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I am starting to plan a trip for October and we will be going to MNSSHP. There are 9 of us -4 adults(2 guys 2 girls) and 5 children- 2 4yr old girls,2 6 yr old boys and a 12 year old boy. I would love to see photos of costumes you have worn to the party in the past or any suggestions for us. Thanks
If I can get DS into the Pirate League late afternoon on the day we have tix, I will probably have him do that as his costume for MNSSHP. Do the adults usually dress up?
We have 5 total going halloween night. We know already DS15 will be a pirate (Will Turner style), DD4 will be a fairy or a princess or a fairy princess, I will be an elven maid. We're not sure about DH and DFIL yet. We will be making all our costumes here.
when we went 2 years ago for holloween i was a knight due to my size wife was raggady ann molly was jo jo and philip was mickey our best friends parents that came with us were funny he was a fireman and his wife was a dalmation with a leash on .
omgosh! MNSSHP is a great time! I went twice when I was on my CP! I went as a pirate both times. My roommates were a black cat and supergirl. I had a friend who dressed up as Indiana Jones and his gf was Marion. We saw lots of different costumes. THere was a whole group dressed as Alice In Wonderland characters. Some other cool ideas would be: prince and princess with king a queen and royal court *if you wanted to do the whole fam*, pooh and friends, 7-dwarfs *easy to just use t shirts* with snow white, or other normal halloween costumes. I even saw some scary masks down there!
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You will see people dressed totally and others not dressed up at all. When I went a few years ago, it was about 50/50. I chose to simply wear a Halloween T shirt, as did many others. Whatever you choose, remember it could be quite warm especially during some of the earlier parties.
2 years ago, we went as Smee, Hook, Peter and Tink....fun times! Last year, we went as Alladin characters. My wife stole the show as the magic carpet. Photos on this page of my blog ----> The Orracle: Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party
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Your group could go as the original Mouseketeers - easy and cool: white t-shirts with names on them, black shorts or pants and then get everyone mouse ears when you get there.
Lyle - Very creative costumes! Thanks for sharing your pics.
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Your group could go as the original Mouseketeers - easy and cool: white t-shirts with names on them, black shorts or pants and then get everyone mouse ears when you get there.
This is exactly what Hikie and I have done. The kids just choose what they want to be. Lizzie will probably go as Tink this year, and Chet is still undecided. Just a quick note - you might want to make sure that the character you child chooses is easily recognizable if it make a difference to them. Last time Chet was "Robin Hood" but got called Peter Pan quite a bit and was somewhat perturbed by it.
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We are having a tough time with the not getting to hot part of the costumes. DD is all sorted... she's Cinderella, but in a Chiffon tutu with matching puffy bloomers for when it get hot and a blue tank top with white fluff on the sleeves. I'm also putting her in glittery silver tennis shoes. It's a "version" of Cinderella. I'm less sure what to do for DH and myself.
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Thanks for the ideas. Love the Alladin pics and I actually thought about going as the Mousketeers. We definately want easy and light weight. Keep the ideas coming!!!!!
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This is exactly what Hikie and I have done. The kids just choose what they want to be. Lizzie will probably go as Tink this year, and Chet is still undecided. Just a quick note - you might want to make sure that the character you child chooses is easily recognizable if it make a difference to them. Last time Chet was "Robin Hood" but got called Peter Pan quite a bit and was somewhat perturbed by it.
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