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cyclonefence

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24. One year I made my son into a basket of dirty laundry

Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2018, 08:34 PM

Sep 2018

Cut a hole in the bottom of a plastic clothes basket for his legs to fit through, then strings like suspenders to go over his shoulders to hold it up. Load it up with old towels etc and stick an empty detergent bottle in at a jaunty angle.

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What was your best Halloween Costume? [View all] mysteryowl Sep 2018 OP

I was a kindergarten teacher for 38 years and one year I pinned numbers all over my skylucy Sep 2018 #1

Oh! Fantastic!!!! mysteryowl Sep 2018 #3

I remember using a marine cami uniform and smallened it angstlessk Sep 2018 #2

Huh? mysteryowl Sep 2018 #4

A camouflage marine uniform..adult size, since kids aren't marines angstlessk Sep 2018 #7

Oh, I get it. mysteryowl Sep 2018 #14

I went to one party as Helen Blazes, Queen of Hell redwitch Sep 2018 #5

Ha! and you screen name is "Red Witch" mysteryowl Sep 2018 #6

LOL redwitch Sep 2018 #19

Oh, sure... I believe you... mysteryowl Sep 2018 #20

Me Grim Reaper was my best. You could use a turned out umbrella as a wind prop lunasun Sep 2018 #8

Thanks for the umbrella idea, good one! mysteryowl Sep 2018 #10

Frank N. Furter PennyK Sep 2018 #9

Ha! mysteryowl Sep 2018 #11

That would be the year I cut one side from a gallon milk carton. TygrBright Sep 2018 #12

Ha! mysteryowl Sep 2018 #15

The Stanley Cup, but it was really hard to move around. LisaM Sep 2018 #13

I like it! mysteryowl Sep 2018 #17

Your idea is great! femmedem Sep 2018 #16

Nice!! mysteryowl Sep 2018 #18

Magna-Tox TV KT2000 Sep 2018 #21

I went as a box of SpermEEZ. (sperm ease) Solly Mack Sep 2018 #22

Easy to do, last minute... I wore all white... targetpractice Sep 2018 #23

One year I made my son into a basket of dirty laundry cyclonefence Sep 2018 #24

Kid next door once pulled a clear plastic bag up around her body rurallib Sep 2018 #25

I had 8 legs for my spiders! Kali Sep 2018 #26

back in 1986 lapfog_1 Sep 2018 #27

I was 10 and went as Cher!!! SunnyBaudelaire Sep 2018 #28

Mushroom headed Mario Kart costumes should be popular this year. Funtatlaguy Sep 2018 #29

Lord Byron. Aristus Sep 2018 #30

Connie conehead Danmel Sep 2018 #31

Naked on roller skates as a pull toy. keithbvadu2 Sep 2018 #32

This year I'm going as Florida Man, the world's worst super hero krispos42 Sep 2018 #33

I went as a hooker. zanana1 Sep 2018 #34