I need Halloween costume ideas...

[Bootsy Whoosh]

Hey everyone....I need help coming up with an interesting/creative Halloween costume! (No, I'm not going trick or treating, but I am going to a huge street party at a University, so I hafta have a costume)

Me and my friends usually have a little informal contest to see who has the best costume, but this year I am running low on ideas. It doesn't help that I have a limited budget (I can't spend more than $20 and would prefer to spend much less than that!)

Past years I have been a baseball player (snooze), Marvin the Martian, and a dead mime, so don't suggest those, lol.

Feel free to suggest anything. If I don't have something in my wardrobe, maybe I can get it cheap at a thrift store. Only other concern other than cost is that it will probably be cold out, so I can't have anything too skimpy. Also, please refrain from suggesting anything run-of the mill, like a witch, or a ghost....I am looking for interesting, creative ideas. It doesn't necessarily have to be gory or scary, it can be funny, sick, twisted, dirty (trust me all my friends have warped dirty minds so you won't offend me), etc...

[Kitt]

I promise to give it more thought today. In the meantime, since you have less than 20 bucks to spend, you might want to get a jump on things. Put on bag lady attire--don't give me any politically correct jargon about that term please--and wear a sign that says. "Will work for a halloween costume.'

Another idea, not very inventive but quite cheap, would be "Lady Godiva" without the horse of course. All you would need is a very long wig. Bootsy Godiva has a nice ring to it.

[Kay Scarpetta]

um...I once saw a girl that was the Statue of Liberty...? I dont know how she did it though...

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Nat: Uh....
Jo: I need a clock.
Nat: Uh....
Jo: Mrs. Garrett I'm taking your egg timer.
Mrs G: Uh, okay.
Nat: Jo wait!
Jo: And a fuse, I need a fuse. Oh it's no good, I'll mix up some stuff in the science lab.
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Nat: YES! YES!
Mrs G: WHAT!!
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[Kay Scarpetta]

Originally posted by kittflynn:
Bootsy Godiva has a nice ring to it.

LOL! http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/lol.gif


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"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference"-Blair Warner

"Blanch, you better wake up. My wife will be home any minute"-Dorathy Zbornack from Golden Girls.

"Hey. Just because you put on a little make-up and walk around with a butter knife doesn't make you Tommy Baker"-Sophia Patrillo from Golden Girls

Joyce and Jackie. My 2 sisters...C'mon in have a drink, we don't drink, fascenating!! Meshi!! LMAO and Jackie have you ever seen Tattie in Love?

Jo: A clock.
Nat: Uh....
Jo: I need a clock.
Nat: Uh....
Jo: Mrs. Garrett I'm taking your egg timer.
Mrs G: Uh, okay.
Nat: Jo wait!
Jo: And a fuse, I need a fuse. Oh it's no good, I'll mix up some stuff in the science lab.
Mrs G: What are you making, a bomb? hahaha!
Nat: YES! YES!
Mrs G: WHAT!!
Jo: I'm gonna roll it through their front door and then POW! boy POW! Dead Kawasaki's all over the street!
Mrs G: I take it you didn't get the job. May I have those matches?Please!
Jo: That's right, I DID NOT GET THE JOB! DID ANYBODY MISS THAT? I-DID NOT-GET-THE-JOB! Go ahead Blair, hit me with your best shot, go ahead!
Blair: *silence*
Nat: Oh Blair, you can do better then that!
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Nat: Keep an eye on the mad bomber.
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3 words to the wise...Lisa Whelchel Rocks!

[Love The Facts Of Life]

a nun????(sorry I'm short on ideas)

[Max Whittaker]

It's to bad you can only spend 20 dollars. If you could spare 60 you could go as a Klingon. Aw, maybe you could find it cheaper. Good luck.

[KerriBerri687]

i need help too. im goin a group of six...3 of my friends r bein josie and the pussycats and me and my 2 other friends wanna be sumthin with 3 people too. any ideas? we thought of charlie's angels...but how would that work?

[Bootsy Whoosh]

Originally posted by kittflynn:
I promise to give it more thought today. In the meantime, since you have less than 20 bucks to spend, you might want to get a jump on things. Put on bag lady attire--don't give me any politically correct jargon about that term please--and wear a sign that says. "Will work for a halloween costume.'


LOL, I like that idea...

(and I'm not politically correct all the time, and if it seems overbearing or something, I'm sorry, and feel free to call me on it if it bothers you)

[Bootsy Whoosh]

Originally posted by Blair n' Jo Rock:
i need help too. im goin a group of six...3 of my friends r bein josie and the pussycats and me and my 2 other friends wanna be sumthin with 3 people too. any ideas? we thought of charlie's angels...but how would that work?

