Halloween 2023

Cruft Manor has Halloween traditions every year:

1. We give out full size candies
2. Make a listing of all costumes
3. Make a timelapse movie

I let the kids choose their favorite candy themselves. This can sometimes lead to a prolonged choosing process and debate. The moments of “OMG” and “wow” are wonderful as they realize the candies are full size.

Hearing the kids get excited about full size candies makes it all worth it.

I also gave out LED light up rings this year. They were a hit.

Kids would spend more time choosing a ring than candy.

When people come to the door, I ask every person what they were dressed as and wrote down their answers. I am careful to ask what they are, accepting their answers rather than interpreting what I see.

The time-lapse takes place over about two and a half hours that is reduced to just under 90 seconds for your viewing pleasure.

A few of the costumes I liked this year.

Strawberry

Tanjiro from Demon Slayer

Oogie Boogie from The Nightmare Before Christmas

You can see the clipboard I use to write down what the kids tell me they are dressed as.

This Halloween makes it 18 years of data to compare, though 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, & 2022. We did not give out candy in 2020 due to the pandemic.

The popular costumes over the years

A small drop in visitors this year. Didn’t quite get the crowds we have had in the past.

A bit of a change from last year with Dinosaur & Soccer Player topping the chart. A few of the costumes from TV & movies, but the usuals from the past not really making an impact. Only a couple Barbies, as I had expected more.

This year’s complete costume list of 149 people:

1 Alien
1 Alvin (Alvin & Chipmunks)
1 Angel
3 Avatar
1 Barbie
1 Batman
1 Bingo
2 Black Panther
1 Border Collie
2 Cat
1 Chester Cheetah
1 Cholo
1 Cinderella
1 Cinnamoroll
1 Clown
1 Construction Worker
1 Cool Black Outfit
1 Cop
1 Cowgirl
1 Cup of Noodles
1 Daft Punk
1 Damian from Mean Girls
1 Demon
4 Dinosaur
1 Doll
2 Elsa
1 Fairy
2 Fall Guy
1 Franchise
1 Ghost
1 Goose (fighter pilot)
1 Grim Reaper
1 Gymnastics Coach
1 Harley Quinn
1 Harry Potter
1 Hedgehog
1 Hello Kitty
1 Helper
1 Her Dad
1 Hit by Truck
1 Hogwarts Student
1 Iron Man
1 Isabella
1 IT
1 Itachi
1 Jake
1 Jason Voorhees
1 Katrina
1 Kazuko from Demon Slayer
1 Ketchup
1 Killer Lumberjack
1 Koala
1 Kuromi
1 L from Deathnote
1 Lebron
1 LED Man
1 Light from Deathnote
1 Link
1 Lisa from Deathnote
2 Luigi
1 Mad Hatter
1 Mad Scientist
1 Magician
1 Maid
2 Mandolorian
1 Mario
1 Marshmellow
1 Maverick (fight pilot)
2 Michael Meyers
1 Minecraft
1 Mira
1 Netsuke
1 Ninja
1 OC
1 Oogie Boogie
2 Orange Girl
2 Penguin
1 Poison Ivy
1 Pompompurin
2 Princess
1 Pummy
1 Quincy Morris
1 Rake
1 Robber
1 Ronaldo
1 Sally
1 Sarah Sanderson from Hocus Pocus
1 Scary Person
1 Scream
1 Secuna
1 Shinoda
1 Simon (Alvin & Chipmunks)
2 Skeleton
1 Skeleton
1 Skull
1 Snow White
4 Soccer Player
1 Softball Player
1 Sonic the Hedgehog
1 Soulja Boy
2 Spiderman
1 Spiderwoman
1 Stick Man Figure
1 Stitch
1 Strawberry
2 Tanjiro from Demon Slayer
3 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
1 Teenager
1 The Hulk
1 The Purge
1 Theodure (Alvin & Chipmunks)
1 Tree
1 Trillionaire
1 Undercover Vampire
2 Unicorn
1 V
1 Vampira
1 Vampire
3 Wednesday
3 Witch
1 Woody

149 Costumed Visitors