people/Sarah-Perez/1418246188 Sarah Perez

This year I have become Fish-Man! The idea was inspired by the fish-man character, Toby, in the show Ugly Americans. I think the idea of a fish wearing pants is pretty hilarious, and luckily the costume turned out to be as funny as I hoped it would. I’ve already worn it out on the bus and train home from work and it made quite a few smiles all
around :) The head is chicken wire, screen door mesh, paper mache, foam and fabric. I also had to special order some very large pants which I velcroed to the fish head. I’ll be walking in the 16th Annual Halloween on Halsted Parade this Wednesday in Chicago at 7pm CST. Hope to see you Chicago readers there– Happy Halloween!

video of fish-man in action: http://youtu.be/sTJeUmcbjOk
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Sarah-Perez/1418246188 Sarah Perez
  
  oh, and the eyes light up too– they’re those battery-operated closet push-lights ;)
- http://weirdly.net Jacob Ewing
  
  My belly hurts from laughter.
giantasterisk

Lego! One regular, one Day of the Dead themed.
http://twitter.com/bethdean Beth Dean

I was a devil bordello lady from Beetlejuice!
- ocker3
  
  Mmmm, sexy public servants
Scott Taylor

My wife and dogs and I are going as the Pig and a Poke Griswolds!
http://www.facebook.com/surlyone Mick Magill

My wife and I in outfits I made. Mars and Nemesis. My helmet was a purchase, but the tunic, armour, Chiton, Kilt, etc made by me.
winkybb

Our eldest as a Minion…

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8047/8138462790_58e16595e7_b.jpg
camnotthebutler

My first zipper face attempt, originally for my wife’s all hallows scream roller derby bout.
MarnieMacLean

Wilfred and Bear
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=665300000 Brett Kling
  
  I also went as Wilfred…
  - MarnieMacLean
    
    Your costume came out great. Did you sew it yourself?
MollyMaguire

At my son’s grade-school Halloween party, I was surprised to see a couple kids dressed as cathode tube style TVs which aren’t even made anymore, are they? and could barely be knowable to most of the young-uns these days, right?

A couple of the parents went as The Princess and Pee-Wee (ha ha!)
http://www.facebook.com/jgutoski Jean Dunk

my 9 month old as a mermaid
- http://www.facebook.com/jgutoski Jean Dunk
  
  FUDGE!! here’s a link with the whole picture http://jgphotos.zenfolio.com/p375449646/h47465128#h47465128
sata blank

My husband was the worm that walks http://www.d20srd.org/srd/epic/monsters/wormThatWalks.htm and I was Vriska from Homestuck.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcn4u1krbZ1rf7ueqo1_400.jpg
lorenstrand

Before: slinking about as an alien swamp thing. After: Zita the Spacegirl conquers swamp thing. (fixed cropped photo)
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  You’re the second person who’s had that happen with the photo. I wonder what’s up with that.
  - lorenstrand
    
    I uploaded a reasonably sized JPEG (both in pixel dimensions and kilobytes). I was surprised to see half the image load. Nothing odd happened during the straighforward upload process. I see other posts with larger horizontal and vertical dimensions than my image. Did you see any FAQs about file recommendations/limitations in Disqus?
    - icepick method
      
      just happened to me too, both pictures disappeared, so did April Demetria’s pic. Saw the thumbnail, responded, then both my pic and her thumbnail poofed.
      - lorenstrand
        
        Disqus is handing out tricks instead of treats for Halloween? Hopefully a temporary issue.
  - lorenstrand
    
    My image was well within limitations posted here http://help.disqus.com/customer/portal/articles/466234-adding-images-or-videos-to-comments
    
    I see @boingboing-6db7c08e2a8c404a2063dc908bcd3d11:disqus had the same thing occur. Suggest you ping a peer at Disqus?
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      There are four or five now. I’ve asked Disqus to sort it out.
http://twitter.com/thanat_o_maton PXL

Mitt Zombie. Complete with upside-down flag pin on the lapel.
http://twitter.com/BuildaLibrary Tom B.

