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We began getting into the Halloween spirit last week (and there’s more where that came from) so we thought we’d use this week’s freebie to give one lucky person to chance to add some serious spook to their space. And we’re doing it thanks to two of our favorite collaborators: Skull-A-Day and Cardboard Safari.
Skull-A-Day is the brainchild of our good friend Noah Scalin. His yearlong project of creating skulls out of ordinary (pencils, rice) and not-so-ordinary (butterflies, vegemite) materials begat a Webby-award winning website, a book, art exhibits, an appearance on Martha Stewart and a whole bunch of other cool stuff. And now this local celeb is offering up two skull-tastic art prints for one lucky reader – the United Skull of America print (it’s a skull made out of US states!) and an Ornamental Skull print (in all of its ornate glory) – which will both bring some eerie style to your home this month (and the other eleven if you’re so inclined).
Plus, this week’s winner will score two great pieces from Cardboard Safari, who you may remember from their rhino / rocket giveaway a few months ago. This time they’re dishing out their Halloween designs – the spooky skull wreath and the tabletop puzzle skull (which was designed by Noah, btw). Both are made from recycled cardboard, in your choice of brown or white (which can also be painted any color you please).
Wanna score this eerily entertaining gift pack? Here’s how:
- PRIZE: United Skull of America & Ornamental Skull prints from Skull-A-Day, Skull Wreath & Puzzle Skull from Cardboard Safari
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “SKULL ME” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: …tell us about your best / favorite / weirdest Halloween costume of all time. Links to pictures are encouraged. :)
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, October 14th at 8pm EST
- PRIZE SHIPS: USA only
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday. Good luck!
Get more info on our freebies at our Giveaway FAQs page. Images courtesy of Cardboard Safari and Skull-A-Day.
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I loveee Halloween costumes, my favorite was probably when myself, my best friend, her boyfriend and his friend dressed up as Wilma, Betty, Barney, and Fred :) I loved it!! I gotta say my brother as Mario for a choir costume contest with his friend as Peach was quite creative too… Ahhh I love costumes :)
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My favorite Halloween costume was when I dressed up as Magenta from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Unfortunately, there are no pictures of me in the costume and the one I have with just the makeup and hair is in a closet somewhere. I’ll have to look for it, lol.
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I was Taradise circa 2005. Remember that trainwreck of a show? I was younger then and it was…um, less inappropriate than it sounds. :)
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One year, my co-workers and I dressed up as the Bridesmaids of Frankenstein. We each found/borrowed the most hideous bridesmaid dress we could find to wear. We painted our faces dead white, blackened our eyes and had blood dripping down our chins. We frizzed our hair out and put safety pins in as earrings. In a chair, we created a Bride of Frankenstein, in a wedding dress, with Frankie’s head under her arm. I wish I could attach a picture but I only have the hard copy.
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I was always way blase when it came to Halloween costumes, but my brother… oh, my little brother! Halloween has always been his favorite day of the year. He was obsessed with Freddie Kreuger as a little boy and used to cut the fingers off of my mom’s gloves and duct tape her butter knives to them. LOL! We couldn’t afford all of the authentic Freddie garb that was out at the time (especially with my mom having to constantly buy herself new gloves ;), so my mom had this brilliant idea to slather cooked oatmeal all over my brother’s face and let it dry. He added a striped sweater, thrift store hat, and one of his homemade Freddie gloves and off we went! My brother was SO excited.
We went to one house where the lady opened her door, took one look at my brother and said, “who vomited all over your face, kid?”
My brother was completely crushed, and we never trick-or-treated at that lady’s house again.
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I was almost eight months pregnant last Halloween, and made my own costume. I bought one of those kits with foam stick-ons (the ones you give little kids to decorate a pumpkin without a knife) and a tshirt. I dyed the tshirt orange and stuck a jack-o-lantern face on my belly. It was stupid cute.
This year, I’m aiming for our son to walk (he’s so close!) and if he’s walking, he’ll be a zombie. A little growling, a little stumbly walk? It’ll be perfect!
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One year I was a lumberjack. I wore the typical checkered shirt, beanie, boots and carried my son’s toy chainsaw around.
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I went as a hockey player one year and tripped over my skates and got a black eye, which only added to the hockey player look.
Skull me! Those are so cool, I love Halloween decorations! My favorite costume was when some coworkers and I dressed up like a box of crayons, I was orange!
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Last year, my sister dressed up her dog as a bumble bee and herself as a flower- it was too cute!
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SKULL ME! On our daughter’s first Halloween we dressed her up as a chicken. My husband dressed up as Colonel Sanders, and I was a KFC worker.
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My fav costume has to be from a couple of years ago when I went as the Desperately-Seeking-Susan-version of Madonna :)
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My mom was an army brat and lived in Okinawa for a few years growing up. My favorite costume was when I got to wear her traditional dress (complete with wooden clogs) from when she lived there. I can’t wait until my little girl fits into it!
Girl you real creative ain’tcha? I’d enter that contest but it’s like them skulls scure me.
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My best costume was the one I made last year–I was a chicken. I covered a white hooded sweatshirt with feather boas, made a red comb for my head, and used yellow rubber gloves for my feet. I got the idea from Martha, but hers was for a kid. Not only did I win first prize for best costume, two others (who borrowed it) won as well!
