I finally finished -

[Guest]

the Halloween costumes.

Phew!

Our son will be Spiderman. He has a store-bought basic costume to go with his cool web-blaster gloves and sound-effects mask he got for his birthday in August. There was nothing much to do except fabric paint a web design on red socks to complete his look. And he wants to sleep in the whole costume now. I'm asking him - please wait until after Halloween?

Our daughter? Much more difficult. She wanted to be an Egyptian goddess - oh my. We didn't like any of the store-bought things so we had to improvise.

I used an old sleeveless white dress of mine (she loves the length) and decorated with gold fabric around neckline and waist, and then spent hours making a collar of beads and fake jewels (also a headband and arm bands and a hawk that hangs down from her belt). I couldn't find any decent jewelry so we finally made paper mache cobras - spray-painted gold sparkle - to wrap around her arms.

I'm beat. And I managed to burn my fingers from the damn hot glue gun again. But the costume looks so good and she is so thrilled.

Status at school and during trick-or-treating (even at age 9) is pretty important!

So - what are you gonna be for Halloween?

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

Lady Godia, natch, but they won't let me ride the horse onto the dance floor.

Spoilsports

 

[Guest]

Well, hell!

Puritanistic assholes, anyway!

 

[Belegon]

Just gonna wear my kilt and a black leather gambeson over a white poet's shirt.

The guys will make jokes about me wearing a dress.

The ladies will flirt and make suggestive comments about what I'm wearing under it.

Guess who I'll pay attention to?

 

[Guest]

Just gonna wear my kilt and a black leather gambeson over a white poet's shirt.

The guys will make jokes about me wearing a dress.

The ladies will flirt and make suggestive comments about what I'm wearing under it.

Guess who I'll pay attention to?

You seem to be a smart lad.

Just do like that old song and tie a bow around your - um - yourself. You know the song, a Scotsman falling asleep beneath a tree and some ladies lift his kilt to take a peek? After much giggling they tie a bow around him.

I don't remember much of the song except after he wakes up and looks down at himself he says -

Laddie, I don't know where ya been, but I see ya won first prize!

 

[impressive]

Thinking about the harem girl costume I made years ago. I used old curtain sheers to make the (voluminous) bottoms. Sewed just the "cups" of a bikini top onto a flesh-colored leotard ('cause it was too COLD outside to do the bare midriff thing). Made a veil, too.

Might have to resurrect that one.

 

[matriarch]

the Halloween costumes.

Phew!

Our son will be Spiderman. He has a store-bought basic costume to go with his cool web-blaster gloves and sound-effects mask he got for his birthday in August. There was nothing much to do except fabric paint a web design on red socks to complete his look. And he wants to sleep in the whole costume now. I'm asking him - please wait until after Halloween?

Our daughter? Much more difficult. She wanted to be an Egyptian goddess - oh my. We didn't like any of the store-bought things so we had to improvise.

I used an old sleeveless white dress of mine (she loves the length) and decorated with gold fabric around neckline and waist, and then spent hours making a collar of beads and fake jewels (also a headband and arm bands and a hawk that hangs down from her belt). I couldn't find any decent jewelry so we finally made paper mache cobras - spray-painted gold sparkle - to wrap around her arms.

I'm beat. And I managed to burn my fingers from the damn hot glue gun again. But the costume looks so good and she is so thrilled.

Status at school and during trick-or-treating (even at age 9) is pretty important!

So - what are you gonna be for Halloween?

I'm gonna be me.
Mat.
Don't do Halloween.
Why would a witch want to dress up as something else

 

[TheEarl]

You seem to be a smart lad.

Just do like that old song and tie a bow around your - um - yourself. You know the song, a Scotsman falling asleep beneath a tree and some ladies lift his kilt to take a peek? After much giggling they tie a bow around him.

I don't remember much of the song except after he wakes up and looks down at himself he says -

Laddie, I don't know where ya been, but I see ya won first prize!

Sarahh: Another great Tom Lehrer song. Off to find it now actually.


My Lady is pagan, so I doubt that we'll be doing Halloween dressing up as it is a pagan festival and Halloween is a Christian attempt to belittle it. However, as we're students, costume parties do happen quite regularly. Had our housewarming a couple of weeks ago where I dressed up as Leonard Shelby from Memento, complete with polaroids of all my friends with their information written on the bottom.

