Help a teacher with their Halloween costume!
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After my costume became a sleeper hit last year, I need help coming up with another fun costume for 2016! Help!
I’m a high-school teacher desperately in need of help with a Halloween “costume.” Last year, I unexpectedly made a big splash with my last-minute costume. I dressed up as a bouncer (gold chain, multiple pairs of sunglasses) and put a velvet rope in front of my door. I played 90s dance music and made kids line up during the 10-minute break between classes. I played the part and stamped hands, denied some entry (at least until class started), and bemoaned the fact that we were “at capacity.”
Unfortunately, my last-minute costume was a big hit, and now people are expecting something great this year! (And last year was a lot of fun, so I would like to come up with something great). Ideally I would like to do something that involves my doorway/entranceway again, but I’m really up for anything.
I think what worked about the “bouncer” costume was:
• It was visual. You could enjoy it just by walking by and watching what was going on.
• It was interactive. You could stand in line, get your hand stamped, or get denied entry if you weren’t my student.
• It was fun! Something fun/silly/outlandish is much more my style than something intended to be scary.
• It was relatively simple. Didn't disrupt class too much and it was easy to get back to teaching after breaks.
Alright, MeFi. Can you help me? Thanks in advance!
I’m a high-school teacher desperately in need of help with a Halloween “costume.” Last year, I unexpectedly made a big splash with my last-minute costume. I dressed up as a bouncer (gold chain, multiple pairs of sunglasses) and put a velvet rope in front of my door. I played 90s dance music and made kids line up during the 10-minute break between classes. I played the part and stamped hands, denied some entry (at least until class started), and bemoaned the fact that we were “at capacity.”
Unfortunately, my last-minute costume was a big hit, and now people are expecting something great this year! (And last year was a lot of fun, so I would like to come up with something great). Ideally I would like to do something that involves my doorway/entranceway again, but I’m really up for anything.
I think what worked about the “bouncer” costume was:
• It was visual. You could enjoy it just by walking by and watching what was going on.
• It was interactive. You could stand in line, get your hand stamped, or get denied entry if you weren’t my student.
• It was fun! Something fun/silly/outlandish is much more my style than something intended to be scary.
• It was relatively simple. Didn't disrupt class too much and it was easy to get back to teaching after breaks.
Alright, MeFi. Can you help me? Thanks in advance!
The entrance to Emerald City from Wizard of Oz
With you as the Gate Keeper...
posted by calgirl at 4:06 PM on October 21, 2016 [1 favorite]
With you as the Gate Keeper...
posted by calgirl at 4:06 PM on October 21, 2016 [1 favorite]
sideshow barker?
posted by mismatchedsock at 4:09 PM on October 21, 2016 [10 favorites]
posted by mismatchedsock at 4:09 PM on October 21, 2016 [10 favorites]
TSA?
Security guard?
Royal Palace Guard?
Toll taker?
Flight attendant/gate check?
Bridge troll?
posted by vunder at 4:15 PM on October 21, 2016
Security guard?
Royal Palace Guard?
Toll taker?
Flight attendant/gate check?
Bridge troll?
posted by vunder at 4:15 PM on October 21, 2016
You want to be one of those blow up people outside used car dealerships. These guys. Wear too long sleeves and dance around in place during passing periods. You gotta commit to it though.
posted by lilac girl at 4:31 PM on October 21, 2016 [36 favorites]
posted by lilac girl at 4:31 PM on October 21, 2016 [36 favorites]
Maybe it's more like your classroom's costume! And you're a part. You could be the pilot of an airplane, or a Shakespearean actor/ballet dancer/mine in a theater, or the host/waiter in a fancy restaurant. I think the key is that it makes your class some place cool people want to go (and maybe a grownup fantasy for the kids) - so jail or courtroom or doctor/hospital are out.
