I enjoyed your newest flosstube. My favorite Halloween memory is when my Mom dressed up in costume at my Grandfather's house who lived nearby. We did not know her at all. That was so much fun! I am interested in 1,,2,3,5. Happy stitching.
#3 My son is an only child, so there were many years it would just be the two of us out Halloweening. I always dressed up to walk along with him...being vertically challenged most people thought I was a teenager and handed me candy as well. I always corrected them and proudly announced no thank you, I am the mom. After living in our town for several years people began to recognize us hiking around town all scarey and smiling; I still received just as many candies as he did and I cherish those days of old.
When I was growing up, we would dress up, go to our church fall festival and then go home for chili and trick or treating. We still do that now. Our kids are grown, so we host our Sunday School class (young families) and they bring their kids for a bonfire, chili and trick or treating. So much fun and so many great memories! 1, 2, 3, 5
My favorite memories like yours are times with my kids. We live in a very small town in Missouri where everyone knows everyone. A group of mothers walked along with our kids door to door in their home made costumes, gathering candy and treats. Their was an older lady my daughter called Grandma even though she wasn't, who always made pop corn balls. I still remember the sound of rustling leaves we walked through. 2, 3, 5
Favorite Halloween Memory: As a 5 - 6 year old, I attended a One Room Schoolhouse (1948 - 50) in Rising Sun, Iowa. At school, we played many games for prizes, one of which "guess how many seeds" were in the school's carved pumpkin. Dressed in costume for the evening, neighbors would carpool us to the outlying farms, where we'd receive fresh, homemade cookies, of course, apples, and warm freshly made popcorn balls. - Nancy
A favorite Halloween activity was watching my dad carve pumpkins for the four of us kids. When I had kids of my own, trips to the pumpkin farm was always fun. As a teacher, we went to a farm that had pumpkins as well as a lot of fall activities. Then when I had grandkiddos we all went to the pumpkin farm where we walked through the fields, picking pumpkins. There were also a bunch of activities for the kids. And lastly, I love seeing my grandkiddos dress up. I have a couple of costumes left from when I was a teacher and have been known to dress up too. 1,2,4,5
My favorite memory is when my husband and I had taken our kids trick-or-treating in a small community and we were singing yo-ee-oh like the guards in the Wizard if Oz-much to the embarrassment of our daughter!!! Our son went right along with it! I would like to be in the drawing for #4! Thank you!!!
Our church had its annual Fall Festival. It was fun. Lots of games and prizes, and a photographer took lots of photos of everyone. Every year was a different display for the photos, but usually, they had pumpkins, cornstalks, and hay bales. The adults had as much fun as the children. 2 , 3 , 5
Thank you for a great Flosstube! Dressing up as a princess and passing out candy during the workday to my teams kiddo. One little girl in particular made me cry (happy tears) as she hugged me and said that she loved me💖✨🎃 Have fun at Annabella’s! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
The retreat sounded like a lot of fun. My favorite memory for Halloween is an annual party we would participate in. My husband and I have been grandkids, pirates, Raggedy Ann and Andy, Disco dancers, and children of the 50's with the poodle skirt and leather jackets. It was so fun. I love to see how my grandkids dress up and of course the neighbor kids come to the door. Have fun at Annabella's .
My son was the only child in our neighborhood trick-or-treating, so we would take him around and each neighbor would want us to come in to visit and have refreshments, and it would take most of the night to go to 6 or 7 houses….1,2,3,4,5.
I'm glad your retreat was such a success, and it sounds like it was a ton of fun! Hurricane Wilma blew through Broward County, FL, a few days before Halloween in 2005. Most of the streets were cleared in a few days, but there were trees piled on the sides of streets awaiting pickup. Many in my town did not have their power back. And the town cancelled trick-or-treating because the sidewalks and yards were not all cleared. A nearby neighborhood put together a Halloween party, and my son was invited. Dinner was potluck, the neighbors created a scary house in one backyard, and the kids played games. Best Halloween ever! 4, 5
I remember the year my older sister and I got to go trick or treating by ourselves with our little brothers. We hit every house in the area and came home with loads of candy! Back then we used our pillow cases as our trick or treat bags; much better than paper when it was raining! You are making nice progress on your current projects. 1
My grandsons were obsessed at age 5 and 6 with Jack o’ Lanterns, that year for a party I carved 27 pumpkins, 12 turnips, and 3 giant carrots. They loved it! 1, 2, 3, 5
Glad your retreat went well! It sounds wonderful! My favorite Halloween memory is making costumes for my kids. One year, I made a Black Cat costume for our oldest daughter, Jenny and a Minnie Mouse costume for our youngest daughter, Becky complete with white gloves and gold shoes. Minnie went to a Halloween party at a school function for the entire small town where my mom lived and 2 little girls (much younger) thought Becky really was Minnie Mouse! So adorable and so much fun! Anabella's new shop looks amazing! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Thank you for sharing your love of cross stitching with us.
Wow!! Thank you, Annie!! I WILL be emailing you ASAP! Yes, it took me days to watch this video, but only because we got our LAST final days of summer here in Michigan and I spent it at the BEACH worshipping the warmth of the sun and LOVING the water, Lake Huron, it was beautiful, nice and warm, and I never wanted to get out!!!! It was glorious!!! Better yet, we bought a house there inside a resort!!! Yesterday I signed the final paperwork! Every day has been incredible, and now THIS!! Wow!!! Thank you, again!!! My favorite Halloween memory is one year it was warm into the evening and the kids did not need to wear coats which made wearing their costumes easy-peasy!!! They had a blast, as did I! They were able to go longer and they loved it! 2 4 5 of course! Oooooo!!! I cannot wait to see your holiday designs!!!
My favorite Halloween memory is dressing up as a hobo and trick or treating with my two older brothers. We used a pillow case for our candy stash! We had a great time and created wonderful memories. Then coming home to see what we got. It was a lot of fun. Still think about it to this day. 1 2 3 4 5 Thank you for sharing your time with us. Have a great day.