Here’s a blurry shot of my DIY Wreck-It Ralph costume – you can’t see my big cartoon feet slippers – http://i.imgur.com/oaVlE.jpg My five-year-old daughter is wearing her own homemade costime – she wanted to be, and I quote, “a goth vampire.”
bienbiensuper

I made a “queen of carrot flowers” (the lady from the cover of the nmh album “in the aeroplane over the sea”) – kind of obscure, but i’ve always loved that image and thought it was sufficiently creepy for halloween, even if you weren’t familiar with the album cover (and it was!). and the people who did know the album cover LOVED it.
- hpearl
  
  THIS!
  love love love it
April Demetria

I’m dressing as my favorite style icon, Miss Piggy.
- icepick method
  
  ^*oo*^ This was 2 years ago
  :edit:
  http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh231/icepick_method/moonfest2010-sa.jpg
icepick method

This year i was a backalley aborted abortion doctor.
:edit: Disqus is crapping out.
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh231/icepick_method/2012-10-28_01-37-31_55.jpg
http://www.facebook.com/drewlaw23 Drew Lawrence

Last minute idea: centaur+tourist= centaurist. Centourist?

And as much as I wish I could claim internet fame, I was not running around shirtless in DC during Hurricane Sandy :)
http://celesteagnes.blogspot.com/ Sekino

We’ve made masks again this year. My husband Jacob is a plague doctor: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GDVuhpFWyqk/UJCGlU2aFKI/AAAAAAAAAfA/9yhX18V1m3A/s1600/PlagueDoc2.png

I’m a spider (ironically, my least favourite animal but I loved working on the mask!): http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5N9GnpuxhKY/UJCIW6CBE0I/AAAAAAAAAgI/Ll1YYmPKrIo/s1600/Spider5.png

More pics and a bit of info on how they were made here: http://celesteagnes.blogspot.ca/2012/10/halloween-costumes.html
- langohr
  
  great work!
Michael Johnson

My 5 year old twins as ewoks complete with clubs and spears made from melted plastic bottles and their 7 year old brother as a jawa thanks to all the outstanding tutorials out there on the internet (my first time soldering – it worked!). The ewoks needed someone to chase them, so I’m an ATST with functioning guns shooting marshmallows and gum balls inspired by this summer’s Make magazine. A picture doesn’t really to it justice. Here’s some dark video, I’ll catch some video in daylight tonight: http://youtu.be/tMq0Yx0g3Qw
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  WTF, DIsqus? Try putting it up again.
- Michael Johnson
  
  This seems to be the only photo I can load.
- Michael Johnson
  
  Here’s some more that I put up on Google +. https://plus.google.com/u/0/103785063394356290256/posts
megpie

My Ursula costume that was a huge hit at the party I went to.

My favorite part is the tentacles. They’re a separate skirt from the dress under it to make it easier to get in my car. Also, while not very visible, there are clean suction cups glued to the underside of each tentacle.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=515111628 Rob Bloom

My Walter Sobchak from the Big Lebowski, costume. Beard is mine with makeup added, it doesn’t grown in that shape.
- http://www.facebook.com/jgutoski Jean Dunk
  
  UNCANNY!
  - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=515111628 Rob Bloom
    
    Thank you.
- noah django
  
  dude, I need to ask you a favor. replicate little Larry’s homework and put it in a ziplock. just carry it around in your pocket until, especially in the presence of a group, a friend introduces you to someone new. To your friend, say “Oh, no ma’am, we didn’t mean to give the impression that we were police.” To the new guy, pull out the bag and keep repeating “is this your homework, Larry?”
  
  you must do this. try to get a friend to video and post a link. please.
  - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=515111628 Rob Bloom
    
    You’re on!
  - jfaehnle
    
    I’d rather see a video of you smashing a car, screaming “This is what happens when you…”
    - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=515111628 Rob Bloom
      
      “Find a stranger in the Alps?” (TV version)
Susan Bell

Our older son is going as (yet another) Dalek.

