Comments on: Friday Happy Hour: Your First Halloween

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:45:16 +0000

My very 1st costume was the Pillsbury Dough Boy – my mom did the same thing for my sister when she was a baby too. I think I may do that when I have a kid too- funny and easy.
I also distinctly remember being the Statue of Liberty when I was 5. It was the year it celebrated its 100th birthday. I had the foam crown and my mom died sheets green and made a torch out of a flashlight. I just remember hating the green makeup.

As for candy, I love Nerds. I hoard them.

By: Haily

Haily — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:17:16 +0000

I’m not to big a prankster but the best was one I pulled a few years back with the help of my cousin. Early in that week my friend had been getting prank calls and phone messages from someone saying they were coming to get her/kill her/etc. I forgot the name the person gave but it was something like “Sally”. It really freaked her out but it turned out only to be a stupid little kid playing a trick. I was at work that weekend with my cousin and I was telling him about it. My friend was suppose to pick me up that night to go to a concert in San Francisco. My cousin came up with the idea that when my friend showed up, I would call my works phone from my cell phone in my pocket. He would answer the phone then come and in say “Zoe, it’s for you. It’s Sally.” Needless to say when we did it the look on her face was priceless.

By: Tink

Tink — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:15:00 +0000

Best prank I ever did was suggest to my friend that we “foil” his roommates bedroom while he was out of town. He agreed so the night before he got back we went and bought 12 rolls of aluminum foil and spent 4 1/2 hours wrapping every individual thing in his room in it. The only thing that wasn’t covered in foil was the floor. The pictures were great!

By: Tdave

Tdave — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:50:00 +0000

4. Sort-of a prank if you really stretch the definition.

My 16 year old buddy wanted to go trick-or-treating. I knew there would be people who would consider us as too old. I figured that since I was the same height and weight as his 12 year old brother, I would hide my age by fully covering my head, goatee and body piercing with a ghoul mask. Sure enough, some crabby old lady sniped at Jimmy about being to old to trick-or-treat. She didn’t know it but the guy standing next to Jimmy was 33 years old.(haha)

By: Logan

Logan — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:25:00 +0000

1. Not sure what my very first costume was, but almost every year of my childhood, I dressed as a princess. Of course, this was the 70’s, so I had the plastic costume that tied in the back like a hospital gown, and the horrible painted mask with tiny eye and nose holes..

2. We don’t get any here. Kiwis aren’t really into Halloween yet, and I live in a condo building anyway. In fact, ever since my late 20s I’ve lived in a building (with outside doors) of some sort – so no kids.

3. Probably the “chunky” bar. They don’t have them here, though, so I”ve grown attached to the Crunchie bar.

4. Ok, the prank wasn’t mine, and quite similar to one above. When I was in high school, lots of kids were into stealing porch dummies on Halloween night. So, my brother (who was VERY skinny) dressed up as a dummy, put a huge mask on his head, and slumped on the porch. I watched from the front window. Sure enough, a couple of young teenagers came up the walk saying “oh, cool! Look at him!” My brother waited until they were bent down and about to grab his arms, and jumped up and yelled. HA! I’ve never seen anyone run so quickly!!

By: Alena

Alena — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 02:03:00 +0000

2. This year my friends and I were getting ready to go to a party, and handing out candy at the same time. My house is 2 apartments, one on the top and mine is on the main floor – so to get to my apartment you have to walk in the foyer and then through my front doors. Usuually trick or treaters ring the doorbell and wait outside. But not all of them! All of a sudden the inside door bursts open, and a tiny little pumpkin runs through the door yelling “Happy Halloween!”
Turns out, the adorable kid didn’t realize that she needed to wait for us to come to the door – she just wanted the candy, and thought she should go inside to get it :) When I brought her back outside, her parents were standing on the porch just laughing! Best halloween moment ever!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:20:00 +0000

My husband and I love halloween, however we’ve noticed each year more and more kids come without costumes. Now this I don’t mind when they’re young but this year I’d say about 35% of the kids who came to our door were either over 15 and not even remotely dressed up, or had more facial hair than my husband. At some point in the night we were even kidding about handing out job applications instead of candy. I think maybe next year we’ll be turning off the light and heading to a friend’s house for a party instead.