My favorite memories are all the beautiful costumes I sewed for my many nieces and nephews. Many of them still have them and are using them for their kids now. 2, 3, 4, 5
My favorite childhood memory is when my Mom and I made my costume. I went to a party directly across the street from me. The children of the house had to guess who was who. I went out my back door ad down a couple of houses then walked to their house. No one could guess who I was. That made me very happy. My favorite adult memory was when I made my children's costumes. I had to make a blue shark costume from one of my son's favorite cartoon shows. The body was easy to sew. The sharks head was stuffed with fiberfill and there was felt teeth, eyes, gills. 2 4
3,5 as a child we didn’t celebrate Halloween. My favorite memories are the Halloween with my children. One year my son was Woody from Toy Story. I was sewing his costume on my way to work in the subway in NYC, I got a few surprise looks and a lot of compliments. But I loved making their costume. It was very satisfying to me and made great memories.
1, 2, 3, My favourite memory of Halloween is actually last year. I went to my son's house to give out the candy on Halloween night, so that he and his wife could go out with my grandchildren. My grand-daughter, of 8 years old, surprised me by dressing up as ME. She had on a furry housecoat, pearls around her neck, red glasses and a grey, curly wig. I laughed so hard because it was so obvious.
My favorite Halloween memory is when my daughter was little, every year we would go to the pumpkin patch and play in the fort and picking out pumpkins to carve. Carving pumpkins with my daughter and husband. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
My dad always made our costumes. My fondest memory was going as a giant cast iron skillet of fried eggs and bacon while my sister went as a giant coo-coo clock with a mouse on her shoulder. Number 1
I am glad you had an awesome retreat. Sorry it was too busy to get any stitching time in. My favorite memory when I was younger was when my two friends and I used the church choir outfits to go out dressed like nuns. People laughed at every house. My best memory of my son when he was younger was the year I had to make a costume for him. I wanted to use something we already had so he had a suit from earlier that year when my brother had gotten married. I took his hat and made a sign that said "News" and made a "Press" sign for his lanyard. He had a fake microphone from a few years before that when he went dressed as Elvis. My son has a great sense of humor so when he went to school that day, he interviewed each teacher he ran into. They told me he made them laugh all day at school. 1, 2, 3, 5
Thank you Annie for another wonderful floss tube! You always inspire me to get into my projects and STITCH ◡̈. I don’t remember much from Halloween as a child. My mom didn’t make much of it but as my kids came along, I enjoyed decorating the house with their artwork from school and hanging Orange, yellow and black streamers from entry ways, bed rooms and windows. I made my kids costumes and really enjoy those memories. 2 3 5
Hi, Annie! You are so busy! All your work is impeccable. Sooooo pretty! I cracked up about Matthew and his Mayhem Costume. One of my favorite Halloween memories is, my mother sewing costumes for all of us kids, and going trick or treating. Good times! 1,2,3,4,5 Thank you♥️🌹
Looking forward to seeing your decorations next time. Everything always looks so pretty. My favorite memories are when my kids were little, we’d invite a few friends and trick or treat in our neighborhood. Then we’d have a small party and watch it’s the great pumpkin Charlie Brown. Now we watch it with our grandkids and have so much fun. 1,2,4,5. Your retreat sounded like so much fun.
Love your new antique sampler! So gorgeous! I don't celebrate Halloween anymore, but I loved making my son and daughter costumes when they were young. My kids just loved the costumes and wore them for play afterward. My son wore his Superman costume until them seams ripped as he outgrew it! I remember having such fun sewing costumes. My daughter was Belle from Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid. As far as myself, I would go out a couple of times in different costumes just to get more candy! Times have definitely changed for trick or treating. Oh, it's also my mom's birthday. She turns 94 this year! 2, 5
As a kid we didn’t celebrate Halloween and my family really doesn’t celebrate it now. We do have a fall festival every year at our church. We have food, games and rides for the kids. That would be my favorite memory of this time of year. 2, 3, 5. Have a great time at Annabella’s.
Loved hearing about the retreat. ❤️ May favorite memory is a memory with my children. We lived 4 blocks from my parents. Mom always had special goody bags for the kids. We would trick or treat to her house. Eat with my parents a delicious meal of ghoulosh and salad. Dessert was always cupcakes decorated with a spooky theme. Then we would trick or treat back towards our home on the road behind us. Stopping for warm cider at the firehouse. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
So glad your retreat went so well. My favorite Halloween memory is walking around our neighborhood with my sisters and stopping at homes of people we knew and hearing them call you by name. Small town was safe and lots of fun. 3, 5
One of my favorite Halloween memories is when I made the Tin Man from Wizard of Oz costume for my son out of flexible dryer duct for the arms and legs and a spray painted silver paper bag with a heart off of a valentines box. I didnt have alot of extra money back then to buy costumes, I had to be creative. 1, 2, 5
2 5 I remember as a child my mom dying old net petticoats and wearing them as my flower costume. Thanks for the inspirational video! Enjoy Annabellas!!! What fun for you and the customers!
I remember it always seemed to rain on Halloween. I grew up in the Midwest, if it wasn't raining it snowed so if we had a costume on it was usually covered up with a coat! My little sister walked with me and my friends door to door and a lot of the time, we took paper grocery bags and hers mist if the time ended up getting drug on the ground and got a hole losing her candy. So, by the time we got back home, she had no candy and I shared mine with her. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Hi, Annie, so glad your first time hosting a retreat went well. Robin's design is gorgeous. What a treat to meet so many wonderful ladies. As a child, most Halloweens were celebrated by going trick or treating to the homes of families and neighbors and then celebrating with my cousin who's birthday is October 31st, many times a bonfire, roasting hot dogs and marshmallows. Hope you have a wonderful time at Arabella's - looks like an amazing shop!
I really like the patterns you presented today, I had to write them down in my Stitching Notebook, I keep a list of favorite flosstube channels and notes so I and reference them later. My favorite Halloween Memory is when I was a young child, 7years old we would go trick or treating in a group of kids and would not stop until we hit every house in our neighborhood! The candy haul was fantastic and our bags were full! (this was early 1960 🙂). 3 & 5.
