The title says it all!
I'll be dressing up like a Maple Tree. (long story) And yes, there will be pictures.
I'll be dressing up like a Maple Tree. (long story) And yes, there will be pictures.
What will you be dressing yourself up as for Halloween?
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For the last few years, I've been dressing as the Tardis-- Tardis T-shirt, hat, gloves, and boots.
This year, I thought about changing it up and getting a Supernatural shirt and necklace.
This year, I thought about changing it up and getting a Supernatural shirt and necklace.
I'll be dressing in my bedsheets and play dead 
No, seriousely: though it is a public holiday in Bavaria it's not a funny one but a very serious day of mourning and remembering dead friends and family members. Loud music and public dances are forbidden and even the radio stations play serene music.
We have carnival a full 3 months, from Nov 11th to Pancake Tuedsay, so we can easily dispense with that one day.
No, seriousely: though it is a public holiday in Bavaria it's not a funny one but a very serious day of mourning and remembering dead friends and family members. Loud music and public dances are forbidden and even the radio stations play serene music.
We have carnival a full 3 months, from Nov 11th to Pancake Tuedsay, so we can easily dispense with that one day.
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I'll be ignoring it as normal.
Halloween has historically been an extremely minor event in the U.K. - if marked at all outside pagan circles, it was probably by showing a horror film on T.V.
In the last couple of decades, the American celebration seems to have caught on somewhat and there might be a couple of knocks on the door, and Strictly Come Dancing has a theme night, but that's about it.
Halloween has historically been an extremely minor event in the U.K. - if marked at all outside pagan circles, it was probably by showing a horror film on T.V.
In the last couple of decades, the American celebration seems to have caught on somewhat and there might be a couple of knocks on the door, and Strictly Come Dancing has a theme night, but that's about it.
I thought it was a big thing in the USA but had its origins from All Hallows' Eve (British/Pagan).
For me I love the food. The last five or so years I so enjoy making crazy themed dishes. Eyeballs and rats and zombie fingers. Bats and cats!! I buy a pumpkin which costs a lot here (off season Australia). Decorate etc. However mostly nobody trick or treats so it's really just regular house party time. Neighbours and friends.
For me I love the food. The last five or so years I so enjoy making crazy themed dishes. Eyeballs and rats and zombie fingers. Bats and cats!! I buy a pumpkin which costs a lot here (off season Australia). Decorate etc. However mostly nobody trick or treats so it's really just regular house party time. Neighbours and friends.
Every other year or so some kid will come knocking on my door (I live in an apartment building), and one year I actually did happen to have some candy around so I gave them some. I don't usually bother with anything special, though.
Halloween is on Wednesday this year, so I'll be watching Survivor on TV and dressed normally.
Halloween is on Wednesday this year, so I'll be watching Survivor on TV and dressed normally.
I'll be dressing up as Daenerys Targaryen, and I'm debating if I should put a dragon costume on my little kitty.
I've got all my chocolates already, I like to give out full size bars so I buy boxes from Gordon's. I have 198 right now so I think I have plenty, I only give one per child.
I've got all my chocolates already, I like to give out full size bars so I buy boxes from Gordon's. I have 198 right now so I think I have plenty, I only give one per child.
I'd love to take part more in Helloween, but I haven't since I was a young teen.
It didn't help that my first spouse was very religious and thought of it the way most evangelical christians do, so we did not participate in handing out candy, whatsoever.
I'll probably do what I usually do: turn off the lights and hide.
Had yesterday been Halloween, I guess I would have been going as a blue LED. Blue hat and black everything below that.
It didn't help that my first spouse was very religious and thought of it the way most evangelical christians do, so we did not participate in handing out candy, whatsoever.
I'll probably do what I usually do: turn off the lights and hide.
Had yesterday been Halloween, I guess I would have been going as a blue LED. Blue hat and black everything below that.
I would like to go as the Invisible Man...
We live in a small town so it is still a big thing, Halloween party at the church with a pot luck soup dinner and lots of trick or treaters later. No fear of the neighbors....kids can still have fun. Although there is this scary old abandoned haunted house on the edge of town.......and the local ghost stories....that everyone swears are true. Hecate the witch, The hanging witch tree, The old grave robbers grave.
We live in a small town so it is still a big thing, Halloween party at the church with a pot luck soup dinner and lots of trick or treaters later. No fear of the neighbors....kids can still have fun. Although there is this scary old abandoned haunted house on the edge of town.......and the local ghost stories....that everyone swears are true. Hecate the witch, The hanging witch tree, The old grave robbers grave.