Cardboard, duct tape, and balloons FTW.
http://sumthinblue.pip.verisignlabs.com/ sumthinblue

We went as dead characters from Game of Thrones at a Halloween party earlier this month, with a DIY Iron Throne in tow.
- http://sumthinblue.pip.verisignlabs.com/ sumthinblue
  
  Here’s a photo, more here: sumthinblue.com/winter-is-coming/
planettom

I went as The Fly (1958 version):
http://planettom.livejournal.com/327060.html
With teleport pod.
Corey McIntire

I went as the Genie from Aladdin. I miss my hair!
jackrabbitslim

This is my six-year old as a Kyoshi Warrior. Avatar 4 life! I made everything but the boots. When I tell people that, they’re always surprised a 6’4″ guy with a handlebar mustache knows how to work a sewing machine.
Maybe this link will work. Stupid Disqus.
http://bullnerd.tumblr.com/image/34701279263
chrisspurgeon

My daughter rolled her own Tardis dress!

[This image might be clipped. Check out the photo in my reply.]
- chrisspurgeon
  
  Photo got weirdly clipped. Trying again…
S Kennedy

Ever see Karate Kid? I spray-chromed some PVC that I bent using hot water. I won 2nd place at the party last weekend!
Andrea Tetrault

We did Marie Antoinette and King Louis. Pre-beheading, of course.
chgoliz

My youngest with her best friend (since they were babies). The friend’s hair has darkened now, but she was a tow-head blonde for the longest time, and our families have often affectionately referred to the girls as “Salt & Pepper”. This year, they decided they wanted to make it literal.

The tops are chef’s toques with sprinkle holes cut out and then spray-painted silver; the bottoms are cloth, wire, and elastic. (This picture was taken before the armholes were cut or the S & P sewed into place.)

Really, an easy costume to make. Much easier than the Mai from Avatar: The Last Airbender costume I had to make one year!

Edit: Per Xeni’s request, here’s the imgur link: http://i.imgur.com/qYlqD.jpg
- noah django
  
  your image upload was truncated, but I found this on the interwebs:
  
  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/30/Push_It_by_Salt-N-Pepa_single_cover.jpg/220px-Push_It_by_Salt-N-Pepa_single_cover.jpg
  - chgoliz
    
    It was funny how many adults started singing whenever they passed the girls last night. Of course, we also had an adult dressed in a well-made binder (and yes, there were lots of pictures of women on the pages inside) so our group got a lot of attention in general.
Christopher Ing

Went as a multicultural mummy (a.k.a. the birthday mummy)
http://imgur.com/ChFDx
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=934152 Becca Tarvin

A group of us dressed up as pussy riot!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/85194434@N02/8141864350/
rachel ten bruggencate

Lots of Day of the Dead this year. Here’s my take on La Catrina (some smudging may have occurred on the dance floor…)
- rachel ten bruggencate
  
  Internet ate my photo…
parfae

I was Little Edie Beale over the weekend, but if I wasn’t laid up with a sinus infection, I’d be scaring the kiddie (and Stormtroopers) tonight with this…
MikeKStar

A friend of mine dressed as a burned up Big Tex.
rqvillan

With a bit of a cardboard, duct tape, paint, a re-purposed skeleton costume, and about 18+ hours of spare time, I made a Visible Lego Man outfit, based on Jason Freeny’s sculpture : http://moistproduction.blogspot.ca/2012/06/18-lego-men-dissections.html
- Erik
  
  That rules!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001337188287 Martin Hengst

My son wanted to go as a Dalek this year, so we threw a costume together for him with all sorts of odds and ends.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1118949378 Ken Watanabe

My wife made my son a Creeper costume. Had the fabric printed. It looks amazing. (Hes inside the costume but refused to use the arm holes cause “Creepers dont have arms!” ) She makes “Rocking” Custom Baby Blankets as well… http://www.etsy.com/shop/RattleRockers
Spencer Post

I’m a robot reporter, I only report the FAX
Aurora Fonseca-Lloyd

I’m a motherfuckin’ pterodactyl. At work
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=532411020 Laz Burke

Zombie baby! (She’s 37 weeks pregnant)
http://twitter.com/SaiRei87 Sarah Bruce

My boyfriend went to our halloween party as the first man of the Night’s Watch to be killed by an Other in the opening chapter of Game of Thrones (Ser Waymar Royce for those who were interested).
- http://twitter.com/SaiRei87 Sarah Bruce
  