I think my favorite memories was being old enough to go trick or treating with my friends w/out an adult. Run to as many houses as we can to see if we could fill our pillow cases. We never could but it was fun to try. I would love to go to a retreat sometime. Maybe when I retire. 1 2 3 5. Thank you for sharing.
I was a sack of garbage in elementary school! I wore all white (long sleeve t-shirt and white pants). My body was a garbage bag of filled of newspaper and the ties on top around my bow neck. My hat was a paper plate with candy wrappers on it. Unbelievable! Fabulous flosstube. Happy Stitching!!! 🧵🪡 1,2,3,4,5
My favorite Halloween memory was having dinner in a exclusive Victorian home/ restaurant. We sat in a private room, which had a beautiful Bay Window. Every so often costume actors came to the window, presenting skits. 1 2 3 4
I love Halloween as a child and an adult, anything black, orange or purple is right up my alley, when I was about 8 we decided to have our friend play the guy (guy fawkes) and go door to door collecting a penny for the guy, trailing our poor friend on the ground through puddles and muck, great times 1..2..4.. Please.
I have such happy memories of being a "room mother" in my children's classrooms, and making yummy decorated cookies and cupcakes. I loved hearing about the retreat that you put on. 1 2 3 4 5
I loved when my kids would come home after trick or treating, dump out all their candy, sort it and then give me the Almond Joys because the knew they were my favorite! 1,2, 3, 4, 5
Hi Annie! I enjoyed your retreat recap. The design Robin presented is stunning. I’m glad it was a success. When my girls were small they preferred gathering with their cousins at my mom’s and passing out candy to trick or treaters instead of trick or treating themselves. We still gather together each Halloween and now they have little ones. So fun! 1 2 3 5 Kara
It sounds like the retreat was wonderful! My favorite Halloween memory is the year my son had chicken pox. My daughter wore a sign asking for extra candy for her sick brother and she got SO much candy for them😂Thanks for taking the time to share your stitching with us. 1,2,3,4,5
Hi Annie - I always enjoy your flosstube so much. When I was in elementary school, the original Addams Family black and white sitcom from the 60s was a huge deal. So when my Mom asked me what I wanted to be for Halloween (I was 9), I said I wanted to be Thing from The Addams Family. My wonderful mother figured out how to make a Thing costume including the box. And since I was being Thing, my brother, who was a grade ahead of me, was Cousin It. We were a big hit at school and when we went out trick or treating in our neighborhood. That started my love affair with Halloween. #5 please. Take Care.
My favorite Halloween memories involve my dad walking the neighborhood kids around the neighborhood. It was so sweet that I have made sure to walk my own daughter around every year with hopes she will look fondly upon those memories as well. 1 2 3 5
Your retreat sounds fabulous! When I was young, school would release early for all the kids to parade in costume down Main Street to the movie theater where we would be given bags of candy and treated to a free movie. 1, 2, 5
As kids, we loved when Halloween was on a Saturday. We went trick or treating all day until our pillow cases were full. As an adult, I like the way my current neighborhood restricts it from 6 to 8 pm. #2, 4, 5. I’m enjoying following your progress on the Floral Motif Sampler. I may have to do that one.
2, 3, 4, 5. One of my favorite memories was when my kids were little and the costumes the were wanting and I was able to afford them. My oldest wanted to be Pocahontas and I bought her the costume. My middle she wanted Raggedy Ann. I had a huge doll the dress came off. I bought a mop head and sprayed painted red for hair and white stockings I painted red stripes on. My baby boy was about 2. My dad had a cow named Bullet and he wanted to be that. Found a sleeper with cow prints.
My favorite Halloween memory is taking my grandson and grandnephew to IHOP dressed in costumes when they were 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 years old. One was a penguin, and one was a duck. They were so cute! 1, 2, 3
The retreat sounds like so much fun. My favorite Halloween memory was when our neighbor used to make candy apples for all the kids. He only made them at Halloween and we all looked forward to them. 1 2 4 5
My favorite memories for Halloween are when I made costumes for my son. His 1st year I made him a pumpkin, another year he was a blue crayon. Such fun when they a little! 1 2 3
You are a busy girl. You are very organized, it looks like. Love your stitching. I really don't have many Halloween memories. I did go out as a child, I suppose, but I don't remember that. As my first child was born, I dressed up as Mary and my husband was Joseph, and our 1 week old was Jesus. This was a church gathering. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Ten years ago, my mother passed away on Oct 31.
