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Awesome 'Mario Kart' Costume Rules Halloween

Emerald Catron — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:14:43 +0000

Now this is the kind of Halloween story we love. TheFW reader Kevin Fritz saw our post on inspirational wheelchair costumes and was, in fact, inspired. He made this awesome costume of Yoshi from 'Mario Kart.'

The Best 2012 Celebrity Halloween Costumes

Emerald Catron — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:42:42 +0000

Maybe it's the $2,000 wig, maybe it's that we wound up using some really old makeup we found under the sink (thanks, Sandy), but something makes celebrity Halloween costumes seem more glamorous than ours. Here are just a few of our favorites from this year. And yes, that is Ellen DeGeneres dressed up as Sofia Vergara. And Miley Cyrus as Nicki Minaj. Apparently this year famous people decided that the scariest thing is themselves.

'A Christmas Story' Inspires Awesome One-Legged Halloween Costume

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 21:09:53 +0000

Josh Sundquist wears a lot of hats. He's a motivational speaker, a best-selling author, a vlogger, former member of the paralympic ski team and US amputee soccer team and the founder of a social networking website for persons with amputations.

He's also a cancer survivor, and it was that disease which took his leg at age 10.

Baby in 'Alien' Power Loader Costume Wins Halloween

Emerald Catron — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:09:50 +0000

Giving up hyperbole was a New Year’s resolution of ours, so you can be confident we mean it when we say this is quite possibly the greatest baby costume ever. The little lady is dressed up like ‘Aliens’-era Ripley — operating a power loader! Her dad carefully constructed the costume to be baby safe, then [...]

10 Halloween Costumes For You and Your Horse

Bonnie Biess — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:27:45 +0000

Between dogs dressed as Miss Piggy and Big Bird looking for work this Halloween season, we figured why not cram our other animal friends into fashionable Halloween get-ups as well? Sure, you're more likely to find a dog parade or a cat fashion show rather than a horse and/or seeing eye pony pageant. But, hey -- farmers and the children of the independently wealthy need Halloween love too right?

Subway Sandwich Artist Foils Robbery, Throws Soup At Thief in Ghost Mask

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 21:24:10 +0000

Thanks to the seasonal boom in masks and disguises, Halloween is prime time for criminals. That is, unless they tangle with the wrong sandwich slinger… When a 6 foot tall, 250 pound man in a ghost mask barged into a Subway restaurant in Braidwood, Illinois this past Friday, there was no doubt he was looking for trouble. The [...]

The Best Costumes From 'HallowMeme 2012′

Emerald Catron — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 18:54:48 +0000

Halloween may be next week, but Brooklyn's 'Hallowmeme' party got the costumed fun started early. The fourth annual event, put on by the folks at Forced Meme Productions, gives people the chance to dress up like their favorite internet sensations. There were lots of McKayla Maroneys and Psys, but people also repped some less-popular memes as well. Skull Trumpet and High Expectations Asian Father both made appearances, and of course there was a 'Gangnam Style' dance-off and plenty of Honey Boo Boos. Here is all that, plus our personal faves.

10 Babies in Food Costumes About to Be Eaten By Their Parents

Cameron Simcik — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:45:34 +0000

A few weeks back, a tiny baby burrito kicked off our craving for kids dressed in food costumes. (Not for actual baby. We're not zombies or anything.) It’s such a simple concept, yet it yields such hilarious results. Talk about Halloween genius at its finest. Luckily, we can continue laughing and aww-ing over miniature tasty attire, thanks to the ‘Babies in Food Costumes’ Tumblr.

How to Make a 2012 Meme Costume

Bonnie Biess — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:45:58 +0000

We've smothered the masses with costume ideas for you and your crew, and/or quite possibly soon to be epic wheelchair. Fortunately, we haven't forgotten the rest of you friendless, internet-loving basement dwellers out there. Yes, it's time to make your clever 2012 "meme" costume.

Halloween Costumed Girl Shot By Relative Who Mistook Her For a Skunk

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:35:06 +0000

It’s unclear if a nine-year-old New Sewickley, PA, girl was actually dressed as a skunk Saturday night for a local Halloween party. But she was wearing a black hat and a white tussle and that was enough for a relative of the unidentified girl to mistake her for the stinky varmint. Apparently not a big fan of skunks, the relative then shot the [...]

