Do you still dress up for halloween? Will your kids? (if you have 'em)

[LeftyMom]

I got most of what I'm wearing, but my son hasn't figured out for sure what he wants yet. So far he's decided on and then discarded being a pirate and a secret agent (although what he wanted was more of a cat burgler thing than a Bond-esque secret agent.)

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

1. It depends on what I'm doing.

If I just go to the bar, no. If I end up heading to New Paltz, NY, then I'm going as Hunter S. Thompson, since I'll probably be tripping my face off anyway.

[LeftyMom]

4. Makes sense

Be sure to post pics!

[miss_american_pie]

2. The four year old changes his mind every ten minutes

The baby will wear one of the four costumes hanging in his closet.

[LeftyMom]

5. This is the first year for the mind-changing thing.

Normally he gets an impractical idea in his head and sticks with it, like the year he decided to be a scalloped hammerhead shark.

[miss_american_pie]

7. Oh ouch

Did you manage to talk him out of that one?

[LeftyMom]

8. no

You can't see the fins and tail on the back, I don't think but they're there.

[4morewars]

17. LMAO

OMG, that is great ! I can't stop laughing ! A scalloped hammerhead shark.

You MUSt save that picture to show to his date on prom night !

[miss_american_pie]

18. That is adorable

Mom did well.

[Shine]

3. Usually it's the kids, but sometimes we dress up, too. It depends.

It's fun to dress up.
My son got a scary jester mask and my daughter will be an angel, complete with halo.

[LeftyMom]

6. Do they still go door to door?

I'm hoping we graduate to parties soon, myself.

[Shine]

10. Definitely.

the candy is a big plus....I let them have SOME of it for a few days, but normally what I do is have them "trade it in" for something else fun to play with.

My soon-to-be teenager has used a pillowcase for collecting his candy. That's the going thing, these days....

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

11. Pillowcases have been the going thing since I was in middle school,

a dozen or so years ago.

[Shine]

26. LOL!! More bang for your buck, so to speak.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

9. Extra candy at my house

for anyone in a V mask.

[reyd reid reed]

12. I won't dress up...

I tried it a couple of times but since I stay home and man the candy bowl, unless I dress up like Glenda the Good (and we all know how much fun That is), the little kids get scared and then I feel horrible.

My kids all do, though. Except, maybe, the oldest.

Me, I stay home and bake a pumpkin pie, light the fireplace and get hot chocolate ready for when they come home.

[wildhorses]

13. love Halloween....my most favorite holiday...

this year I want to be either the kid in the grudge or red riding hood...but that costume if I get the one I truly want is like close to $200.oo


any ideas on how to do the grudge kid

[mark414]

14. i am going to a halloween party that is costume mandatory

no admittance without a costume...i still need to figure something out

[Broken_Hero]

15. sorta kinda...

I usually wear an abundance of my superman stuff, and when little kids come up dressed up as superman, I donate a lot of "prime" candy to their pails...

[marzipanni]

16. My son gets to wear his costume to school on Halloween

then around the neighborhood in the evening for the annual collection of shugah. Last year, in 5th grade, he was an old lady:

This year he and two friends are dressing up as "hobos", for which they each purchased "hillbilly" teeth, and fake cigarettes that poof powder, at the Halloween store. They each want to carry a bottle of soda in a small paper bag with the neck sticking out just far enough to take an occasional swig!

[Smooth Operator]

20. damn he looks like my Nana

it's uncanny. Maybe the same height too.

[seemunkee]

19. My daughter is working on her costume

Shes going as Alex from A Clockwork Orange.
I've made a hedgehog, viking, banana, Goth cheerleader(Go Bats) and Cubone(Pokemon)costumes for my kids in the past. I've had an idea for several years for a very large dragon costume involving stilts and arm extensions but haven't had any reason to make it. One day I'll do it and just walk around the neighborhood.

[marzipanni]

22. LOL! We had a viking, too!

He was three yrs. old,, and had a metal bowl with horns made of toilet paper tubes fashioned into horns for his helmet.
He's been Pinnochio- (he was one yr. old just before Halloween, so we made a marionette rig with elastic cords in case he needed a little assist staying vertical! We only went to a few friends/neighbors houses), Superman, black cat, ghost, skeleton, mad scientist, nerd, and bat.
I like your idea for a dragon. I was pretty proud of the bat wings I made.
Do you have a dog? A samaller dragon might be easier to make! Dinodog:

[seemunkee]

25. Haven't made a dog costume, but I have made some for hedgehogs

I made knight, dragon, and jester costumes for the hedgehogs.

Here's the hedgehog costume

[AllegroRondo]

21. I do. I love the reactions from the kids.

A couple years ago I was Steve from Blue's Clues. The kids loved that one. Most parents didnt even realize it was a costume until their kids told them.

Last year I just wore a wizard robe, hat, and white beard. One little girl just walked by and said "hello Santa!" too cute.

[Divameow77]

23. My 9 year old

wants to be some character called Jaden from Yu Gi Oh, gosh, how the hell do I do the hair????

[SteppingRazor]

24. Yeah, I still dress up...

Halloween parties are a lot of fun. I did the Mad Hatter a couple years ago, and my girlfriend went as Alice. Can't remember what I did last year -- must've been a good time

[barb162]

27. nope, I just enjoy the kids coming to the door