Halloween is one of my all time favorite holidays. I don’t need an excuse to get dressed up and act crazy, so Halloween allows me to just act normal without getting side glances. While I was out last night with my younger cousins I made sure to keep an eye out for the most creative costumes. I myself was dressed as a fairy with extremely long eye lashes, a tutu, and wings. I will say I was disappointed in the amount of trick or treaters. Normally there are hundreds of kids trudging through the night to receive their fair amount of candy, but there weren’t too many out. I don’t know if it was just the neighborhoods we went to or if it’s a more national thing, but I was disappointed either way. After about two hours of door to door dancing I found about 6 costumes that I really really liked. Below I’ve listed them, but they’re lacking pictures. I thought it might be a little creepy to take pictures of random kids, so I’m sticking with a plain description.

Zombies
Not exactly a costume I saw while walking around, but I still love the idea. After school my friend needed a last minute costume to wear to work and I got a little out of hand. In a matter of 20 minutes I had turned him into a brain chewing, shirt ripping zombie. I took an old shirt, ripped it up, and painted it with a blood colored paint. Then on his face I used all kinds of makeup to make him look bloody and pale. I had fun and everyone at work loved his costume, so I would say mission accomplished.

Boxes
One of the more clever ideas I saw. A group of kids were all just walking around in boxes. One of them would ring the door bell and then everyone would fold up into their box so that when someone answered the door it would just look like a bunch of boxes on the front yard. I got a really good kick out of these costumes, and think I may do something with this idea next year.

Bushes
One little girl was dressed as a bush. I’d never seen anyone dressed like a bush before so I thought she deserved some point for originality.

Hershey Kiss
My friend is on the cross country team and after school they had a costume run. They did their normal running route, but everyone was in costume. In total they got around 50 honks from cars. One of the girls on the team was dressed as a Hershey kiss. Her outfit was just silver tights with a silver dress and a headband thing that said kiss on it.

Sudoku Puzzle
One of the fathers of a kid trick-or-treating was a giant sudoku puzzle. He wore normal clothes but with a sandwich board that had the sudoku puzzle on the front and back. Not the most exciting costume, but still pretty clever.

Off Duty Astronaut
The greatest idea ever. My friend Ethan didn’t have a costume so he just said he was an off duty astronaut. At first I was like “huh,” but when you think about it astronauts don’t wear their space gear all the time, only when they’re in space. While we were walking around a police officer stopped and asked him what he was supposed to be. He expected him to say something about his lack of costume, but when my friend said that he was an off duty astronaut the officer had nothing further to say. I was doubled over in laughter after this happened and half hoped more people would ask.

All and all everyone dressed had great costumes, and as much as I love trick or treating this is going to be the last year for me. I can’t say I really enjoy hoofing it from house to house just for a few pieces of candy. Next year I plan on having a huge Halloween party. My mom is a die hard Halloween fan, so it should be a fun time. I hope every one had a great Halloween!

Challenge of the Week: Take a week off, I know I wish I could.

Happy Photographing!
Cate