Halloween
is one of my favorite holidays. I love the excitement of getting dressed up and
going out to parties to hang out with friends. I am not into cliché costumes,
but I like to come up with creative, one of a kind ensembles. This means I generally
stay away from packaged costumes store-bought costumes or I at least modify and
embellish them to suit my own needs. I’ve had some great ideas and a lot of fun
making them happen.
This year
my costume is a tongue twister, She Sells Sea Shells by the Sea Shore. I am
wearing beachcomber attire complete with my Sea Shell bucket/purse. I hot glued
dozens of seashells to an ice cream bucket and placed a price tag on the
outside. It is definitely an original and a hilarious play on my name.
The seashell
bucket took a lot of time to make, but there is plenty you can do if you do not
have time. One idea I’ll share is Balls to the Wall. You can stick several
small balls—golf, tennis, ping pong, etc.— to a shirt and stand by a wall all
night. You could also be a Steam Pot or Just Letting off Some Steam. Just dress
in a silver body suit with decorated pillbox style hat and decorate one arm for
the handle. Another simple idea is to wear an orange shirt with a pi symbol and
you’ll be pumpkin pie. These types of ideas are great for people who do not necessarily
like dressing up for Halloween because they don’t like taking the effort. One
year I decided I would be Annie Oakley, even though in hindsight I don’t think
I looked like the gunslinger. I put on a flowy gauze brown skirt and a denim
corset top. I found a cowboy hat at the last minute and I was good to go. The
trick to a good Halloween costume is to come up with a plan and stick to it.
Because I told people I was Annie Oakley no one questioned me.
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