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Tanuki

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3. My mom sewed me a clown costume when I was 4 or 5.

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Fri Oct 10, 2025, 01:41 PM

Oct 10

She wanted to paint my nose red with lipstick but I wouldn't let her, because I was afraid it wouldn't come off and I'd be stuck with a red nose. She tried to point out that she used lipstick every day and it comes right off, but it was obvious to me that her lips were much pinker than the rest of her face, so I figured they were probably permanently stained from lipstick!

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Name a costume you wore as a child or teen that you will always remember. Mine was a pumpkin, I made out of cardboard & [View all] debm55 Oct 10 OP

Well I wasn't a child but a young adult.................. Lovie777 Oct 10 #1

HAHAHAHAHHAAHH, Thank you very much, Lovie777 debm55 Oct 10 #5

I was a witch, and my mom teased my long hair so it would stick up all around my face..... Native Oct 10 #2

Oh wow. I remember teasing the hair and it was a mess to get out. I can see why you remembered it. Thank you, Native. debm55 Oct 10 #7

My mom sewed me a clown costume when I was 4 or 5. Tanuki Oct 10 #3

HAHAHAHAHAHH. That is funny, Thank you very much, Tanuki. debm55 Oct 10 #10

I used a broom box I could stand inside, painted it like a robot. I attached a small box for the mouth and put a little wcmagumba Oct 10 #4

Gee, that is very original. You are very creative, wcmagumba. Thank you. debm55 Oct 10 #9

Remember, "Thing" from the original Addams family on tv? mgardener Oct 10 #6

Same here with the rain. Your costume sounds great, mgardener. Thank you debm55 Oct 10 #8

Oscar the Grouch, complete with trash can Mad_Dem_X Oct 11 #11

Mr. Peanut! ProfessorGAC Oct 11 #12

Sort of a sore point with me. Our neighbor work at Armour meats (In the office) chouchou Oct 11 #13

Missed out on most of that. My mom was a Jehovah's Witness... hunter Oct 11 #14

A pink flannel bunny costume my mother made. Laffy Kat Oct 11 #15

My parents rule was that if you were 12, you were too old for trick or treating. Morbius Oct 11 #16

Luke Skywalker, Halloween 1978. Aristus Oct 11 #17

So, one year I made a very strange request to my mother. OldBaldy1701E Oct 12 #18

I was a hobo once and another time a scarecrow. Emile Oct 12 #19

In 1969 when I was 12 years old I dressed up as a Hippie. ArnoldLayne Oct 12 #20

Well, I wanted to wear a costume like this RazorbackExpat Oct 13 #21