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)