Also maybe cool: you're a butler in a big old fancy estate?
posted by chesty_a_arthur at 4:57 PM on October 21, 2016 [10 favorites]
Also maybe cool: you're a butler in a big old fancy estate?
posted by chesty_a_arthur at 4:57 PM on October 21, 2016 [10 favorites]
Kids LOVE morbid stuff. You could act as the funeral director inviting them in. You can hand them a made up prayer card and have fake cardboard casket in the front. Flowers and funeral kind of music playing.
The pay off is a scary surprise once everyone enters and sits and you select someone to go open the coffin.
posted by ReluctantViking at 4:57 PM on October 21, 2016 [20 favorites]
The pay off is a scary surprise once everyone enters and sits and you select someone to go open the coffin.
posted by ReluctantViking at 4:57 PM on October 21, 2016 [20 favorites]
Fortune Teller
Auctioneer
Game show host
posted by meemzi at 5:36 PM on October 21, 2016 [3 favorites]
Auctioneer
Game show host
posted by meemzi at 5:36 PM on October 21, 2016 [3 favorites]
Dude.... not immigration
posted by rubster at 5:40 PM on October 21, 2016 [93 favorites]
posted by rubster at 5:40 PM on October 21, 2016 [93 favorites]
Mock up a big wardrobe in front of your door?
Stand there with a giant portal gun and urge them in before it closes?
Obstetrician? [sorry, I'll be over here in the naughty corner]
posted by Emperor SnooKloze at 5:42 PM on October 21, 2016 [1 favorite]
Stand there with a giant portal gun and urge them in before it closes?
Obstetrician? [sorry, I'll be over here in the naughty corner]
posted by Emperor SnooKloze at 5:42 PM on October 21, 2016 [1 favorite]
Or you could settle in on the bouncer costume and change up other aspects...the kids have to sing to get in and "out of tune" singers don't make it or you make the usual cool crowd wait and wait and wait while you usher in with a big flourish other kids or you ignore everyone and wait for "bribes" or the club is jazz-themed one year and a hookah club the next, maybe tied into whatever your classwork is each year.
posted by beaning at 6:30 PM on October 21, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by beaning at 6:30 PM on October 21, 2016 [1 favorite]
I love the maitre d' idea... You can have little table cloths on the desks and string quartet music.
You could have your door be gates to a cemetery with you as ghost, gravedigger or mourner crying as they come in...So young, so Young! Hand out grave stones as they go by or paper and markers so they can make their own. Tape them to the front of the desks.
Be Igor, with the migrating hump, from Young Frankenstein. The door is to the castle. Carry a measuring tape and a skin safe marker to make ----cut here --- lines. Mutter...brain, brain where shall I find a brain. Watch the movie for inspiration.
posted by BoscosMom at 6:31 PM on October 21, 2016 [6 favorites]
You could have your door be gates to a cemetery with you as ghost, gravedigger or mourner crying as they come in...So young, so Young! Hand out grave stones as they go by or paper and markers so they can make their own. Tape them to the front of the desks.
Be Igor, with the migrating hump, from Young Frankenstein. The door is to the castle. Carry a measuring tape and a skin safe marker to make ----cut here --- lines. Mutter...brain, brain where shall I find a brain. Watch the movie for inspiration.
posted by BoscosMom at 6:31 PM on October 21, 2016 [6 favorites]
Assuming you are male, cross-dressing as a female character will make you a legend. How about putting on a dress, apron and gray wig and being the fussy, grandma-like proprietor of a B+B? Serve cookies at break, pinch cheeks, stroke a stuffed cat repeatedly (stuffed cats and doilies should be everywhere).