The Earl

 

[TheEarl]

Addendum: I am actually planning on having a be-costumed avatar though, (when I get round to making it). Halloween is the only time of the year a picture of me makes it onto the board, simply because I fiddle with it so much before its posted that no-one could recognise me .

As for what who I'm going to be... You'll just have to wait and see.

The Earl

 

[Guest]

Earl -

I found it! (and also a great site for "bard" type songs.)

Here's the link to the site.

http://chivalry.com/cantaria/

And the song - makes me smile to read it again. The Scotsman

The Scotsman
written by Mike Cross 1979, copyright Vic Ray Publishing (ASCAP)

Two verses and two choruses: .wav (744K) | .mp3 (114K)
"The Scotsman" is performed by Andrew Scarhart.
Please refer to Cantaria's Copyright information

Chords
Verse:
C G C G
C G C G
F C F G
C G C F G C
Chorus:
F
C G
C G C F G C

Oh a Scotsman tried and true left the bar one evening fair
And one could tell by how he walked he'd had more than his share
He stumbled round 'til he could no longer keep his feet
Then he stumbled off unto the grass to sleep beside a stream.

Ring-ding diddle diddle aye-dee-oh
Ring di-diddle-aye-oh
Oh he stumbled off unto the grass to sleep beside a stream.

Well about that time two young and lovely ladies happened by
And one said to the other, with a twinkle in her eye
"Oh see yon sleepy Scotsman, so strong and handsome built?"
"Well I wonder if it's true what they don't wear beneath their kilts."

Ring-ding diddle diddle aye-dee-oh
Ring di-diddlee-aye-oh
"Oh I wonder if it's true what they don't wear beneath their kilts."

Well they snuck up to that sleeping Scotsman, quiet as could be
And they lifted up his kilt a little bit so they might see
And there for them to behold, beneath that Scottish skirt,
Was nothing more than God had graced him with upon his birth.

Ring-ding diddle diddle aye-dee-oh
Ring di-diddlee-aye-oh
Was nothing more than God had graced him with upon his birth.

Well they marveled for a moment, then one said, "We must be gone."
"Well let's leave a present for our friend before we move along."
As a gift, they left a blue silk ribbon tied into a bow
Around the bonnie sword the Scotsman's kilt beneath did show.

Ring-ding diddle diddle aye-dee-oh
Ring di-diddlee-aye-oh
Around the bonnie sword the Scotsman's kilt beneath did show.

Well the Scotsman a little later, he awoke to nature's call
And as he lifted up his kilt, what he got and what he saw,
And in a strangled voice, he said, "I can't believe me eyes!"
"I don't know where ye been, me lad, but I see ye took first prize!"

Ring-ding diddle diddle aye-dee-oh
Ring di-diddlee-aye-oh
"I don't know where ye been, me lad, but I see ye took first prize!"

 

[Guest]

I'm going as a homicidal maniac. They look just like everyone else.

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

I'm going as a homicidal maniac. They look just like everyone else.

So you said, Wednesday.









“Are your Girl Guide Cookies made from real Girl Guides?”

 

[cheerful_deviant]

the Halloween costumes.

Phew!

Our son will be Spiderman. He has a store-bought basic costume to go with his cool web-blaster gloves and sound-effects mask he got for his birthday in August. There was nothing much to do except fabric paint a web design on red socks to complete his look. And he wants to sleep in the whole costume now. I'm asking him - please wait until after Halloween?

Our daughter? Much more difficult. She wanted to be an Egyptian goddess - oh my. We didn't like any of the store-bought things so we had to improvise.

I used an old sleeveless white dress of mine (she loves the length) and decorated with gold fabric around neckline and waist, and then spent hours making a collar of beads and fake jewels (also a headband and arm bands and a hawk that hangs down from her belt). I couldn't find any decent jewelry so we finally made paper mache cobras - spray-painted gold sparkle - to wrap around her arms.

I'm beat. And I managed to burn my fingers from the damn hot glue gun again. But the costume looks so good and she is so thrilled.

Status at school and during trick-or-treating (even at age 9) is pretty important!

