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Originally Posted by Juvysen   it's too cold here in upstate ny (most halloweens) to see too many teen trick-or-treaters in anything too sexy  but I do recall going to some halloween parties dressed, uh, less than appropriately for the weather when I was in college.
I haven't gotten a lot of trick-or-treaters at my door in NO costume, but I did get some pretty creative twists on regular old clothing... which I actually loved. One teen came here (with a group of younger kids) wearing all these signs pinned all over... one to her shirt, one to her hat, etc... each said something like "hat, $20" "shirt, $15" and then there was a sign pinned to her back saying "going trick or treating? priceless" or something like that. She was a mastercard commercial. Awesome! Takes so much more mental effort to come up with something like that than to just grab a costume off a rack, you know? |
We were at a Halloween party for the kids on Friday, and I saw a kid who had a tree branch duct-taped to his baseball cap, so that the leaves fell sort of over his forehead. When I asked what he was, he took a deep breath and blew, so that the leaves fluttered, and said he was a leaf blower. LOVED IT. Another girl had a baby doll taped to her backside, and told me she was a babysitter, and illustrated by sitting down-- on the doll, of course. That one had me a little doubtful, but you gotta give her credit for creativity.
That said- I don't quibble about costumes. I used to trick or treat as a teenager with no costume. I would give candy to any kid who came to the door, unless he was there for like his fifth or sixth time that same night.
And if my kids were older, and wanted to go out without a costume-- whatever. What's the big deal? It's not worth the argument, to me. But I'm glad the OP found a compromise that she and her DS were comfortable with.
And if my kids are too old to dress up, then they are welcome to hand out candy while I take a hot bath and read a book 
