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Halloween thread: for all things spooky

mrmike08075mrmike08075 Member Posts: 11,816 ✭✭✭
edited October 2017 in General Discussion
Halloween thread: for all things spooky

So the girls have costumed all of the critters...

They have been dressed up and on parade since Friday.

Akira the bouvier de Flanders Akita mix wonder dog is a stegosaurus

Mr peepers the European super ferret is the masked hero Zorro

Mr Quackers the mostly mallard duck has has a yellow rain slicker with matching hat

Sonic the not so miniature hedgehog is a fluffy bunny rabbit

The box turtle with no name has a pair of short swords and a turtle backpack which I am guessing pays homage to Donatello of TMNT fame

The cat whose name I do not speak has snake tail and leg snake stockings

It's a big show - there was a costumed pet parade locally indoor and all were in attendance - the little neighborhood kids loved it

The dog got to trot and the rest rode on a Lil red wagon with big pneumatic tires...

A goat dressed as a pirate got out of hand and knocked one of the judges on his ash...

That's my little Halloween contribution - please leave yours

Favorite costume as a kid...

Worst object given out...

What are the kids and grandkids dressed as...

Homemade costumes???

Mike
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  • joshmb1982joshmb1982 Member Posts: 8,929
    edited November -1
    My grandmother has a picture somewheres of me and my older brother on Halloween. I?m am approximately 4-5 and my brother would be 7-8. He is in a Popeye costume and I forget what I was in. We were each poking our heads around the corner of her sun room from opposite sides and we were nose to nose with each other.

    He got strep through from Bobbing for apples at a church party that year.

    That is one of Mimi?s Favorite pictures of my brother and I.

    I miss those days.
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  • mrmike08075mrmike08075 Member Posts: 11,816 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    There was one special year...

    My mother hand made all the costumes.

    I was a knight in armor with helm and breastplate and shield and sword...

    My little sister was raggedy Anne (my little brother refused to be Andy - he was scared of the duo) with elaborate yarn hair and rose cheeks...

    My littler brother ended up as an elephant - a giant adult sized grey hoodie had big ears attached and there was a trunk and tail...

    We carried pillow cases and much of the take was home made or home baked or was fruit...

    Trick or treating started early for kids in suburbia in the 70's - right after school let out - with mom and again when dad got home from work

    Mike
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  • mjrfd99mjrfd99 Member Posts: 4,571 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yep, Halloween was special in the 60's for us and still strong in the 80's for my kids.
    What happened???
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  • mrmike08075mrmike08075 Member Posts: 11,816 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hayrides
    Pumpkin carving
    Bobbing for apples

    Mike
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  • droptopdroptop Member Posts: 8,925 ✭
    edited November -1
    Is this spooky, or what?

    witch-hillary.jpg
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  • fordsixfordsix Member Posts: 8,722
    edited November -1
    dont fall asleep the girls will paint you up[:o)]
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  • m88.358winm88.358win Member Posts: 7,418 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
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  • kimikimi Member Posts: 44,741 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Do people still give out fruit during Halloween?
    What's next?
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  • Ditch-RunnerDitch-Runner Member Posts: 22,965 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    not sure but but bet a lot of fruits give out Halloween

    as a kid fruit was at the bottom of the list just above that crappy candy corn some one would toss in a hand full into your bag or the homemade popcorn ball with all the cat , dog hair and dust balls stuck to it [:0][xx(][:D][:D][:D]

    quote:Originally posted by kimi
    Do people still give out fruit during Halloween?
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  • kimikimi Member Posts: 44,741 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Ditch-Runner
    not sure but but bet a lot of fruits give out Halloween

    as a kid fruit was at the bottom of the list just above that crappy candy corn some one would toss in a hand full into your bag or the homemade popcorn ball with all the cat , dog hair and dust balls stuck to it [:0][xx(][:D][:D][:D]

    quote:Originally posted by kimi
    Do people still give out fruit during Halloween?



    I can see you never had a Candy Apple...always a winner!!!!!!
    What's next?
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  • hillbillehillbille Member Posts: 13,494 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    used to have a couple old maids in neighborhood who made popcorn balls, we used to try and sneak a few extras by changing costumes or swapping parts of them with each other then going back to their door. they were great.

    nowdays I doubt anyone would let their kid take something homemade from anyone........[V]
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  • Ditch-RunnerDitch-Runner Member Posts: 22,965 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    "haunted houses" woods / trails and so on
    I think are still popular?
    when my wife and I first met 40 or so years ago we went to a lot of them she liked going and was always "startled " / scared
    I never figured out why you know whats about to happen and there just people decked out granted some are nicely done
    a co-worker farmer gal her family would do a haunted woods that was some what interesting and fun
    they butchered there own pigs and cows and spread the skulls sometimes the bones once the skulls were just a little to fresh ( as in stinky from not being cured out )
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  • perry shooterperry shooter Member Posts: 17,390 ✭
    edited November -1
    would love to see some pictures both family and animals
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  • droptopdroptop Member Posts: 8,925 ✭
    edited November -1
    Negotiated Nuclear Deal with IRAN.

    [img]Http://websoft2000.com/gb/kerry_full_bike.jpg[/img]

    Out for a spin on his pink girls bike,, Does it get any scarier?
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  • mrmike08075mrmike08075 Member Posts: 11,816 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    We gave out some good fun size candy to all

    We also had clementines and tangerines for all

    We had a dozen one pound Hershey bars (big damn bars) that were awarded to real stand out or special kids

    The girls did dress up...

    Witches hats and grey wigs and black scrub tops

    Mike
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