Mar 4, 2011

What did you do on Halloween? What did you wear for a costume? Did you make your own costumes or buy them from the stores?

I have a lot of memories of going to Halloween Carnivals but not many where we ever dressed up in costumes. I don't remember even doing any Trick or Treating other than at Grandma Poulson's after the carnivals. The carnivals were always fun however and the had a lot of fun booths to spend money at and win prizes. I think they were used as fund raisers for the most part but it basically was also designed to prevent Trick or Treating for safety reasons. I remember one specific year when I went with Marie to the marriage booth and was married by Don Hansen, my best friend. I think I still have the paper we used for it. Other fun booths included face painting and ring tosses. I don't remember a lot to then though, just  the fact that they were pretty fun.  If I ever did dress up in a costume it was most likely home made and a ghost at that. I don't remember any store bought costumes until I was older and then it seemed like it was mostly just masks that we put on for a few minutes. No wonder it was always more fun for me to stay home and hand out treats that to go out for treats.