15 Ridiculously Cute Halloween Costumes From the Tompkins Square Dog Parade

Bonnie Biess — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:03:55 +0000

Hundreds of canines and their proud owners dolled up in their Halloween best this past Saturday for the 2012 Tompkins Square Park Halloween Dog Parade. Among the many festive four-legged friends showed were a mutt Mr. T, a barking Miss Piggy, not to mention a traveling Evita equipped with her own Argentinian entrance music. Check [...]

Sesame Street Wisely Trying to Stop 'Sexy Big Bird' Costume

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:01:06 +0000

Thanks to Mitt Romney and a bunch of merry meme makers, Big Bird is hot. Thanks to the novelty costume makers at Yandy.com, Big Bird is sexy. Ick. Yes, perhaps the strangest Halloween costume this year is Sexy Big Bird. This is how Yandy describes the abomination on their website: The three-piece, sexy Big Bird [...]

The Best Group Halloween Costumes

Bonnie Biess — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:14:09 +0000

We've all been there -- just a couple hours before you have to head out to a Halloween party, and you haven't had the time or money to put together a decent costume. Then suddenly, a flash of inspiration zaps you or one of your buddies -- but all too often, the final product is just sad at best, or lands you in the slammer.

20 Ridiculous Halloween Costumes for Kids

Cameron Simcik — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:31:20 +0000

There's one thing we know for sure about little kids-- they can make practically anything seem adorable. Scrunched-up, twisted sour faces? Check. A boppin' on a bed rendition of Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'? You betcha! Although we're a little dumbfounded as to how this "everything is ridiculously adorable" thing actually happens, we can't help but be sucked into the cuteness every darn time. This is especially true when it comes to Halloween.

Get Ready for Halloween With 'Smush Faced Dogs in Costumes'

Cameron Simcik — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:18:27 +0000

With Halloween just a few weeks away and our obsession with dressed-up animals still going strong, we have been led into the most wonderful of all Tumblr lands with our latest discovery. If you even remotely enjoyed seeing dogs in spiffy garb or got a kick out of puppy Avengers, there is a humongous chance [...]

14 Kids Dressed as Movie Characters for Halloween

Cameron Simcik — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 17:12:34 +0000

There are dozens of things we love about Halloween, like spooking our friends and sugar comas galore. But what tops our list is we can disguise ourselves (and our kids) in everything from the totally confusing to the aww-worthy, and no one bats an eyelash over it. (Ok, we did get a little weirded out by that 'Potato Jesus', but that's besides the point.)

Inspirational Wheelchair Costumes for Halloween

Bonnie Biess — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:50:12 +0000

Wheelchair-bound little tykes such as our favorite ice cream trucker Carter might not be jumping a broomstick this Halloween season, because this just in: TIE fighters get more candy. While parents around the globe came to department store fisticuffs over the latest Katy Perry “Candy Girl” costume, the much more creative (and awesome) parents rolled [...]

'Potato Jesus' Costume Can't Be Beat This Halloween

Emerald Catron — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:25:23 +0000

You might not have even known you were competing for the title of 2012′s Best Halloween Costume, but you just lost. The guy who made this ‘Ecce Homo‘/ Potato Jesus/ Good Grief, This Lady Can’t Paint costume just beat us all. What were you going to be for Halloween? A sexy referee? That’s just not [...]

Dad Makes Amazing Ice Cream Truck Costume For Wheelchair-Bound Son

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:09:53 +0000

Carter has spina bifida, a birth defect which affects the spinal canal. Because of his condition, the youngster uses a wheelchair. Being stuck in a chair is obviously going to be tough on a kid. However, last Halloween Carter’s dad used his son’s wheels to their advantage in crafting a pretty awesome costume. As you can see, [...]

Topical Costumes to Avoid This Halloween

Marla Rosenthal — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:17:21 +0000

Now that grocery stores are stocking Halloween candy on shelves (we can’t believe it either), it’s time to discuss the most important aspect of this amazing holiday -- costume selection. We recognize that there’s temptation to jump on the fad costume bandwagon, but take our advice -- the most obvious choice isn’t always the best choice. The following are 10 Halloween costumes we’re hoping we don’t see on the streets this year.