  EDIT: Weird photo fail!
  
  http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/377505_773476167639_654213712_n.jpg
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=532411020 Laz Burke

For some reason, the photo didn’t upload properly. Let’s try it again…
http://twitter.com/jeremydfisher Jeremy Fisher

went as Krumm from Aaahh!!! Real Monsters for a studio party last week :)
http://twitter.com/jeremydfisher Jeremy Fisher

hmm pic didn’t upload
Wendy Cusick

This year I made my son a WWII style airplane (with rivets) with a large cardboard box.
Billy Norman

Attacked by Zombie Romney!
http://sterlinganderson.net Sterling Anderson

Image didn’t upload right…
http://twitter.com/rosscott rosscott

Me and my girlfriend Tiffany dressed as “Yip Yip Yip” aliens from Sesame Street.
http://profiles.google.com/heidi.knox h knox

My son (3) designed “Dinosaur Fighter Truck”. I bulit it out of cardboard and dollar store stuff. There is a cage in the back with a bunch of dinos.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=532411020 Laz Burke

Pics seem to be down.

Here’s a link to my Zombie baby breaking out of the womb.

http://media-cache-ec6.pinterest.com/upload/272678952409870645_BwzISYyk_c.jpg
- http://twitter.com/zaren Jim Schmidt
  
  That’s a winner right there :)
http://www.facebook.com/david.caneso David Caneso

World Series Champion. Homemade Commissioners trophy, bottle of Champagne, my giants swag.
- http://www.facebook.com/david.caneso David Caneso
  
  photo upload broken. see here: http://instagram.com/p/Rc0tlFN4LU/
http://www.xeni.net/ Xeni Jardin

Guys, I’m so sorry that Disqus (our commenting platform) sucks such a huge bag of dicks, but maybe use imgur or something else if your pix fail to load? We’re missing a lot of your wonderfulness, please forgive our reliance on a third-party service over which we have no control.
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  I haz a furious.
Erick

I made robot costumes for my 4yo and 6yo boys. Built-in robot voice changer (cannibalized toy), a grid of LEDs with a couple of different behaviors (arduino), an accelerometer-based robot walking sound (also arduino), and a walking light. Front and top of the torso are edged with el wire.

http://i.imgur.com/fJcaT.jpg
tomchaps

My 7-year old son learned to solder for this one–he’s going as Mars, with the Curiosity Rover as his head. We had to learn to code a Parallax Stamp (an Arduino-style microprocessor) and used an ultrasonic sensor atop a servo as the laser/camera. It scans back and forth, and when it detects something within a couple of feet, lights up a ton of LEDs off a relay. This thing almost failed in a number of ways, but finally worked last night…

My 4-year old daughter wanted to be a robot butterfly. You can’t tell in the photo, but her antennae LEDs change colors, and the side LEDs are black light, with the wings painted with UV paint that glows brilliantly in the dark.

And… it’s going to be raining steadily tonight. I fear it’s bad karma to sit in California after Sandy and complain of rain, but these are the least waterproof costumes ever made. Sigh.

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6AgJx5kfgQx41KKy6MoUpp0essJ8eiiuP83W8csnNPE?feat=directlink

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/fSKj0pl2FR4gIKwDxk_vsJ0essJ8eiiuP83W8csnNPE?feat=directlink
- Erick
  
  I feel your pain. Cardboard box + arduino + 5 separate power systems. I’m thinking about integrating an umbrella holder.
  
  Your 7yo learning to solder for his halloween costume is awesome! Looks like a really fun project.
Courtney V. Kovacs

My little brother and I made steampunk costumes! His was not modeled after anything in particular, but I was going for a “Girl Genius” look (http://www.girlgeniusonline.com). We didn’t have time to do as much detail as we wanted, but they came out pretty nicely! He has continued to modify his accessories so he can use the costume in the future, and in addition has acquired a bowler hat…we agreed a top hat would be better, but it still helps complete the look!