...and at the end, especially if you've been feeding them treats, maybe try to coax someone into an oven or something :)
posted by veery at 7:01 PM on October 21, 2016 [1 favorite]
...and at the end, especially if you've been feeding them treats, maybe try to coax someone into an oven or something :)
posted by veery at 7:01 PM on October 21, 2016 [1 favorite]
Playing off beaning's idea, an American Idol judge. Make them sing (in groups?) before being seated. Give criticism.
posted by Knowyournuts at 7:17 PM on October 21, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Knowyournuts at 7:17 PM on October 21, 2016 [2 favorites]
Bouncer costume is BRILLIANT!! You sound like such a fun teacher! I love the idea of being a gatekeeper for your class, so how about different gatekeeper costumes:
Bored/chipper host at a Jack Astor's-type chain restaurant (black golf shirt, name tag, little black skirt or jeans, sneakers, huge jar of lollipops as they leave, and chirp "HEY I'M MISS/MR BROWN I'LL BE YOUR TEACHER TODAY, HOW MANY IN YOUR PARTY?" you can turn people away with "DID YOU MAKE A RESERVATIONNNN?" and send them off by cooing "THANK Y'ALL FOR EATING IN MY CLASSROOM, Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT NIGHT NOW!" at people. Maybe play easy rock music and pre-cut sheets of brown craft paper to put on their desks and give them crayons to colour with during class.
Speakeasy proprietor. Wear a flapper dress or high-pants, suspenders, little cap. Make a fake door (big sheet of styrofoam insulation, painted or covered w/ brown paper) and cut a little peep-slot with a sliding cardboard door. Put graffiti on the door that relates to your subject. The "password" is that each kid has to answer a question correctly to get in. Dim lights and jazz music inside, and you can talk about the 1930s and prohibition.
Game show host - wear a glittery blazer and microphone, tan yourself weirdly orange with a ton of bronzer, maybe wear fake super large white teeth, and gel your hair into a pompadour helmet. Play music from "Price is Right", "Jeopardy", etc. Maybe outside the door you could even rig up a video camera on a tripod, with a closed circuit to a TV placed in the hallway outside your class, and a little podium and backdrop in the hall so each kid is in the "game show box" and they have to look into camera and answer a question before they come in, and the other kids can enjoy watching their friends being funny on camera. Maybe give silly prizes to boost the egos of the shy kids, or shower the "winners" with monopoly money.
Papparazzi on the Red Carpet - Wear all black and have a huge camera with a flash hung around your neck. Make a red carpet, velvet rope, and a step-and-repeat backdrop with subject-relevant logos on it (like periodic element symbols if you teach science, or school slogans, or whatever), and rig up some lights (lights are fun and create atmosphere and draw attention). Each kid has to pose for a photo before they come in to the "premiere" while you say Austin Powers type encouragement (oh yes work it, that's right, now give me blue steel, now gaze into the middle distance, now strike a pose, etc). You can share all the photos in some kind of school-sanctioned way the next day.
posted by pseudostrabismus at 8:33 PM on October 21, 2016 [10 favorites]
Bored/chipper host at a Jack Astor's-type chain restaurant (black golf shirt, name tag, little black skirt or jeans, sneakers, huge jar of lollipops as they leave, and chirp "HEY I'M MISS/MR BROWN I'LL BE YOUR TEACHER TODAY, HOW MANY IN YOUR PARTY?" you can turn people away with "DID YOU MAKE A RESERVATIONNNN?" and send them off by cooing "THANK Y'ALL FOR EATING IN MY CLASSROOM, Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT NIGHT NOW!" at people. Maybe play easy rock music and pre-cut sheets of brown craft paper to put on their desks and give them crayons to colour with during class.
Speakeasy proprietor. Wear a flapper dress or high-pants, suspenders, little cap. Make a fake door (big sheet of styrofoam insulation, painted or covered w/ brown paper) and cut a little peep-slot with a sliding cardboard door. Put graffiti on the door that relates to your subject. The "password" is that each kid has to answer a question correctly to get in. Dim lights and jazz music inside, and you can talk about the 1930s and prohibition.
