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Anyone else thinking about making Halloween costumes yet?
We got really lucky last year - DJ wanted to be Michael Phelps. And he won best costume at his Cub Scout pack meeting! (He got a huge sticker that he put on his shirt at the meeting - that's what the white dot is behind his medals. Ignore the dot. It's not part of his costume. )
The only thing he's shown any interest in this year is being Capt. Morgan. Yes, that Capt. Morgan - of booze fame. Which, needless to say, is out of the question! So I'm trying to come up with some other ideas - things he can wear his costume alone for, but also as part of a group on Halloween for trick-or-treat. (The group of 6 includes 2 dogs!)
A friend had suggested I make him a crocodile hunter costume and turn his dog into a croc, which he would love, but I don't think the rest of us would love being crocs as much as the dogs would.
I thought about maybe taking a page from Pop Century and dressing our group as the 80's, but instead of just dressing in 80's clothes, I thought it would be fun to dress as 80's icons - a Rubik's Cube, Sony Walkman, an old 'brick' cellular phone, etc. However, I ran out of ideas after the old brick phone. Maybe a game of Simon or something? An Atari console and a tv set with Space Invaders or Pong on the screen?
I remember his outfit from last year - and I couldn't help but laugh at his suggestion for this year - just as well I wasn't drinking anything when I read that!
As for the 80's, what about an 80's album cover? (Dark Side of the Moon is the cover that keeps popping in my mind, but wrong decade...but it's an iconic cover)
Steve Winwood's Arc of a Diver, ZZTop's Eliminator and Xanadu all came out in the 80's,Or Movie reference? Back to the Future also came out in the 80s.
Problem for me...we were overseas during most of that decade.
Be interested to hear what you decide!!
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I love the '80s album cover idea! First thing that popped into my head was Diver Down.
Captain Morgan is funny! Of course, you can't dress your boy up as an alcohol spokesperson - but what a funny boy he is!
Yeah, we're talking of costumes here. We're trying to decide if it's going to be a Pirate theme or The Nightmare before Christmas. I'm still shooting for me being Ursula!
Yup, Ryan is determined to be an astronaut. Since I am not crafty in the least this means I get to spend the next month or so trying to find an astronaut costume (with helmet please Mommy) that doesn't cost an arm and a leg!
I should suggest to Emilie that she be a Fraggle. That would be easy to put together . . . a little face makeup, frizzy red wig and red turtleneck . . . she could be Red Fraggle.
If her hair was a little longer, I could probably pull off a troll doll . . . but the cost of hair product might be a little high.
Yup, Ryan is determined to be an astronaut. Since I am not crafty in the least this means I get to spend the next month or so trying to find an astronaut costume (with helmet please Mommy) that doesn't cost an arm and a leg!
Same for DS Bradley, we'll have to buy one i'm sure!
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Why not go as an 80s video game. Pac Man springs to mind. DJ could be Pac and everyone else could dress up as the ghosts, easy to do with different colored sheets. They dog could be the bonus fruit.
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Anyone else thinking about making Halloween costumes yet?
And he won best costume at his Cub Scout pack meeting! 
(He got a huge sticker that he put on his shirt at the meeting - that's what the white dot is behind his medals. Ignore the dot. 
It's not part of his costume. 
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Which, needless to say, is out of the question! 
So I'm trying to come up with some other ideas - things he can wear his costume alone for, but also as part of a group on Halloween for trick-or-treat. (The group of 6 includes 2 dogs!)
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