Challenging Halloween costumes

[ckay87]

Wondering if anyone else has a kid (or WAS a kid) like mine....

Each year in October I swear he comes up with a costume idea just to torture us! Like somewhere somebody told him that this is the time of the year that you can be anything you want...anything. And yet, we always deliver.

One year he was a tree (inspired by the AK walking tree, ever see that?) Stuck branches in a foam vest, built a birds nest, complete with bird, on his hat.

Another, this was my favorite - he was a Playstation 2. Complete with a pile of CDs sewn to his hat (those old freebie AOL CDs came in handy) and both hands became controllers. Not too farfetched.

A train. He was a train.

Static cling.

This year, he will be a toilet. With a head sticking out.

I'm thrilled, really, that he has a creative mind. But I don't! Every year is a challenge to my own creativity and resourcefullness. I'm in Walmart last night measuring the diameter of toilet seats

What's been your greatest halloween challenge??

 

[TheOtherVillainess]

A toilet? He wants to be a toilet? I can't wait to see pics of this.

I knew a kid once who decided he wanted to be Super DooDoo Man. He had on a mustard yellow long sleeve shirt with a black diamond on the chest (think Superman's logo) with a picture of dog poo painted in the center. He wore a brown cape and brown shorts with this outfit. He also had unwrapped and melted a bunch of Tootsie Rolls together so they looked like dog poo, which he threw at 'evildoers'.

TOV

 

[Tazicket]

I was a giraffe one year. If I remember correctly, I decided this about a day or so before Halloween. My folks managed to do a good job on it, though!

 

[almacdonald]

You asked for it...

 

[ckay87]

You asked for it...

Wow!

I can guarantee you he wouldn't like it - too easy - no torture of the mom involved! And I think he wants his head sticking out of the bowl

That's funny, though! I shoulda known there would be one out there!

 

[almacdonald]

Just take the toilet seat off your toilet at home, hang it around his neck, give him a pillow case and shove him out the door! You gotta cut the cord sometime!

JK! I wish my mom was half as creative in the halloween costume department as you are. Post pics of the completed costume please.

On the bright side of dressing up as a toilet, the kid will have TP handy for those houses that give out religious pamphlets and raisins

 

[momsgoofy]

Not very challenging ones, but the last few years it's been my goal for something easy and creative. DH and I went as Deviled Egg and Deviled Ham one year...all white sweats with a yellow "yolk" cutout in the center of the shirt with devil horns, tail and pitchfork...all pink sweats and the devil accessories and a piggy nose. Another year we went as "The Dark Ages" and "The Age of Enlightenment"...all black clothes with the dates of the time period on the front and all white clothes with the time period on the front and a light bulb around the neck.

Several years ago I went as "Miss Trailer Park 2000"...wore gold strappy sandals, suntan hose, teal capri pants, turquoise shirt with fruit on it, a tiara, fake nails and big gaudy jewelry and made a sash with my title on it. The problem with the costume was my hair...very short, so I kept telling everyone that my wig was at Miss Beaulah's Beauty Parlor getting done and I just couldn't get in there and get it. This was loads of fun!!! The same year, DH went as "Count Redneck"...flannel shirt, bib overalls, boots, and a Dracula cape, medallion necklace and makeup. He kept a toothpick in his mouth and every so often would lick his lips and say "Roadkill...yum!" It was a hoot!

Last year I went as a "Redneck Woman"...thank you Gretchen Wilson! I just tied red ribbin around my neck and wore flannel shirt and jeans.

DS is trying to find a cool costume for a high school kid...his band gets to march in costume for a halloween parade. Right now he's debating about dressing up like the HS football coach...not sure...don't want him to get in trouble. He was trying to convince the whole trombone section to do Santa, reindeer, elf, Mrs. Claus and a snowman, but that isn't going anywhere. I'd like to dress him up as a "Chick magnet"..saw it on one of the costumes sites. He'd really like to go as a "Poo Poo Platter", but don't think the school would approve.

