Do you dress up for Halloween?

[Mrs Mungo]

Well, do you? ;)

[Gwenhwyfar]

heck yeah! every year. :D

[Mrs Mungo]

heck yeah! every year. :D

 

Me too! I haven't decided what to be this year. I was Medusa last year! :D

[AK_Mom4]

We are hosting a (very) early Halloween party this weekend for some foreign exchange students. DH and I are wearing Groucho Marx glasses while we sit around and look parental and the teens have fun. That's about as dressed up as we get.

 

Though, I might put on a real costume if someone ever invited me to a real Halloween party with adults. But I don't get invited to "those" type of parties :tongue_smilie:

[dripdripsplat]

DH and I used to... but that was eons ago.

 

But I really like polls! :D

[Nakia]

I generally don't, but last year all three of my girls wanted to be witches, and we were invited to a Halloween party. I got a witch costume too. It was fun, but I probably won't do it every year. My husband and a friend of ours dressed up as Napoleon and Pedro. :D

[Stacia]

I love Halloween, but I don't usually get dressed up; I wear my black tee w/ skulls on it. :D

[LuvingLife]

Why not!? It's fun and it is the only time you aren't considered wierd for doing it!:D:D

[teamturner]

Last year was my first year to dress up since being a mom and it was fun. All I did was buy a $5 purple wig from Walmart and put on some crazy earrings, a lot of makeup, and a cape. I had all the neighbors trying to give me candy. I'm not sure who I was supposed to be, but it was fun to be a little silly!

[Gwenhwyfar]

Me too! I haven't decided what to be this year. I was Medusa last year! :D

 

i was a doll last year ~ mainly because i was doing some halloween stuff with a friend who has a son who scares easily. i usually go creepy - dead prom queen kinda stuff. :laugh:

 

eta: medusa = awesomeness!

[jazzyfizzle]

Me too! I haven't decided what to be this year. I was Medusa last year! :D

 

 

I was too! I used plastic snakes and OH my, the weight killed my neck! Looked cool though.

[Parrothead]

I picked that I love Halloween (I really really do) and other because I don't always dress up. I'd say about 50-50.

[Caitilin]

I love Halloween (except that it's often so cold here); I occasionally dress up, but haven't recently. :)

[Dawn in OH]

Yes, I love to dress up!

[Gwenhwyfar]

I love Halloween (except that it's often so cold here)

 

yeah ~ canadians design costumes that fit over snowsuits. :D

[elise1mds]

I love to dress up, but I don't unless I have a reason to do so. Two years ago I was a nun and DH was a priest. It cracked our friends up. Last year we didn't have a reason. This year... not sure, but I think there will be a party again. I need to get started on ideas.

 

I LOVE Halloween, though.

[mom31257]

We don't really celebrate Halloween, but I've always wanted the whole family to dress up as Star Wars characters at some kind of costume event.

 

I attended a festival one time that had costumes. I taped Smarties all over my pants to be "Ms. Smarty Pants".

[Farrar]

I used to try to coordinate with the kids' costumes... the best was the year they were little and I made them train costumes. Of course, I was train tracks.

[ChristusG]

Yes! Our family takes our annual Disney vacation during the week of Halloween. We go to the Halloween party there and we all dress up in the same theme. Two years ago it was super heroes, last year it was pirates, and this year.....well, it's a surprise! Actually, I just posted pics of our last two years on my blog. Click the link in my signature and then scroll down just a short bit.

[annlaura]

I don't dress up in a costume, but I wear Halloween clothes. Spiderweb or orange/black striped tights, orange and black skirts and sweaters, pumpkin earrings, etc. This year I found a remnant of satiny pumpkin fabric, so I may use it as an over-layer on a skirt.

[Word Nerd]

I wear a costume all year! :)

[JessReplanted]

My son always asks me what I'm going to be, and I always reply with "I'll be the mom." ;) It would be fun to dress up, but it is enough work for me to try to figure out costumes for the 3 kids.

[bugs]

I like to dress up but often don't have much imagination. I usually grab what items I have (old military clothes, hawaiian gear to be a "tutu" (grandma), etc.) Sometimes I borrow other people's costumes because I am lazy.

 

We have a dinner (soup or pizza), the kids (now teens) get dressed up, dad's follow with their "hot" drinks, moms stay inside with their "hot" drinks :D and pass out the candy. I am still encouraging the older kids in our group to go out because I think it's a fun way to still be a kid. When they graduate, then they can be done with the trick-or-treating :lol:.

[Garga]

I LOVE the Miss Smarty Pants costume idea!!

 

Friends of ours host a big costume party each summer where all the kids dress up. This is the 4th year we've gone, and this year my dh and I dressed up. (No other adults do.) I was so tired of going to a costume party and not being able to dress up! (We wore our pirate costumes from the Renn Fest.)

 

Other adults at the costume party looked envious, and I'd bet that next year, more of them will be in costumes (the hostess said she'll wear her 50's skirt next year.)

 

The only problem with a costume party in July is that it's SO HOT.

 

Miss Smarty Pants can work in the heat!

[Pretty in Pink]

I like halloween! My kids always dress up. Some years I dress up, some years I do not.

[Imprimis]

Yes! Our family takes our annual Disney vacation during the week of Halloween. We go to the Halloween party there

 

Yes, we do the same. We love the Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party. I've dressed up twice, and haven't yet decided if I will go in costume this year.

