Halloween Costumes

[Mandy]

We dont really celebrate halloween in this country like you guys do over there, so i have never bought or made myself any halloween costume, but last year i entered my yorkies in a halloween competition, with costumes that i made, and put together myself, so i could post pics of them.

[katepoet]

That's great Mandy! Any costumes for any event and any bird, beast or being! In Brasil, we made costumes for Carnival. Lots make New Year's costumes. When do folks dress up for fun where you are?

[Mandy]

Here we dress up silly for carnaval in febuari, but that too is mainly held in the south. People up north dont do anything for carnaval.

[katepoet]

Now I find I am guessing the country - North and South with different cultures... Italy? (no pressure to say - privacy on the web trumps everything else)

[DianaB]

She changed her location recently on her profile..... she's from Holland!!!! Isn't that cool!!!

I hope that you didn't mind, Mandy!

[katepoet]

She pm'd me - but thank you. Lots of fun! What are your cultural heritages DianaB?

[DianaB]

Originally Posted by katepoet

She pm'd me - but thank you. Lots of fun! What are your cultural heritages DianaB?

My family's been in the US for years but I'm German and French with a little Irish! We've been here long enough that we don't have any traditions from another country.

I have grown up in the area that I live (southeast Kansas). I'm married to a farmer (33 years) and we have 4 children (2 are married) and 5 grandchildren. My family all lives within a mile of me and we're very close. I'm a homemaker but occasionally help my husband with the farm work. This year's been difficult because we live in an area that was flooded. It didn't affect my home but my husband's shop and equipment went under and our crops were hurt. It was a very interesting time!

[DianaB]

When my son was younger we made a Halloween costume that won a prize at a local store. It was very simple but very different......he went as a boy walking on his hands.

I took a muslin sack and painted a face on it then sewed a cap on it's head. I sewed the head onto an old shirt of my husbands. Then I took a pair of jeans and put them over my son's head (we had to cut holes to see and to breathe). I pinned the shirt to the jeans. I, also sewed stuffed gloves on top of a pair of socks which went on his feet and then I put shoes and socks on his hands! It was a lot cuter in person even then it is in the photo.

What made it so funny was that people didn't know where to look for my son's face at. You could see their eyes going up and down to find his head. You know it makes us uncomfortable to look at someone's crotch!!!! The only problem was he would get very hot and uncomfortable so it came off and on alot!!!! That was a fun year!!

[katepoet]

What a clever costume, Diana! Nifty!