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.
2 comments:
That is super cute, Mary! I love how you put your costume together :) Congratulations on second place!
I 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!
I 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~
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