I need ideas for a "theme" party that will allow 500 - 1000 people to dress is costume (if they desire), and the costumes should be easy and/or cheap.
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posted by monkeystronghold
on Nov 6, 2008 -
27 answers
Last-moment-Halloween-costume-filter: where can I buy (today) a Superman t-shirt in Cambridge, MA?
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posted by detune
on Nov 1, 2008 -
6 answers
Today is Halloween and i can't procrastinate anymore...I guess I have to go as the only thing I could come up with: A damsel in distress. I wanna look like the girls in the old westerns when they get tied to train tracks by the bad guy. Any suggestions on what to use as train tracks? I can run over to home depot, I just don't know what to look for that's lightweight (i'm a small girl) and looks like tracks. I can nail a few things together without problem.
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posted by wannaknow
on Oct 31, 2008 -
14 answers
Need to attach a felt mustache to my kid's face for a school Halloween party. No time to buy anything fancy (a la spirit gum or the like); what should I use?
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posted by Lucinda
on Oct 30, 2008 -
17 answers
Can the hive mind help me by suggesting some good, but simple, literary costume ideas for halloween?
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posted by anoirmarie
on Oct 30, 2008 -
29 answers
Halloween costume filter: For once, I'd love to have a really great costume - something smart and witty and not overdone. But it needs to be something that I can dance in all night long. Help!
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posted by inatizzy
on Oct 30, 2008 -
10 answers
I'm looking for easy and funny Halloween costume ideas. Topical or newsy/political stuff is great, but I'm open to anything that doesn't require a lot of supplies.
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posted by allen8219
on Oct 30, 2008 -
18 answers
ShoppingFilter: In order to complete a Halloween costume, I need to acquire some Reagan-related political pins/buttons. However, my initial search has mostly taken me to places that no longer exist! Is there anywhere the Green would suggest I go to in the Washington DC metropolitan area to satiate my thirst for this kind of political paraphernalia?
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posted by Keter
on Oct 30, 2008 -
5 answers
Where online can I find a decent quality top hat and monocle, barring Ebay?
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posted by Phire
on Oct 29, 2008 -
7 answers
What is the best way to attach newsprint to a dress to insure reasonable longevity?
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posted by thivaia
on Oct 28, 2008 -
8 answers
I'm trying finish up a mask I'm making for Halloween; it' s basically a giant papier-mache eyeball, and I'm looking for suggestions for suitable paints to use to make it look good.
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posted by millions
on Oct 27, 2008 -
8 answers
Dressing as a Preist (leaning more toward Irish Catholic one )for Halloween. Looking for ideas and wierd and funny things to say. So far i found this
Things you dont want a Preist to say was hoping to query the hive mind for funnier things and ideas.
posted by Rolandkorn
on Oct 26, 2008 -
14 answers
Costume Filter for the Bearded (again): How do I pull off Jesus on the cheap? If not the Big JC, then who (or what)?
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posted by piedmont
on Oct 24, 2008 -
14 answers
CostumeFilter: I'm making my own henchman costume this Halloween, and I'll be driving past downtown LA tomorrow morning. Are there any specific stores I should check out if I'm looking for cheap generic clothes? I'm looking for solid color plain long-sleeve shirts, sweatpants, things of that nature. Bonus points if I can find gloves and cheap generic boots.
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posted by spiderskull
on Oct 23, 2008 -
6 answers
CostumeFilter: Where can I find a long-sleeved bodysuit (aka leotard with snaps)...in red or orange?
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posted by radioamy
on Oct 22, 2008 -
9 answers
I'm looking for a good costume idea for my friend and I. She's a redhead who has been lots of famous redheads in the past (lucy, carrot top, Annie, pippi longstockings, pebble, etc) and I'm a blonde.
I'm looking for us to dress up as cartoon characters, relevent pop culture references, historical figures etc. that were blonde and redhead. No suggestion is too obscure! Please let me know what you think! (we've already nixed Lucy and Ethel)
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posted by wannaknow
on Oct 21, 2008 -
34 answers
Hallowe'en filter: Yes, another "help me come up with a costume" idea, only with added restrictions and existing costume pieces to help form it! I have a super lame idea for one but I'd like to kick it up to 11 if possible.
