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Danmel

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31. Connie conehead

Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2018, 10:51 PM

Sep 2018

When I was in college. I made a cone out of oaktag. Painted it with foundation make-up. Made "sensor rings" with aluminum foil.
My head was sweaty, but it was a great costume.

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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