I remember so many very cold rainy Halloween nights-I think my favorite was the first time we were going to take our triplets trick or treating-we had just simple easy costumes for them and they did NOT like getting dressed up at all-we had three crying 3 yr olds and a big brother not happy because he wanted to go trick or treating-now it is a great memory but very stressful for the parents-1,2,3,4,5
My Grandmother made beautiful costumes and every year we would go up to her attic (she lived in a beautiful Victorian home) and in a large chest pick out the costume we wanted to wear! My favorite was the French Maid! #3
I made a Wonder Women costume and my Dad saw it and said I looks like I was 22 years old and would not let me wear it.....I worked on it for 3 months, I cryed....my mother dressed me up then as a Hobo then....I looked like a Boy....I came home late with alot of candy and money.....1,2,3,4,5....thanks for sharing and please take care
My favorite memory of Halloween was making costumes for my son. He was a dinosaur when he was in preschool including a tail about 3 foot long (and that took a LOT of stuffing). 1, 2, 4, 5
My favorite Halloween memory was from around the time Stars Wars first came out (yes, I’m old!). My mom helped me make a robot costume from cardboard boxes covered with foil and using painted lightbulb as antennae. We found an old silver (seriously), long-sleeved, mini dress from the Goodwill which is what wore underneath. I wore it to a skating party where I won first prize. I have no idea how I was able to skate in it lol! 2 3 4 5
My favorite Halloween memories are some of the fantastic Halloween parades I've been a part of - there is a famous one at UCSB in CA they did every year back in the 80's, but I think it's no longer held. University kids can be so clever, and naughty too. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Costumes that make you laugh out loud. A second memory is when my family was in the Army stationed in Germany and a family from Sicily lived across the street. One of the kids happened to come by while I was carving a pumpkin for Halloween and he exclaimed," I read about this in school! "
My favorite Halloween memory would have to be taking our son to Disney World. It was his first time at Disney at 2yrs old. He wore a fireman costume and got so many compliments from cast members and guests. We went trick or treating around the park and ate lots of goodies 😊. 1,3,5
I have mostly celebrated Halloween by making a costume and dressing up! When I was in college my friends and I decided to be Crayola Crayons for the school Halloween party. We went to the store and bought sheets in 5 different colors and sewed them into tubes ( I brought my sewing machine to college and it came in handy several times!). To make the label on the crayon we drew on the fabric with Magic Marker out in the hall of our dorm. As you can imagine the smell was pretty bad! We opened the doors at the end of the hall which helped some but it took a week to get the smell out of the hall! Thankfully we did it on on Saturday afternoon when not many people were around. We never told anyone what caused the smell! We also colored lotion to make our faces match our costume! All of the colors came off except yellow which took about 3 days so the yellow person had to attend class looking kind of jaundiced! (we were all nursing majors) We did win first prize that night at the party! We dressed up every year after that but chose costumes that didn't involve magic marker or colored makeup. Have a great week! 2, 3, 5
My favorite Halloween memory is the old fashioned lady costume my mom made for my sister, and then it got passed down to me! She would put our hair up into a fancy bun, it was so fun. She was a wonderful seamstress, but hated to sew! I have a portfolio from Kreative Carol and it is wonderful! I have 4 small projects all in one! Wish I could have attended the retreat. I hope to be able to do so next year. 1,2,5
My favorite Halloween memory is just the fun that all of us children had in our busy neighborhood. We grew up in a very diverse neighborhood with a lot of older people who migrated from European countries like Italy, Portugal and more. There was an old Portuguese woman who tried so hard to embrace Halloween but she just didn’t quite understand. She would invite us kids in for popcorn and hot chocolate. We were always polite and went in, but we really wanted to just keep walking from door to door getting treats. #2, 3, 5
IGrowing up we did not decorate for Halloween. We did go trick treating in our neighborhood and remember being so awe struck by all the candy and goodies the neighbors gave to us. #2,4,5
My favorite Halloween memory was the festival we would have at elementary school. We had cake walks, and a spooky room and treats and music. My mom had as much fun as my brother and I did. 😊. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
My sister, brother and me would trick or treat on a country road that was very dark. We would go to the McQuillis house that was beside a very old cemetery on a hill. To get to their porch you had to climb at least one hundred stairs. So, we climb all of those stairs with our costumes on…it was not easy. We get to the top and my brother drops his plastic pumpkin. It bounced down all of those stairs and on to the road. We were heartbroken thinking we would never see his candy filled pumpkin again. My poor brother wanted to cry. I was sad for him. We ended up finding it. Then had to pass that cemetery again. I was sweating! Number 5
My favorite Halloween memory is dressing up as an "old fashioned lady" when I was in elementary school. This was back in the day when we made our costumes from things we found in the attic. Creativity at its best! I would love to receive giveaway #2.
One of my favorite Halloween 🎃 memories is of my granddaughter, Olivia’s first Halloween. My daughter carved out a pumpkin and set Olivia down in it! It’s so adorable 🥰. 1, 2 and 5. Thank you!
My favorite Halloween memory was when I cross stitched little goodie bags for my nieces and nephews and dressed up as a magicians rabbit in a top hat to surprise them. 1, 2, 3, 5
2 5 When my oldest son was four my mom helped me sew Michelangelo the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle costume. It was a crazy amount of work the head part was stuffed the shell on the back was stuffed. It took us a long time to make it. With a lot of frustration and laughter.
A funny memory was, a mouse got into my kids candy. Later we saw the mouse and it was very sick from eating the candy, we caught it in a paper bay and we let it go outside! 1, 5. Thanks for sharing!
We always celebrated Halloween when I was young. One year I "wore" a long fancy dress that my Mom had worn in high school and, of course, it was miles too long/big for me. I can remember trying to hold it up to walk up steps. Very hard to do! The best part was getting all that candy! When my son was little, I made all of his Halloween costumes. A pumpkin, Robin Hood, Hobo, green Power Ranger. It was a lot of fun!
My favorite Halloween memory was when I was young. I wore a paper barrel around my body and wore a hat that had paper donuts on top. The barrel said apple cider. 1 2 3 5
I enjoyed Halloween with my children and coming up with cute (not ghoulish) costumes. When my son was in kindergarten he wanted to be a snowman. Wish I could attach a photo because he was so cute. And, another year when my daughter was 8 or 9 she dressed up at Pippy Longstockings, again so cute. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
One of my favorite Halloween memories is when I made TMNT outfits for my boys. The shells were made of felt with batting and such. They had a lot of fun. 2, 3, 4. Thank you for your videos!
We lived in a small town and we would go to all of the remote houses that no one else would go to...and they would just dump all of their candy into our bags. 1, 2, 5
I enjoyed your newest flosstube. My favorite Halloween memory is when my Mom dressed up in costume at my Grandfather's house who lived nearby. We did not know her at all. That was so much fun! I am interested in 1,,2,3,5. Happy stitching.
#3 My son is an only child, so there were many years it would just be the two of us out Halloweening. I always dressed up to walk along with him...being vertically challenged most people thought I was a teenager and handed me candy as well. I always corrected them and proudly announced no thank you, I am the mom. After living in our town for several years people began to recognize us hiking around town all scarey and smiling; I still received just as many candies as he did and I cherish those days of old.
When I was growing up, we would dress up, go to our church fall festival and then go home for chili and trick or treating. We still do that now. Our kids are grown, so we host our Sunday School class (young families) and they bring their kids for a bonfire, chili and trick or treating. So much fun and so many great memories! 1, 2, 3, 5
My favorite memories like yours are times with my kids. We live in a very small
town in Missouri where everyone knows everyone. A group of mothers walked along with our kids door to door in their home made costumes, gathering candy and treats. Their was an older lady my daughter called Grandma even though she wasn't, who always made pop corn balls. I still remember the sound of rustling leaves we walked through. 2, 3, 5
Favorite Halloween Memory: As a 5 - 6 year old, I attended a One Room Schoolhouse (1948 - 50) in Rising Sun, Iowa. At school, we played many games for prizes, one of which "guess how many seeds" were in the school's carved pumpkin. Dressed in costume for the evening, neighbors would carpool us to the outlying farms, where we'd receive fresh, homemade cookies, of course, apples, and warm freshly made popcorn balls. - Nancy
My favorite memory of Halloween is making costumes for my children and watching how excited they were to wear them. 1, 2, 3, 5.