Charlie's Angels would be pretty easy...just raid your mom's closet or go to a thrift store and find 70s looking clothes. Biggest problem as I see it would be your hair, and also, people might not know who you are unless you tell them, and that's never any fun.

hmmmm...a group of three....we should be able to come up with something. Does it have to be 3 girls, or can it be either sex?

[the_biggest_nancy_fanatic]

jinny exstead!!!that is real easy..all ya gotta do is get black clothes,2 guys on each arm,and a couple of beer bottles lol.....hehehe..i tink dats what i'ma gonna do

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JO:yeah i'm in a rush i'll just have a donut
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[Kitt]

No, Bootsy, I was only ribbing you about the politically correct. You're the opposite of that, because you have a good grasp of what the meaning of freedom speach is.

I'm still trying to expand my mind about the costume, but it seems that Bootsy Godiva keeps clogging my train of thought. She's not easy to out do.

Why were you a baseball player, by the way.

[lesliem14]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Bootsy Whoosh:
[B]but I am going to a huge street party at a University[B}[QUOTE]

Hmm, You once said you thought you knew where I went to school at. Could it be that you are a mere 40 minutes down the road from me? Just wondering because one university around here has quite a reputation in these parts around Halloween! By the way, I don't have any halloween costume ideas for you. I'm not too original in that aspect.

[Kay Scarpetta]

Originally posted by the_biggest_nancy_fanatic:
jinny exstead!!!that is real easy..all ya gotta do is get black clothes,2 guys on each arm,and a couple of beer bottles lol.....hehehe..i tink dats what i'ma gonna do



LOL!



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Joyce n Jackie..ma other sistas, Meshi, Merry Birthday, and Look at Tattie in Luv!!

[Bootsy Whoosh]

Originally posted by kittflynn:
Why were you a baseball player, by the way.

I was a baseball player because it was the first year I ever went, and I delayed getting a costume, and I could make a baseball player from clothes I already had. I just wore black sweatpants, and White Sox jersey, White Sox hat, and a glove, which was very easy and cost nothing, but was also very boring. My favorite costume so far has been Marvin the Martian.

Originally posted by lesliem14:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Bootsy Whoosh:
[B]but I am going to a huge street party at a University[B}[QUOTE]

Hmm, You once said you thought you knew where I went to school at. Could it be that you are a mere 40 minutes down the road from me? Just wondering because one university around here has quite a reputation in these parts around Halloween!

Well either I am a mere 40 minutes away, for we are neighbors and don't know it. But I would say that we are certainly in the same state. http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/wink.gif I don't, however, go to said University with said reputation. Ya though I must travel through the valley of boredom and the forest of sleepiness to get there.



[This message has been edited by Bootsy Whoosh (edited 10-12-2001).]

[ChickOnHockeySkates185]

Originally posted by Blair n' Jo Rock:
i need help too. im goin a group of six...3 of my friends r bein josie and the pussycats and me and my 2 other friends wanna be sumthin with 3 people too. any ideas? we thought of charlie's angels...but how would that work?

omg me and my friends are josie and the ***** cats!! im the bad one though i was orignally gonna be josie but things changed http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/frown.gif

[Kitt]

The Old Navy spokeslady. She wears big glasses. Those are free at the library or the thrift store-almost. She has an odd speaking voice that you could learn to impersonate. Wear Old Navy clothes including your cargo pants. You could stencil 'Spokeslady beneath Old Navy on your t-shirt, for a hint. If people ask who you're supposed to be, you would answer with your best impersonation. Then, hopefully, they would laugh and say, "Oh! Hey! That's pretty good!"

[JoPol_wannabe]

I got it goes as an old person all you have to do is buy an old person mask and go to your grandparents and use some of there clothes if you can fit into them and use there cane. Me and my friend did this once and we went to her grandma's and when she saw us she was just rolling on the floor laughing.

[This message has been edited by JoPol_wannabe (edited 10-12-2001).]

[Bootsy Whoosh]

Hehehe....yeah the old person is always an option....only I don't have grandparents...me and friends did dress up as old ladies once (I don't remember where we got the clothes) We thought it was really funny, but there are a ton of old people in my neighborhood, and I don't think they liked it much. They kept asking us if we were school teachers...we wree like "...um...yeah...teachers" lol

The Old Navy lady is a good idea also....problem is, it's been so long since she's done an Old Navy commercial, I can't really remember what she sounds like!

