October 22, 2007
Paint your face!
I’m not much of an impulse shopper, but I saw the Halloween stuff last time I was at WalMart and tossed some clown paint into my cart on a whim. It’s just a couple of bucks a pack and I thought it might make for a fun self portrait some time soon. I haven’t costumed for Halloween for a long time. The last few years I even turned off my lights on Halloween night and didn’t have candy for the keiki. I’m not an old Scrooge. There just haven’t been many kids trick-or-treating in the neighborhood. There are kids here, but I think most of them go to the malls or haunted houses deemed “safe” instead of going door-to-door. My home, like most in my neighborhood, has a gate at the street. The only reasonable way to pass out candy is to secure the dogs, open the gate and drag a chair outside, where I sit for several hours waiting for the occasional little moster to come begging. I like Halloween, though, and I hate it that the few kids who do go door-to-door aren’t finding many grown-ups willing to play along. I mentioned it to my friend this weekend and showed her the clown paint, expecting her to shrug it off. Well, she thinks it would be grand to sit outside for hours on end making the keiki smile at our silly faces. I guess that means I’m committed. Or should be committed, maybe. 
I guess I have contests on the brain, because this thought intruded just now as I was typing. Shall we have a face-painting contest for Halloween? I’ll paint mine, you’ll paint yours and we’ll all post a picture and link each other up. Send me a link to your post and we’ll find some independent judges to declare a winner. The champ will get a winner’s badge for their blog, with a link up in a post announcing their win. What do you think? Shall we all re-visit childhood this year and have a little fun?
[tags]clown paint, contest, face-painting, Halloween[/tags]
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October 22nd, 2007 at 12:27 pm, pussreboots Says:
I’m going to have to pass. Face paint burns my skin terribly.
October 29th, 2007 at 5:34 am, Postie Carnival -- Halloween Edition | My Thoughts, Ideas, and Ramblings Says:
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October 29th, 2007 at 6:28 am, CyberCelt Says:
I love Halloween and usually dress up to give out treats. Take your paints with you and draw little hearts and flowers and pitchforks and ghost heads on cheeks of kids. They love it. It better for them than candy. Here for Postie Carnival.