Halloween is a holiday dear to this theater geek’s heart. I adore planning, assembling, and wearing costumes. Here’s some photos of my costumes from the last several years.

2012

I needed to incorporate my crutch into my costume, so I decided to be Tiny Tim from A Christmas Carol. God bless us, everyone!

2011
Cool Cat (from Community)

2010
Laura Palmer from Twin Peaks. “She’s dead, wrapped in plastic…”

2009
The killer bunny from Monty Python & The Holy Grail (Kurt went as the dead knight).

2008
Mozilla Firefox

2007
Disco Queen (Kurt is Mouth from The Goonies)

2006
Alice in Chains

2005
I was a roller derby girl (foreshadowing!) and Kurt was a baby.

2005
Chun-Li from Streetfighter

I wish I had digital photos of some of my favorite childhood costumes. Each fall, my mom would bring us kids to the fabric store, where we’d page through the patterns and pick out what we wanted to be for Halloween. She would sew amazing costumes for us that were always a hit at school. Some of my costumes included a rabbit, Care Bear (complete with big furry head!), and pioneer (during my Laura Ingalls Wilder phase.) I can definitely trace my love of costumes and dressing up to those early days, waking up so excited to put on my outfit for school and trick-or-treating.

Have a happy Halloween, everyone!