Favorite Childhood Costume?

[AutumnMist]

I was the bride of Frankenstein when I was in 7th grade. I thought I was sooooo goth. Its still one of my favorite costumes though. What about you? I hated the cheap plastic costumes with the cheap plastic elastic band masks when I was a kid. I still remember my superwoman costume from the 70's. LOL.

[Zomby Woof]

1. A donkey costume my Mom made

She made the mask based on a pattern from a magazine - it was light cardboard and sculpted quite well, and sewed the costume. It won me the door prize at one party in Kindergarten. :D

Kind of fitting, being the symbol of the Democratic party! :bounce: (or yes, I am a stubborn jackass, lol)

I wore it two years in a row, while it fit. :-)

[photogirl12]

2. The penguin costume that my mom made me

I was in 6th grade and the costume wone 1st place in a costume competition. My mom always made my costumes. She would say that every year she felt like Oscar de la Renta!

[Bossy Monkey]

3. Angus Young's. Oh-- you mean from MY childhood

I only had the crappy plastic mask type ones, so none stand out. I think there was a glow-in-the-dark ghost one one year, but I seem to recall its glow-in-the-dark properties were highly exaggerated. Still and all, even though they were crappy, I always had fun with them.

[MorningGlow]

4. OMG I was Superwoman too!

Kindergarten. I was so excited to wear that crappy plastic thing! LOL I am so jealous of current Halloween costumes for kids--they seem so sophisticated compared to those shapeless tie-on ones we had in the '70s--complete with plastic mask that would make your face SWEAT like nobody's business.

Personally I'm proud of the hippie costume I made when I was in high school. I raided my mom's and my aunt's closet, but they were very conservative in their day (and my mom believed in throwing away or selling anything that wasn't nailed down every couple of years, to boot).

Still, I found an odd Asian-themed sleevless, tab-collar tunic dress and skirt...turquoise, with Chinese scenes on it--men in pointed hats by pagodas--that I thought I could make something of. My mom wailed as I took it apart, because some dressmaker had custom made it for her. I took off the front and back panels of the tunic and found they fit the armholes perfectly. I cut the tunic down the front and put the skirt panels on the bottom of it to make it a bit longer--voila, a bell-sleeved short kimono! Add other odds and ends like a headband, miniskirt, kneehigh boots, and lots of jewelry, and I felt like Janis Joplin.

My mom still marvels that I turned that Chinese thing into something completely new without adding anything or taking anything away.

LOL too bad Project Runway didn't exist back then.

[AutumnMist]

5. Thats Is So Cool!

way to go with the hippie costume. Sounds like it turned out really awesome. Very creative. well it sounds like we are superwoman sisters. I was going to say wonder twin powers activate...but thats a different show. LOL

[El Fuego]

6. A black cat costume my Mom made me.