EDIT: Can’t get the image to upload, so here is an imgur link, per Xeni’s comment above! http://i.imgur.com/eeCIa.jpg
- Courtney V. Kovacs
  
  The picture doesn’t seem to have uploaded correctly…Trying again.
http://www.facebook.com/Quazie Quazie Kwaselow

Me as Miss Frizzle
http://www.facebook.com/Quazie Quazie Kwaselow

Me as Miss Frizzle

Dress has glow in the dark stars sowed on. My purse is a bus with stuff lizard [Liz] inside.
http://twitter.com/DovBee Donovan Reborn!

I built my Promethea costume from chipboard, hot glue, fabric scraps, ribbon, paint and safety pins. To me, it’s not a costume unless you made it yourself as economically as possible.
- Mike The Bard
  
  FTW.
knottykris

I was the Flying Spaghetti Monster! (I was kind of lazy on Saturday night, so I just put my hair up.) Work with what you got, right?
http://twitter.com/abbymars1 AbbyMars

My apple tree & cupcake.
http://twitter.com/juliewithapunch JULIE WITH A PUNCH

Sexy Quasimodo
http://twitter.com/juliewithapunch JULIE WITH A PUNCH

George Washington with extra long ponytail
http://www.barelyfitz.com/ BarelyFitz

I beheaded my kids. I built the costumes on repurposed roller backpacks, so the kids can just slip them on and off.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8189/8142110459_d5eca536e1_o.jpg
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=543954542 Russell Richards

Surprisingly creepy and disturbing photo taken while checking out my Halloween mask in the bathroom mirror. “Pig” is a plastic mask I made with my home-built vacuform machine, the same principle as this little YouTube demo, but using a form sculpted out of clay instead of foil: http://youtu.be/fucs_brr5Yo
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  That cries out for you to be accompanied by James Cromwell in a leather harness.
http://libraryshenanigans.wordpress.com/ jessyrandall

My son, age eleven, made this Minecraft Enderman costume: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessyrandall/8128791509/
http://www.rickhargett.com techbuzz

Scratch-N-Sniff-Rick – I enjoy interactive costumes. This year I upcycled part of a costume from ’09: A clear vinyl suit jacket covered in ’80s scratch-n-sniff stickers. Peppermint Collar, Bubblegum Chest, Chocolate Shoulder. I was scratched-n-sniffed all night. Unfortunately the clear pants ripped apart after Halloween ’09; revelers that year got to enjoy my Apple Bottom.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/techbuzz/IMG_1718-001.jpg
jelly1586

My fiance and I went as Gotye and Kimbra from the “Somebody That I Used To Know” video.
PlutoniumX

I’m my own best friend. :D

http://fatesknight.com/hw2012/barf.jpg
http://fatesknight.com/hw2012/barf2.jpg
http://www.facebook.com/jen.albritton Jen Albritton

I decided on Rosie the Riveter! Yay!!!

Here’s a link: https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/553701_10152184550600144_311556506_n.jpg
Dan Lewis

My 8 year old son wanted to be a “Castle Crasher” this year. This is what we came up with.
Dan Lewis

Image here: https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/247709_10151133503592913_674812511_n.jpg
Cowicide

Me as a grey square picture that won’t upload properly.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=694123518 Shauna Hannibal

I’m a forest creature. I made the ears and mask. Hot glue gun, I heart thee. Picture not loaded properly.
http://www.facebook.com/lisa.fortin.18 Lisa Fortin

I dressed my little dude as Thomas the Tank Engine.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/98203510@N00/8142616702/
http://twitter.com/Russellwalks Russell Walks

Me as the Mau5. Mouth and eyes light up. Total costume cost: $35.00. (Here’s hoping I see some ghosts n’stuff!)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A6jYfg8CMAE0dO-.jpg
oobe

I went as an out-of-body experience. I was inspired by this line of research: http://www.nature.com/news/out-of-body-experience-master-of-illusion-1.9569

On my head is a box with a plastic two-way mirror in front. The box and the mirror are both homemade. I wear a suit for neutrality. If you look at me while I’m wearing my costume, you see your head superimposed on my body.
http://emilylhauserinmyhead.wordpress.com/ Emily L. Hauser/ellaesther

My 9 year old daughter got her PhD in horribleness for the occasion (and the Wonderflonium case doubles as a treat bag. Science!) (Or, more accurately: a lap top box, duct tape, and an X-acto knife).
coop

My friends Randy and Natasha are a couple of kick-ass graphic designers in Nashville. They take the halowe’en costume thing seriously – very seriously.