So - what are you gonna be for Halloween?

Well the big Little Deviant is going to be a fairy this year. Didn't involve any fabrication (fortunatly ) just a lot of going from store to store to pick up the correct parts since most of the premade kits weren't very good. The little Little Deviant is going to be a strawberry. It's a premade costume my wife picked up somewhere. Easy this year. I'm sure next year will be worse.

P.S. S3, I feel for ya on the damn hot glue gun. I work with heavy equipment and hand tools all day with no problems, but I still manage to burn myself every friggin time I use that thing.

 

[Guest]

Re: Re: I finally finished -

Well the big Little Deviant is going to be a fairy this year. Didn't involve any fabrication (fortunatly ) just a lot of going from store to store to pick up the correct parts since most of the premade kits weren't very good. The little Little Deviant is going to be a strawberry. It's a premade costume my wife picked up somewhere. Easy this year. I'm sure next year will be worse.

P.S. S3, I feel for ya on the damn hot glue gun. I work with heavy equipment and hand tools all day with no problems, but I still manage to burn myself every friggin time I use that thing.

Oh yes - they are so damn dangerous!

I used a mini glue gun this time for the bead work and it wasn't too bad. But I have an awful burn on the inside of my arm from a couple of weeks ago from the big glue gun. (I won't go into details but it's the kind of hot glue burn where it takes a bit of skin when you wipe off the glue? Damn, damn, damn.)

Your little deviants sound delightful, by the way. There is something so fun about kid excitement during Halloween!

 

[Sabledrake]

Oh, those hot glue gun blues ... I'm no stranger to that. Worst one was when a big dollop of it dropped right into the palm of my hand. And I did what anybody might've done on instinct ... immediately rubbed it on my leg. So I smeared the hot glue all down my hand _and_ my leg for good measure.

My kid hasn't decided yet what she's gonna be. Yesterday was her birthday (she's TEN! Where does the time go?) and has been solely focused on birthday stuff. Which means she'll probably come up with some horribly complicated idea today or tomorrow, and I'll have a week to scramble.

Sabledrake

 

[Edward Teach]

Pirate Sword

I have this really wide, flat, wooden Pirate's sword. It's sanded and painted and all so I won't get any splinters and stuff and it'll fit into my sash really well but I have a question.

Do you think it'll frighten the moms in the neighborhood?


Ed

 

[JRaven]

Re: Pirate Sword

Should I threaten the moms in the neighborhood with it?

Ed

Most Mom's would just grab thier cell phones and call the police. One or two might use it as an excuse to fuck your brains out.

My deviants are too old to want to trick or treat. My oldest (18) is actually looking forward to handing out the candy.

We're going to a party the Saturday before. Jim took some of the buckskin he's had tanned and made our indian costumes. I'll be wearing a halter top (actually quite comfortable) and loin cloth.

Jenny

 

[Guest]

Re: Pirate Sword

. . . Do you think it'll frighten the moms in the neighborhood?


Ed

I dunno, Ed.

Are you talking about your sword or your dick?

 

[Edward Teach]

Re: Re: Pirate Sword

I dunno, Ed.

Are you talking about your sword or your dick?

Interesting you should mention that. I think I was talking about my sword, but I guess a really hot babe might subliminally think of it as my dick and how it might make her squirm and squeal. And the sword could always serve as a paddle in a pinch and my sash as a restraint. I mean if she had a proclivity toward thinking about those things.


Aroused Eddie Teach

 

[Guest]

 

[cantdog]

One Halloween I sewed up a penguin outfit for my daughter. The open beak revealed her face within, and the felt feet had elastic cuffs at the ankle.

Then her grandmother was dying of a stroke the following year, lying in ICU where they do not allow children to visit. They would not allow parents to bring in children under twelve.

They did, however, allow a pair of adults to bring in a penguin.

 

[English Lady]

well halloween is not a big thing over here at all...so i doubt we'll do the trick or treat thing (i wouldn't want to just knock on doors round here to be honest*L*) But Beth keeps saying she wats to dress up as Meg (As in the witch charachter in the Meg and Mog books) ....so maybe some black card and some glitter will be purchased to make a witches hat and she can wear my black t-shirt as a dress