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We asked readers to send us a photograph of their most clever (and family-friendly) Halloween getups. We featured the best costumes in our photo gallery below — check ’em out!
Happy Halloween, Hudson Valley!
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- Jackson Litwa of Burlington, NC as “Morphing Clark Kent”
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Jared Taylor of Selkirk, NY as “Haunted House with Lights and Sound”
Jared’s parents say of the costume: “This homemade haunted house is complete with strobe lights and spooky sounds. It is made from cardboard boxes and gray and black duct tape. There are Halloween characters such as Dracula, Frankenstein[’s Monster], and the mummy in the windows. The windows [include] spooky lights. And Halloween horror sounds are emitted from the costume. The costume took a long time to make.”
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Misty and her dog Gracie as “Miracle on the Hudson”
Misty says: “I chose to dress like Chelsey ‘Sully’ Sullenberger and I made my dog’s costume. She was the plane Sully landed in the Hudson River. I made the body of the plane out of white felt and sewed it to a men’s navy blue shirt. Then I decorated it with little dolls and some blue plastic wrap to look like water.”
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Submission from Pueblo, CO.
“The inspiration for this costume was from Cylons (Battlestar Galactica) and from Tron. We call this combination ‘Cyber Warrior.’ The costume was constructed from recycled airsoft and sports gear, which was painted black. Electroluminescent wire was then affixed to the pieces to create the light in the dark appearance. The helmet was painted black and affixed with an LED light chaser controlled by a basic stamp microcontroller which ran back and forth, creating the ‘Cylon’ effect. A black leotard was worn underneath with black platform boots to complete the effect.”
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Jared Taylor of Selkirk, NY as “Music Player with Lights and Sound”
Jared’s parents say of the costume: “This is an MP3-like music player with lights and sound. It plays music and the screen made of plexiglass lights up. It is complete with apps. The costume-wearer dons headphones.”
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Nick Taylor of Selkirk, NY as “X-Ray Machine”
Nick’s parents say: “We put a skeleton costume on our son and made an X-ray machine to go around it. The X-ray machine lights up and has control buttons — you see the skeleton costume through the machine.”
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Jared Taylor of Selkirk, NY as “Homemade Computer with Lights and Sound”
Jared’s parents say of the costume: “It’s made from cardboard boxes and duct tape. The keyboard is made from painted egg cartons. The computer screen lights up via remote control. The computer costume emits sounds of ‘DATA Processing’ and of a keyboard typing.”
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Jeanette Masas Melendez of the Bronx, NY as “The Morning Commute”
Jeanette says: “I’m comfortable in my skin, so I can be quirky without feeling foolish. My homemade costume collage is called ‘The Morning Commute.’ It was originally inspired by a two-year stint as a NYC Transit Subway Booth Clerk. Working in the ‘belly of the beast’ while confined within a bullet-resistant fish bowl required patience and a smile, with a dash of bad ass! The traffic lights, MetroCard, and coffee cup are synonymously characteristic of a fabulous New Yorker in motion. My signature anthem highlights this Bronx tale.”
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Logan Hoffman of Hudson, NY as Edward Scissorhands
Logan’s family says: “We made a harness out of black duct tape, leather belts made out of D-rings, thumb tacks pushed in to leather belt to look like studs. Scissors are made of foam and we used chrome duct tape.”
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- Hudson of Saugerties as a baby Oompa Loompa
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Mairin Heard as Edward Scissorhands
Mairin says: “I love Johnny Depp characters because anyone can be transformed with detailed makeup and costume pieces. The only items I bought were the hands and wig. On a normal day, I look very different — most of my family and friends did not recognize me.”
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Kris Erkiletian of Brookline, MA as “Giant Robot” from the anime Madness at Mokuba
Kris says: “This is my homemade nine-foot-tall Giant Robot costume. I built it mostly from recycled Styrofoam from computer boxes and random construction materials. This took about 250 labor hours to complete over six weeks. The top part is built on a tripper’s backpack frame. The bottom is more complex: Legs have inner frames with joints to match mine, and boots are mounted on top of 14-inch blocks of reinforced foam for extra height. It extends two feet above my head.”
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Katelyn Stark of Holly, MI as “Head Doctor”
Katelyn says: “Made frame of a body out of wire mesh. Used spray foam insulation to form shoulders. Used PVC with chain running through it for arms. Fit it into a backpack.”
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Joe, Gloria, and son Hudson of Saugerties as Oompa Loompas
Gloria says: “I knew my son would look adorable as an Oompa Loompa. I couldn’t find little white paints so I found a seamstress to make those. I ordered brown turtlenecks and painted all the lines as well as on socks. I did a little Walmart shopping to find our pants, cloth, and ribbons to make our pants. My husband is bald so definitely needed the wig to complete the Oompa Loompa package.”
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