Game show host - wear a glittery blazer and microphone, tan yourself weirdly orange with a ton of bronzer, maybe wear fake super large white teeth, and gel your hair into a pompadour helmet. Play music from "Price is Right", "Jeopardy", etc. Maybe outside the door you could even rig up a video camera on a tripod, with a closed circuit to a TV placed in the hallway outside your class, and a little podium and backdrop in the hall so each kid is in the "game show box" and they have to look into camera and answer a question before they come in, and the other kids can enjoy watching their friends being funny on camera. Maybe give silly prizes to boost the egos of the shy kids, or shower the "winners" with monopoly money.
Papparazzi on the Red Carpet - Wear all black and have a huge camera with a flash hung around your neck. Make a red carpet, velvet rope, and a step-and-repeat backdrop with subject-relevant logos on it (like periodic element symbols if you teach science, or school slogans, or whatever), and rig up some lights (lights are fun and create atmosphere and draw attention). Each kid has to pose for a photo before they come in to the "premiere" while you say Austin Powers type encouragement (oh yes work it, that's right, now give me blue steel, now gaze into the middle distance, now strike a pose, etc). You can share all the photos in some kind of school-sanctioned way the next day.
posted by pseudostrabismus at 8:33 PM on October 21, 2016 [10 favorites]
A judge on The Voice (American idol)? Make them sing to get in to class.
posted by St. Peepsburg at 9:14 PM on October 21, 2016
posted by St. Peepsburg at 9:14 PM on October 21, 2016
Since these are high schoolers please don't make them sing or perform (unless you are actually teaching drama/music.) That would have horrified and humiliated me as a teen.
Usher at a movie theater or concert venue?
I like the idea of a bridge troll - but instead of riddles make them tell jokes or stories. (Unless you're a math teacher...then make them do basic math stuff.)
Maybe something Harry Potter related? Professor Trelawney - you could do prophecies or read tea leaves, etc., Professor Snape - potion stuff, maybe ask common ingredients for cakes or whatever.
posted by fluffy battle kitten at 10:40 PM on October 21, 2016 [8 favorites]
Usher at a movie theater or concert venue?
I like the idea of a bridge troll - but instead of riddles make them tell jokes or stories. (Unless you're a math teacher...then make them do basic math stuff.)
Maybe something Harry Potter related? Professor Trelawney - you could do prophecies or read tea leaves, etc., Professor Snape - potion stuff, maybe ask common ingredients for cakes or whatever.
posted by fluffy battle kitten at 10:40 PM on October 21, 2016 [8 favorites]
What about something Hogwarts/Harry Potter related? Your class is now Hogwarts.
You can have a brick paper curtain as a door with 9 3/4 on it. You can hand out wands. Sort them into houses with a sorting hat and assign seats based on it. Colored pins for houses and assign points for correct answers.
You can dress up as the Hogwarts professor of your choice and rename your class based closest on the classes in the books.
Good thing is there's TONS of DIY and ready-to-buy Harry Potter gear out there and lots of kids would be into it and even if they weren't into it, they would at least know what it was.
(And yes, please don't make kids perform or sing. I would have been so terrified to do that as a teen and would have felt very embarrassed.)
posted by Crystalinne at 10:48 PM on October 21, 2016 [4 favorites]
You can have a brick paper curtain as a door with 9 3/4 on it. You can hand out wands. Sort them into houses with a sorting hat and assign seats based on it. Colored pins for houses and assign points for correct answers.
You can dress up as the Hogwarts professor of your choice and rename your class based closest on the classes in the books.
Good thing is there's TONS of DIY and ready-to-buy Harry Potter gear out there and lots of kids would be into it and even if they weren't into it, they would at least know what it was.
(And yes, please don't make kids perform or sing. I would have been so terrified to do that as a teen and would have felt very embarrassed.)
posted by Crystalinne at 10:48 PM on October 21, 2016 [4 favorites]
Sphinx!
posted by charmcityblues at 11:16 PM on October 21, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by charmcityblues at 11:16 PM on October 21, 2016 [2 favorites]
Two sided Hillary up front and trump from the back. Every time you turn to write on the board trump appears.
posted by chapps at 11:53 PM on October 21, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by chapps at 11:53 PM on October 21, 2016 [2 favorites]
I like the meet at the entrance interaction...
