A friend and I are going to be these lil guys. Costume’s are almost done, they are silly as hell.

The last costume I did years ago was somewhat-sexy bowser and it ruled. I somehow came across a plastic Ninja Turtles shell with straps that probably came from a costume at a thrift store. I spray painted it and made the spikes and everything, I still have that thing because it came out so good

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    One time I dressed up as The Crow, like OG movie crow. Practiced for days on the makeup, learned how to use liquid latex and some toilet paper to make fake bullet wounds, wrapped myself up in some black duct tape (which was hot as hell and SUCKED to take off lol) and got some black clothes. Lost in a costume contest to a dude in a blue shirt and premade Steve from Minecraft helmet and I’m still mad about it

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      Lost in a costume contest to a dude in a blue shirt and premade Steve from Minecraft helmet and I’m still mad about it

      I would have drunkenly booed him on your behalf, that’s BULLSHIT

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      That happened to me in a costume contest in school. I spent hours making my costume look great, everything made from scratch, and I lost to some guy wearing a werewolf mask

      That might’ve been the last year I put that much effort into a costume lol

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        It’s the WORST, I for sure haven’t put that much effort in since. Looking back though it was at least fun putting it together and getting to wear it. Plus my kid’s old enough we’ll have fun making some kick ass costumes together.

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    I’m dressing up as a worker. I’m gonna show up at my workplace and it’ll be a real funny joke and instead of candy I’ll walk away with like $100

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    This year: the corgi is WInnie the Pooh and the terrier is Eeyore, partner is Tigger and I’m Rabbit.

    Favorite costume ever: the most excited I’ve ever been about a costume was when my folks bought me an MK2 Scorpion costume as a kid. It was fuckin rad

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    My coworkers wanted to go bar crawling, so I’m going as a worker bee. Bee pyjamas + my work boots + a Soviet labour medal. I don’t like holidays but it will at least be nice to get angry about greenspace in a way that’s more unfiltered than on the job.

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      Okay that’s really cute I love it haha. Also I thought you said “greenpeace” and was confused. Do you mean greenspace in terms of environmentalism?

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          ohhh yeah, I think you were someone who was working on a community gardening project or something? You should make seed bombs and toss them about on the bar crawl

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            If the plants still have seed pods on them I plan to do that with one of our milkweeds, Asclepias tuberosa. It’s the only one that the city won’t pull on sight so I want people planting it everywhere.

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      I mean if you’re queer you don’t need to dress up for halloween because your outfits are probably on point every day sooooo

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    Last year I was a tanuki. I got into a fight with a gas station attendant and the leaf on top of my head kept bobbing back and forth while I was yelling at him. That was really funny.

    This year I’m going as a guy who’s washing dishes until midnight as a side job while my wife is home sick and pregnant.

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    I didn’t prepare ahead of time enough to do one of the DPRK-Pop Demon Hunters, and all the best sexy costumes you grab off the shelf (you know awesome shit like sexy bubble bee or sexy strawberry) were probably hit hard by tariffs, so I’m probably going to have to do something horrible like wear an outfit twice.

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      I would love to see that costume idea come to life lol. So niche

      Doubling up on costumes is environmentally conscious I support. As long as you have like a year or two between wearing it, you’re good in my book. I really wanna re-do of my bowser because I love the shell so much

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      Cute! The town I moved to seems not to be very holiday-oriented and it kinda sucks. I LOVE walking around looking at decorations, so it’s cool that y’all get really into it.

      Story time: I remember one Halloween I was one of the spys from Spy vs Spy. I was in like 4th or 5th grade and I had a big mask that limited my vision and a trench coat. Approached this house where at the top of the driveway there was a witch passing out candy behind a table,with a prop fridge that was open with fake brains and stuff inside, and along the driveway were full sized mannuquins of Freddy/Jason/Michael. My friends and I went up to get candy, and as we walked away one monster jumped out from behind the fridge door and the rest of the “mannequins” ended up being actors that chased us down the driveway. I couldn’t see and my trenchcoat was rubbing on my pants so it sounded like footsteps behind me lol. I booked it to the end of the block before realizing they weren’t chasing me

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        Hahaha! That rules! I wish I had a bunch of pals to play mannequin with. That’s a lovely Halloween memory, I’ll be happy if I can make some for the kids who come visit us.

        Hopefully your town gets some Halloween cheer soon! 🎃

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    Handing out full size, vegan candies. I have a red robe/smoking jacket, so I do kind of a “lounge devil” character with a snidely whiplash mustache drawn on with an eyebrow pencil, a cigarette holder, a martini, and little devil horns. Probably gonna put the friendly little dog on a plastic “big heavy chain” and have him greet treaters with me

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      Yeah makes sense, the commercialism is pretty gross. I’ve noticed over time that it seems stores have slowly started putting out their holiday decorations earlier and earlier. Like I started seeing Christmas decorations in stores a month ago. THERE IS NO NEED FOR THAT.

      I think I really enjoy holidays because I had a fucked up childhood but Christmas and Halloween were always cool where my parents and family acted normal and gave me attention. So I get a lot of nostalgia and love decorations. Hearing Mariah Carey Christmas songs all December in every public space makes me want to commit horrific crimes, though