Last year Randy and his daughter went out in a combo “Busker Monkey with Organ-Grinding Dad” costume (see image attached).

You can see the reveal for this year’s costume here: http://www.forwaverly.com/reveal/

You won’t be disappointed!

coop
moose13088

Never Nude Tobias from Arrested Development
Daniel Co

My DIY costume is Russell from “UP”. I created the badges using felt furniture pads and adhesive transparencies. I made a custom badge with my work logo and distributed candy for my team in prescription bottles (i work in pharmacy benefits).
Tomhung

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http://www.facebook.com/marina.collinson Marina Collinson

My boyfriend and I have dressed up as the couple from Juno. The baby and umbilical cord thrown in to try and make it a bit more spooky. Lots of people have informed me that they are offended.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=27500264 Melissa Leeanne Griffiths

Ocean inspired – this home-made fascinator has koosh ball anemones, sea shells and netting. Plus it lights up, unlike real anemones (that I know of). It was a lot of fun to make and still demands respect in the workplace. Maybe.
itstimetopaytheprice

I went as Darth Vader’s sexy counterpart (there was a helmet, but it was so damn hot and hard to see out of that I avoided wearing except in “action photos”). All the pieces were homemade with duct tape, cardboard, fabric, and hot glue. The base level has served me well as Selene from Underworld and Baroness from GI Joe. Recycled AND DIY!
mattvanhorn

My son wanted to be the Lich King from WoW. There was much spray paint and foam involved. Oh, and EL-wire, so he and his sword can glow at night.
Ms. Anne Thrope

My son’s Robot costume. Age 3–”Bobot please.”
http://www.facebook.com/jim.helm.3 Jim Helm

Viking! I made everything except the helmet and the hammer. The giant belly took years.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_Y73VNX2QZNJVE5MR5KAIMQYKME Kathryn

My granddaughters wanted to be monarch butterflies.
Pea Hix

despite her trepidation about it being potential “sacrilege,” my mom crafted an awesome “Ecce Mono” papier-mâché mask for me!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=546247054 John Montoya

My halloween costume!
http://twitter.com/JoshuaKoonce Josh K

Moonrise Kingdom Kids…

http://www.flickr.com/photos/koonce/8133406886/in/photostream
http://twitter.com/livlab Livia Labate

Here’s your Friendly Neighborhood Global Warming!
Lindsay Parker

I went as my roller derby alter ego, the Bi-Polar Bear.
http://twitter.com/robotkid Josh Randall

Here comes your friendly neighborhood SPACE SHUTTLE!!!
kenlayne

My family went as The Avengers … Iron Man was taken by the youngest, so I go Doctor Strange.
Jacob Shattuck

T-rex piñata and militant piñata costumes

My fiance and I made these for a charity bike ride, we had an amazing amount of smiles and comments. I’m wearing mine now answering the door for trick-or-treaters and letting them take a whack at me for their treats. Here is a link to more photos. http://imgur.com/a/YnP8P
Mike Yob

My wife was so excited to try out her costume on Saturday, and then perfect it for Halloween. Hurricane Sandy decided that once was enough, I suppose. The face is two separate foam pieces. We ate at a buffet! Great looks!
Laura Green

Made my son a punk rock sheep – green yarn mohawk, sock ears with skull earring, checkered tie, and lots of cotton balls!
Meredith Warren

My friends had a 50s party but I really wanted to be the TARDIS so… I made a TARDIS poodle skirt, complete with a K-9 “poodle! I sewed the skirt from a pattern I found online and stitched on a hand-drawn, felt K-9 and door sign. I also made myself a blue crinoline out of SIXTEEN YARDS of tulle. (Never again.) I hand-painted the bodice too. On the back of the skirt, I scrawled “BAD WOLF”, just for added effect. (links in case the pics don’t work: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dithie/8143272567/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/dithie/8143303930/
- penguinchris
  
