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PHOTOS: Best Halloween Costumes in America

The Pirate Carrying a Mermaid Optical Illusion has been named Patch's Halloween Costume in America, winning it's creator $5,000 from Patch. Check out some of the creative runners up in our photo gallery.

 
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"Pirate carrying a Mermaid" Optical Illusion Halloween Costume I really wanted to make a Halloween costume this year that would have people staring and trying to figure it out....I knew an optical illusion costume was the way to go! This is a picture of my "Pirate carrying a Mermaid in a treasure chest" costume that my dad and I made together. It was such a fun project for the two of us to work on, and it turned out better than we had imagined. It was a blast wearing this costume out. I cannot tell you how many people actually thought there was someone in the pirate walking around, when really it was me walking around. It was a lot of hard work to create this costume, but it was all worth it :-) Ashley Playford
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"Pirate carrying a Mermaid" Optical Illusion Halloween Costume I really wanted to make a Halloween costume this year that would have people staring and trying to figure it out....I knew an optical illusion costume was the way to go! This is a picture of my "Pirate carrying a Mermaid in a treasure chest" costume that my dad and I made together. It was such a fun project for the two of us to work on, and it turned out better than we had imagined. It was a blast wearing this costume out. I cannot tell you how many people actually thought there was someone in the pirate walking around, when really it was me walking around. It was a lot of hard work to create this costume, but it was all worth it :-) Credit Ashley Playford
Perry Hall, MD. Credit Dan Jarkiewicz
Larry, Curly & Moe!!! My 3 year old triplets as The Three Stooges for Halloween this year...it seemed fitting! Credit Kelly Reed
Amari as Edward Scissorshands. Costume made by mommy and daddy! :) Credit Krystal Johnson
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Ashley Playford dressed up as a pirate carrying a mermaid this Halloween. Well, actually, she dressed up as the mermaid. Well...Her creativity has earned her the title of Patch's Best Halloween Costume in America and a $5,000 grand prize.  

It was Playford's use of an optical illusion that won us over. Take a look at the photo she entered on Peekskill-Cortlandt Patch!

Almost 4,000 Patch users entered the contest from Oct. 15 to Nov. 5, with costumes ranging from the Eiffel Tower and Honey Boo Boo to a flower pot and a clever interpretation of "binders full of women."

National judges chose 1 finalist from each Patch state based on who had the most creative and innovative costume (we combined North Carolina & South Carolina for this contest, as well as Washington D.C. and Virginia).

Each state finalist will receive $250. From those finalists, Playford's costume was chosen as the grand prize winner.

Congratulations to Playford and to all the other statewide winners (check out our gallery above for photos of all the finalists).

Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with next Halloween!

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Paula Spizziri

9:53 am on Thursday, November 15, 2012

The mermaid/pirate costume was great (as were many -- I also liked the Lego characters and guy in the outhouse), but I think the NH fortune teller got robbed! Not only was there a ton of detailed thought that went into it, but he created more than a costume -- he created an experience! I also have a soft spot for Carl Frederickson -- Up is one of my favorite movies.

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