50 years ago everyone made their own costumes. Mothers, Fathers and children would be creative and use their imagination to create some pretty fantastic costumes. Now you just pick something up at the store.
My favorite costume as a kid was being a ghost. Take an old sheet, cut holes for two eyes, nose and mouth and voila. Costume originale.
We used to dress in black and charcoal our faces and go as “the kid who just broke your window and now you’re having a heart attack trying to catch.”
Yeah! I don’t remember ever having a store bought costume! We had so much fun planning what we were going as.
Hubby and I went to a Halloween/costume party last weekend. I dressed as a belly dancer (I am one) but it wasn’t a cheap, trampy outfit. I had 3 layers of skirts on alone, the first one ankle length, midriff top but with fringes and coins hanging from it, tons of jingly bangles and coins. And I won first prize, lol!! I made him a sheik-type robe to wear so we matched. I had so much fun putting it all together.
My stepgrandson wanted to go as ‘a $20 bill’ this year. His mom was stumped so she called me. I painted all the details on it by hand, came out pretty good. It was fun figuring out how I was going to do it and then executing my ideas.
“50 years ago everyone made their own costumes. Mothers, Fathers and children would be creative and use their imagination to create some pretty fantastic costumes. Now you just pick something up at the store.”
My 14 y/o daughter does this. A couple of years ago, she was a baked potato. This year, she is Duct Tape Girl. She has taken some old clothes and covered them with duct tape. She made a duct tape mask, belt, and cape. Now she’s working on a duct tape purse. Crazy, but completely modest. She’s had a great time and can’t wait to wear it.