Halloween '80s Style!

Today my father and I cleaned out the crawlspace (or cubby hole, as we call it) in the back of my closet, and boy, did we find some interesting items! Many of the items were things we didn't even know were there; they'd been put in there temporarily and then permanently forgotten about.

My favorite things were the 4 boxed Halloween costumes we discovered. I'm not sure why we kept these four, but I do know that back in the '80s, boxed costumes like these manufactured by Ben Cooper were the biggest thing going. I'm not sure whether I'm going to try and sell them or if it's more worthwhile to just throw them out on the trash, but at any rate, I decided to get out my camera and take pictures of everything so I still have the memories of them.

Memories...right. Looking at these old-fashioned plastic masks with the eye holes does creep me out to a point. I feel like it's Chucky from Child's Play or something! Still, at one time I did actually wear these costumes for Halloween, and when they were actually being worn, from what I can remember of them, they made me look cuter than a button. The only problem with this kind of a costume is that having the plastic mask within such close proximity to your face made you sweat. And I mean sweat! I'm sure the vinyl costume made you sweat, too, because it was generally worn over your clothes, but I don't remember that as vividly as those awful masks.

So here is what I found: 4 vinyl costumes with elasticized plastic masks, of which I took photos of both the box with the costume inside it as well as the costume laid out on the bed to get the full effect (yeah, it looks almost like a dead body, doesn't it? LOL!)

The Apricot costume (top left) - she's one of the Strawberry Shortcake characters - was one of my favorites; it was kind of like a jumpsuit. The Rainbow Brite costume (top right) was nothing more than a glorified smock. At least the Cabbage Patch Kid (bottom left) and Raggedy Ann (bottom right) costumes were dresses!