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Awful Halloween costumes
Yet another chapter in the saga of the "typical" 8 YO boy and his PC
mom. He wants to be Freddie. No, he has of course never seen that or any other similar movie, but he thinks Freddie is "cool". In general, I have learned to avoid fussing over his interest in violent and scary imagery, as he has no issues with violence or general (serious) immorality in his real life, but . . . ugh. So, do any of you have kids like this? Do you disallow such choices for Halloween? I tell you what: It would be a LOT easier to buy the stupid Freddie mask than fight against it and then help him come up with something creative this week before Halloween. Thanks. |
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In article , Nevermind wrote:
So, do any of you have kids like this? Do you disallow such choices for Halloween? I tell you what: It would be a LOT easier to buy the stupid Freddie mask than fight against it and then help him come up with something creative this week before Halloween. I'm sure some people do have kids who like gory Halloween costumes, judging by the number who come to our door each year. Our elementary school has a costume parade on Halloween at school each year, and explicitly prohibits graphic depiction of violence. The letter to the parents is carefully worded to make it clear that such costumes may be appropriate for other Halloween activities, but are NOT acceptable at school. Our 7-year-old son has never shown much interest in gore. He prefers more imaginative costumes. This year, he wants to be a green lizard. My wife found some reptile-print fabric and is making him some reptile-print pajamas. We'll add a mask or hat and tail to complete the costume, and he will have new pajamas to wear after Halloween. (We did a similar thing using commercial green fleece pajamas when he needed to be a "Wall of Thorns" for a play---the pajamas became his favorites.) The most challenging costume to design was the year he decided to be a house. (We put shoulder straps into a carboard box which my wife painted to look like a house---he looked out the window of the house.) -- Kevin Karplus http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~karplus life member (LAB, Adventure Cycling, American Youth Hostels) Effective Cycling Instructor #218-ck (lapsed) Professor of Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz Undergraduate and Graduate Director, Bioinformatics Affiliations for identification only. |
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Nevermind wrote: Yet another chapter in the saga of the "typical" 8 YO boy and his PC mom. He wants to be Freddie. No, he has of course never seen that or any other similar movie, but he thinks Freddie is "cool". In general, I have learned to avoid fussing over his interest in violent and scary imagery, as he has no issues with violence or general (serious) immorality in his real life, but . . . ugh. So, do any of you have kids like this? Do you disallow such choices for Halloween? I tell you what: It would be a LOT easier to buy the stupid Freddie mask than fight against it and then help him come up with something creative this week before Halloween. I haven't faced this particular issue, but I think I'd let my kid do this if he wanted to. After all, they're supposed to be something "scary" (at least, that's how many kids view Halloween) and not something they aspire to be IRL. My 7yo is going as "the devil" -- not any nicer a guy than Freddie... I haven't seen what a "Freddie mask" looks like (nor have I seen any of the movies), but maybe you need to clarify for yourself what you think is wrong with him being Freddie as opposed to a devil, or a monster, or a skeleton, or a vampire, etc.... (assuming you wouldn't have the same reaction to those more "traditional" costume ideas). --Robyn |
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In article , Nevermind says...