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I won’t be participating. Though the castle is doing a spooky event that the kids want to go to. The nearby steam railway has a Halloween theme on when we go for the kids birthdays, they usually have a train hiding in the tunnel, lit up and decorated with ghoulish figures, it’s quite effective and atmospheric in the smoke filled tunnel. The real railway station also does a spooky tour of its abandoned sections that I’m hoping to see this year. The kids go trick or treating and we’ll answer the door to trick or treaters, but I won’t dress up. There is already an aisle in the super markets full of orange and purple tat that I’m under pressure to buy.
I like ghosts, and stories of witches. My old local pub and favourite haunt was a stopping off point for a witch’s last earthly drink before the trudge up Gallows Hill. But Halloween just annoys me for some reason.
And Halloween, trick or treat, seems to have superceded another English tradition at this time of year. Penny for the Guy, and the community bon fire, have passed in to obscurity, which is a real shame. It was much more fun. Potatoes cooked in foil under a massive fire with a burning effigy on top. Great stuff. And the fire works.
I like ghosts, and stories of witches. My old local pub and favourite haunt was a stopping off point for a witch’s last earthly drink before the trudge up Gallows Hill. But Halloween just annoys me for some reason.
And Halloween, trick or treat, seems to have superceded another English tradition at this time of year. Penny for the Guy, and the community bon fire, have passed in to obscurity, which is a real shame. It was much more fun. Potatoes cooked in foil under a massive fire with a burning effigy on top. Great stuff. And the fire works.
Pancake Tuesday sounds intriguing. I'm pro-pancake.
Pancake Tuesday. I don't know how I'll supposed to feel about maple syrup since I'll be a Maple Tree. 
Dammit. How'd you know? Spies everywhere!
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On a more serious note: I'm still trying to figure out what to do for the leaves. Brown fabric to cover my torso. Black leggings for the roots. A brown long sleeve shirt for the branches... and then the leaves.
That's where I'm stuck. I have to put something on my arms. And I have to put on a headpiece... unless I dye my hair green or get a green wig. But what works as leaves?
EDIT: Yes. I won't just look ridiculous. I'll look extremely ridiculous. But that's what I'm going for. The zanier and more over-the-top, the better.
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Dammit. How'd you know? Spies everywhere!
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On a more serious note: I'm still trying to figure out what to do for the leaves. Brown fabric to cover my torso. Black leggings for the roots. A brown long sleeve shirt for the branches... and then the leaves.
That's where I'm stuck. I have to put something on my arms. And I have to put on a headpiece... unless I dye my hair green or get a green wig. But what works as leaves?
EDIT: Yes. I won't just look ridiculous. I'll look extremely ridiculous. But that's what I'm going for. The zanier and more over-the-top, the better.
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Lace or mesh cut into leaf shapes? Varying colors of green and brown and red and orange?
You could also get them to keep some form with something thin but more rigid (just not "pokey" like pipe cleaners or straight-up wire). Rolled duct tape or similar, maybe?
You could also get them to keep some form with something thin but more rigid (just not "pokey" like pipe cleaners or straight-up wire). Rolled duct tape or similar, maybe?
As long as they don't wilt. (Wheels turning inside my brain)... The arms are easy. I could even get away with little branch-lets sticking off my arms. My head is a different story. My forehead would get irritated...
... I could get someone to clip them to my hair. It's long enough to work with. It goes down to my jawline. I was trying to avoid that, but it's probably better if it doesn't look like a Leaf Helmet.
I don't know if I'd go with real leaves or fake ones. But that's probably along the lines of how I'd get them on. I'll be meeting up with the person who'll be helping me out with the costume tomorrow. Planning way ahead. That's the only way to prepare.
You could wear face makeup to blend in with the rest of the trunk or even a mask (like a masquerade one) which could be adorned leafy. I don't know but maybe some cheapo not too dark sun glasses with leaf 'wings'. A head band like a tiara with leaves too.
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Myself, as no one even shows up. On a main-ish road, so kids and parents go elsewhere to trick or treat. Loved to dress up though, so it's a shame. One year I wore a scary clown mask and it scared a teenager. 
My uncle let me help to hand out candy at his place (may he rest in peace). It was really fun. 
My uncle let me help to hand out candy at his place (may he rest in peace). It was really fun. Similar threads
