An idea for a social distancing appropriate Halloween costume

ichthyogeek · Oct 27, 2020

While I'm all for dressing up as a vampire, and goign with the really rough and fake Transylvanian accent complete with corn starch thickened fruit juice as a blood substitute (potentially with agreeing partner as bloodsuckee), here's an idea for a halloween costume that's social distancing appropriate, flashy, AND educational:

https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/3422/?pcatid=3422

^^This. But scale it up. One inch should be about equal to a foot. You can have six foot "sweeper tentacles" (connect them to something like a AA battery for the full effect - shocking, but not TOO shocking), and then add in something like glow in the dark paint or a blacklight in order to get the full fluorescent effect.

Or dress up as nothing. That's scary. The kid gets to stay home, and eat all the candy you WERE going to give out, but thought better about. And who doesn't love a good blue raspberry flavored ANYTHING (although I've really been craving ring-pops lately...)

ScubaFish802 · Oct 27, 2020

This reminds me of the video of the man at home depot wearing the hat with pool noodles extended in all directions so no one could get close to him haha

Reef-junky · Oct 27, 2020

Just make it simple and mod this so the fries hang over

LOL

Reef-junky · Oct 27, 2020

802ScubaFish said:
This reminds me of the video of the man at home depot wearing the hat with pool noodles extended in all directions so no one could get close to him haha

Ok
Now that’s funny!

ScubaFish802 · Oct 27, 2020

Reef-junky said:
Ok
Now that’s funny!

Found it, sorry it was Lowes lol

Shep · Oct 27, 2020

Please stay on topic, it's a discussion about costumes.

Kinjirra · Oct 27, 2020

Reef-junky said:
Just make it simple and mod this so the fries hang over

LOL

Go as Frylock....

Of course Astronaut is good, scuba steve, hazmat guy, bubble boy...nurse or doctor, Bane, scarecrow, anything with a mask ie jason, plague doctor...steampunk plague doctor would be cool actually if you could get steam working..

ichthyogeek · Oct 27, 2020

Kinjirra said:
Go as Frylock....

Of course Astronaut is good, scuba steve, hazmat guy, bubble boy...nurse or doctor, Bane, scarecrow, anything with a mask ie jason, plague doctor...steampunk plague doctor would be cool actually if you could get steam working..

Wait, I need to know more about this steampunk plague doctor. Do you have images/links I can see?

Kinjirra · Oct 27, 2020

ichthyogeek said:
Wait, I need to know more about this steampunk plague doctor. Do you have images/links I can see?

Nope just came up with it on the fly actually....standard plague doctor...add the goggles...maybe some LED inside the mask to give it a dim green glow. maybe pipe steam to leak out of the nose area or around the eyes....maybe a steam powered sanitizing gun. Maybe break down like one of those steam mops for the hardware then run the tubing...have to watch out from burning yourself..

Hugh Mann · Oct 28, 2020

I know a guy who makes leather plague doctor masks. They look pretty awesome. I totally +1 a plague doctor, steam punk or not steam punk.

Some may argue it's in poor taste, but I for one, would give that person an entire box of candy.

ichthyogeek · Oct 28, 2020

I'm really liking this idea.

Hugh Mann said:
I know a guy who makes leather plague doctor masks. They look pretty awesome. I totally +1 a plague doctor, steam punk or not steam punk.

Some may argue it's in poor taste, but I for one, would give that person an entire box of candy.

If anybody comes to my house dressed as a doctor (plague or medical, just as long as they're not a "doctor"), I think I'd also give them an entire box of candy.

ScubaFish802 · Oct 31, 2020

ichthyogeek said:
While I'm all for dressing up as a vampire, and goign with the really rough and fake Transylvanian accent complete with corn starch thickened fruit juice as a blood substitute (potentially with agreeing partner as bloodsuckee), here's an idea for a halloween costume that's social distancing appropriate, flashy, AND educational:

https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/3422/?pcatid=3422

^^This. But scale it up. One inch should be about equal to a foot. You can have six foot "sweeper tentacles" (connect them to something like a AA battery for the full effect - shocking, but not TOO shocking), and then add in something like glow in the dark paint or a blacklight in order to get the full fluorescent effect.

Or dress up as nothing. That's scary. The kid gets to stay home, and eat all the candy you WERE going to give out, but thought better about. And who doesn't love a good blue raspberry flavored ANYTHING (although I've really been craving ring-pops lately...)