Hi Butterfly! I have no idea what I'm going to be this year, and I don't really know what to recommend because I don't really know what kids of things you like. I was an owl last year and it was awesome! My brother and I hadn't found anything we liked in the stores or mags, so we made home made costumes with our mom. It was really fun! My brother was a s'more. It was pretty funny. 

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Well, I can tell you some of my costumes if you're interested. Unfortunately I don't know you very well...

Last year I was Anubis, the Egyptian god of the dead. That was pretty awesome, and may I say I looked AMAZING. We spray painted a jackal head, used a shirt I'd gotten from the British Museum... it was probably one of my best costumes.

Another year I was a dementor. My brother was a ghost that year, and both our faces were covered with some pretty nifty fabric. One guy asked if we were a black and white cookie. :)

And I was Hermione.

And, when I was much smaller, a princess and a rabbit.

And this year I'm going to be Cerberus, from the Greek myths! He's a three-headed dog that guards the Underworld. Keeps the dead from going back out.

If you're interested in myths at all, you could try Medusa. My dad suggested it, but I like Cerberus better.

I want to be flame princess from Adventure Time but it's super complicated.

I'm being Mabel from Gravity Falls!

Me and my friends are doing a group costume, but we still don't know what to do! Anyone have any ideas?

I'm going to be Betsy, from Betsy-Tacy. You could be a book character!

Well, if you like making stuff, here are some of the things I've done. I've been Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, yes the book and not the character, by getting a long, flat book and printing out the cover art and gluing it on. It was actually really fun but kind of hard to make. 

A more creative costume might be earth, you can get a blue dress and cut out felt continents and clouds.  

You could always be red riding hood or elsa, red riding hood you basically just need a cape and a dress, and elsa you can get a blue dress, braid your hair, and maybe get some nice tulle as a train/cape.

And then there are always the classic costumes: you can have an orange t-shirt and green beret to be a pumpkin; striped knee-highs, a dress, and a hat to be a witch.

I've always wanted to be a book.

Or what if you were a pirate ship! 

Hey Butterfly! I LOVE HALLOWEEN! It's my favorite holiday! So yes, I celebrate it! I deck out my house best I can with Halloween lights and decorations. I put up fall decorations inside, like fall colored flowers and wreaths. I also watch tons of Halloween specials. And yeah, I've already started!

My costume this year is going to be my own rendition of Peter Pan. Sort of a mix up of classic looks people know him by, as well as my own take of him in the novels I'm writing. I'm seriously excited! I always plan my costumes at least six months in advance cause I usually make 'em myself, and it takes awhile to get all the pieces, so I don't blame you for startin' early.

My first resort ideas are always literary characters. For instance, last year I was Liesel Meminger from The Book Thief. Year before that I was Annabeth Chase. So you could probably look to a lot of your favorite characters and throw something together relatively easily. Anything, from a fantasy novel to Nancy Drew to an American Girl. 

Combing aspects of different mythological figures is really cool too. And of course, ultimate fallback to me is a fairy. You throw some random, sort of fantasy looking pieces together, theme it some aspect of nature, get five dollar pair of wings and spray paint them, streak your hair, and boom you got a pretty awesome fairy look that's unique. 

I look forward to hearing what you decide to go as!