Just about every year I have two Halloween costumes. The main costume is our fam one with a group theme (Amish Folks this year). I then have another costume that I wear on my own (or couple one with Hubbs) for activities among adults. I don't usually have the time to take decent and cute photos of those costumes which means they never get put up here.
But this year I had to show my costume off, even if Halloween is over.
I was the Hamburglar from McDonaldland!
Complete with my own little hamburger guy from the patch.
The reason I happen to have a fun photo of this costume is because I also entered a Halloween costume contest sponsored by a local thrift store. The contest required that the majority of the costume be from thrifted items. I also embellished and made several items from thrifted bits.
I added little felt and googly eyed burger guys to a thrifted tie. The Mcdonald's Boo Bucket was from a local resale shop.
I made the hamburger guy from a piece of old foam padding, brown felt, and large googly eyes. I think he turned out super cute. I carved the foam into 'buns' by snipping away at it with scissors. Since the foam was aged, it had started to turn brownish on the top, which resembled a toasted bun perfectly! The "unhappy meal" is a MST3K reference, more on it here.
And drum roll please....I won second place. I got beat out by a baby wearing a leopard print onsie being called 'precious kitten'. I didn't have a chance.
I happened to stumble on these Mcdonaldland Pinterest Boards containing tons of nostalgic images of the playground and McDonald's birthday parties and chararters. I wish McDonald's was still this cool. I would be as fat as Grimace hanging out there everyday to play in Officer Big Mac's head.
And drum roll please....I won second place. I got beat out by a baby wearing a leopard print onsie being called 'precious kitten'. I didn't have a chance.
That is super cute, Mary! I love how you put your costume together :) Congratulations on second place!
ReplyDeleteI remember when McDonald's used to be that cool. *sigh*
Thanks Jenn! The great thing about the costume having normal clothes involved is well, I can wear them 'normally' after Halloween!
ReplyDeleteI would love for McDonald's the bring back the outdoor McDonaldLand. Not some boring crappy ball pit and crawl tunnels like they have removed from most of the locations. I mean ones with a Mayor McCheese Merry Go Round and a Grimace Bounce deal. I think it would be to their benefit. Since happy meals are getting a bad rep as contributors to child obesity then having the fun playground would encourage activity and exercise. If they had an adult version I would definitely be more active myself.
~mary~