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posted by gwenlister
on Oct 21, 2008 -
14 answers
What should we be for Halloween? Looking for suggestions for a gory couple’s Halloween costume.
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posted by cestmoi15
on Oct 20, 2008 -
10 answers
This is
Mr. Messy. My 5 year-old son wants to be Mr. Messy for Halloween. Any ideas on how to make this costume?
posted by Sassyfras
on Oct 13, 2008 -
20 answers
Halloween costume: Thinking of going as a "gotcha" journalist. What are some "gotcha" questions I can ask at a Halloween party?
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posted by shucksitsjeremy
on Oct 12, 2008 -
17 answers
Where's a good place to hire decent banana costumes for someone in Sydney, Australia?
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posted by gttommy
on Oct 10, 2008 -
1 answer
I need to slim up a little for a Halloween costume. How to reasonably get there?
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posted by Phyltre
on Oct 9, 2008 -
15 answers
Costume Filter: I'm going as the subprime mortgage crisis this year. Need some help figuring how to pull this off.
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posted by cazoo
on Oct 9, 2008 -
29 answers
Costume / recipe conundrum: We're hosting a rock star themed potluck near Halloween. The dishes we supply need to be in a theme that corresponds to the costume. We need help!
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posted by Jupiter Jones
on Oct 8, 2008 -
30 answers
CostumepartyFilter: Im going to a costume party where the theme is "hollywood nights". I have a beard and dont really want to shave for the party. Any costume ideas that will fit with a beard that goes well with "Hollywood nights"?
posted by flipmiester99
on Oct 6, 2008 -
24 answers
I have a penchant for elaborate Halloween costumes. This year my boyfriend and I want to go as
Wall-E and Eve, but I'm struggling with how to create an Eve costume.
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 5, 2008 -
6 answers
My sister is going to a SNL themed Halloween party. She needs ideas for "obscure, I mean so obscure that people are like 'Wow that is obscure!' "I told her that not many SNL characters are that obscure and if they are, no one's going to get it anyway. Yet being my sister I feel I should help her. I suggested Rosanne Rossana Danna, but that was not obscure enough. So I turn to the green.
posted by Epsilon-minus semi moron
on Oct 4, 2008 -
84 answers
I would like to wear a bear costume for Halloween, but the only storebought options I have found on eBay and elsewhere online haven't quite matched what I'm looking for.
This is basically what I'm after, as a
reference. Or possibly even
this one or
this one.
If anyone out there knows where to find something similar that would fit a 5'9" 130 lb person, I would be thankful (bonus points if I can buy it in the Vancouver, BC area)
Full disclosure: I plan on drinking beer from a growler with 'Honey' written on it.
posted by wolfsleepy
on Oct 3, 2008 -
8 answers
Beardo Halloween: I would kinda like to go as
Gustave Courbet, but fear a) trying to come up with a good costume that reads as Courbet, and b) having to explain who Gustave Courbet is over and over. I do look like him, but what else might there be?
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posted by klangklangston
on Oct 3, 2008 -
29 answers
Halloween Costume Filter: I am looking for a somewhat classy character or historical figure to be for Halloween this year that's not overly done. (Think Jackie O, not Marilyn Monroe.)
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posted by thebrokenmuse
on Oct 2, 2008 -
23 answers
Seeking recognizable group Halloween costume suggestions for four (2 guys and 2 girls), preferably with a pop culture/nerdy bent.ha
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posted by Nelsormensch
on Sep 30, 2008 -
31 answers
I need to build a working
etch-a-sketch costume for Halloween. How do I make the internal mechanisms, and how do I make a very large shake-to-erase screen?
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posted by cmchap
on Sep 28, 2008 -
14 answers
What are your tips for face painting? I'm not talking about fancy theatrical or costume painting, just your average person decorating kids' faces with hearts, stars, etc.
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posted by radioamy
on Aug 5, 2008 -
15 answers
