+Sol seaker Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 I'm going to a geo-cachers halloween party. I've been wracking my brain for ideas for a costume that is geocache themed, but am coming up short. Dress up as a ... GPSr? a Bison tube? a fake rock? An ammo can? a compass? These just aren't doing it for me. I don't want to end up with a costume that makes me look like a walking trash can (bison tube or GPS). Yeah, a fake rock would be really good to show up with a date in.... NOT. How to lose a date in one evening. Any brillant ideas out there? You guys are incredibly creative and funny in your posts so I thought I'd put it out to you. thanks Quote Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Someone showed up at our Fall Fling dressed as a cache. They had swag, trackables, and a log book pinned to a cammo green vest. I think they did something creative with a hat to look like a lid of sorts too. Quote Link to comment
+SilentWolf Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Signal Frog? Quote Link to comment
+Wogus! Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Put six alpha/numeric characters across the front of a t-shirt and go as a TB. Genius? Possibly... Quote Link to comment
+Sol seaker Posted September 30, 2009 Author Share Posted September 30, 2009 TB, I didn't think of that. All good ideas so far. This is fun. what else? Quote Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 (edited) Get the biggest sized person dressed up as Earth, and the others as satellites orbiting him / her. Works best with one adult and a bunch of kids, I guess. Edit : OK, kids obviously is not a good idea if you're going with a date Edited September 30, 2009 by Chrysalides Quote Link to comment
+geos of the jungle Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 With a handle like "Sol seaker" I'd go dressed as the sun. Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Go in scary green make-up, with the fangs, freaky wig and make up a flat card back and front with tracking numbers... and you're a heeby jeeby teebee. MrsB Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Dress up as a witch but carrying a GPS and plenty of maps... and you're Witch Way Now. MrsB Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 You could tatoo coordinates on your arm and go as Angelina Jolie. Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Create a sort of grass skirt for yourself but use lots of pieces of fake ivy to make it... and you're a micro hidden in ivy. MrsB (Or maybe not. Maybe your date gets to search for it ) Quote Link to comment
+9Key Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Someone actually came dressed as my geonick at a Halloween party in Austin a few years back. She had nines and house keys pinned all over herself. I was really flattered! Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Go as a tree, with a sign around your neck saying "gerr" Quote Link to comment
+Sol seaker Posted September 30, 2009 Author Share Posted September 30, 2009 With a handle like "Sol seaker" I'd go dressed as the sun. Or have my date dress up as the sun! LOL Wow, I knew you guys would be good at this: "witch way now", this is fantastic!!!! As far as the one with the ivy, I thought of one similar: A lamp post, and wear a skirt that looked like a lamp post skirt. Only problem is I wouldn't want anyone to go looking for the cache so that one's out. LOL (maybe wear a sign that the cache is archived?) Quote Link to comment
+Sol seaker Posted October 1, 2009 Author Share Posted October 1, 2009 Anyone else out there with great ideas? Quote Link to comment
+hukilaulau Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Nothing to do with caching but in the first episode of "Big Bang Theory" one of the nerdy guys went to a party dressed as the Doppler Effect. I thought that was cool. OK, I'll contribute something... How about wrapping yourself up completely in camo duct tape with a branch from a juniper bush tied to your head? Quote Link to comment
+Sol seaker Posted October 2, 2009 Author Share Posted October 2, 2009 Nothing to do with caching but in the first episode of "Big Bang Theory" one of the nerdy guys went to a party dressed as the Doppler Effect. I thought that was cool. OK, I'll contribute something... How about wrapping yourself up completely in camo duct tape with a branch from a juniper bush tied to your head? oh but what a bitch if I had to pee..... he he Temping though! Quote Link to comment
+msrubble Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 (edited) I like the TB idea. All you'd need is a chain and a big dog tag. Or you could be the dog tag, atttached to your date. You could also go as a log book. (With arms and legs as pencils?) Or a flashlight. Or a telescoping mirror. Or a wood tick. Get a couple sweatshirts from a thrift store, and use the sleeves for the needed extra appendages. Make a tick's back out of cardboard or foam. Edited October 2, 2009 by msrubble Quote Link to comment