A favorite Halloween activity was watching my dad carve pumpkins for the four of us kids. When I had kids of my own, trips to the pumpkin farm was always fun. As a teacher, we went to a farm that had pumpkins as well as a lot of fall activities. Then when I had grandkiddos we all went to the pumpkin farm where we walked through the fields, picking pumpkins. There were also a bunch of activities for the kids. And lastly, I love seeing my grandkiddos dress up. I have a couple of costumes left from when I was a teacher and have been known to dress up too. 1,2,4,5
My favorite memory is when my husband and I had taken our kids trick-or-treating in a small community and we were singing yo-ee-oh like the guards in the Wizard if Oz-much to the embarrassment of our daughter!!! Our son went right along with it! I would like to be in the drawing for #4! Thank you!!!
Thank you for sharing!
Our church had its annual Fall Festival. It was fun. Lots of games and prizes, and a photographer took lots of photos of everyone. Every year was a different display for the photos, but usually, they had pumpkins, cornstalks, and hay bales. The adults had as much fun as the children. 2 , 3 , 5
Thank you for a great Flosstube! Dressing up as a princess and passing out candy during the workday to my teams kiddo. One little girl in particular made me cry (happy tears) as she hugged me and said that she loved me💖✨🎃 Have fun at Annabella’s!
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2 , 5 -Watching my 2 children trick or treating with their friends is my favorite Halloween memory for sure.
The retreat sounded like a lot of fun. My favorite memory for Halloween is an annual party we would participate in. My husband and I have been grandkids, pirates, Raggedy Ann and Andy, Disco dancers, and children of the 50's with the poodle skirt and leather jackets. It was so fun. I love to see how my grandkids dress up and of course the neighbor kids come to the door. Have fun at Annabella's .
My son was the only child in our neighborhood trick-or-treating, so we would take him around and each neighbor would want us to come in to visit and have refreshments, and it would take most of the night to go to 6 or 7 houses….1,2,3,4,5.
I'm glad your retreat was such a success, and it sounds like it was a ton of fun! Hurricane Wilma blew through Broward County, FL, a few days before Halloween in 2005. Most of the streets were cleared in a few days, but there were trees piled on the sides of streets awaiting pickup. Many in my town did not have their power back. And the town cancelled trick-or-treating because the sidewalks and yards were not all cleared. A nearby neighborhood put together a Halloween party, and my son was invited. Dinner was potluck, the neighbors created a scary house in one backyard, and the kids played games. Best Halloween ever! 4, 5
I remember the year my older sister and I got to go trick or treating by ourselves with our little brothers. We hit every house in the area and came home with loads of candy! Back then we used our pillow cases as our trick or treat bags; much better than paper when it was raining! You are making nice progress on your current projects. 1
My grandsons were obsessed at age 5 and 6 with Jack o’ Lanterns, that year for a party I carved 27 pumpkins, 12 turnips, and 3 giant carrots. They loved it! 1, 2, 3, 5
Glad your retreat went well! It sounds wonderful! My favorite Halloween memory is making costumes for my kids. One year, I made a Black Cat costume for our oldest daughter, Jenny and a Minnie Mouse costume for our youngest daughter, Becky complete with white gloves and gold shoes. Minnie went to a Halloween party at a school function for the entire small town where my mom lived and 2 little girls (much younger) thought Becky really was Minnie Mouse! So adorable and so much fun! Anabella's new shop looks amazing! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Thank you for sharing your love of cross stitching with us.
Wow!! Thank you, Annie!! I WILL be emailing you ASAP! Yes, it took me days to watch this video, but only because we got our LAST final days of summer here in Michigan and I spent it at the BEACH worshipping the warmth of the sun and LOVING the water, Lake Huron, it was beautiful, nice and warm, and I never wanted to get out!!!! It was glorious!!! Better yet, we bought a house there inside a resort!!! Yesterday I signed the final paperwork! Every day has been incredible, and now THIS!! Wow!!! Thank you, again!!!
My favorite Halloween memory is one year it was warm into the evening and the kids did not need to wear coats which made wearing their costumes easy-peasy!!! They had a blast, as did I! They were able to go longer and they loved it! 2 4 5 of course! Oooooo!!!
I cannot wait to see your holiday designs!!!
My favorite Halloween memory is dressing up as a hobo and trick or treating with my two older brothers. We used a pillow case for our candy stash! We had a great time and created wonderful memories. Then coming home to see what we got. It was a lot of fun. Still think about it to this day. 1 2 3 4 5 Thank you for sharing your time with us. Have a great day.
My favorite memories are all the beautiful costumes I sewed for my many nieces and nephews. Many of them still have them and are using them for their kids now. 2, 3, 4, 5
For many years, we did big themes for my kid and all my sisters kids, including her and myself. I made all the costumes. I loved it.
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My favorite childhood memory is when my Mom and I made my costume. I went to a party directly across the street from me. The children of the house had to guess who was who. I went out my back door ad down a couple of houses then walked to their house. No one could guess who I was. That made me very happy.
My favorite adult memory was when I made my children's costumes. I had to make a blue shark costume from one of my son's favorite cartoon shows. The body was easy to sew. The sharks head was stuffed with fiberfill and there was felt teeth, eyes, gills.
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My favorite memories are the Halloween with my children. One year my son was Woody from Toy Story. I was sewing his costume on my way to work in the subway in NYC, I got a few surprise looks and a lot of compliments. But I loved making their costume. It was very satisfying to me and made great memories.
1, 2, 3, My favourite memory of Halloween is actually last year. I went to my son's house to give out the candy on Halloween night, so that he and his wife could go out with my grandchildren. My grand-daughter, of 8 years old, surprised me by dressing up as ME. She had on a furry housecoat, pearls around her neck, red glasses and a grey, curly wig. I laughed so hard because it was so obvious.
