Halloween is a holiday everyone looked forward to as a kid. We would drag our moms to Party City and make the poor college student who worked there bring us back every princess, pop diva, animal, pirate, cowboy costume we thought was awesome, and then we would make a disaster of the dressing room as we ripped through the bags looking for the perfect one. And we went all out as kids. Face paint, hair spray, wigs, accessories, whatever we needed to make our friends super jealous of our costume, we forced our parents to buy.
One of the best part about wearing our costumes, besides for running around town in them harassing neighbors for absurd amounts of candy our parents ended up hiding from us anyway, was the Halloween photo shoots. We wouldn’t just smile for the camera, we would embody our costumes and transform ourselves inside and out to be whatever we were dressed up as. And because of our childhood passion for Halloween and our spunk, we are now left with some pretty hilarious costume pictures from the past.
So in the celebration of this wonderful holiday the Valley staff decided to compile some of their best Halloween pictures from their childhood.
Enjoy! Happy “Valloween”!
Looks like Alexa Royle just realized she took a bite of a poisoned apple.
“Bad days happens to everyone, but when one happens to you, just keep doing your best and never let a bad day make you feel bad about yourself,” says Big Bird from Sesame Street. Self- Improvement Editor Amelia Friedrichs seems to have forgotten about this quote before putting on her costume that morning.
Buzz Buzzzzz says Annie Ryan
Carolyn Lanza hippy hopped from door to door in search of anything but carrots and celery.
Dana Singer
Weighing In columnist Emily Keifline is pretty as a pumpkin, checking out her candy.
Valley Videos Director Erica Kasan as Mickey Mouse, or child model?
Photographer Jaclyn Stumm managed to find the creepiest Barbie Doll costume ever created.
Entertainment Editor Jennifer Meyers doesn’t look too evil in her devil costume, but definitely looks like she’s got some attitude.
Photographer Jessica LaGreca’s prehistoric days.
Kacie Iwasyk looking elegant as ever in her pink fairytale princess gown.
Kasey Lam showed off her true cowgirl and riding skills all Halloween night on her stick horse.
Kate Perkins and her brother as Simba and Nala from the Lion King. ROAAAR!
Katie Levine
SO FLUFFY! Katie Seibert as a cuddly bunny for Halloween.
Little Minnie, our Finance Director Kayla Sredni.
Jester and writer Kellie D’Amico will entertain for candy!
EW what’s that smell!? Oh, it’s just Rachael Kline our Business Director
Writer Margaret O’Brien can’t find her way back to the pumpkin patch.
Lindsay Zacharia was pinkest prettiest princess at the party.
Editor in Chief Leah Polakoff jingled all the way through town collecting candy for herself and her fellow reindeer. Merry Christmas?
Oh, there she is! Managing Editor Samantha Allen in a school parade.
PR Director Sara Heiden, go team!
Writer Shannon Zuber found her wings at a younger age.
Photographer Skylar Yuen and her family posing for a photo before diving into a huge holiday meal.
Summer Ziernick and her brother are excited to trick-or-treat.
Writer Vanessa Cardy struts her stuff. Na-na-na, diva is a female version of a hustla.
Cat Woman! Writer Christine Dua was always a badass cat.
Georgie Wayne stopped for a little photo shoot before continuing on her journey done the yellow brick road.
Kelly Gibson
Taylor Fowler is absolutely terrifying in her Count Dracula assemble. And yes, she came to suck your blood.
Mary Duggan plays a fabulous Elle Woods but she definitely needs to get her highlights re-done because she’s looking a little more like a Legally Brunette.
Beauty and Health Editor Sabrina Evans is half pilgrim half cowboy? This costume is definitely up for interpretation.
Don’t let that cute face fool you, Web writer Chris Covert is a viscous dragon that will burn you too a crisp. But he also may be a frog, we’re not sure.
Fashion Editor Jillian Selzer rocks out as Queen Amadala from Star Wars. However, she’s better at making funny faces than shooting a blaster.
Campus Culture Editor Tasha Tereschak is looking like royalty in her Party City couture Cinderella gown. But wait… is she not wearing pants?
Wed Director Amanda Hunt just can’t wait to be king of the pride lands.
Hunter Talpas is adorable in her bee costume. But watch out, she’ll sting ya.
Rebecca Bryden is an adorable baby panda.
Jennifer Meyers is a senior (ugh) and the Editor- in- Chief of Valley Magazine. She loves avocados, Spartan races, flower patterned skirts and has a perfect passenger rating on Uber. If she's not running through the woods with a weighted backpack or pounding down a GF veggie panini at Sower's Harvest, you'll probably find her in the Hub with Managing Editor, Meghan Reinhardt, jamming out to old skool J Biebs.
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RT @ValleyMag: We couldn’t let #TBT pass by without a #Valloween throwback. See our staff member’s adorable childhood costumes! http://t.co…
We couldn’t let #TBT pass by without a #Valloween throwback. See our staff member’s adorable childhood costumes! http://t.co/EX9IpbCa2h