It makes all the sense in the world to me that we invent a holiday where we can dress up and be something completely different for an evening. And not only that, we can pretend to be something different each year! Thats your automatic excuse for having a spandex unitard and vinyl  hip boots in the back of your closet, right? You can find good costumes all over the net, but they aren’t all that funny, so there’s little of that here. Last year, my Halloween costume post was entitled The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly. This year, I’ve sorted them into the Awesome, the Awful, and the Just Plain Silly.

THE AWESOME

How to build a Rubik’s Cube costume.

How to build a Better Bat costume.

Flaming Carrot costume. With instructions.

How to make a trash can costume you can hide in to scare little children.

Check out this Predator costume.

Awesome costume: APU from The Matrix.

See some amazing science fiction and fantasy costumes and props from Kropserkel.  (via Everlasting Blort)

Mark De Repentigny makes Transformer costumes that can actually transform into something else! And to answer your first question, yes, you can transform either way while wearing it. It may be too late to order one custom-built in time for this Halloween, but he might just have one in your size that you can order through his website.

THE AWFUL

For Halloween this year, Mom, I want to dress as... a 6 foot penis!

Girls gone Wild Halloween costume.

A whole slew of strange homemade costumes.

The Purple Rain Costume, (or the costume formerly known as Dorky), because you really really want to confuse children and remind adults that you live in the past. (via Grow-A-Brain)

Kid’s Toilet Costume. Just plain stupid. Only $49.99.

There's always this classic prizewinner from somewhere out west.

And, this year I won’t forget to include Tron Guy.

JUST PLAIN SILLY

Ridiculous Halloween costumes for your pet.

Cats in Costumes.

Star Wars pet costumes. This link goes to Princess Leia. Darth Vader and Yoda also available. (via Neatorama)

Joe sent me a roundup of pet costumes that made me laugh, but I couldn’t find a webpage to link for you, so I made one myself for these pet costumes. Number two was missing when I got it. Thanks, Joe!

THE FED

The door bell, rings, and a man answers it. Here stands this plain but well dressed kid, saying, "Trick or Treat!"

The man asks the kids what he's dressed up like for Halloween.

The kid says, "I'm an IRS agent." Then he takes 28% of the man's candy, leaves, and doesn't say Thank You.

COSTUME ROUNDUPS AND CRITIQUES

No Smoking in the Skullcave is featuring 30 days of Halloween costumes this month. Some are pretty strange!

iMockery critiques Modern Movie Monster Costumes. Check here before you decide what to buy.

Hale McKay has some Halloween costume suggestions for his favorite bloggers at It Occurred to Me.

The Ten Worst Halloween Costumes of 2006.

What Farkers think of the weird costumes available out there.

COSTUME ADVICE

Analyze the meaning of what costume your child chooses to wear for Trick-or-Treat.

How men can dress for Halloween and not look stupid.

Ten costumes NOT to wear to the airport on Halloween.

Some frequently asked questions about wearing an invisible suit.

THE COUPLE

An old couple who hadn't celebrated Halloween in a long time decided to dress up and go to a party.

The old woman went into her bedroom, stripped naked and tied a lemon between her legs.

When she came out, the old man cried, "You can't go out like that!"

She said, "I can go anyway I like and so can you."

Whereupon he retired to the bedroom and came out stark naked with a potato tied to his tallywhacker.

The old woman says, you're going out like that?"

And he replies, "Yep, if you can go as a sour-puss, I can go as a dick-tator.

(The original copy of this joke said he was “stark raving naked”, which made no sense, but I thought it was funny enough to tell you about.)

My children have selected and tried on their costumes already.
Previously on Miss Cellania: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (You really should check this out)

Thought for today: A girl and her boyfriend went to a party as a barcode.  They were an item.

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