my wife and i need some help on halloween costumes. we want something very creative, (ie, no salt & pepper, nut and bolt, ketchup and mustard, wizard of oz characters, etc...) we don't want something that we can easily find online; (we'd rather make something.)

in the past we have gone as popeye and olive oyl, flinstones, old people, beetlejuice and lydia, football player and cheerleader, geek and supermodel, quail man and patty mayonaise...

again, we don't really want anything that other people will have. (nun and priest, popular movie characters, etc...) we wouldn't mind doing movie characters, but we'd rather it be less common.

thanks for your help!

also, we have a puppy that we would like to dress up, (doesn't need to be the same as us.) she is a lighter haired dog, so we considered getting washable, pet-safe hair dye and dying black spots on her to make her a dalmation. but not sure how safe that stuff is. any help there would be appreciated also.
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