[Ags2000]

You could always go as a bum. Get some old clothes and just mess your hair up some. Then get a brown paper sack and put a bottle in in. There you go.

D

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Nat: What are bananas doing on a Palm Tree?
Blair: The bird needed something to sit on. Besides, I wanted a splash of color.
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[Bootsy Whoosh]

Yeah, I think the bum/bag lady idea is the front runner at this moment, along with a "Will work for Halloween costume" sign.

But feel free to continue suggesting things, thanks alot to everyone who has so far!

[Kitt]

I'm so easily flattered. If you decide to use the sign carrying lady, I hope it turns out fun for you and everyone else. When I picture someone doing that, it does make me laugh.

I asked people everywhere I went today if they were familiar with the Old Navy spokeslady. They all were. It would be fun if you could pull that one off but even if you did master the impersonation, folks might be slow on the uptake, and that would be frustrating.

[Meg07945]

I went as Britney Spears last year...it was pretty fun but I kept my jacket on the whole night and so nobody knew who I was http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/frown.gif

ok so some of my friends
have had some pretty wacky ideas...
andrew went as a cereal killer last year...It was great, he had a big cheerios box and then like a big plastic butcher's knife and then melody went was like frosted flakes with big red "blood" everywhere. it was great!

what else?! umm...
I've gone as the brady bunch mom...LOl that was great...ummm.... well if I think of any ideas, I'll tell ya

[coily2]

Ahhh, I had some of my best costumes in college and they barely cost anything:

A bed sheet became a toga

A robe, some crumbled up kleenex, a little bit blush on the end of my nose, and bed hair became "Someone who was sick"

I had a really creative roommate who sewed us all dresses out of $10 worth of fabric and we were all 20's style flappers.

A $10 cloak gave me a ton of uses - I was elvira in it once, I was a ghoul in it once

And of course, hobo/bum is always a failsafe option.

[Ags2000]

Another costume I dress up as alot because it is cheap for me, is a Sheriff from the west way back when. I put on my wranglers, boots, a flannel shirt, and my western hat. The only thing I have to buy is the toy gun, cuffs, badge etc... at Wal-mart or where ever because I always give the toys to whatever kid I take trick-or-treating.

I dressed up in western wear alot for halloween in my first couple of years for Halloween.

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Blair: Well, how do you like my tree?
Nat: What are bananas doing on a Palm Tree?
Blair: The bird needed something to sit on. Besides, I wanted a splash of color.
Jo: You want color? Shoot the bird!

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[factsoflife]

A few ideas:

i'm going as Calastia Flockharte, while she's in character as ALLY MCBEAL! i'm going to wear a really short skirt suite, high heels and get a short blonde wig! and i'll pretend to trip and stuff!

also what about:

Blair Warner- wear a school girls uniform and blonde wig, and act snobby!

lucy ricardo- red hair and annoying laugh!

or macy grey- ugly clothes and talk in a nasaly voice! http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/lol.gif



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Andy- Yep, Sexy lingerie that's you, that's what i named you.
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[cara hates eggsit]

You should be a thug! me and my friends r goin to a halloween dance as thugs we r called the gpl's you just need boxers baggy pants with one pant leg up a wife beater a big sweatshirt a bandana and you gotta be iced out

[Warm & Fuzzy]

Originally posted by the_biggest_nancy_fanatic:
jinny exstead!!!that is real easy..all ya gotta do is get black clothes,2 guys on each arm,and a couple of beer bottles lol.....hehehe..i tink dats what i'ma gonna do

AHAHAHA!!! you crack me up! Ahh! I'm having stomach cramps....

hmm... how old are you? Male or female....because if you were like a 300 year old male, I wouldn't tell you to dress up in a pink dress and become a princess.... http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/smile.gifj/k

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[Warm & Fuzzy]

I take back what I said before..it sounded kind of mean...

[Acting Girl 19]

Hillbilly. All you have to do is find bluejeans that you don't wear any more cut them for the frayed look and make them shorts or if you have frayed bluejeanshorts wear them, a peasant shirt,put your hair in goofy pigtails, color some of your teeth black(optional), and talk with a hillbilly accent.

[Acting Girl 19]

Originally posted by Blair n' Jo Rock:
i need help too. im goin a group of six...3 of my friends r bein josie and the pussycats and me and my 2 other friends wanna be sumthin with 3 people too. any ideas? we thought of charlie's angels...but how would that work?

can one of you be a boy? If ya can The threes Company people. Jack Janit and Crissy or which ever blond you want.

