GAH! I'm so late with my Halloween thread this year. Sorry, dudes!
Anyway, here it is! What's on all your schedules for the best holiday of the year?
I didn't anticipate I'd have as much free time as I have lately, so I didn't plan a lot for costuming. It also occurred to me that I have never used the curly husky tail I sewed for anything. Since I live in a really outdoorsy state, where a lot of people have huskies, I am thinking I might use that and some other costume stuff around to make a husky costume.
I made some really nicely fitting thermoplastic fangs this year. I can actually fully close my mouth. They fit nice like the Scarecrow brand custom-fit fangs, but since they're fully sculpted, they're basically completely custom. I also tinted them to match my teeth more accurately than the off-the-shelf fangs. SUPER cool... but it occurs to me that I need to get out to some Halloween events FAST to use them, because I'm probably getting some orthodontic stuff in my mouth later this month. :/ And the fangs won't be able to fit over that.
There are a LOT of Halloween events around since I live near a big city. Loads of haunted houses, too. I would really like to volunteer at a local one. I need to email them again. Some of the most fun I've ever had has been working haunted houses.
This upcoming weekend there's a Halloween bash at a local geek bar (fantasy themed bar, lots of boardgames). My partner and I may check it out.
This week was also my first time cooking with fresh pumpkin! I made a curried pumpkin and butternut squash soup. It was spicy and awesome. I really want to try making some kind of pumpkin soup using small roasted pumpkins as bowls. I also have bought two large carving pumpkins. I didn't carve ANY last year, but this year it is HAPPENING.
I want to watch some scary movies, too, but I have more mind-fuck movies in mind than typical horror. I watched Gone Girl this week. YIKES. (Weirdly, I watched another David Fincher movie the next night, just by chance - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Also good, but not so much Halloween, haha.)
So how about you guys? How are you all getting your spook on?