Does Anyone Remember?

[katautumn]

Does anyone else remember the Ben Cooper Halloween costumes you used to get at places like Woolworth's? They always came in a box and were typically nothing more than a cheesy vinyl smock with a plastic mask that would usually cut your face up by the end of the night? Like you would go to lick your lips after eating a piece of candy and slice your tongue up on the mouth opening. The first year I ever went trick-or-treating I wore the Casper the Friendly Ghost costume. I don't think I ever knew proper costumes (the kind that come on a hanger) existed until I was nearly ten years old and Kroger started selling them.

 

[Purge187]

Ah, the memories. I wore a G.I. Joe one on the first Halloween I remember. My folks have a picture of me sitting next to my brother in front of our grandparent's fireplace with them on.

 

[SnoogumsBoogums]

Does anyone else remember the Ben Cooper Halloween costumes you used to get at places like Woolworth's? They always came in a box and were typically nothing more than a cheesy vinyl smock with a plastic mask that would usually cut your face up by the end of the night? Like you would go to lick your lips after eating a piece of candy and slice your tongue up on the mouth opening. The first year I ever went trick-or-treating I wore the Casper the Friendly Ghost costume. I don't think I ever knew proper costumes (the kind that come on a hanger) existed until I was nearly ten years old and Kroger started selling them.

I have been taking a lot of trips down memory lane today

 

[FreeSpirit74]

Thanks for making me feel old, Kat!! I can remember wearing the Bugs Bunny, Donald Duck, Witchie Poo, and Pac-Man costumes. After 2nd grade I grew out of them, and I started to make my own costumes, and then after 7th grade, I just stopped dressing up, period.

 

[KarateCowboy]

I remember those. My mother always told my sister's "beauty is pain". I think they were built on a similar sentiment.

 

[SyntheticPaper]

I remember those things. I had a Yogi Bear and a Fred Flintstone. Even as a kid I remember thinking that neither of those characters went around wearing clothes that had their name and picture on the front.