+WRASTRO Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I'm going to a geo-cachers halloween party. I've been wracking my brain for ideas for a costume that is geocache themed, but am coming up short. Dress up as a ... GPSr? a Bison tube? a fake rock? An ammo can? a compass? These just aren't doing it for me. I don't want to end up with a costume that makes me look like a walking trash can (bison tube or GPS). Yeah, a fake rock would be really good to show up with a date in.... NOT. How to lose a date in one evening. Any brillant ideas out there? You guys are incredibly creative and funny in your posts so I thought I'd put it out to you. thanks If it is the GeoBoo, which I guess it is, just don't wear a Hawaiian shirt because you will then be dressed up as the host, Shop99er. Quote Link to comment
+Jumpin' Jack Cache Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Black dress + gray beret = film canister micro. Quote Link to comment
+WRASTRO Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Black dress + gray beret = film canister micro. I like this one! Quote Link to comment
+Jumpin' Jack Cache Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 (edited) Black dress + gray beret = film canister micro. I like this one! Simple, sexy & elegant 'course one of those clear Fuji film cans that Clan Riffster prefers would be more interesting... Edited October 2, 2009 by Jumpin' Jack Cache Quote Link to comment
+HeliGeek Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I too like the TB suggestion. If it were me, I'd get a piece of foam-core sign board about three feet long and cut it out in the shape of a dog tag. Paint it up with a TB logo and number and then make a chain for it out of silver painted rope running through the centers of a whole bunch of silver painted styrofoam balls. At that point, you could dress however you like and just drag the giant dog tag around with you. Quote Link to comment
+Sol seaker Posted October 2, 2009 Author Share Posted October 2, 2009 If it is the GeoBoo, which I guess it is, just don't wear a Hawaiian shirt because you will then be dressed up as the host, Shop99er. Well of course it is the geoboo. Dressing up as the host isn't a bad idea. Quote Link to comment
+WRASTRO Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 If it is the GeoBoo, which I guess it is, just don't wear a Hawaiian shirt because you will then be dressed up as the host, Shop99er. Well of course it is the geoboo. Dressing up as the host isn't a bad idea. But, but, it was my idea. Now what will I go as? Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 The easiest thing would be to go as a muggle. Quote Link to comment
+Shop99er Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 If it is the GeoBoo, which I guess it is, just don't wear a Hawaiian shirt because you will then be dressed up as the host, Shop99er. Well of course it is the geoboo. Dressing up as the host isn't a bad idea. But, but, it was my idea. Now what will I go as? Except, the host goes in a costume. Otherwise, TTUMS would have a conniption. Towards the end of the night, I will get out of that rig, and break out an Aloha shirt. And yes, I do have a Halloween one. For one Boo, I wore a suit jacket that TTUMS had glued a gazillion plastic green leaves on. There was a bison tube in the greenery. A few folks had the nerve to look for it, too. Quote Link to comment
+Sol seaker Posted October 2, 2009 Author Share Posted October 2, 2009 For one Boo, I wore a suit jacket that TTUMS had glued a gazillion plastic green leaves on. There was a bison tube in the greenery. A few folks had the nerve to look for it, too. If i did a travel bug I'd want to do a real one that people could log. Same with the bison tube. I'd want to have a log sheet in it people could find. The grass skirt would not work with this idea. I wonder how much trouble I'd get in if I had a new unpublished cache that people signed, and they could log it after the boo when I'd go home and hide it somewhere and publish it so they could log it online. Moderators? Quote Link to comment
+WRASTRO Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 For one Boo, I wore a suit jacket that TTUMS had glued a gazillion plastic green leaves on. There was a bison tube in the greenery. A few folks had the nerve to look for it, too. If i did a travel bug I'd want to do a real one that people could log. Same with the bison tube. I'd want to have a log sheet in it people could find. The grass skirt would not work with this idea. I wonder how much trouble I'd get in if I had a new unpublished cache that people signed, and they could log it after the boo when I'd go home and hide it somewhere and publish it so they could log it online. Moderators? Travelling caches are no longer allowed. Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 If i did a travel bug I'd want to do a real one that people could log. I don't think there would be any problem with this. Just by a real TB tag and use that tracking number. It would be totally loggable. Quote Link to comment
