I thought it being October and the day after this assignment is due being Halloween, I thought that I would do a Halloween themed blog entry. That means talking briefly about the kinds of things I've done for Halloween. It is one of my favorite holidays and I think there has been only one year where I didn't have outstanding plans and didn't dress up (as an adult). Normally I think ahead and do something crafty involving a costume. I've been, The Mad Hatter (Alice in Wonderland), A faerie (which I'm being again this year), and a whole bunch of other things. One year I was Woodstock, the little yellow bird from Peanuts that goes around with Snoopy. That was a fun year, (I'm not going to post the picture of that one though because that's embarrassing)
two years ago I did Steam-punk: A lot of the main pieces I already had, like the shirt, and the waist shirt, the pants, I bought the gloves and I had the pocket watch. But I made the goggles out of welding goggles from Amazon just painted them brass colored. I also made the holster on my leg and I decorated a Nerf gun to look like it was made of brass etc. I crocheted the scarf that is around my neck too, its' one of my favorites because it's multi colored in fall colors. It was a fun Costume to wear and a lot of work to do.
This was my pumpkin last year: Maleficent's dragon head from "Sleeping Beauty. I don't carve pumpkins every year, because they were very time consuming and take a lot of work. But last year I wanted to do one so I carved that one. I'm not talented enough to win any ribbons or anything, but when it comes to pumpkin carving I like to challenge myself or what is the point? Anyone can do the three triangle jack-o-lantern face. I want to do something cool if I am going to carve a pumpkin.
Last year, I decided to go a little out of the box and be a humanoid dragon for Halloween. I painted scales on my skin and I made horns out of Styrofoam, craft foam, lots of freaken glue, and paint. The horns were mounted into a head band so I didn't have to figure out how to fix them onto my head. Some of the things I wish I could have done differently though were to have those cool effects contacts. However since I am basically certifiably blind without glasses or contacts, I can't wear the cool effects ones, not unless I want to wear them under my regular glasses, which I thing would ruin the effect. I should have also done fangs. But everything else had already cost so much that I didn't want to shell out prices for the fangs. Over all I was very happy with how it had turned out.
I should have done this entry sooner because if you are going to be crafty for a costume, it's a little late in the game.
Plan ahead for next year and be creative with your costume. Maybe I'll do a mini entry before the next assignment and show you all how my costume turned out this year.
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