Once again, Halloween has brought hundreds of trick or treaters to our house in Jonesville, Michigan. The Munro House B&B is a business just a block off of downtown and we never turn our lights off, so we need to prepare and participate heavily in this holiday. Due to this year being a Sunday night event with pleasant weather, 50 degrees and mild, we were expecting an increase in kids and bought candy for 700. We settled on dressing for deer camp and sat on the porch in our union suits, boots, jackets, and hats–a simple, colorful, warm, and appropriate costume in Michigan.
The most common costumes at our house were witches for girls and ninjas for boys. Coming in a close second were princesses, pirates, and vampires. We saw more jesters than ever before and had a good variety of pumpkin related garb. Little boys dressed as Iron Man and Buzz Lightyear. We saw lots of animals–dogs, cats, mice, dragons, lions, tigers, bears, and our first owl and giraffe. The owl was simple and cool.
A majority of visitors donned masks. Most of my favorites were home-made with painted faces, but I enjoyed them all. Simple is good, but the spirit of the costume wearer is best. Scary is unnecessary. Hippie chicks are cool. Something fun is best.
A family theme brought all of the characters from the Wizard of Oz–Dorothy, the Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion, and Witches from the North and West. The scarecrow was one of my favorites–simple, identifiable, age appropriate, cute, and well-done.
Costume of the night was the old couple pictured here. I have no idea if they were kids or adults or real old people. They moseyed up the walk, arm-in-arm, and never broke character. They got their share of goodies, made me laugh, and sauntered back down the walk.
“Life is good in Jonesville”
You have shown the real taste of Halloween in your blog. The halloween masks that people are wearing are looking so real. I appreciate your stuff. Its amazing.