+ecanderson Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 The grass skirt would not work with this idea. Afraid the masses would wind up leaving a geo-trail? Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Get a large piece of cardboard and fashion in as a round tube that can go around your upper body (with arm holes. Attach it to a square box that goes around your waist. Attach a light bulb to a hat. You're an LPC. Quote Link to comment
Team Misguided Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 For one Boo, I wore a suit jacket that TTUMS had glued a gazillion plastic green leaves on. There was a bison tube in the greenery. A few folks had the nerve to look for it, too. If i did a travel bug I'd want to do a real one that people could log. Same with the bison tube. I'd want to have a log sheet in it people could find. The grass skirt would not work with this idea. I wonder how much trouble I'd get in if I had a new unpublished cache that people signed, and they could log it after the boo when I'd go home and hide it somewhere and publish it so they could log it online. Moderators? What WRASTRO said. Nope, that would not be publishable. But you could be a travel bug that could be logged online. I'd tell you my idea but it's what I'm wearing and we wouldn't want to come wearing the same costume. Quote Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 (edited) knowschad posted this in another thread (and I think I've seen it mentioned earlier in another). I definitely don't recommend this, but it's interesting in a traffic accident kind of way (everyone wants a look but no one wants to get too close to the flames - Douglas Adams, I think). http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...t&p=4083229 IIRC it's a geocacher who caches in that strange outfit (someone else said superhero outfit). Edited October 3, 2009 by Chrysalides Quote Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 (edited) You're an LPC. If you don't mind people trying to lift your skirt the whole evening You could dres up as this : The other person could dress up as a train. You'd be a guard rail cache. (groan) Edited October 3, 2009 by Chrysalides Quote Link to comment
John E Cache Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Diogenes searching for an honest man with a lamp and a GPS. Quote Link to comment
+WRASTRO Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Many years ago George and Jane went to a Halloween party with Jane dressed as a brick and George dressed as a brick layer. Another year Jane was dressed as Mt. St. Helens (erupting) and George was a logger. Semi melted hat and clothes included. Then there was the year that Jane was the Pink Panther and George was Inspector Clouseau. Lots of inspections that night. Quote Link to comment
+Cpl. Klinger Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Put six alpha/numeric characters across the front of a t-shirt and go as a TB. Genius? Possibly... I am so doing this for work on Halloween. No one I work with will understand it, but it'll be fun! Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 You're an LPC. If you don't mind people trying to lift your skirt the whole evening As long as don't write in their log "I was looking for a regular but all I found was a micro" or "the log book was wet" I won't mind. Quote Link to comment
+Planet Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 This costume isn't geocaching related, but it does involve searching. I wore this for a themed campout, and then again at Halloween, and then I drove to Vermont dressed this way. I managed to make the drive without having to stop on the way up, and go no funny looks on the way. When I got to VT, we went out to the local tavern, and had I stuck around, I was told I would have won a prize, but we left early. Can you see me now? This is caching related to me, because I've built up a really large photo gallery on geocaching.com over the last seven-plus years. Check out the costumes on this Halloween event page. Scroll to Oct. 27, 2005. Quote Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 As long as don't write in their log "I was looking for a regular but all I found was a micro" or "the log book was wet" I won't mind. I almost choked on my coffee. This is so wrong... Quote Link to comment
+Sol seaker Posted October 6, 2009 Author Share Posted October 6, 2009 As long as don't write in their log "I was looking for a regular but all I found was a micro" or "the log book was wet" I won't mind. I almost choked on my coffee. This is so wrong... Took me a few minutes on that one. Not terribly sharp tonight. Quote Link to comment
+Crafty Turtle Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 How about dressing as a pine tree, and telling people there is a well hidden micro. ...with an appropriate FTF prize, of course. Quote Link to comment
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