I can't think of anything for hubby and me. Not many costumes work for overweight people. And my creativity when it comes to costumes is stumped. Last year we dressed up as Captain Hammer and groupie. That was pretty easy to put together. We wore the costumes to Comic Con in Austin too.

It falls on a Wed which is my Monday of the work week so, I'll be a good employee @ work! That can be a costume, right? lol

I'm going as a slightly sexy female version of the 10th Doctor. I've got a friend who's going to be a female 11th. We're pretty excited about it. Halloween is my favorite.

When in doubt- go as Star Trek. It's cheap, easy, and comfortable.
(That's me in the red! We were at a "the future" themed gala, which supplied the backdrop.)

Last year, I went all out and dressed up as a 40k daemon host.

The only place we went to was Orange Leaf for some free fro-yo and only three people showed up for our party. So, we aren't really doing anything this year. My boyfriend and I are both deeply saddened by this since Halloween is our favorite holiday.

I'm going to make the costume from Journey...though I'm not sure where I"m going or what I'm doing yet...meh, details.

That game was as bizarre as From Dust

I think I'm going for Miss Piggy. Blonde wig, pig ears and nose, and my normal, over-the-top outfits, plus purple feather boa. Mwah!

Last year, being as I was teaching college, I went as Sarah Connor - leather pants, leather jacket, and black tank.

I don't think anyone commented on my attire.

Maybe with a full compliment of firearms I would have made a bigger impact?

omg I really want to do the Unzipped Zipper Face makeup... it's pretty cheap and easy too!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ju9MGtbRu4

MUAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Last year we had a fancy dress day at work, so as I work in payroll, I was a Zombie Payroll Officer! Old work suit liberally splashed with fake blood, back-combed hair and my team did some fab grey make-up on me.

Really need to get thinking for this year though...

Zombies for the city zombie walk... we'll be going as contaminated CDC scientist and hazmat worker. A lab coat for me, and safety coveralls for him, and lots of torn and rotting flesh thanks to liquid latex.

I practiced on my hand the other day.




For parties, possibly the Spanish Inquisition. No one will expect it.

Or zombies again.

When in doubt- go as Star Trek. It's cheap, easy, and comfortable.
(That's me in the red! We were at a "the future" themed gala, which supplied the backdrop.)

My 11-yr-old was Spock last year. It was really fun to put together and he loved it! Most of the kids didn't know who he was though :grumble:

My daughter was Princess Leia one year - I made an awesome white costume for her, put her hair in the little side buns and everything - sooooo many people thought she was an angel or a nun. :grumble: Whatever. What nun or angel every had side buns???

She's currently driving me nuts to work on the most difficult costume I've ever made for her - Astrid from How To Train Your Dragon. The over-skirt and the arm wraps are plaguing me. Anyone have any advice?

She's got an awesome Hobbit costume she was going to wear for Halloween, but is now saving it for The Hobbit premiere. She wants me to dress as an Elf for that, but not sure I have the time to pull something together while dealing with her costumes. At least her Hobbit costume is done - easily found all the pieces at thrift stores, except for the cloak of course, but found the perfect fabric and getting the pattern was easy.

After Astrid is done, she is still talking about getting a Portal costume together, and wants an Elf costume for herself for the second and third Hobbit films...and I'm sure she'll come up with some desire for a Doctor Who and Sherlock costumes of some sort as well.

I agree, if you use either a long mens sports sock and cut the top of the foot/toe out with a single finger hole that would give it the shape, to colour it if you buy a white one i would use maybe general dust or a food dye mix to give it the colour as it is a very oatmeal like colour

or you could use either cotton bandages they are that kinda colour anyway and dead cheap - or actual boxing wraps, a little more expensive but the same effect and they already have a loop on them

For the skirt you can sew (if you have a machine, brown fabric over cardboard shapes which would then easily attach to a black belt with a couple of stitches or with a little flap over the top into the waistband and tacked or glued at the back i would make the spikes out of rolled card cones with sponge in the back so you can glue it to the skirt and just use foil on the tops to give them the spikey metal look

For the skulls you could use a ping pong ball, cut in half and placed over a wine cork or old cotton reel just magic marker on in black the nose eye sockets and teeth and then glue that to the skirt

Hell even i want this costume now

I've got some gauzy muslin for the arm wraps, just need to tea dye it for the color, and figure out how or what to attach it too for easy on/off. Thinking more foam sheets, but then need to figure how to keep it together on her arms - velcro? Same issue for keeping the overskirt fastener - either a hook closure of some sort or velcro - but always worry that velcro will pop if she bends over or something. :P

If you get the length of the gauze right once you have dry fit it onto your daughter then all you need to do is cut or tear about a 6 inch piece down the length of the end and then loop it around the arm to tie in a bow rather than use safety pins, i wouldnt use more foam as it will be hot and might not bend as well. You could glue or attach it to long gloves like the ones Audrey Hepburn wears, just cut off the fingers and you have your basis for the loop there as well.

I loooove Halloween, but have no idea what I am doing for myself just yet. I did however just make my daughter a Sailor Moon costume