Well....I used to work at a costume shop and so whenever hubby and I went to a party, we had really cool costumes. One year hubby wore one of "The Grand Illusion Costumes". There are many and I'll try and explain just what they are.

This particular costume was The Safari Hunter and the Gorilla. There is a cage of lightweight metal and a hole in the back, large enough for a torso to fit through. Inside the cage is a stuffed pair of pants with boots on and a belt around the waist and it is sitting in a crossed legged position. At the back of the cage is a larger than life gorilla suit with only the upper portion stuffed to stand erect (she said erect..lol!) head and all and his arms are holding the cage....and the gorilla has a really scary face with reddened eyes and sharp white teeth. The lower portion is not stuffed and you slip that on your own lower body.....but you wear a safari shirt and pith helmet and slip your torso though the opening in the cage to look as though you are the safari hunter captured by the gorilla! This thing hurt hubbies back after a while...but it was worth it cause he won first prize.

Does that make sense? I hope so! It's hard to explain so I'll have to try and find the pictures....(no idea where they could be at the moment). There are other costumes in The Grand Illusion series.....like Santa carrying an elf in a large Christmas present....etc., but you get the gist....right?

Another time I made hubby up as a wizard. I got a really long whitish/gray wig and crepe hair (fake hair that is braided but you can unbraid and seperate) and we glued the crepe hair over his natural beard and mustache (to cover them) and left it long and straggly. We sprayed white colored hair spray on his eyebrows and used latex and stretched his skin and let the latex dry and let go and his skin shriveled as if he aged in minutes. I put grayish white make up on his face to make him look sallow. I made a wizard hat and gown and I made myself a maidens gown and we went to a party and won first prize.

I still want to use this one but hubby is reluctant........I want to make myself into a butterfly net (be hard to do but possible) and make hubby up as Frankenstein.......and we can go partying as ..........ready.........get this one.............Frankie and Annette! Get it? LMFAO!

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