I do wanna see a photo of your son with his head coming out of a toilet...too funny!!!

 

[curlybop]

A toilet? Umm, ok.....

Reading these reminded me of this guy and his bizarre costumes:

Paparazzi Costume

 

[phorsenuf]

Well, this year my DS wants to be someone getting a piggyback ride from a squirrel. Last year he was a cowboy riding an ostrich. The year before that he was Dr. Frankensteing riding piggyback on Frankenstein. Can't remember the year before that.

He comes up with some creative ideas and I manage to pull them off. Not sure about the squirrel one yet.

 

[corie161]

I've always wished my kids would be interested in making their own costumes. Some of my best memories are the costumes that we came up with as kids. My kids sooo boring when it comes to costumes, but after reading some of the ideas kids have come up with on here, maybe I should button my lip!

 

[babytrees]

My toughest was when my youngest wanted to be a zebra. spent a lot of time hot gluing.

Youngest was either Mrs. Claus or Little Red Riding Hood one year.

My favorite was the year I went as a shower....long before Ralph Macchio did it in Karate Kid!!

 

[yaytezIOA]

The hardest one we did was for my son two years ago, he was Doctor Octopus from Spiderman

The hardest part was getting the arms to move.

 

[*JoGo*]

My MIL is great with costumes - making them and coming up with ideas.

This year, for school (they dress up as Bible Characters the last Chapel of Oct) ds (6) is going to be Jonah in the Whale. His top half will be Jonah - linen robe, head thing... bottom part will be whale (like bottom of mermaid). I can't wait to get it all together. And I got all the materials on clearance for $1/yd.

Post pics of your son as a toilet!! My ds would think that's a RIOT!!

 

[ntburns22]

This year, he will be a toilet. With a head sticking out.

I'm thrilled, really, that he has a creative mind. But I don't! Every year is a challenge to my own creativity and resourcefullness. I'm in Walmart last night measuring the diameter of toilet seats

What's been your greatest halloween challenge??

A couple years ago my dad ended up getting the day off to go to a Halloween party and he had no costume since it was last minute. His name is John and we made him into a "john'. . We cut a paper plate and cut it like a toliet seat. He wore a roll of TP around his neck like a charm.

 

[disneymac]

A few years ago my dd wanted to be a pterydactyl! That was a challenge for me, but she was very happy with the result!

Two great costumes I've seen were: a friend who dressed as a closet - he put a shower curtain rod across his shoulders and actually hung clothes on it, he also had shoe boxes stacked and attached to his leg! He said it was a pain and he was tired of carrying it all by the end of the night! and the other was a guy walking in a wind storm -he had his jacket sticking out straight behind him, a newspaper stuck to his leg, umbrella turned inside out, tie thrown back over his shoulder - funny costume.

Good luck with the toilet! Pictures please!!

 

[challada]

Gosh OP, your son and my son must have been separated at birth!

I've made him a train costume (Thomas before he was popular) from fabric...

and we had the year of Mr. PotatoHead (w/velcro changable parts that actually went in a pouch on his butt like the real potatohead)....

and we had the NASA astronaut year w/silver sewn costume and awesome helmet (from disney w/the mickey ears cut off)....

oh, and the dental floss year...box w/floss coming across the top...

and last year, we had 'dead mafia guy' w/gunshot wounds.

This year, my DS decided to be "overage/overweight" superhero...so we've got a body suit w/a paunch and a run down superman outfit over it.

I really thought he would want to be the whoopie cushion costume that we saw early on but he said no (probably because you could buy it).

 

[ckay87]

...and the other was a guy walking in a wind storm -he had his jacket sticking out straight behind him, a newspaper stuck to his leg, umbrella turned inside out, tie thrown back over his shoulder - funny costume.

I am totally stealing that next year!!!

Still working on that toilet. I had passed the assignment to DH who is conveniently going out of town for the rest of the week ....

and so I guess I'd better get busy.