{"id":85213,"date":"2024-10-20T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weirdunsocializedhomeschoolers.com\/?p=85213"},"modified":"2024-10-30T11:59:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T16:59:30","slug":"homeschooler-halloween-costumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weirdunsocializedhomeschoolers.com\/homeschooler-halloween-costumes\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Spot a Homeschooler by Our Halloween Costumes"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

While Halloween can be a divisive subject among homeschooling folks, I have to tell you: I love it. Not the scary, horror-filled side of things, but the spooky, whimsical, dress-up-in-a-costume, carving pumpkins, and eating caramel apples parts of Halloween. (Confession: my husband and I are those parents who wear Halloween costumes while taking our kids trick-or-treating.)<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Looking back on my own days as a homeschooler, one of my favorite Halloween memories was when my best friend threw a Halloween party in high school, and I got to help plan it. Now, take whatever pop-culture-inspired images you conjured up from the phrase “Halloween party in high school” and promptly delete them. Why? Well, this was possibly the most “homeschool-y Halloween party” there ever was.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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The music included instrumental scores from the <\/span>Harry Potter<\/span><\/i> films (thank you, John Williams) and a variety of Danny Elfman compositions. As guests arrived, costumes such as Jane Austen, SPAM email, Arwen, and the Dread Pirate Roberts appeared in the lineup. <\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

After everyone arrived, we ran around in the woods behind her house in our costumes, roasted s’mores, threw sticks into the outdoor fire, talked and laughed, and played games like <\/span>Scrabble<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Apples to Apples<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It was “weird and unsocialized” for a high school party by some standards, I guess. In reality, it was full of wholesome fellowship, nerdy debates, and teens who felt comfortable just being themselves. It was an event that was full of playfulness and authenticity. This kind of party remains my favorite, into adulthood.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

And as a lifelong member of the homeschooling community (in one way or another), I can look back at this event and pull out some common threads among the many homeschoolers I have known, and the ones I currently know. <\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

And these threads are easiest to spot, symbolically, by observing our choice of Halloween costumes. So… you guessed it:<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This edition of <\/span>How to Spot a Homeschooler<\/span><\/i> is: <\/span>How to Spot a Homeschooler by Our Halloween Costumes!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Other Articles in Our “How to Spot a Homeschooler” Series<\/b><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

If you’ve read other posts in this series, you know the goal is to observe and discuss some of the fun and funny ways that homeschoolers sometimes stand out—for both good fun and, errr, more “eccentric” reasons. The point isn’t to stereotype, my friends, but to give you a wink across the internet about this weird, wonderful, diverse tribe of which we are all a part.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

For any given topic, I always love to read your comments on ways you can spot one of your own homeschoolers, so please leave a comment!<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

So far in my <\/span>How to Spot a Homeschooler<\/span><\/i> series, we’ve talked about topics like:<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n