There's more images and closeups of some of the detail at the Costume site link above.
Posted on 10/01/2004 5:51:07 AM PDT by grellis
First, I'd like to thank Jim Robinson for the subtitle of this week's thread. Took some guesswork off of the Table!
With Halloween just around the corner I thought we could discuss, well, all things Halloween. (In case you were wondering I have not, in fact, finished my first pot of daily coffee.) Do your kids get dressed up and go trick or treating? Do YOU get dressed up and go trick or treating? How is the day handled at your child's school? Do they have a Halloween party or is the mere mention of a holiday with Christian roots absolutely forbidden? Do you decorate your home for the occasion?
Can anyone give me a few tips on how to dress my 7 year old as Legolas??? Why is it that some kids refuse to be something normal, like Dracula or a Viking?
Legolas ... go for Robin Hood, but substitute neutral tights, and lose the feather in the cap!
Good morning, ladies! Share some of your favorite Halloween memories from when you were growing up, as well.
We have our Tom's birthday on the 31st (very appropriate), so usually we don't do much with Halloween. This year we're planning to go to a Civil War Ghosts program on the 30th.
Good morning, gentlemen! Coffee's on!
Or try for Davy Crockett, but lose the raccoon tail.
'Orange' will remain a popular Halloween color.
Legolas will be a lot easier than Aragorn, no question about it. And Josh already has a bow and arrow so half my work is done!
There's more images and closeups of some of the detail at the Costume site link above.
Robin Hood.
My mom's birthday is H'ween so we went all out when I was a kid. My parents still do. They host a costume party every year down on Jekyll and award prizes for the best costumes. Last year's winner came dressed as my dad, which was pretty unique.
Now, on to Halloween. Because we live in the middle of no where, with no neighbors, so last year we took her to friends in another town and let her trick or treat on that street.
School has a big Halloween Party, and all the kids get to bring their costumes and going trick or treating from classroom to classroom.
The first year we took the boys out we went through a neighborhood across town--our neighborhood never used to really get into it. Things have picked up the last few years, though, since more families are moving into the area.
We are Christians but we don't over-emphasize Halloween's negativity with our children. We just make it a simple time of having fun and getting and giving treats. We also participate in the church's 'fall festival' and 'Reformation Day' activities.
We don't decorate except with fun fall things like pumpkins and flowers. We like to carve a Jack-O-Lantern and eat roasted pumpkin seeds.
Our girls are 4 and 3 and desperately like going trick-or-treating. We have a nice neighborhood now and it's a lot of fun to go door to door. Last year both girls dressed up like mice - Reepicheep and Peepicheep with the addition of swords. They had black knit tops with gray fur around the collar and cuffs, black tights, black shoes, mice noses and ears and long black tails.
This year they want to be princesses.(Costumes seem relatively easy at this age).
For this year I've already got the kids costumes. Robbie's gonna be Spiderman and JJ's gonna be Buzz Lightyear. I'll take them trick or treating on a few courts (base housing rocks!) then we'll come home and hand out candy (at least that's the plan anyway *s*) I'm looking at getting a half angel/half devil costume for myself that I found in a catalog *S* It'll be fun!
Do your kids get dressed up and go trick or treating? Do YOU get dressed up and go trick or treating?
Yes for them, no for me, although I'd love to put together one of those old-fashioned dresses when I have the time!
How is the day handled at your child's school? Do they have a Halloween party or is the mere mention of a holiday with Christian roots absolutely forbidden?
Daughter goes to a small Lutheran school. They don't forbid it, but they don't celebrate it either. Just any other day.
Do you decorate your home for the occasion?
YES! I love this time of year starting from the fall to after Christmas. I usually start putting out fall decorations(leaves on the mantel, a fall wreath on the front door) in september and step it up to Halloween fun during October with the final blow out decorations going up for trick or treat night.
Can anyone give me a few tips on how to dress my 7 year old as Legolas??? Why is it that some kids refuse to be something normal, like Dracula or a Viking?
I hear you. My children wanted to be a "My Little Pony". She settled for one of those unicorn things they wear like they are riding a horse type of costumes.
Well, I'm going to a scrapbooking retreat for the whole weekend starting at noon! No children, no husbands. I don't even think I'm going to actually scrapbook--LOL. I brought along Unfit for Command and Shut Up and Sing which should ruffle a few of the lefty females and I'll be on my way.
Have a great day
Now we will not be going to the "Trunk or Treat". We do not have kids in our neighborhood so I will find one where we can go door to door.
This will be my girls this halloween...
Not one in particular. My mom just always decorated and made it special. I remember watching The Great Pumpkin/Charlie Brown every year and the decorations that would come out. It was just always fun and that is what I remember.
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