Are you an Oklahoma City resident without a Halloween costume idea? Well, just take a look around our great metro for some ideas. Rather than going as the old stand-by ghost, ghoul or creature, how about dressing for Halloween 2007 as...
1. ...A 100-Year-Old
The Look: 2007 is Oklahoma's Centennial, and the year-long celebrations have begun throughout the state. For Halloween, offer your own Centennial congratulations by dressing as one who witnessed the day of statehood. Hunch your shoulders a bit and dress the part.Requires: Face paint to accentuate the aging lines, some gray or white temporary hair color and acting ability. Remember, a 100-year-old isn't quite as spry as he or she used to be.
2. ...A Confused NBA Fan
The Look: Hey, it's a confusing time in OKC for the NBA fans. We still support the New Orleans Hornets but are keeping our eye on the Seattle SuperSonics as well. After all, we just don't know who we should scream for longterm. Why not express that confusion in your Halloween dress.Requires: Cut a jersey for each team in half and sew them together in the middle, paint a side of your face in each team's colors and keep your shoulders shrugged in indecision.
3. ...Fictional OKC Detective Grace Hanadarko
The Look: TNT's new television series set in OKC, Saving Grace was a cable ratings hit this past summer, despite its occasional Oklahoma stereotyping. The lead character is OKC detective Grace Hanadarko. Played by Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter, Hanadarko speaks her mind, punches handsy ranchers and carries a gun.Requires: Hunter's Hanadarko has long, unkempt hair, a leather jacket, and skin-tight jeans along with the Detective's badge. Don't aim to copy her exactly, though. The amount of time the character spends unclothed certainly wouldn't make for a family Halloween.
4. ...An Ever-Optimistic Lottery Player
The Look: The Lottery and its tempting teammate Powerball have come to Oklahoma, giving many of us that Wednesday/Saturday fever. Sitting by the television with tickets in hand, it's that moment of optimistic anticipation that is inevitably dashed.Requires: Easy enough. Just grab a truckload of your old lottery tickets and tape them all over yourself. Then form your face in that constant state of eyebrows-up optimism, waiting for the numbers to appear.
5. ...The Oklahoma State Quarter
The Look: The quarter itself doesn't appear until 2008, but this past year has seen all the Oklahoma Quarter development drama. There were initial design submissions, panel recommendations, online voting and, finally, many unsatisfied Oklahomans. The result is a design featuring a scissortail flycatcher flying over Indian blanket wildflowers. So whether or not you feel the image does our state justice, it'd still be a nice Centennial year costume.Requires: It shouldn't take too long to craft a silver-painted circle out of foam or cardboard. Your face then becomes the bird as you affix the quarter shape around your head, some flowers taped beneath. If you want to go three dimensional, add the scissor tails to your lower back.
6. ...Former OU Star Adrian Peterson
The Look: One of the more well-known and highly-regarded players to come out of college football in some time is now a budding star with the Minnesota Vikings. He's also a physical freak of nature. Celebrate this former OU athletic star by impersonating him for Halloween.Requires: For the vast majority of us, this means adding a significant amount of faux muscle mass as well as quite a bit of "sucking it in." Grab an OU #28 jersey or purple Vikings #28 and football pants, and stuff them with padded muscle tone.
7. ...A Country Music Singer
The Look: Oklahoma is famous for many things. But it's quite possible we don't create anything as well as we do country singers. This "one size fits all" Halloween costume gives you limitless options from which to choose.Requires: Varies. Depending on age and gender, just take your pick from Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Vince Gill, Toby Keith, Carrie Underwood and others, then dress accordingly.
8. ...A "Capital Thief"
The Look: Keeping with the Centennial theme, depict some history with your costume this year by dressing as one who grabbed the state seal from then-capital Guthrie. The group, led by Governor Charles Haskell, snuck in and swiped it in the middle of the night.Requires: Period costume would certainly be preferable but is probably not practical. So just put on some black clothes, get yourself a state seal replica and wear a guilty look on your face.
9. ...Steve, Shawn, and the Magic Man
The Look: It's the costume that works for almost everyone. Pick one of Magic 104.1's popular morning team and go as him/her. The other two of the trio that don't look at all what their voices sound like can take their place on your shoulders.Requires: This one's tricky as it requires you to build a couple of fake heads and attach one to each shoulder. But a Magic 104.1 shirt should get the point across, and you'll get to talk to yourself all night long.
10. ...OKC's About.com Guide, Adam Knapp
The Look: For Halloween this year, take the incredible opportunity to dress as one of the most dynamic and influential power players in the metro area. Watch everyone swoon in your presence, people line up just to meet you and the crowds beg to be near you.Requires: You'll need an incredible smile, a slight but suave beard and... What did you say? I'm in a fantasy world? Oh. Ah, that's what Halloween's all about.