My favorate Halloween memories are seeing my grandchildren dressed in their costumes.. 2,3
My favorite Halloween memory is when my daughter was little, every year we would go to the pumpkin patch and play in the fort and picking out pumpkins to carve. Carving pumpkins with my daughter and husband. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
My dad always made our costumes. My fondest memory was going as a giant cast iron skillet of fried eggs and bacon while my sister went as a giant coo-coo clock with a mouse on her shoulder. Number 1
I am glad you had an awesome retreat. Sorry it was too busy to get any stitching time in. My favorite memory when I was younger was when my two friends and I used the church choir outfits to go out dressed like nuns. People laughed at every house. My best memory of my son when he was younger was the year I had to make a costume for him. I wanted to use something we already had so he had a suit from earlier that year when my brother had gotten married. I took his hat and made a sign that said "News" and made a "Press" sign for his lanyard. He had a fake microphone from a few years before that when he went dressed as Elvis. My son has a great sense of humor so when he went to school that day, he interviewed each teacher he ran into. They told me he made them laugh all day at school. 1, 2, 3, 5
Thank you Annie for another wonderful floss tube! You always inspire me to get into my projects and STITCH ◡̈. I don’t remember much from Halloween as a child. My mom didn’t make much of it but as my kids came along, I enjoyed decorating the house with their artwork from school and hanging Orange, yellow and black streamers from entry ways, bed rooms and windows. I made my kids costumes and really enjoy those memories. 2 3 5
Hi, Annie! You are so busy! All your work is impeccable. Sooooo pretty!
I cracked up about Matthew and his Mayhem Costume. One of my favorite Halloween memories is, my mother sewing costumes for all of us kids, and going trick or treating. Good times!
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Looking forward to seeing your decorations next time. Everything always looks so pretty. My favorite memories are when my kids were little, we’d invite a few friends and trick or treat in our neighborhood. Then we’d have a small party and watch it’s the great pumpkin Charlie Brown. Now we watch it with our grandkids and have so much fun. 1,2,4,5. Your retreat sounded like so much fun.
Love your new antique sampler! So gorgeous! I don't celebrate Halloween anymore, but I loved making my son and daughter costumes when they were young. My kids just loved the costumes and wore them for play afterward. My son wore his Superman costume until them seams ripped as he outgrew it! I remember having such fun sewing costumes. My daughter was Belle from Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid. As far as myself, I would go out a couple of times in different costumes just to get more candy! Times have definitely changed for trick or treating. Oh, it's also my mom's birthday. She turns 94 this year! 2, 5
As a kid we didn’t celebrate Halloween and my family really doesn’t celebrate it now. We do have a fall festival every year at our church. We have food, games and rides for the kids. That would be my favorite memory of this time of year. 2, 3, 5. Have a great time at Annabella’s.
Loved hearing about the retreat. ❤️ May favorite memory is a memory with my children. We lived 4 blocks from my parents. Mom always had special goody bags for the kids. We would trick or treat to her house. Eat with my parents a delicious meal of ghoulosh and salad. Dessert was always cupcakes decorated with a spooky theme. Then we would trick or treat back towards our home on the road behind us. Stopping for warm cider at the firehouse. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
So glad your retreat went so well. My favorite Halloween memory is walking around our neighborhood with my sisters and stopping at homes of people we knew and hearing them call you by name. Small town was safe and lots of fun.
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One of my favorite Halloween memories is when I made the Tin Man from Wizard of Oz costume for my son out of flexible dryer duct for the arms and legs and a spray painted silver paper bag with a heart off of a valentines box. I didnt have alot of extra money back then to buy costumes, I had to be creative. 1, 2, 5
We loved decorating the front porch, the kids school parade and handing out candy and treats at home and school. 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 .
Lots of fond memories of Halloween and our children. I also liked greeting the costumed ones at the front door. 1,2,3.
2 5 I remember as a child my mom dying old net petticoats and wearing them as my flower costume. Thanks for the inspirational video! Enjoy Annabellas!!! What fun for you and the customers!
I remember it always seemed to rain on Halloween. I grew up in the Midwest, if it wasn't raining it snowed so if we had a costume on it was usually covered up with a coat! My little sister walked with me and my friends door to door and a lot of the time, we took paper grocery bags and hers mist if the time ended up getting drug on the ground and got a hole losing her candy. So, by the time we got back home, she had no candy and I shared mine with her. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Hi, Annie, so glad your first time hosting a retreat went well. Robin's design is gorgeous. What a treat to meet so many wonderful ladies. As a child, most Halloweens were celebrated by going trick or treating to the homes of families and neighbors and then celebrating with my cousin who's birthday is October 31st, many times a bonfire, roasting hot dogs and marshmallows. Hope you have a wonderful time at Arabella's - looks like an amazing shop!
Thank you so much!
I really like the patterns you presented today, I had to write them down in my Stitching Notebook, I keep a list of favorite flosstube channels and notes so I and reference them later. My favorite Halloween Memory is when I was a young child, 7years old we would go trick or treating in a group of kids and would not stop until we hit every house in our neighborhood! The candy haul was fantastic and our bags were full! (this was early 1960 🙂). 3 & 5.
My favorite memories of Halloween were making costumes for my kiddos and greeting all the cute trickery treaters at our door. 1, 2, 3, 5
My favorite Halloween memory is the times spent with my children. Retreat sounds busy and loads of fun. 1,2,3,5
I think my favorite memories was being old enough to go trick or treating with my friends w/out an adult. Run to as many houses as we can to see if we could fill our pillow cases. We never could but it was fun to try. I would love to go to a retreat sometime. Maybe when I retire. 1 2 3 5. Thank you for sharing.