By: Marion

Marion — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:03:00 +0000

1. First I can remember is Pebbles – flammable costume and sweaty mask too.

2. We live in a condo complex, so a ton of kids, but this year we went to a friend’s complex. Lotta cats, spiderman,goth princesses. Last year it was all Dorothy or pirates.

3. I actually like those nasty Halloween toffees! but I steal M&Ms from my kids’ bags. Just tried Almond Joy, and it’s pretty awesome.

4. I live to prank all year long. Was changing baby and making a big loud deal over the stench… then crumpled up a clean diaper and chased older daughter’s friends around house, saying: “WANNA SEE???” Then I threw it at them. The screams were awesome. Also fun – remove the glue strip from magazine inserts and attach to nostril. Make a big deal about sneezing, then turn to kids with giant booger hanging out of nose. Threaten to rub it on them. Enjoy the screams. My best prank? Found mannequin hand and froze it, then, said to old boyfriend whilst we were sleeping at a friend’s: “Honey, hold my hand”. Screamed like a girl at cold dead hand. Got daughter last April Fools – boil egg, peel, put in a glass of milk. You can’t see it… but when you drink, there’s a big, cold, rubbery mass against your lips… yurk! I’m also big on the rubber cockroach/mice/spiders type of gag, and I keep a rubber egg in my fridge to throw at people when they ask for a snack. :-)
Should I worry about my maturity at age 43?

By: Kieran

Kieran — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:43:00 +0000

1. I was also a pumpkin, but being a natural redhead means that I didn’t need my hat.

2. Not many trick or treaters at my house. Here at school we got three jokers, fifteen princesses, two batmans,
a banana and a couple of tinkerbells with a smattering of more traditional costumes like ghosts and witches. They were all escorted through the halls, and we, by far, had the best decorated hallway.

3. I’m a fan of just about anything chocolate, but Reese’s cups might be the ultimate object of my affection. When someone gives out Reese’s at Halloween, they truly care about giving out real candy, not jawbreakers and dum dums. The same is true for M & M’s.

4. My freshman res room had beds that would pull out from underneath a bolster that doubled as storage space. My roommate and I had a friend over, and the friend was getting ready to leave. My roommate had to go to the restroom, so she left the room. Our friend looked at me and smiled, getting under my roommate’s bed, and pulling it in all the way to the wall.

When my roommate came back, she assumed that our friend had left, and mumbled something about her leaving without saying good bye. She got into her bed, and I got into mine, trying SO hard not to laugh. Our friend let her lie there for a good ten minutes before she reached up from underneath and made her hand crawl like Thing on my roommate’s stomach. Needless to say, there was a giant shriek and a half an hour laugh-fest. Simple, but effective.

By: bzzyb

bzzyb — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:58:00 +0000

1)I remember a Raggedy Ann plastic costume and mask that was HOT and sweaty. I think I was 4. I don’t remember any other costumes I ever had or Halloweens.
2) We don’t get trick or treaters at my house, which is fine because we’re gone anyway. At my old house, I got a kid who drove his own car and had a goatee. He LOVED the skull rings I was passing out. In fact, the older kids were much more appreciative of them than some of the 10-12 year olds. Actually had one kid take a pass.
3) Almond Joy – My daughter didn’t bring any home this year, but she did bring me my #2 – Milk Duds!
4)”Borrowed” the clacker out of the victory bell at a rival school. We knew we were going to be beat that year. It was great watching them swing that bell and have nothing happen. They opposing fans proceeded to use a shoe to “ring” the bell. Definately not the effect they were hoping for! HA!!