8-Bit Costume
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For Halloween, blogger Sarah McPherson painted her face and shirt to resemble a low-resolution image. She writes “The shirt took forever to paint, and my face only took slightly forever.”
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Internet Cat Costumes
Internet memes make great Halloween costumes, although they are usually only clever for one year. The exception is cats, because their popularity (at least on the internet) goes on and on. Here are some clever LOLcat Halloween Costumes.
Jacki was Spaghetti Cat in 2008. You don’t have the time to make a better costume for this year, unless you have been working on it a while already. In case you’ve forgotten, here is the origin of Spaghetti Cat.
Brad O’Ferrell showed up at the “A Night To ReMEMEber” internet meme party in a Keyboard Cat costume. All it took was a cat costume and a keyboard.
Matt Cutts is a LOLcat. Or he was for Halloween last year. The cheeseburger was a nice touch!
This LOLcat costume is perfect for trick-or-treating. You won’t get the full effect until you see the back of the t-shirt.
This Ceiling Cat costume should be easy to do, depending on the size of the ceiling. If you are going to sit on the porch and hand out candy, this would be OK. It might be a problem if you are a cab driver.
You can buy Hello Kitty costumes of all kinds, but making your own is a real accomplishment. Pink Daisy at Craftster made her own version of Hello Kitty for Halloween 2008.
This costume was posted earlier on Neatorama, but this collection wouldn’t be complete without Lime Cat, Melon Cat, Helmet Cat, or whatever you want to call this. Flicker user Alida Saxon’s brother put this costume together at the last minute. The helmet is a basketball painted green, and the fur was salvaged from a stuffed toy.
A warning: if you dress as an internet meme for Halloween, be prepared to explain yourself. Unless you’re meeting up with your online group, you’ll probably have to tell the whole story of your costume. If you’re willing to do that, the few who will “get it” will make the entire effort worthwhile.
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Regrettable Halloween Costumes
Did you ever have one of those Halloweens where your costume fell way short of awesome? I sure did. I was going to be a killer robot.
I had two boxes, a large one for my body, and a smaller one for my head. I cut armholes in the big one and a hole in the top, where the other box went. I painted the whole thing orange, and cut out eye holes. About fifteen minutes after leaving the house, I realized the total and devastating failure of my endeavor, and returned home a sad, orange robot disgrace.
I know there are other stories out there that beg sharing, like Susan’s as told to Lemondrop, among other confessions:
My brother and I dressed up as George and Martha Washington one year. (My Dad was a big history buff.) Yup, it was incredibly nerdy. And also kind of funny that I was about a foot taller than “George Washington.” (pictured, above).
More terrible costume stories at their site, but since I confessed, it’s your turn! What costume idea of yours turned out to be less than you’d hoped for?
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Transforming Transformer Costume
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It’s cool enough to have a realistic Bumblebee costume, but what makes this one Neato is that it actually transforms from robot to car mode. I don’t have any more information about this clip. CrunchGear thinks that it’s being used as a promotional gimmick in a car dealership, which seems like a reasonable guess.
Link via CrunchGear
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Gaping Hole Halloween Costume
Evan Booth created this awesome "gaping hole" costume for Halloween using a travel DVD player with video feed from a digital camera strapped to his back.
I don’t know what is more awesome, Evan’s wig or the gaping hole costume! Link – via Unique Daily
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DIY Iron Man Arc Reactor Costume
If Tony Stark can make out out of scrap metal and other industrial junk in an isolated Afghan cave, then surely you can make your very own Arc Reactor in the comfort of your garage.
Instrucables user msraynsford will show you how. Here’s the step-by-step guide on how to make your very own Iron Man Arc Reactor out of LEDs and polymorph plastic.
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Ghostbuster Proton Packs for Halloween
Photo: DogFromSPACE [Flickr]
For Halloween, Sterling Ely built himself and friends a set of Ghostbuster proton packs out of foam. Silly strings substitute for real proton discharge, and I’m sure that Sterling remembered not to cross the stream to avoid total protonic reversal.
Link: Ghostbuster Proton Packs [Flickr photoset] | The proton packs in action
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Kitty Poses for a Calendar
This has to be one of the most serene/patient feline I have ever seen. Dressed in ridonkulous costumes this cat gets its picture taken for a calendar in Japan and wishes you all a Merry Christmas. What a thoughtful kitty. 
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Cute Yet Bloodthirsty Japanese Mascot Wants You to Donate Blood
That’s Kokoron-chan, a Japanese mascot to inspire people to donate blood. Leave it to the Japanese to spice up a blood donation drive with a cute (and bloodthirsty) mascot that looks a lot like the Kool-Aid Man.
Pink Tentacle has more of Japan’s blood mascots: Link
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The Best Iron Man Halloween Costume EVAR!
Whoa! This is awesome: when his son wanted an Iron Man suit for Halloween, Enrique of LinuxNerd blog decided that he’s going to build the ultimate Iron Man costume.
So he spent two months modding a store-bought costume to include:
* Repulsor Air – Blows air with CO2 air pump on hip and hose back to his hand.
* Repulsor Missile – Using CO2 air pump can also launch a paper missile.
* Repulsor Sensor/Light – A magnetic switch sensor lights his repulsor hand light and fades out and in his glowing eyes. Arduino handles this effect.
* Arc Reactor – A LED night light from Costco embedded in his chest. [...]
It rocks to have a geeky dad! Check out the video clip here: Link – via Gizmodo
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Duct Tape Bandit Halloween Costume
I know, I know, Halloween was a couple of days ago – but I got swamped with work and life and wasn’t able to post this gem of a costume: the duct tape bandit costume by Wes Davis of Ashland, KY!
For those who don’t know about the duct tape bandit, here’s his story: Link (with photo, so you can compare!)
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Halloween Costume Contest Winners
Etsy, an online marketplace for buying & selling all things handmade, has held a Halloween costume contest.
The winners, in categories such as General Awesomeness, Kid & Baby and Pet, have now been announced.
Seen in the photo to the left is the Sci-fi winner.
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Little Trees Kids Costume
I’m not sure why of if anyone in the world would want to dress up their 3-9 months old kids in Little Trees car freshner costumes, but it is possible.
Link – Rare Bird Finds via BB-Blog
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