Grumpy Old Man Finds Halloween Costume of Himself

Donald Deane — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:31:21 +0000

Choosing the right Halloween costume requires careful thought and planning. Do you, for example, go with the season's hot new trend or a tried-and-true standard? Well, imagine his surprise when the uncle of Redditor LiarInGlass discovered he doesn't need a costume because he's already wearing one.

Twin Babies Have the Best Top Gun Costumes Ever

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:00:19 +0000

‘Top Gun’-related costumes have been fairly popular during the last few Halloweens, but this elaborate get-up involving 8-month-old twins dressed as Maverick and Goose stands out for its incredible attention to detail and rockin’ Kenny Loggins soundtrack. ‘Top Gun’-loving parents, you have something to shoot for next Halloween. [via Say OMG]

Man Creates Grisly Chest Wound Halloween Costume With iPads [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:41:15 +0000

In what may be the trippiest Halloween costume ever, Mark Rober, a mechanical engineer at NASA, connected two iPads using FaceTime, with each one displaying the image from the front-view camera on the other, and attached them to the front and back of his torso.

The end result makes it appear as though you're looking right through a hole in his midsection.

5 Highly Inappropriate Family Halloween Costumes

Lindsay Seim — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:20:45 +0000

It's the end of October. There's a chill in the air and a FEMA-sized stockpile of candy in every aisle of every store. Black cats have gone into hiding. That's right, my pretties, Halloween has come again. As the witching hour draws near, we must once again prepare ourselves for the creepy/spooky phenomenon of inappropriate [...]

Baby Carries Dad Around For Hilarious Halloween Costume [VIDEO]

Chip Sandalwood — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:37:18 +0000

Babies love piggyback rides. And while society dictates that generally the baby is the one doing the piggybacking, there's no reason to believe he or she wouldn't get just as much joy out of carrying Dad around for once.

At least that's what we think this father-son combo was going for when they put together this amusing Halloween costume. Check it out below.

Heidi Klum Dressed As Bat Boy For Halloween Is Disturbing [IMAGES]

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:49:22 +0000

Heidi Klum is arguably the celebrity queen of Halloween, having gone as a robot, a raven, a kitty cat and a Hindu goddess in holidays' past.

This year she has two costumes, including Bat Boy, the mascot for the notorious supermarket tabloid 'Weekly World News.'

9 Wonderfully Cute Family Halloween Costumes [PICTURES]

Lindsay Seim — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:03:28 +0000

The Munsters. The Addams Family. The Von Trapps. These famous fictional families made a habit out of appearing together in costume. After all, nothing screams “familial bond” like donning face paint and lederhosen as a nuclear unit. With Halloween fast approaching, real families everywhere aren’t about to pass up an opportunity to get in on [...]

How to Make a Honey Badger Costume for Halloween

Danny Gallagher — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:11:47 +0000

Halloween is just a few days away and since this annual holiday falls on a Monday, parties are bound to pop up during the weekend to accommodate those who have to go to work without hangovers on (though that probably won't stop people from having too many candy corn martinis).

The only problem is that you don't have a costume. You could throw on a dirty old bedsheet, cut a few holes in it and tell people you're a beige ghost. Or you could actually be clever and in-tune with what's happening and hip (as the kids say) by going as viral video star the honey badger.

Sure putting together a costume of such a fearsome sounding creature sounds like you'll be sitting at a sewing machine all night trying to un-sew the sleeve of your shirt out of your costume, but it's actually one of the simpler clever costumes you can put together for 2011. After the jump, we'll show you how.

14 Adorable Dogs In Halloween Costumes [PICTURES]

Lindsay Seim — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:28:23 +0000

Sure, <a href="http://thefw.com/tags/halloween/"target_blankHalloween is all about the kiddos. Opening the front door to the neighborhood wee ones (yours or someone else's) <a href="http://thefw.com/inappropriate-halloween-costumes-for-children/"target_blankdressed in their trick-or-treating finery is a sugar rush unto itself. So what's cuter than your four-year-old dressed as Dorothy? Your four-footed fur-baby dressed as a flying monkey! From the innocently hilarious to [...]

'The View' Remembers Outrageous Halloween Costumes Gone By [VIDEO]

Donald Deane — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:19:42 +0000

Halloween is less than a week away and the ladies of ‘The View’ are no doubt gearing up to surprise viewers with outlandish costumes like they do every year. Luckily for fans, they offered a look at Halloween costumes of years past. Last Halloween, each of the hosts chose a character from their favorite decade. [...]