  The K-9 poodle is brilliant, this is probably my favorite here.
oodja

My daughter wanted to be the Mad Hatter this year, so I made a Cheshire Cat costume out of an IKEA Rusig rocker and a whole lot of black duct tape.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=656290758 Jeff Dannaldson

This cost all of $4.
Bloo

I had nothing to do with making this, but if you haven’t seen this at HuffPo yet it is worth a look:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/31/christmas-story-leg-lamp-costume-amputee-josh-sundquist_n_2050662.html?ncid=txtlnkushpmg00000035
celestialcereal

We are in NYC so the costumes are incomplete, but here is our Heisenberg and Blue Meth.
http://twitter.com/ducksRfriends Nicole Vergalla

Pretty simple, but rather fun: Ghostbuster, with the added bonus that the photon pack can be used as a bag for holding your wallet and phone, plus halloween candy to hand out!
LJSeinfeld

Dr. John Zoidberg
Scott Seland

I’m a math teacher so I try to keep it nerdy with my Cow Pi costume, standing beside by Pumpkin Pi.
Peter Abrahamson

Gen. Jack Ripper from Dr Strangelove. Purity of Essence.
http://profile.yahoo.com/WDQALDCXIVOG6ELEEQK6FHHSBA Jeanna

I was Cousin Ben from Moonrise Kingdom!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsmaxfischer/8143648058/in/photostream
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Anna-Loden/1649070777 Anna Loden
  
  AWESOME.
http://www.facebook.com/lesliemariestair Leslie Stair

My daughter loves animals and wanted to be a white Bengal Tiger (they are from India of course) so we made it complete with a bindi and a sari. I made the tiger costume, paws and ears from synthetic felt and hand stitched it all (I’m a bit kooky that way). The sari and nose I found second hand.
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  Funnily enough, I’ve seen tiger-striped bindis in India.
tinytinydino

My hero Tina Belcher from Bob’s Burgers. Let’s just say I’ll be touching a lot of butts this evening.
Brian Karlak

My daughter made her own No Face costume (with some help from Mom):

http://imgur.com/jDbdx
http://www.facebook.com/marc.hewitt.96 Marc Hewitt

A good friend living in The Netherlands had one of the best costumes I have ever seen, a spot-on impression of Van Gogh:
Jon Breisnes

Our seven month old is trying to earn his geek cred… So he of course, had to go as the Doctor. Eleven, Fez included. Trousers & shirt off the rack. My lovely wife made the jacket, fez, bow tie & sonic screwdriver.
Matt Albright

Rainbow, seen tonight in Mountain View, CA.
http://countblastov.tumblr.com/ Count Blastov

Grunkle Stan from Gravity Falls, because I know you guys love it here. I didn’t sew the Jacket, obvz, but I made the tie and the hat and gussied up the face gear.
http://twitter.com/willcoley Will Coley

Here’s my DIY costume: “LA vs. NY” It’s a discussion I hear all the time in both cities. Images on collar: great tacos/great bagels, sunshine/four seasons, driving/walking, earthquakes/hurricanes, talking to strangers, palm trees, yellow taxis, etc.
http://instagr.am/p/ReCdMomuJ8/http://instagr.am/p/ReJBeYmuCr/
http://profile.yahoo.com/N4L7BJVF4TED7NW3FYQ64QKPNI Alain de Leonardis

My wife outfitted our 11-month-old son, Nico, as a tiny Michael Phelps. She carefully selected the 22 medals, matched to the proper corresponding Olympics color scheme (representing Athens, Beijing, and London). She made the cap, bought the micro bike shorts, and insured that our little boy had a truly memorable first Halloween. Plenty of suggestions for additional props came our way (goggles, Subway sandwich, contraband paraphernalia), but this was about as much as you could reasonably expect a proto-toddler to tolerate before autonomically inserting stuff into his mouth then hurling it onto the ground.
http://twitter.com/gmjhowe Jake Howe