Oh I love the Cavalier King Charles project keeper!!! Just gorgeous
My favorite Halloween memory is dressing up and stopping by a house down the street and the man gave out quarters. I kept my quarter close to me. #4
MY favorite Halloween memory is having homemade popcorn balls as a treat when we didn't worry about any harmful additives 2,3
I was a sack of garbage in elementary school! I wore all white (long sleeve t-shirt and white pants). My body was a garbage bag of filled of newspaper and the ties on top around my bow neck. My hat was a paper plate with candy wrappers on it. Unbelievable! Fabulous flosstube. Happy Stitching!!! 🧵🪡 1,2,3,4,5
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My favorite Halloween memory was having dinner in a exclusive Victorian home/ restaurant. We sat in a private room, which had a beautiful Bay Window. Every so often costume actors came to the window, presenting skits. 1 2 3 4
I love Halloween as a child and an adult, anything black, orange or purple is right up my alley, when I was about 8 we decided to have our friend play the guy (guy fawkes) and go door to door collecting a penny for the guy, trailing our poor friend on the ground through puddles and muck, great times 1..2..4.. Please.
I have such happy memories of being a "room mother" in my children's classrooms, and making yummy decorated cookies and cupcakes. I loved hearing about the retreat that you put on. 1 2 3 4 5
I loved when my kids would come home after trick or treating, dump out all their candy, sort it and then give me the Almond Joys because the knew they were my favorite! 1,2, 3, 4, 5
Hi Annie! I enjoyed your retreat recap. The design Robin presented is stunning. I’m glad it was a success. When my girls were small they preferred gathering with their cousins at my mom’s and passing out candy to trick or treaters instead of trick or treating themselves. We still gather together each Halloween and now they have little ones. So fun! 1 2 3 5
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When we were younger we would all pile in the back of one of the trucks and go up and down the holler trick and treating. 1-2-3-4-5
I agree, watching the children dress up is the best fun. Number 1, 2, 3, 5
My fave memory - - - getting dressed as Count Chocula when I was 7 years old. 2,3, or 5. Thanks - - -
I loved sewing Halloween costumes for my kids when they were little. They were Pebbles and Bam Bam when my daughter was a baby. 1 , 4 :)
It sounds like the retreat was wonderful! My favorite Halloween memory is the year my son had chicken pox. My daughter wore a sign asking for extra candy for her sick brother and she got SO much candy for them😂Thanks for taking the time to share your stitching with us. 1,2,3,4,5
Hi Annie - I always enjoy your flosstube so much. When I was in elementary school, the original Addams Family black and white sitcom from the 60s was a huge deal. So when my Mom asked me what I wanted to be for Halloween (I was 9), I said I wanted to be Thing from The Addams Family. My wonderful mother figured out how to make a Thing costume including the box. And since I was being Thing, my brother, who was a grade ahead of me, was Cousin It. We were a big hit at school and when we went out trick or treating in our neighborhood. That started my love affair with Halloween. #5 please. Take Care.
I remember making my children their costumes each year, Dino’s and witches and more! 1, 2 ,4 5
My favorite Halloween memories involve my dad walking the neighborhood kids around the neighborhood. It was so sweet that I have made sure to walk my own daughter around every year with hopes she will look fondly upon those memories as well. 1 2 3 5
Your retreat sounds fabulous! When I was young, school would release early for all the kids to parade in costume down Main Street to the movie theater where we would be given bags of candy and treated to a free movie. 1, 2, 5
As kids, we loved when Halloween was on a Saturday. We went trick or treating all day until our pillow cases were full. As an adult, I like the way my current neighborhood restricts it from 6 to 8 pm. #2, 4, 5. I’m enjoying following your progress on the Floral Motif Sampler. I may have to do that one.
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2, 3, 4, 5. One of my favorite memories was when my kids were little and the costumes the were wanting and I was able to afford them. My oldest wanted to be Pocahontas and I bought her the costume. My middle she wanted Raggedy Ann. I had a huge doll the dress came off. I bought a mop head and sprayed painted red for hair and white stockings I painted red stripes on. My baby boy was about 2. My dad had a cow named Bullet and he wanted to be that. Found a sleeper with cow prints.
My favorite Halloween memory is taking my grandson and grandnephew to IHOP dressed in costumes when they were 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 years old. One was a penguin, and one was a duck. They were so cute! 1, 2, 3
As a child we never celebrated Halloween but when my children were growing up, we dressed them up and they would go out trick or treating. 1, 2, 3, 5
The retreat sounds like so much fun. My favorite Halloween memory was when our neighbor used to make candy apples for all the kids. He only made them at Halloween and we all looked forward to them. 1 2 4 5
My favorite memories for Halloween are when I made costumes for my son. His 1st year I made him a pumpkin, another year he was a blue crayon. Such fun when they a little! 1 2 3
You are a busy girl. You are very organized, it looks like. Love your stitching. I really don't have many Halloween memories. I did go out as a child, I suppose, but I don't remember that. As my first child was born, I dressed up as Mary and my husband was Joseph, and our 1 week old was Jesus. This was a church gathering. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Ten years ago, my mother passed away on Oct 31.
My favorite memory of Halloween is sewing my son’s costume for the big night. 1, 2, 3, 5. Have a wonderful beginning of October!
I remember so many very cold rainy Halloween nights-I think my favorite was the first time we were going to take our triplets trick or treating-we had just simple easy costumes for them and they did NOT like getting dressed up at all-we had three crying 3 yr olds and a big brother not happy because he wanted to go trick or treating-now it is a great memory but very stressful for the parents-1,2,3,4,5
My Grandmother made beautiful costumes and every year we would go up to her attic (she lived in a beautiful Victorian home) and in a large chest pick out the costume we wanted to wear! My favorite was the French Maid!
