Halloween costumes

[bigpern23]

OK, so I'm going to a Halloween party in a few weeks and everyone's dressing up. Yeah, it's childish and all that, but it should be fun, so I'm going to do it.

I think I'm going to go as Maximus from "Gladiator," though finding the right armor for the costume on my salary is proving difficult.

Anyway, I thought I'd start this thread as an all-purpose place for costume ideas, tips and shopping advice for anyone else who's having trouble letting go of their youth.

If anyone has any idea where I can find roman gladiator chestplate for cheap, let me know. Otherwise, let's hear your costume ideas.

 

[EStreetJoe]

Very cheap Halloween costume idea that will work if you remember the 70s....

Go as the "unknown comic" - just cut two holes in a paper bag, put it over your head and tell really bad jokes.

 

[21]

I think I'm going to go as Maximus from "Gladiator," though finding the right armor for the costume on my salary is proving difficult.

So....your kid comes home begging for this gladiator costume for halloween:

Do you kill yourself? Blame his mother for letting him play with dolls? Send the kid to military school?

 

[Clever username]

OK, so I'm going to a Halloween party in a few weeks and everyone's dressing up. Yeah, it's childish and all that, but it should be fun, so I'm going to do it.

I think I'm going to go as Maximus from "Gladiator," though finding the right armor for the costume on my salary is proving difficult.

Anyway, I thought I'd start this thread as an all-purpose place for costume ideas, tips and shopping advice for anyone else who's having trouble letting go of their youth.

If anyone has any idea where I can find roman gladiator chestplate for cheap, let me know. Otherwise, let's hear your costume ideas.

Hope you have the required musculature to fill out said Gladiator costume.

And you can't go wrong with Death. He's my go-to. Of course, the mask cost more than 50 bucks, so I am trying to get my money's worth.

 

[EStreetJoe]

And you can't go wrong with Death. He's my go-to. Of course, the mask cost more than 50 bucks, so I am trying to get my money's worth.

Wear it in the office. ;D

 

[Smallpotatoes]

Very cheap Halloween costume idea that will work if you remember the 70s....

Go as the "unknown comic" - just cut two holes in a paper bag, put it over your head and tell really bad jokes.

I was the Duke of Ditties, the Prince of Puns, the Wizzard of Whoopee once.
My other favorite that I did was one the Gumby characters from Monty Python's Flying Circus: a handkirchief on my head, Hitler mustache, pants above the belly button, walked around with my fists clenched by my sides.
In college I had two friends who went as a siamese abortion. It was disgusting, but also kind of funny.

 

[Buck]

Nobody around here has had a Halloween party in a few years, but I love Halloween.
A few good costumes I've done:
Mr. Kotter
The Unibomber (the Halloween before he got caught)
Lisa 'Left-Eye' Lopez
Babatunde Olatunji

Also, Ché Guevara is a good standby. That was my Halloween costume four years in a row in college.

 

[dooley_womack1]

What, the costume shop ran out of Marx?

 

[EStreetJoe]

A Halloween costume a co-worker used over a decade ago. He enlarged a photocopy of another co-worker's column logo until it was big enough to wear as a mask and then went to the office Halloween party that year as that co-worker (several years later the person who would host the party stopped hosting and the party stopped as well).

 

[Batman]

I think I'm going to go as Maximus from "Gladiator," though finding the right armor for the costume on my salary is proving difficult.

Do you like gladiator movies, bigpern?

A few from a costume party we had a couple years ago:
- Pregnant nun
- Johnny Journalist (superhero costume with a utility belt made entirely of newspaper)
- The Incredible Hulk (mine...I just wore a white T-shirt, ripped it a little, and cut up the bottom of some purple sweat pants. And painted myself green from head to toe. Whole thing cost me about $10 or $15)

 

[Cadet]

My mother and I don't get along much, but damn could that woman make some great costumes.

I've been Alice in Wonderland, a blue M&M, Cat in the Hat, Miss Scarlett from Clue, and when I was really little, a cheerleader for Local High. All the costumes were store-bought quality.

 

[Claws for Concern]

How about going to the party as an unemployed journalist. It's the wave of the future!

 

[Buck]

If I were going to a Halloween party this year, which I'm not, I'd go as Kibakichi.

 

[Cadet]

How about going to the party as an unemployed journalist. It's the wave of the future!

How 'bout as a BLOGGER?

 

[Fubar]

I'm taking a risk this year, and have my backup costume all ready in case this one doesn't work out.

Here's my costume for Halloween...

I'm going to grow my hair out a bit and then color it a brownish yellow color.
I will also wear an oversized, starched white button down shirt.
Over the shirt, I will wear a grey suit, no tie.

When I get to the party, I'm going to spend a lot of time in the kitchen near a plate of cookies. When people ask me who I am, I will say, "We'll get to that in a minute..."

I will then pull out a huge collection of white paper featuring raunchy chat transcripts and begin asking them questions about their online chat names and why they are actually at the party. I will ask them if they're there for 'Sexsh'.

Later, I'll introduce myself as Chris Hansen from Dateline NBC and then let them know that I'm doing a program about adults who visit teens for sex. I'll ask them if they have anything else to say. Afterwards, I'll let them know that they're free to go.

I'm actually kind of excited, because I pretty much have his voice down pat. I think this costume would be doable even if you didn't have the voice down. The key is reading off various raunchy chat transcripts and/or possibly showing pictures of the guy with a parrot on his wiener.

 

[Bubbler]

Forget the costumes, what kind of candy do you buy to give to the Trick-or-Treaters?

**** candy, its rolls of pennies, peanuts, and individually wrapped Now & Laters in my neighborhood. That'll teach you to come on my property, you little asswipes!

Seriously, though, I might go with bite size Milky Way's or something.

Hey Detroiters, got your Devil's Night arson building picked out yet?

 

[Oz]

Once I had a Steelers clock that got blown down by a strong wind gust. Didn't work after that, but I put it to work -- got a lanyard, attached the clock to it and wore it around my neck like Flavor Flav. Already the sweatpants and the Steelers jersey to make that theme work. Got a crazy, glittery jesters hat for $3, stupid sunglasses for $2 and a baby bottle to sip my Dr Pepper from all night (twisting off the top of course, because otherwise I couldn't guzzle it).

I wouldn't mind doing that one again sometime now that I'm around a new group of people.

 

[pallister]

I see that kinda get-up every Sunday in the bar.

 

[BYH]

Once I had a Steelers clock that got blown down by a strong wind gust. Didn't work after that, but I put it to work -- got a lanyard, attached the clock to it and wore it around my neck like Flavor Flav. Already the sweatpants and the Steelers jersey to make that theme work. Got a crazy, glittery jesters hat for $3, stupid sunglasses for $2 and a baby bottle to sip my Dr Pepper from all night (twisting off the top of course, because otherwise I couldn't guzzle it).

I wouldn't mind doing that one again sometime now that I'm around a new group of people.

VH-1's newest celebreality show: The Wizard of Oz.

Oh, and I'd go as your mom. [/Clubber]

 

[dooley_womack1]

Here's a site that offers some possibilities, mostly for the women, some of them NSFW:

http://fresh99.com/sexy-halloween-costumes.htm