Steampunk Doctor Who inspired ‘There’s Something on your back!’
Latzenpratz

The march hare
Paul Bryden

Here’s my “Tim the Enchanter” ver 1.0. Usually it takes me a few years to build up the costume.
http://twitter.com/randyslavey Randy Slavey

No incinerators or emancipation grills for this little cube.
http://twitter.com/briancrowder briancrowder

Ironed-on b/w Jor-El “S” and white golf pants to escort the truly Super one.
pahool

Swedish chef checking in:
http://twitter.com/parkernow Parker Mason

If you like the 80s and GI Joe, you’ll love Heather and I as Storm Shadow and The Baroness

http://instagr.am/p/Rd1cV3C8KK/

http://instagr.am/p/RTmhKYC8AO/
laura wemple

During a recent spate of creative energy I made Barriss Offee and Anakin Skywalker (on his way over to the dark side) costumes for my daughter and son.
bombtea

My friends threw a Halloween party with prizes for the best costumes (singles and couples). The invitation told us to “be creative” so I got friendly with a bunch of cardboard and my glue gun and made myself into GRIMLOCK.
Clement Yeh

NES Control Pad. As one who was raised in the 80′s this was an exercise in nostalgia. Foam, fabric, duct tape, electrical tape, cardboard.
http://twitter.com/hirerob Rob Johnson

My son went as a sheared sheep from the video game Minecraft.

http://flic.kr/p/dpM6t3
Beverly Hsu

BMO, Jake, and Finn from Adventure Time! We had a candlepin bowling adventure :)
RogueScholar

Whole family had a Minecraft Theme this year:
David Reynolds

Kiss Cam! I’ll probably go to a Halloween party on Saturday as well : )
charming.quark

My son really, REALLY wanted to be an outlet this year. Padded white pleather sandwich-board style tunic with a knitted earwarmer from the dollar bin basted on to make a knit neck hole. The outlets are made from craft foam and covered in glow in the dark duct tape, and spraymounted on, supplemented with double stick tape.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=121420 Karen Gooze Ulric

My son and I went Steampunk this year. He is Abraham Lincoln, Steampunk Vampire Hunter (not because of the book/movie – although that does make him more recognizable to his peers!) I am his librarian/research assistant – the Giles to his Buffy, so to speak. His flamethrower/holywater dispensing harness is made out of vintage fire exthinguishers,and my overskirt is made from my deconstructed, dyed wedding dress.
More pictures here: http://smg.beta.photobucket.com/user/wasagooze/library/Halloween%202012
Madeline Whitman

My fellow and I went as two variations on creepy film characters: Sally (Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas) and Alex DeLarge (Kubrick’s Clockwork Orange). I found a cheap dress on ebay that I tailored and painted, traced some stitches onto tights with a sharpie, and went through almost three tubes of white makeup for the corpsey effect. The Fellow threw his together pretty well, too (I think)
plebianJay

My son loves Portal 2 (and everthing Aperture) and wanted to be Atlas, the co-op bot. This is the costume I made for him. It’s mostly made from rigid and soft foam.
http://i.imgur.com/PIn76.jpg
Ryan Harbert

I outfit a trench coat and top hat with some sound reactive EL wire.

Video of it flashing to the beat of the music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk02BMIHA6c

~Harpo
http://onomadystopoeia.blogspot.com/ HUMUNGOUS

What you can’t see here are the glowing red eyes.
Muse

Now that Disney purchased Lucasfilm, I went as their new mascot: Darth Mouse
penguinchris

I was Mr. Rogers; I chose this because I could construct the outfit from clothes that I already had in my closet.

I look forward to living someplace where people actually trick-or-treat (we had one show up this year) and/or having a good party to go to, so that I can justify doing something more elaborate (not to mention that I look forward to having a job so I can afford to build something cool for a costume).
Jessica Paris

This is my pop art costume, approved by Niagara herself ;)
http://twitter.com/FishHearts Я. Fish

My own design. Also wear for my band, Noisician Coalition.
La W

me and my hubby .. and then my two boys. all DIY by me!
La W

cool thread