Jailer?
Hockey ref (give out penalties!)
Figure skating judge with number cards.
Paparazzi? Take mini polaroids of them that they get to keep.
posted by chapps at 11:57 PM on October 21, 2016
Jailer?
Hockey ref (give out penalties!)
Figure skating judge with number cards.
Paparazzi? Take mini polaroids of them that they get to keep.
posted by chapps at 11:57 PM on October 21, 2016
Caesar Flickman welcoming them all to the Hunger Games tv show? You can look up some of the more innocuous questions he asked if any of the kids want to play along. Ask them which province they're from or what designer they're wearing etc. Or is that not appropriate for a high school these days, I don't know?
Make it a pokeman Go lure and only "capture" the kids in your class, not the passersby. Maybe make a comically large fake phone with a huge accessory battery. Again this lets kids play along or just slip quietly into the classroom as they are inclined.
I like the paprazzi idea too, hustle them through the "red carpet" photo opp (let them pose with friends, be goofy or "skip the red carpet" etc) and give them the polaroids to keep.
Or you can do the bouncer thing again, presumably you have all new kids this year so it'll be new to them?
posted by fshgrl at 12:08 AM on October 22, 2016 [3 favorites]
Make it a pokeman Go lure and only "capture" the kids in your class, not the passersby. Maybe make a comically large fake phone with a huge accessory battery. Again this lets kids play along or just slip quietly into the classroom as they are inclined.
I like the paprazzi idea too, hustle them through the "red carpet" photo opp (let them pose with friends, be goofy or "skip the red carpet" etc) and give them the polaroids to keep.
Or you can do the bouncer thing again, presumably you have all new kids this year so it'll be new to them?
posted by fshgrl at 12:08 AM on October 22, 2016 [3 favorites]
A stylist. Have a little hair color spray, silly hipster glasses, mustaches etc. at hand, and give 'em a 30-second makeovers?
posted by speakeasy at 12:59 AM on October 22, 2016
posted by speakeasy at 12:59 AM on October 22, 2016
A judge on The Voice (American idol)? Make them sing to get in to class.
Many people are very intimidated by singing, either privately or, especially, in public. I know people who never sing, because they find it so intimidating.
posted by Thorzdad at 3:34 AM on October 22, 2016 [4 favorites]
Many people are very intimidated by singing, either privately or, especially, in public. I know people who never sing, because they find it so intimidating.
posted by Thorzdad at 3:34 AM on October 22, 2016 [4 favorites]
Assuming you are male, cross-dressing as a female character will make you a legend.
Among the male students sure. Among the female students you'll be just another privileged man telling them that being a women is something to make fun of. It's a surprisingly corrosive message.
You could be a train conductor ushering passengers into your train. *toot toot* All aboard! *blows whistle*
I also like the idea of being a bouncer again but for a different style of establishment (disco/studio 54, jazz club, biker bar, goth/industrial club, etc). Then you can keep it going for some years.
posted by shelleycat at 4:28 AM on October 22, 2016 [13 favorites]
Among the male students sure. Among the female students you'll be just another privileged man telling them that being a women is something to make fun of. It's a surprisingly corrosive message.
You could be a train conductor ushering passengers into your train. *toot toot* All aboard! *blows whistle*
I also like the idea of being a bouncer again but for a different style of establishment (disco/studio 54, jazz club, biker bar, goth/industrial club, etc). Then you can keep it going for some years.
posted by shelleycat at 4:28 AM on October 22, 2016 [13 favorites]
Assuming you are male, cross-dressing as a female character will make you a legend
Yes, this is hurtful to female students. Also hurtful to trans students; don't do this. I hated when my teachers cross dressed to be "funny" for a variety of reasons.