[tonicapollo]

how about a shot up and beat up osama bin laden lol

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[ChickOnHockeySkates185]

Originally posted by cara hates eggsit:
You should be a thug! me and my friends r goin to a halloween dance as thugs we r called the gpl's you just need boxers baggy pants with one pant leg up a wife beater a big sweatshirt a bandana and you gotta be iced out

sweet me2!! ive already changed from josie n pussycats to that! i told my friends and they were like wtf so im going with my other friends


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[LADY LOVES FREDDIE]

YES! tonicapollo lol , that would win prizes I bet! get a standing ovation.Good idea Id like to see someone wear that one.

[Bootsy Whoosh]

Hey my friend came up with a cute idea....Mrs. Buttersworth! I think this would be pretty easy to do...just need brown clothes and an apron...my problem is...I am white, and I know there is sort of a taboo against wearing "blackface". What do you all think? I mean after all, it wouldn't be just blackface...I'd have to put makeup on my ears, and neck too. Do you think that would be bad? I know some people put on "blackface" when they dress up as a Klingon.

The other thing I thought of....the Pillsbury Dough Boy. All white clothes, a little white scarf, white face make-up, and a chef's hat.

[the_biggest_nancy_fanatic]

Originally posted by Jo's the bomb:
Originally posted by the_biggest_nancy_fanatic:
jinny exstead!!!that is real easy..all ya gotta do is get black clothes,2 guys on each arm,and a couple of beer bottles lol.....hehehe..i tink dats what i'ma gonna do

AHAHAHA!!! you crack me up! Ahh!
I'm having stomach cramps....

hmm... how old are you? Male or female....because if you were like a 300 year old male, I wouldn't tell you to dress up in a pink dress and become a princess.... http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/smile.gifj/k


lol!!!!! i'm 14 and female lol...and the biggest nancy fanatic lol...i am gonna do that i think...i already have the guys picked out hehehahhaha


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JO:*laughin*
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Jinny:i can coddle(yes it is coddle not cuddle)
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[Kitt]

If you were playing say, Aretha Franklin, you might get snarled at for the "blackface" but Mrs. Butterworth should be no problem.
Pillsbury doughboy? Could you tolerate being expected to giggle each time someone poked you in the belly. I've always felt an urge to smother the little guy with a pillow. Didn't TJ share an article with us about the demise of the Pillsbury doughboy?

[Bootsy Whoosh]

I'm not sure if TJ did or not, but last night while I was looking on the 'net for pictures of Mrs. Buttersworth, I found a funny website that said he died of a yeast infection, lol. Mrs. Buttersworth and other food celebrities attended his funeral.

Yes, I have thought about having to giggle everytime someone touched me. I also though about going as a dead Pillsbury Dough Boy.

I think my first choice would be Mrs. Buttersworth though....does anyone else have any opinions about the blackface thing? I'm still a little nervous about it.

[Love The Facts Of Life]

Yeah TJ did it sounds like the Ms.Butterwoths thing he died of yeast infection also http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/frown.gif it was really funny it was ALONG time ago though when like NOBODY came here.

[Kitt]

BOOTSY?...Will you tell us what you decided on and how it went?

[Ags2000]

Yea Bootsy, what did you finally go as? I went as an injured college student on crutches, since I was anyway.

D

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[Bootsy Whoosh]

Well, I went as Krillin. Who the hell is that you say? He's a character from Dragon Ball Z (a japanese cartoon on Toonami). He's kind of like a martial artist. I don't like the show all that much, but my boyfriend and roommate love it, hence I have seen many an episode.

I was sitting at my computer the night before I had to get my costume, mulling over the things I had seen in the thrift store and what I wanted to be. I had seen one of those bald cap things, and was thinking, ok, who could I go as that is bald? I thought, well Krillin is bald....also, all the Dragon Ball Z characters wear orange jumpsuits, and I already had orange pants and an orange shirt. So all I needed to make the costume was a bald cap, and I needed to make little kanji symbols on my back and chest, which I just drew on felt and safety pinned to my shirt. Total cost of the costume was about 8 bucks. (I had to get the bald cap, felt, some black fabric for a sash and armbands, and I made flesh-colored sleeves (since this was an outdoor party and it was cold) out of fleece).

It was pretty cool, there were a few other Dragon Ball Z characters at the street party, and they'd yell "KRILLIN!" at me while thrusting their arms in the air. But then again I also got alot of "What the hell is that?" http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/lol.gif