And I'm still a ragtag angel today!

Emily McCombs, Managing Editor

Me and my little brother as convicts? I look more like a pirate. Those beards are made of mascara.

Emily McCombs, Managing Editor

I call this "Bunny hat two ways." My mom made me this costume and I wore the hat part of it for years. (That second photo was not taken during Halloween.)

Jessica Olien, xoJane contributor

Jenny Ryan, xoJane contributor

Blue duck.

Madeline Cronin, Editorial Assistant

Gypsy. I was 2 1/2 & my mom trick-or-treated me over to my grandparents house. Mom also decorated my bag. My grandma has the hot leg and mini skirt. I am the crazed baby animal bursting through the door.

Rachel McPadden, DIY editor

I'm in the center with cute bangs & little shag haircut eating a cookie. You can't see my actual spider costume, black tights & leotard with stuffed black knee socks safety pinned to my sides & strung together so they moved when I raised my arms. 10 years old. Neighborhood-type Halloween party. We look like a bar crew w/o access to actual costumes. I can't explain.

Rachel McPadden, DIY editor

Here I am on the left with my sister going through our candy. Because doing this while sitting on the dining room table in your underwear is totally normal.

Commenter catherineagnes

And here I am a little older as a fairy? An angel? A princess? A princessfairyangel? With smeared lipstick.

Commenter catherineagnes

I was 4 years old, dressed as a ballerina, but my mom made me wear a turtleneck to go out trick-or-treating. My Aunt Mia, also pictured, was some kind of statue or sculpture. 

Commenter BrokeAssGourmet

This is s a Halloween pic of me as a teeny mermaid.

Commenter teaholcombe

I actually  just uploaded this picture after I found it in the family photo album the other day! My costume is cute, but I think it's my Dad's incredibly freaky gorilla costume that really makes it special.

Reader Rachel

I’m in the middle in the skeleton costume.

Reader Mycki

Obviously in this one, I am Princess Leia. My mother made the costume and the hair buns! Oh and that’s a battery operated hair dryer from one of those 70’s children’s beauty packages.

Reader Mycki

Here I am in all my costumed glory. My mom made all of these outfits, which I can't even imagine. I mean, that udder! It was my little trick-or-treat bag (not that I could eat candy at 5 months old).

Commenter MKStallsmith

Commenter MK Stallsmith

Commenter MK Stallsmith

Circa 1974. My sister's whiskers were made from paper straws -- the entire outfit handmade by my mother. I have on a party hat -- I'm also throwing some serious "crazy eyes" at my sister. Reader Tara

Hula girls...in sweaters. That's how we rock Halloween in Massachusetts. Reader Christine

Bottle of Elmer's glue. The hat is made out of an orange traffic cone with a white sock sticking out the top. Reader Christine

Here is a photo of me on Halloween when I was about three or four. I don't think I was old enough to go trick or treating but my mom took me to a shopping mall and I went from store to store collecting candy from the sales people. I looked like a boy for the first few years of my life.

Hannah Johnson, Associate Beauty Editor

This is from Halloween 1977, when I was 8 yrs old (hint- I'm DARTH VADER). It was only about 5 months after Star Wars came out, so there were no mass market costumes, and no one knew who the hell I was supposed to be! My Uncle Glen made the helmet from paper mache and the chest plate from cardboard, duct tape, and old clock parts. Note the parking lot attendant flashlight wand as light saber...yes I KNOW Darth had a red one, but they were sold out at the hardware store.

Still looking for my 5th grade pic when I went as a sexy, liberated lady.

Reader and President of ABL Brands Anthony

Rainbow Brite

Kimberly, Events Assistant at Say Media

Kimberly, Events Coordinator at Say Media