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Halloween

Far Out

“Halloween 1979. I’m the outhouse. I thought then (still do!) that it was an amazing costume from conception to fruition, and can’t imagine why mom waited 4 months to get this gem developed.”

(submitted by IG @polly_want_a)

Scarecrows

“I was barely a month old and my parents decided my first ‘outing’ should be a trip to the local mall. Not only were those mall scarecrows scarier than anything I’ve ever seen in a horror movie, I was doomed to live a life as a NY Jets fan.”

(submitted by Tim)

Stardate 1990

“This is a family photo from the 90s. We had coordinated Halloween costumes and my parents decided to get a professional photo taken of it for some reason. I’m in the yellow costume which I hated because I wanted blue or red. And yes, we watched a lot of Star Trek.”

(submitted by IG @c.soe_

Staten Island Big Bird

“Apparently my mom hired Staten Island Big Bird for my first birthday party and I was petrified.”

(submitted by IG @brinkunis

Trick Or Treat Like An Egyptian

“Once, I was Anubis for Halloween.”

(submitted by IG @davidhanosiii

Milk Of Magnesia

“I took pride in creating my own costumes. I thought this costume would generate a lot of laughs. In retrospect, constipation is more funny to 9 year-olds than the population as a whole.”

(submitted by Quinn)

Baby Pumpkin

“This is my friend’s husband inside a pumpkin bounce house. Nothing better than a family outing where you see a live breech birth.”

(submitted by Kelly)

 

Smoked

“My mom was always good at making Halloween costumes no matter what I wanted to be. She asked 8 year old me what I wanted to be so I said ‘a cigarette!” She got to work and made me a Marlboro, lit with ashes at the top. Needless to say, the school banned any cigarette related costumes the next year.”

(submitted by Sofia) 

Whale Rider

“My daughter emerging from a blue inflatable at a local children’s festival a few years ago.”

(IG @riessmchll

Spirit Halloween

“This is a picture of my kids at my house for a Halloween photo shoot. It’s my favourite holiday and I dressed my kids up for the 7 days leading up to Halloween! My little boy (age 1), wanted no part of his costumes, while my little girl (age 4), was a real poser!”

(submitted by IG @kelly99j