I had the immense joy of being a mental patient this year for Halloween. Blue scrubs, bathrobe, dalmation print slippers and a toilet plunger were my props. I must say this was my favorite costume EVER!
I turned the bathrobe inside out and used it as a trench coat. The outer pockets, now inner, worked perfectly for hiding cookies and other goodies for me to snack on at random. Then I tied a loop in the belt and made it into a holster for my toilet plunger. It was the perfect height to mimic a gunslinger, jedi, samurai, knight or whatever came to mind.
The toilet plunger however was the best prop I have ever carried for Halloween. I ended up fully playing the mental patient role as I ran around the house using the plunger as just about anything. Some of the stuff was lame toilet humor (gah!) but I also used it in imitating a pirate, unicorn, Madonna, a Shel Silverstein poem, and stuff. And its uses in its individual parts were amazing. I don't think most people got my radar set operator one or Charlie Chaplin, but they liked when I mimiced a race car driver and an old analog radio set.
So what is the best prop you've carried on Halloween and why? :) |