Yet another chapter in the saga of the "typical" 8 YO boy and his PC mom. He wants to be Freddie. No, he has of course never seen that or any other similar movie, but he thinks Freddie is "cool". In general, I have learned to avoid fussing over his interest in violent and scary imagery, as he has no issues with violence or general (serious) immorality in his real life, but . . . ugh. So, do any of you have kids like this? Do you disallow such choices for Halloween? I tell you what: It would be a LOT easier to buy the stupid Freddie mask than fight against it and then help him come up with something creative this week before Halloween. Let him be Freddie - it's a weird scary mask that's fun for Halloween. Banty (whose son is 'Kenny' this Halloween) |
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I have two boys and a girl - trick or treating is past for them now but I
remember the boys went from cutesy to outright gore in one year and it was usually around their 8th birthday. I never bought masks for the kids so it wasn't an issue but we got creative. One of the boys wanted to be "death" so we ripped up a shirt, got lots of artificial blood and messed up his face and the shirt really well. My oldest son was a headless man once - that was interesting to make. I made a head out of paper mache and his face was in the middle of a shirt. Last year, my youngest went out as the grim reaper (now come to think of it, my daughter did that once too). So, I'm in the "let them be what they want to be" camp. It's only one night and it's for make believe. Marijke mom to three (Matthew, april 87; Anne, feb 89 and Kevin, sept 91) "Nevermind" wrote in message om... Yet another chapter in the saga of the "typical" 8 YO boy and his PC mom. He wants to be Freddie. No, he has of course never seen that or any other similar movie, but he thinks Freddie is "cool". In general, I have learned to avoid fussing over his interest in violent and scary imagery, as he has no issues with violence or general (serious) immorality in his real life, but . . . ugh. So, do any of you have kids like this? Do you disallow such choices for Halloween? I tell you what: It would be a LOT easier to buy the stupid Freddie mask than fight against it and then help him come up with something creative this week before Halloween. Thanks. |
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On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 21:25:12 EST, "Marijke"
wrote: I have two boys and a girl - trick or treating is past for them now but I remember the boys went from cutesy to outright gore in one year and it was usually around their 8th birthday. I never bought masks for the kids so it wasn't an issue but we got creative. One of the boys wanted to be "death" so we ripped up a shirt, got lots of artificial blood and messed up his face and the shirt really well. My oldest son was a headless man once - that was interesting to make. I made a head out of paper mache and his face was in the middle of a shirt. Our "headless man" wore a men's dress shirt, with a place to look out between the buttons, and carried a motorcycle helmet. Louise Louise "If zero can be a number, why can't vanilla be a kink?" -- umar |
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Awful Halloween costumes
I have two boys and a girl - trick or treating is past for them now but I
remember the boys went from cutesy to outright gore in one year and it was usually around their 8th birthday. I never bought masks for the kids so it wasn't an issue but we got creative. One of the boys wanted to be "death" so we ripped up a shirt, got lots of artificial blood and messed up his face and the shirt really well. My oldest son was a headless man once - that was interesting to make. I made a head out of paper mache and his face was in the middle of a shirt. Last year, my youngest went out as the grim reaper (now come to think of it, my daughter did that once too). So, I'm in the "let them be what they want to be" camp. It's only one night and it's for make believe. Marijke mom to three (Matthew, april 87; Anne, feb 89 and Kevin, sept 91) "Nevermind" wrote in message om... Yet another chapter in the saga of the "typical" 8 YO boy and his PC mom. He wants to be Freddie. No, he has of course never seen that or any other similar movie, but he thinks Freddie is "cool". In general, I have learned to avoid fussing over his interest in violent and scary imagery, as he has no issues with violence or general (serious) immorality in his real life, but . . . ugh. So, do any of you have kids like this? Do you disallow such choices for Halloween? I tell you what: It would be a LOT easier to buy the stupid Freddie mask than fight against it and then help him come up with something creative this week before Halloween. Thanks. |
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Louise wrote: On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 21:25:12 EST, "Marijke" wrote: snip My oldest son was a headless man once - that was interesting to make. I made a head out of paper mache and his face was in the middle of a shirt. Our "headless man" wore a men's dress shirt, with a place to look out between the buttons, and carried a motorcycle helmet. We did it with a cape (looking out between the buttons), and carried a carved pumpkin head with a flashlight in it. A dark cape, and a black shirt and hood inside the cape would be best, but I didn't have one, so I used what I had which was maroon and grey. They also rode their ponies so they were the headless horseman, but that's probably not an option for most people. Other than the horse, or the more realistic head, it's really a pretty easy costume to do. We also had a guy at school who did it with a flight suit (zippers go both directions so he could zip is partway up and partway down. grandma Rosalie |
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