SKULL ME! My favorite costume was one from a few years ago that my very crafty friend Amie made. She was a crazy cat lady and she had some awesome SNL style mom jeans with little kitten stuffed animals sewn on and she carried a kitty litter scooper with little “poops” made out of tootsie rolls that she shaped and rolled in ground up cookies. It was disgusting and hilarious. best costume ever!
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These prizes are so fabulous – I’ve been eyeing that skull wreath since you reminded us how awesome cardboard safari is a little while ago..
As for halloween costumes – I’ve never been too out there. Two years ago though my husband and I went as Debbie and Capt. Murphy from Sealab 2021. I even ordered orange and blue jumpsuits online and sewed on the white detailing. I’d say only 5 people got our costume but when they did, they were excited! We figured that if you didn’t get it, we didn’t care that you didn’t get it.
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Back in the late 90’s, a group of us dressed up as the Spice Girls. Only, we were dressed as actual bottles of dried spices. In particular, I was Thyme- and hung out with my friends Parsley, Sage and Rosemary.
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One time I dressed my toddler son (who is the spitting image of his father) as my husband. I gave him a fake goatee.
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I’m just now getting into dressing up for Halloween. I was a professional clown for 16 years, so dressing up meant going to work!
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My Mona Lisa costume (complete with faux gilded frame made of cardboard, dried pasta and spray paint) in 3rd grade rocked…
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Several years ago, when I was relatively new at my job, I dressed like my boss for Halloween – bald head, pot belly and all. He was amused enough not to fire me, and we have some great pictures, however the memory of me dressed as a 50-year-old man still haunts my husband. :)
I wish I had a picture. I was a chair for 3rd grade. My friend was a set table. Don’t ask me why!!!!???
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I’m a natural redhead so as a child I wanted to be The Little Mermaid. I remember my mom made a seashell bra and I had an obnozious sequined green fishbottom I wore with it- I thought I couldn’t be any cuter. Then I went through a couple year phase where all I wanted to be was a caveman (for 4 straight years!). Complete with a handmade leopard fur shift-looking dress, and fake bones from the craft store stuck and pinned into my messy, crazy redhair. Those were the days!
SKULL ME! I suppose the year my husband and I went as fishermen – which included walking around all night in hip waders.
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OH please! Oh please! Oh please!
Halloween is by far my favorite holiday!
My best costume…..When I was 6 my mother made me the most adorable monkey costume! I still love that picture!
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Ummm, my friends and I were Josie and the Pussycats, ears tails and all, one year. That was really fun. And then I was Betty Crocker last year for my improv show and enjoyed that costume too!
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Been reading your blog for awhile but this is the first comment I’ve been inspired to leave, since I love all things halloween, and those skulls are awesome!
Favorite Halloween costumes: Probably a toss-up between the Hamburglar and a Chippendale’s dancer (I’m a woman, so I had to get creative with a fake man’s chest)
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When I was a kid my mom made me a full on bunny costume – head to toe white fluffy material with a tail, face paint, ears (on a hood), the whole deal. It was awesome, and when I was too big for it, my little brother got to wear it. I was so jealous!
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I love it! Last year I had twins just a few months before Halloween, so naturally I dressed them up as two peas in a pod…
This year they are old enough to go trick or treating so that will be fun. They are going as Buzz Lightyear and Woody!
I can only do these silly costumes for a small amount of time so I am living it up!
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I dressed up as a Super Trooper for Halloween one year. The highlight of the outfit was the maple syrup bottle I carried around (filled with pop and rum). People kept asking me if I was chugging maple syrup all night. It was excellent. If you’ve seen the movie, you’ll know.
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I am in desperate need of some spooky decor! Thanks for the giveaway!
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I was a fully set table on year. I don’t know where my mom got the idea. We spent a lot of time on that costume glued all kinds of plates, cups, silverware, etc. to it. Maybe that sparked my interest in all things home.
SKULL ME!! I’m going to age myself here, but the coolest costume I remember is dressing up as Evil Knievel. Silver jumpsuit, silver helmet and a big wheel to match. I as FAST! hehehe
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i really really want a gorilla suit for halloween
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Strangest would have to be when my mom dressed me in a black sweatsuit, which she had lovingly stitched fake fall-leaves all over in a dramatic garland-type-look. She then made a sort of wreath of fall leaves for my head. I was “Fall”. Like the same way someone would be a snow queen or something? Except I was an awkward 11 year-old with a wreath of plastic orange leaves.
My mom thought I was adorable.
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My mom made my brother and I into pumpkins when we were really little (think 1 and 3) and we won a costume contest at our school’s halloween festival.
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My best costume was when I was about 7 I was a TV. I put a box on my head and glued a remote control, a soda can, a metal antena, and the TV guide. It was awesome (at the time) another kid showed up at school as an oven. My joke was “What is the Mexican weather report? Chilli today and hot tamale.”
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Last year, my husband and I dressed up as Sandy and Danny from Grease. Complete with wigs and tight-tight-tight pants, no room to eat candy!
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My favorite costume was the hobo costume my mom made for me when I was about 3. I had overalls stuffed with a pillow and funny makeup and a pole with a bag tied to it. :)