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I made a Wonder Women costume and my Dad saw it and said I looks like I was 22 years old and would not let me wear it.....I worked on it for 3 months, I cryed....my mother dressed me up then as a Hobo then....I looked like a Boy....I came home late with alot of candy and money.....1,2,3,4,5....thanks for sharing and please take care
My favorite memory of Halloween was making costumes for my son. He was a dinosaur when he was in preschool including a tail about 3 foot long (and that took a LOT of stuffing). 1, 2, 4, 5
My favorite Halloween memory was from around the time Stars Wars first came out (yes, I’m old!). My mom helped me make a robot costume from cardboard boxes covered with foil and using painted lightbulb as antennae. We found an old silver (seriously), long-sleeved, mini dress from the Goodwill which is what wore underneath. I wore it to a skating party where I won first prize. I have no idea how I was able to skate in it lol! 2 3 4 5
My favorite Halloween memories are some of the fantastic Halloween parades I've been a part of - there is a famous one at UCSB in CA they did every year back in the 80's, but I think it's no longer held. University kids can be so clever, and naughty too. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Costumes that make you laugh out loud. A second memory is when my family was in the Army stationed in Germany and a family from Sicily lived across the street. One of the kids happened to come by while I was carving a pumpkin for Halloween and he exclaimed," I read about this in school! "
My favorite Halloween memory would have to be taking our son to Disney World. It was his first time at Disney at 2yrs old. He wore a fireman costume and got so many compliments from cast members and guests. We went trick or treating around the park and ate lots of goodies 😊. 1,3,5
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I have mostly celebrated Halloween by making a costume and dressing up! When I was in college my friends and I decided to be Crayola Crayons for the school Halloween party. We went to the store and bought sheets in 5 different colors and sewed them into tubes ( I brought my sewing machine to college and it came in handy several times!). To make the label on the crayon we drew on the fabric with Magic Marker out in the hall of our dorm. As you can imagine the smell was pretty bad! We opened the doors at the end of the hall which helped some but it took a week to get the smell out of the hall! Thankfully we did it on on Saturday afternoon when not many people were around. We never told anyone what caused the smell! We also colored lotion to make our faces match our costume! All of the colors came off except yellow which took about 3 days so the yellow person had to attend class looking kind of jaundiced! (we were all nursing majors) We did win first prize that night at the party! We dressed up every year after that but chose costumes that didn't involve magic marker or colored makeup.
Have a great week! 2, 3, 5
Going trick or treating to my grandparents house and carving pumpkins are my favorite memories. 4, 5
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Love watching all the kiddos go from house to house looking for candy….
My favorite memory is pouring all of my candy collected and trading with my siblings.
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My favorite Halloween memory is painting the store windows in my hometown. 1 2 3 4 5
My favorite Halloween memory is the old fashioned lady costume my mom made for my sister, and then it got passed down to me! She would put our hair up into a fancy bun, it was so fun. She was a wonderful seamstress, but hated to sew! I have a portfolio from Kreative Carol and it is wonderful! I have 4 small projects all in one! Wish I could have attended the retreat. I hope to be able to do so next year. 1,2,5
My favorite Halloween memory is just the fun that all of us children had in our busy neighborhood. We grew up in a very diverse neighborhood with a lot of older people who migrated from European countries like Italy, Portugal and more. There was an old Portuguese woman who tried so hard to embrace Halloween but she just didn’t quite understand. She would invite us kids in for popcorn and hot chocolate. We were always polite and went in, but we really wanted to just keep walking from door to door getting treats.
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IGrowing up we did not decorate for Halloween. We did go trick treating in our neighborhood and remember being so awe struck by all the candy and goodies the neighbors gave to us. #2,4,5
My favorite Halloween memory was the festival we would have at elementary school. We had cake walks, and a spooky room and treats and music. My mom had as much fun as my brother and I did. 😊. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
My sister, brother and me would trick or treat on a country road that was very dark. We would go to the McQuillis house that was beside a very old cemetery on a hill. To get to their porch you had to climb at least one hundred stairs. So, we climb all of those stairs with our costumes on…it was not easy. We get to the top and my brother drops his plastic pumpkin. It bounced down all of those stairs and on to the road. We were heartbroken thinking we would never see his candy filled pumpkin again. My poor brother wanted to cry. I was sad for him. We ended up finding it. Then had to pass that cemetery again. I was sweating! Number 5
Oh no!! That must have been heartbreaking. Thank you for sharing.
My favorite Halloween memory is dressing up as an "old fashioned lady" when I was in elementary school. This was back in the day when we made our costumes from things we found in the attic. Creativity at its best! I would love to receive giveaway #2.
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One of my favorite Halloween 🎃 memories is of my granddaughter, Olivia’s first Halloween. My daughter carved out a pumpkin and set Olivia down in it! It’s so adorable 🥰. 1, 2 and 5. Thank you!
My favorite Halloween memory was when I cross stitched little goodie bags for my nieces and nephews and dressed up as a magicians rabbit in a top hat to surprise them. 1, 2, 3, 5
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2 5 When my oldest son was four my mom helped me sew Michelangelo the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle costume. It was a crazy amount of work the head part was stuffed the shell on the back was stuffed. It took us a long time to make it. With a lot of frustration and laughter.
A funny memory was, a mouse got into my kids candy. Later we saw the mouse and it was very sick from eating the candy, we caught it in a paper bay and we let it go outside! 1, 5. Thanks for sharing!
We always had homemade costumes. And my old maid Aunt would have a party with games, apple bobbing, and treats. Numbers 2 and 5 look like fun charts.
We always celebrated Halloween when I was young. One year I "wore" a long fancy dress that my Mom had worn in high school and, of course, it was miles too long/big for me. I can remember trying to hold it up to walk up steps. Very hard to do! The best part was getting all that candy! When my son was little, I made all of his Halloween costumes. A pumpkin, Robin Hood, Hobo, green Power Ranger. It was a lot of fun!
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My favorite Halloween memory was when I was young. I wore a paper barrel around my body and wore a hat that had paper donuts on top. The barrel said apple cider. 1 2 3 5
I enjoyed Halloween with my children and coming up with cute (not ghoulish) costumes. When my son was in kindergarten he wanted to be a snowman. Wish I could attach a photo because he was so cute. And, another year when my daughter was 8 or 9 she dressed up at Pippy Longstockings, again so cute. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
One of my favorite Halloween memories is when I made TMNT outfits for my boys. The shells were made of felt with batting and such. They had a lot of fun. 2, 3, 4. Thank you for your videos!
We lived in a small town and we would go to all of the remote houses that no one else would go to...and they would just dump all of their candy into our bags. 1, 2, 5
My favorite Halloween memory is when I decorated my childhood home when I was little and the year I dressed as Darth Vader. 2, 5