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Our Readers’ Favorite Halloween Costumes
by Jason English - October 30, 2009 - 9:30 AM

captain-america

Lots of superhero costumes. Rebekah Davies sent in this photo of her co-worker Michael as Captain America. (”He made it from scratch, including sewing the shield from individual pleather tiles he cut out…hundreds of them.”)

highlighter-girl

Heidi Hurst is Highlighter Girl! (Superpower: “I brighten your day!”)

wonder-woman

Melissa Shumate as Wonder Woman (with a Burger King crown for good measure).

dr-o

Rachel Moore as Doctor Horrible!

two-face

Christopher Schwarz makes his third and final appearance on our list, this time as Two-Face.

optimus-vance

It’s Optimus Vance Rutherford!

pinhead

Nathan Stewart gives away his how-to-be-Pinhead-from-Hellraiser secret: “I used liquid latex to cover my entire head, then painted toothpicks silver for the nails. A little dab of latex on the end of the toothpicks and they stuck without any problems. I even made my own Lament Configuration out of a block of wood.”

tooth-fairy

Is the Tooth Fairy a hero? Kevin Kroll put an intimidating spin on the role.

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Comments (16)

  1. Those are awesome! Great collection. I had to laugh out loud at Carole Burnett and the Ding Bat.

    posted by Miss Cellania on 10-30-2009 at 8:21 am

  2. Dingbat!! I love it!

    Other favorites: Stacy’s costume from last year; Toucan Sam; Frida Kahlo; the little baby! Too many to list. Thanks for posting these!

    posted by Sam on 10-30-2009 at 10:37 am

  3. Is that a Donald Duck cookie jar in Christopher Schwarz’s kitchen? If so, he is awesome.

    posted by Matt Soniak on 10-30-2009 at 10:48 am

  4. I can’t BELIEVE I didn’t get my pictures in on time! Sometimes I amaze myself.. I’m struggling with a costume idea for this year since I’m not sure anything can top my condom costume! Hopefully I will remember to submit next year… *huff*

    posted by BioloBri on 10-30-2009 at 11:12 am

  5. Oh I am so glad to see all those gorgeous homemade box costumes. Now I don’t feel so bad about dressing up as a book in third grade even though, I have to say, mine is still a turd compared to these ones.

    posted by Jenni on 10-30-2009 at 11:17 am

  6. I just emailed my mom and asked her to make me a Care Bears costume for next year.

    Yes, I am 26 years old.

    And the Carole Burnett costume is utterly brilliant!

    posted by BlueAloe on 10-30-2009 at 11:18 am

  7. The dingbat is too funny, maybe next year!

    posted by Lovely on 10-30-2009 at 11:27 am

  8. Ahahahaha!!!

    It is ALL about the Ding bat costume… First I was looking at the chest like huh? What does that say…

    Moaning Myrtle is pretty creepy. But cute…

    posted by Chrystani on 10-30-2009 at 11:48 am

  9. I’m proud to say that last year, two of the costume ideas on this list were combined into one for me. I was Dr. Horrible, and one of my friends was Bristol Palin. I don’t want to share other peoples’ photos without their permission, but there’s a great pic of me holding her hostage with my Freeze Ray.

    Also, Captcha: phantom me <- very appropriate!

    posted by ESJ on 10-30-2009 at 12:08 pm

  10. @biolo Bri – I missed it too…and I go whole hog!

    I LOVE Scott Allen’s DC Metro. That’s utterly brilliant! Kudos to all the wonderfully thought out costumes on here! Long live creativity!

    posted by Hastings on 10-30-2009 at 12:13 pm

  11. I’m loving the Richard Simmons costume!

    posted by Kikadee on 10-30-2009 at 12:27 pm

  12. Stacy Conradt is HOT!!!!! I’m pretty sure I’m in love. She’s married. Dammit!

    posted by xanderjones on 10-30-2009 at 1:41 pm

  13. Darn! I missed the deadline! Oh well….I can send them in next time. Usually people don’t know what I am anyway.

    posted by nihil on 10-30-2009 at 3:44 pm

  14. It is a Donald Duck Cookie Jar in my Kitchen… And thank you for vailidating me being Awesome. I keep telling my wife that, and she keeps rolling her eyes :)

    posted by Chris on 10-30-2009 at 4:32 pm

  15. One year, in college, I went as the Scarecrow from “The Wizard of Oz.” I won second place in the costume contest!
    I was the scarecrow the year before in high school.

    posted by Sara in AL on 10-30-2009 at 5:13 pm

  16. Loved the Carol Burnett, that took guts to walk around w/ a curtain rod on your shoulders during a party.

    Also, really liked the Dr Horrible, especially the way the photo was taken. Brilliant.

    posted by Jonny on 10-30-2009 at 11:53 pm

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