Two Creepy Hollow Hayride tickets up for grabs!

In honor of the impending launch of our Halloween Guide next week, we’ve got a pair of tickets to give away for a Richmond Halloween favorite: The Creeeeeeeeepy Hollooooooooow Hayriiiiiiiiiiiiiide! Let’s keep this simple. Leave a comment below telling us about your favorite Halloween costume that you wore as a kid. We’ll pick a winner […]

October 14, 2009; 2:52 PM • by Valerie Catrow

In honor of the impending launch of our Halloween Guide next week, we’ve got a pair of tickets to give away for a Richmond Halloween favorite:

The Creeeeeeeeepy Hollooooooooow Hayriiiiiiiiiiiiiide!

Let’s keep this simple. Leave a comment below telling us about your favorite Halloween costume that you wore as a kid. We’ll pick a winner tomorrow afternoon. Make sure you enter a valid email address when you comment so we can notify you and send necessary details should you win. Double entries will be removed, so don’t try anything sneaky.

Annnnnd go!

(Learn more about Creepy Hollow Hayride here.)

This contest is now closed. We will be notifying the winner via email shortly. Thanks for playing!

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Valerie Catrow

Valerie Catrow is editor of RVAFamily, mother to a mop-topped first grader, and always really excited to go to bed.

October 14, 2009 2:52 PM 10

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  1. Scott.Pharr on said:

    Okay well it wasn’t me because I was either a veterinarian or a rock star for my childhood Halloweens. (lame right?) However my older funnier brother was a flasher one year. He wore an overcoat (I assume he had clothes on underneath?) but then flashed everyone while saying “Trick or Treat”

  2. Suzi on said:

    I can’t really say that it was my favorite, but definitely my most memorable costume was when my parents dressed me as a chicken for Halloween. I was only in Kindergarten, but I remember being mortified. Our school did a costume parade and I had to walk through the whole school dressed as this ridiculous chicken. My older brother made the situation so much better by yelling out, “Look at that stupid chicken” as I walked by his classroom. I’m scarred for life.

  3. Wolf on said:

    One year I was the tin man and my two brothers were the cowardly lion and scarecrow. Skating at school skating party was difficult in all the bulky, silver spray-painted garb, but we did win a prize… tickets to come back skating again… joy.

    Second, and this was not so much of a Halloween costume, but BEESUIT!!!
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxpower/3170692675/in/set-72157612205321754/

  4. Alison on said:

    Scott, that rocks.

    Keep your tickets, I’d pay someone to NOT scare me! But looking back, a lot of my costumes were historical, like a mob-capped Colonial girl or one year as Abraham Lincoln with my hair pulled forward as a beard :)

  5. Tina on said:

    I was 10 and my Dad made me a Jessica Rabbit costume from scratch. It was a ridiculously cool red dress with a nude fabric upper chest and sleeves to create the illusion of a strapless. Looking back it was absolutely inappropriate for the age (mostly because of the giant stuffed chest and the stares/comments that went along with that chest) but man I loved it.

  6. Lauren on said:

    I was a mermaid one year when I was little since I was obsessed with the Little Mermaid and all. It was all fun and games until I literally had to wiggle down our neighborhood streets due to my fin.

  7. taylor on said:

    One year I went as “The Mouse King”, which was a character that I totally made up, but it was so well planned, and my costume was equally awesome. I had been watching The Rats of NIMH for years, and I was inspired by the Rat King from The Nutcracker I suppose. I made up a whole back story and had a large series of weird drawings of the Mouse King’s escapades and such, and I had a pretty awesome medallion that was based off of a medallion my brother wore with a Dracula costume, except it was a crescent moon. My Mom made the costume, and it was literally a full crushed velvet mouse costume with a blue cape and a gold crown. Also, for some reason I thought it was totally ridiculous that people didn’t recognize who I was, as if everyone had seen The Mouse King before.

  8. Robinson Street on said:

    When I was 11 years old The Adam’s Family (the movie) came out. I had always loved the TV show, and the movie was equally as quirky and fun. I dressed up as Cousin IT for Halloween that year, since that was my favorite character. My grandmother made the costume out of a light brown colored fur material, which went over my head and almost touched the ground. My face was entirely covered with the exception of two small eye holes. I wore a gold hat, just like Cousin IT had in the movie. I received a bunch of attention because of how original my costume was. It was a great Halloween :)

  9. jenny moment on said:

    Ok, my parents are not creative people so our Halloween costumes were always put together last minute or bought. Can’t tell you how many times I was a gypsy or a homeless person. There was this awesome witch (I know totally overdone) costume that the lady down the street sewed for me. It was freaking scary. I wore the costume to the Blissfiled annual bonfire. As I was circling the fire with the other kids (witchy yeah) a spark landed on my hat and caught afire. Good thing the fire department was there because my 5 year old body was tackled and put out.

  10. vera on said:

    My favorite costume was the year I dressed up as Pocahontas. I found a brown/suede-ish dress at a Goodwill and our friend’s mom took the sleeves apart, shortened it, and made fringe from the leftovers. It was fun being “recognized” as we were trick-or-treating…except it was super cold and I couldn’t bear to wear a jacket to cover up my costume!

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