Halloween Costume

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

woman took poster board, placed post-it notes on it and wore it like a sandwich board, tied a red ribbon in her hair and one around her finger. had on a black turtle neck and black pants underneath.

Ok, I'm trying to picture this but can't figure out -- what is she?

Other easy-to-make last-minute ones are: dress all in green, cut out construction paper "p"s and attach them all over you, put black makeup in a big circle around one eye, you're a "black-eyed pea"; get a package of those mini-cereal boxes, empty them, pierce them with plastic knives (some red paint for added effect is nice), attach them to your shirt, carry one big cereal box with a big knife, you're a "serial killer" (my husband was a big hit at a party one time when I put this together for him).

[Taualumna]

People at my office don't go all out...a couple of witches, a pirate or two a toilet papered mummy.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by Taualumna

People at my office don't go all out...a couple of witches, a pirate or two a toilet papered mummy.

Which reminds me of this, from the Darwin Awards people:

"CONFIRMED DARWIN AWARD: Mummy Says, Don't Smoke
"Another Incentive to Kick the Habit"

For Halloween 1998, a Canadian man dressed as a mummy by wrapping
himself from head to toe in fluffy cotton batting. The cotton was
taped at the wrists and ankles, and white gloves and running shoes
completed his ensemble. As the mummy waited for his girlfriend
to dress for pictures, he carelessly lit a cigarette...
and the fluffy cotton burst into flames.

The reason for flame-retardant costumes became clear.

Firefighters arrived within minutes, yet already the mummy costume
was reduced to ashes, right down to the white coveralls underneath.
The man kept repeating, "It's my fault." He was taken to Soldier's
Memorial Hospital with 2nd and 3rd degree burns, where he died.

http://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1998-11.html"

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Which reminds me of this, from the Darwin Awards people:

"CONFIRMED DARWIN AWARD: Mummy Says, Don't Smoke
"Another Incentive to Kick the Habit"

For Halloween 1998, a Canadian man dressed as a mummy by wrapping
himself from head to toe in fluffy cotton batting. The cotton was
taped at the wrists and ankles, and white gloves and running shoes
completed his ensemble. As the mummy waited for his girlfriend
to dress for pictures, he carelessly lit a cigarette...
and the fluffy cotton burst into flames.

The reason for flame-retardant costumes became clear.

Firefighters arrived within minutes, yet already the mummy costume
was reduced to ashes, right down to the white coveralls underneath.
The man kept repeating, "It's my fault." He was taken to Soldier's
Memorial Hospital with 2nd and 3rd degree burns, where he died.

http://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1998-11.html"

Ouch

Originally Posted by Taualumna

People at my office don't go all out...a couple of witches, a pirate or two a toilet papered mummy.

@ my office Im the only one who dressed up. There are 16 people in my office. No-fun-having-old-farts!