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Smurfette and...what was her name?

Being creative and having fun should be the benchmarks for a more memorable and fun Halloween. In fact, one WTW reader won a costume contest with over 100 participants in a more cute-than-sexy marionette costume complete with strings and giant wooden controller – on her head But what really swayed the judges was her creativity and winning attitude.

Whether you are going solo, getting together with a group of your friends, or pairing up with your significant other, here are some costume inspirations that will get you excited about Halloween all over again.

On Your Own

Carrie...So Scary!

•    Revisit your childhood and dress up like your favorite girl power characters – remember Jem, Smurfette, Punky Brewster, and Judy Jetson?

•    How scary was the movie Carrie? With a little fake blood; red paint; a pink prom dress; a fake, bloody corsage; and a long wig, you can recreate the prom night scene (and not have to do your hair!).

•    Go traditional and do a real witch, vampire, or bride of Frankenstein costume.

Group Costumes

•    Represent your favorite TV show casts.  Gossip Girl (you’ve already been shopping the styles on the show…why not put them to work?) or Sex and the City.

•    Do something that stands out and is totally silly – like the Fantana girls.

•    Mystery, Inc. Team.  You know them as Shaggy, Velma, Fred, Daphne, and Scooby.

Daphne

Fred

Velma

Shaggy

•Gilligan’s Island.  Ginger, Mary Anne, The Professor, The Howells, The Skipper, and Gilligan.  Easy to make, easy to pull off.

•    Wizard of Oz.  Skip into the party as Dorothy, Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion, The Tin (Wo)Man…and Toto.

Couple Costumes

Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett

•    Ones we never think of:  Lucy and Ricky,  Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in Dirty Dancing (think the last scene – “Nobody puts Baby in a corner”), Michael Jackson and his girlfriend in the “Thriller” video…get creative!

•    The ones you see all the time:  Bonnie and Clyde (those broad-shouldered jackets are so in, after all), Popeye and Olive Oyl, any Disney couple.

•    Get really artsy (and super-Halloween), like last year’s movie characters Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett.

If the weather gets nippy, bring a coordinating jacket, cape, or wrap and make it a part of your costume.   Make sure you check out the conditions of your outing.  If you are going to be outside and the weather will be warm, forego the vinyl catsuit so you don’t feel as catty as you look.