[amydavis]

I really like Halloween. We decorate the house quite a bit, and usually have a little get-together prior to the actual day. We don't live in a neighborhood, so our new tradition is a potluck party on Halloween night at a friend's house. We all dress up, and the children get to go trick-or-treating. I picked other because if we weren't going to an actual party, I wouldn't dress up. But I enjoy it. I'd really love to host one of those murder mystery parties in conjunction with the holiday. That would be a blast!

[Sugarfoot]

Sometimes I do!

 

A few years ago, when we only had 2 kids, my DH was Darth Vader, I was Padme, and DC were Luke and Leia.:D

 

I at least wear a Halloween shirt and jewelry if no costume.

 

This year, my DC are involved in a film contest in Chicago that runs through Halloween weekend, and I'm a little bummed. Halloween is fun where we live! At least we can trick-or-treat at the zoo the previous weekend.

[Dawn in OH]

Sometimes I do!

 

A few years ago, when we only had 2 kids, my DH was Darth Vader, I was Padme, and DC were Luke and Leia.:D

 

 

 

We were going to do that same thing when we still had just the two kids! But then the kids and I ended up going out of town without my husband for my brother's wedding.

[Sugarfoot]

We were going to do that same thing when we still had just the two kids! But then the kids and I ended up going out of town without my husband for my brother's wedding.

 

It was a lot of fun! If we do it again, DS 15 wants to dress up DS 3 as Yoda and carry him on his back.;) We'd have to think of something cute for DD 4, otherwise she'd insist that Princess Leia had an assistant named Cinderella and dress accordingly...:lol:

[Miss Sherry]

My husband and a friend of ours dressed up as Napoleon and Pedro. :D

Now I want to know what your husband and friend wore as Napoleon and Pedro. Did your husband wear a suit like the one Napoleon wore to the dance ? Did the friend wear a tee shirt that said "vote for Pedro" ? :lol:

[Tap]

I said other. I dress up when I have the time. Most years I am working until just before dark, so I run home and just concentrate on the kids. It isn't a big enough priority to keep everyone held up for me to get dressed.

[Night Elf]

Other: I've never enjoyed dressing up. I used to give out candy dressed in regular clothing. No big deal. We now live in a one-street neighborhood with long driverways. We don't get kids at the door here. My kids dress up if they are going out, which is usually only the girls. The 18 yr old has parties and the 12 year old is going out with friends this year.

 

However, I do buy 3 or 4 big bags of candy for us to eat on since we miss out on trick-or-treating. :)

[Chris in VA]

I had to, as a preschool teacher.

My best attempt at a costume was going as a tube of Crest toothpaste. I made a long felt "dress" and put the letters of the Crest logo and the triangle in felt down the dress. I took a pleated lampshade from our bedroom lamp and made a hat/toothpaste cap out of it. It was pretty funny, and, being a teacher, I told the parents that it was an example of "environmental print!" lol (teacher humor)

[Nakia]

Now I want to know what your husband and friend wore as Napoleon and Pedro. Did your husband wear a suit like the one Napoleon wore to the dance ? Did the friend wear a tee shirt that said "vote for Pedro" ? :lol:

 

My friend's husband, Marc, had a Napoleon wig. He wore that with a t-shirt tucked in his jeans and boots like Napoleon wears. My husband had a black wig that looked like Pedro's hair, and he wore a plaid shirt and jeans. We also got him a fake mustache. The funniest part was they stayed in character all evening. It was hilarious! I will see if I can find a picture and post it.

[Amy loves Bud]

I voted other. I like Halloween, I think it's fun. But getting costumes together for three is enough. I often don't want to bother once theirs are done. But occasionally I do dress up.

 

I would love to be one of the "goes all out" houses, but have yet to make it happen. Maybe in a coupel of years I can give Luke and Peyton that job. They woudl love it!

[May]

I prefer to think of it as Reformation Day with people giving out candy because they can:001_smile: I've always wanted my dh and I to dress up as Martin and Katie but never have. Maybe oneday with the grandkids.

[ScoutTN]

DH and I do dress up if we go to a costume party. But not nec. on Halloween or with our kids. And not anything yucky or scary - I hate that stuff!

DH is in charge of costumes!

[kalphs]

I purchased Halloween t-shirts for Dh and I 10 years ago.

His says "Happy Halloween" and mine has Lucy from the Peanuts comic strip dressed up as a witch.

[KidsHappen]

Ok, I was the Queen of Hearts last year and I was going to post a picture of that but I can't find it right now so I will post a much older picture instead. I picked my hubby up from the airport in this getup. He was quite surprised, as was his business associates (but they quit asking why we had so many children :tongue_smilie:).

[MamaAkins]

Me too! I haven't decided what to be this year. I was Medusa last year! :D

 

How'd you make your costume? My 13 year old dd would love to dress up as Medusa!

[Mrs Mungo]

How'd you make your costume? My 13 year old dd would love to dress up as Medusa!

 

I made a simple toga-type dress. You can make something like this pretty easily, even without a pattern.

 

I purchased colorful snakes, hot-glued them to hairclips and stuck them all through my hair.

[Old Dominion Heather]

Dh and I were Mulder and Scully one year. That was fun. I was a soccer player last year. Dh's best costume ever was Edward Scissorhands.