I like the speakeasy idea! The Pokémon Go one is also great. Letting kids participate or not as much as they feel comfortable is good, which might be why the bouncer idea worked so well.
posted by sockermom at 4:47 AM on October 22, 2016 [7 favorites]
Yes, this is hurtful to female students. Also hurtful to trans students; don't do this. I hated when my teachers cross dressed to be "funny" for a variety of reasons.
I like the speakeasy idea! The Pokémon Go one is also great. Letting kids participate or not as much as they feel comfortable is good, which might be why the bouncer idea worked so well.
posted by sockermom at 4:47 AM on October 22, 2016 [7 favorites]
I swear I'm not being down on the idea of a costume at all here but, I'd advise against the paparazzi or anything involving taking photos of teens. 1. Photos of teens is probably not a great idea if you're calling out poses, etc., 2. Conveying the message that anyone should be on display and for sale is not great.
posted by fluffy battle kitten at 4:48 AM on October 22, 2016
posted by fluffy battle kitten at 4:48 AM on October 22, 2016
I can't believe nobody has suggested this but someone from Hamilton or maybe even just a representation of a thing from Hamilton (Revolutionary War, Federalist Papers, Constitution, etc.,)
posted by fluffy battle kitten at 4:53 AM on October 22, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by fluffy battle kitten at 4:53 AM on October 22, 2016 [1 favorite]
Turn your door into the entrance to Narnia, or Wonka's factory, or any other imaginary world-within-world.
posted by wwartorff at 6:58 AM on October 22, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by wwartorff at 6:58 AM on October 22, 2016 [1 favorite]
I'd advise against the paparazzi or anything involving taking photos of teens.
But the kids will be in costume too, no? Plus it's optional and they get the polaroid so no copies. I think you're reading too much into this, most kids will love it and the ones who won't can skip it. If you want to make it clear it's optional, have a "stage entrance" sign that allows them to slip behind the photo call area.
posted by fshgrl at 11:01 AM on October 22, 2016
But the kids will be in costume too, no? Plus it's optional and they get the polaroid so no copies. I think you're reading too much into this, most kids will love it and the ones who won't can skip it. If you want to make it clear it's optional, have a "stage entrance" sign that allows them to slip behind the photo call area.
posted by fshgrl at 11:01 AM on October 22, 2016
Pollster.
Serious glasses, clipboard, pen.
Question:
"Hi. We're taking a poll. How do you feel about with clipboards?"
posted by sexyrobot at 12:40 PM on October 22, 2016 [4 favorites]
Serious glasses, clipboard, pen.
Question:
"Hi. We're taking a poll. How do you feel about with clipboards?"
posted by sexyrobot at 12:40 PM on October 22, 2016 [4 favorites]
Judging by your username, have you considered Nightman ? Maybe working together with another teacher to be Dayman?
posted by jozxyqk at 12:43 PM on October 22, 2016
posted by jozxyqk at 12:43 PM on October 22, 2016
Yeah, no cross-dressing, please. That's super offensive and guaranteed to alienate kids who struggle with gender identity/presentation.
I like the funeral director idea.
posted by a strong female character at 1:22 PM on October 22, 2016 [2 favorites]
I like the funeral director idea.
posted by a strong female character at 1:22 PM on October 22, 2016 [2 favorites]
If you're female, I recommend looking at Take Back Halloween, which has no-sewing-required costumes for women from history and legend. (Most of "no-sewing" means "here's a link to where you can buy this piece." But it also means knowing what the individual pieces look like and making substitutions as necessary.) However, cross-dressing for a male teacher will not come across as "teacher is dressed as Queen Elizabeth/Baba Yaga/Anne Bonney," but "Teacher is dressed as a girl!" which pretty much kills any ability to do useful educational interactivity, even if the cross-dressing is absolutely not played for laughs.
