Candy is my second favorite part of Halloween. I know, what could possibly be my first favorite part?
But I love Halloween costumes. Love ’em.
I could gladly sit and watch people and guess their costumes (which makes the West Hollywood Costume Carnaval the best place to people watch because people go nuts!) I especially love creative ones that are either DIY or really original. John and I try to do couples costumes and this year on short notice did LEGOs!
Took about two hours to make them and all we needed were the following:
- Large Cardboard boxes
- Plastic red and blue bowls (worked out in our favor since those were the colors we wanted)
- Masking Tape
- Spray Paint
I would definitely get white bowls if you decide to go as other colors and to make the costumes at least a week in advance. We kept smelling the fumes from the spray paint throughout the night. Not unbearable, but not comfortable either.
Some progress pics below:
Cutting out the holes and taping the edges. Then, taping the bowls down and prepping them for their spray paint bath.
We went out to downtown Santa Barbara and it was fun seeing so many costumes. My favorite was an Ace Ventura when he pretended to be a mental patient and another DIY costume–a Loofa! She said it took two hours to put together and there were safety pins everywhere.
All in all, a fun night out. Even with the slight struggle trying to get through crowds as box form.
And just for giggles, some of my favorite costumes from the past few years:
Bacon and Eggs – Halloween 2009
Woody and Jessie – Halloween 2010
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