what do you call 2 girls in prom dresses and pumpkin-heads?

October 28, 2012 4:34 PM

halloween question: we're 2 ladies wearing these ridiculous orange sparkly pouffy prom dresses, and we're thinking of putting pumpkins on our heads. what clever thing could we be? how could we make our costumes super awesome? we're thinking "pump-queens" or something. can you be more creative than that? something clever or punny would be fantastic! thank you!
posted by andreapandrea to clothing, beauty, & fashion (16 answers total)

Siamese twin-ify the costumes and tell people you're Pump-Kin
posted by mannequito at 4:36 PM on October 28, 2012 [11 favorites]

Do a dance, kicking up your feet, and you're doing the pump-can-can!
posted by xingcat at 4:51 PM on October 28, 2012

I would instantly guess you were pumpkin fairies, but that's because I'm demented.
posted by batmonkey at 4:52 PM on October 28, 2012 [6 favorites]

That reminds me of the fairytale where the pumpkin turned into a chariot to take the girl to the ball. Maybe something along those lines.
posted by Autumn at 4:52 PM on October 28, 2012

Forget the pumpkins. You're delicious, frosty creamsicles. Attach giant 3-foot popsicle sticks to the tops of your heads.
posted by mochapickle at 4:57 PM on October 28, 2012 [3 favorites]

Yeah, I was thinking you could be princesses who turned into pumpkins. Kind of a stretch, but you could come up with a fun story (maybe when Cinderella's coach turned into a pumpkin, so did you?).
posted by lunasol at 4:57 PM on October 28, 2012 [1 favorite]

You could wear a pi symbol on the dresses to be 'pumpkin pi', maybe something white on your head for whipped cream...
posted by PaulaSchultz at 5:11 PM on October 28, 2012 [3 favorites]

Happy Halloqueens!
posted by argonauta at 5:15 PM on October 28, 2012 [2 favorites]

Nix the pumpkins! Put on pointy yellow hats with a white trim and go as candy corn.
posted by jquinby at 5:27 PM on October 28, 2012 [2 favorites]

daft pump?
posted by tintexas at 5:28 PM on October 28, 2012 [1 favorite]

The headless bridesmaids!
posted by platinum at 6:16 PM on October 28, 2012 [1 favorite]

Elf-ettes who assist The Great Pumpkin on All Hallow's Eve? (This is a Charlie Brown reference, just in case you don't get it.)
posted by Michele in California at 6:32 PM on October 28, 2012

Promkins?
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 7:59 AM on October 29, 2012

The Headless Horseman's prom dates?
posted by MsMolly at 10:24 AM on October 29, 2012

So... what did you end up doing?
posted by mochapickle at 9:05 AM on November 15, 2012

we went as pump-kin! it was a hit. if you're going to put a pumpkin on your head, make sure you carve that sucker out as much as possible so you don't get a kink in your neck the next day. just sayin'. thanks for the help!
posted by andreapandrea at 6:51 AM on November 20, 2012