Judge is a possible role - gown, gavel, maybe the UK-style wig - with a trial setting where some students are set aside as "jury" and others give "evidence" of the topic under discussion. Allows for the minor "all rise" and "please be seated" interactive bits, and possibly appointing a bailiff as an assistant.
Dressing as Superman, or an original-character superhero, would allow for a "superheroes try-outs" theme for the day, where "applicants" are asked to draw their symbol and describe their superpowers, and explain how those would make doing their homework easier.
I also like the funeral director idea.
posted by ErisLordFreedom at 2:24 PM on October 22, 2016
Judge is a possible role - gown, gavel, maybe the UK-style wig - with a trial setting where some students are set aside as "jury" and others give "evidence" of the topic under discussion. Allows for the minor "all rise" and "please be seated" interactive bits, and possibly appointing a bailiff as an assistant.
Dressing as Superman, or an original-character superhero, would allow for a "superheroes try-outs" theme for the day, where "applicants" are asked to draw their symbol and describe their superpowers, and explain how those would make doing their homework easier.
I also like the funeral director idea.
posted by ErisLordFreedom at 2:24 PM on October 22, 2016
Response by poster: Thanks! A lot of great suggestions here. Keep them coming if you feel inspired.
I run our school's GSA/QSA, so I won't be cross dressing. I'm thinking some version of paparazzi/red carpet/awards show could be fun. Maybe a portable podium, red carpet, and awards show music? Photographers and adoring fans. As soon as they start giving a speech, the "wrap-it-up" music plays from a portable stereo?
I'm enjoying all the responses. I'm letting them percolate and hoping they generate the ultimate costume idea!
posted by Nightman at 3:52 PM on October 22, 2016 [1 favorite]
I run our school's GSA/QSA, so I won't be cross dressing. I'm thinking some version of paparazzi/red carpet/awards show could be fun. Maybe a portable podium, red carpet, and awards show music? Photographers and adoring fans. As soon as they start giving a speech, the "wrap-it-up" music plays from a portable stereo?
I'm enjoying all the responses. I'm letting them percolate and hoping they generate the ultimate costume idea!
posted by Nightman at 3:52 PM on October 22, 2016 [1 favorite]
Mock up a police box door for your classroom doorway, and beckon students in with the sonic screwdriver as The Doctor!
posted by wells at 8:45 PM on October 22, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by wells at 8:45 PM on October 22, 2016 [2 favorites]
Red carpet awards:
First act as paparazzi - ask random kids to pose for pictures (get a Instamax and you can give out polaroid favours!) and ask them who they're wearing.
Then when the kids are seated, act as both the award announcer and recipient with a lavish, corny acceptance speech.
posted by like_neon at 2:50 AM on October 24, 2016 [1 favorite]
First act as paparazzi - ask random kids to pose for pictures (get a Instamax and you can give out polaroid favours!) and ask them who they're wearing.
Then when the kids are seated, act as both the award announcer and recipient with a lavish, corny acceptance speech.
posted by like_neon at 2:50 AM on October 24, 2016 [1 favorite]
I had a friend who would have a consistent element to his costumes each year, he was always a pirate, but what kind of pirate changed: pirate lawyer, Catholic schoolgirl pirate, pirate doctor. You could keep something like that going for years.
posted by MsMolly at 11:24 AM on October 25, 2016
posted by MsMolly at 11:24 AM on October 25, 2016
fluffy battle kitten mentioned Hamilton -- what about something like the Ham4Ham show? Do some paper backgrounds like the outside of the Richard Rodgers theater and recruit talented people to "perform" between classes. Dancers, poets, singers, etc.
Be sure to start every introduction with, "Hello hello hello!"
posted by SugarAndSass at 12:40 PM on October 26, 2016
Be sure to start every introduction with, "Hello hello hello!"
posted by SugarAndSass at 12:40 PM on October 26, 2016
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