“These muscles are all natural – no scare-oid use was involved.”

Hap- Hap- Happy Halloween, let’s go trick-or-treating,
And when we get back home, ya’ll can start with the candy-eating,
But you know me, I ain’t nothin but an old-fashioned country bumpkin,
Gonna go out in the patch tonight,
And gonna harvest me a little fat orange pumpkin.
(Dangit. But “yellow chicken” don’t rhyme.)

Trick-or-Tweet! … Wait a minute, where is Tweety Bird?? She was just here!

Bous Chef in Boots.

My airplane wings are now a little droopy, but I was flying high and made a loop-da-loopy!

A good witch and a bad witch? Hard to say, but the one in blue is not going to let the cat out of the bag.

Roll Call: Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy … and Soggy.

And in this corner …

… pound-for-pound the hardest snacking trick-or-treater Main Street has seen for many years.

“For the record, I know the difference between a pacifier and Halloween candy, but I’m happy anyway, cuz that’s how jack-o-lanterns roll.”

Pretty pink skirt, and jacket, and bow, Miss Minnie Mouse is ready to go!

Native to Antarctica, penguins feed on krill, fish, squid, and candy.

It is written that the dog and the cow and the other beasts of the field, be they made of flesh and bone, or even balloons, will one day a year wander the earth in search of candy.

This tiny Tiger is bundled up tight. No need to worry about getting frostbite.

Don’t mess with Batman, today or tonight. He’s defending his candy, with all of his might.

Hoo, oh hoo, oh hoo is that knocking? An owl that flew in, with blue strip-ed stockings!

Two timid clowns are braver than one, especially when looking for Halloween fun.

No one ever set a fire he couldn’t lick.

A bird in the tree is worth two in the hand – especially if your hands are full of candy.

Trick-arrr-Treat.

When they won’t fit on your broom, in a stroller there is room!

“People just won’t stop asking me what I’ve got cookin’ so I have to hold my smile up with my finger.”

Trick or treat, smell my fleece …

What sort of critter eats candy all day? The kind that’s immune to sugarbug spray.

Big Mickey Mouse waves his hand with four thumbs. Small Mickey munches on sweet candy crumbs.

A Care Bear in pink leaves no skin exposed, except for his cheeks and his eyes and his nose.

Hey, Tiny Dancer, you’re cute as they come. Give us a twirl like a sweet sugar plum!

Thing 1 and Thing 2 are ready for fun. The Cat in the Hat looks ready to run.

Who’s this pedestrian, equipped with umbrella? He seems like a helpful yet mischievous fella.

It’s not a costume – he’s actually working! This window washer is clearly not shirking.

Ain’t nothing fake about Strawberry Shortcake.

Main Street Ann Arbor, gives Halloween haven, to birds of all kinds, like this tiny raven.

“Do not arouse the wrath of the great and powerful … pumpkin. I said come back tomorrow.”

“Because dragons do not carry their own candy, that’s why.”

Here’s the Thing, or is it 2?  Mittens red, hair is blue.

Who ever said, Halloween should be scary? It always includes, a serving of dairy.

One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over ... BOO!

A Halloween costume? But where is your mask? Powers revealed to those who dare ask.

This creature is ghoulish, all wrinkly and green, escaped its lagoon for the Halloween scene.

Amelia Earhart, where did they find her? Handing out candy, nobody's kinder.

She couldn't be cuter in her lovely blue dress, with a handbag of candy to add more finesse.

The bowtie's a tip off, the gadget's a clue, but on Halloween, just say Doctor Boo!

Though enemies through the rest of the year, the pig and the mouse put aside their centuries-old feud once a year to celebrate the holiday of piece (of candy), which is Halloween.

MJ is dancing, he's thrilling his fans, but the little Go Boo girl wants to march in a band!

Says a stylish young witch in purple and black: "Please put some candy right into this sack!"

A count in a cape, and a devil with horns, a pumpkin that holds a few candy corns.

This big bad wolf is a sweet little lamb, searching for candy wherever he can.

This swashbuckling pirate is eating his knife! He's ready to fight off the urban wildlife.

Did you ever think, you'd see a pirate in pink?

Peacocks are pretty – you know that it's true, especially when hugging and smiling in blue.

Up on her tippy toes, not all that scary – Ann Arbor Halloween's miss pumpkin fairy.

Judged as a witch, this teacher looks dandy, but people keep asking, "What's Spanish for 'candy'?"

We suspect Grandpa Smurf is well weary of the old joke, "You look like you're feeling a little blue," as well as the Halloween variant, "You look like you're feeling a little boo."

A tiger, a kitty and even a cow, what other munchkins are we looking at now?

Three girls are hugging and happy on Main Street, asking the merchants to share something sweet!

A moon's-eye view of luminary-makers at the March 6, 2011 FoolMoon workshop, held at the Workantile Exchange in downtown Ann Arbor. FestiFools asked Jimmie Thompson (former Michigan Artist of the Year) to direct the workshops.

A family with their octopus luminary wireframe in progress.

Rick Cronn holds his wireframe of a giant head.

Elaine Reed covers her bird wireframe with a layer of tape.

Don Watts begins to assemble his wireframe.

Glueing tissue paper onto a luminary.

Kit Eagal at work on a giant fish.

Meryl Waldo shows off the FoolMoon Luminary Sculpture Kit (she is also the spokesmodel featured on the package). Several retailers in the Ann Arbor area are selling the kits for $20 and giving the proceeds back to FestiFools.

Workantile Exchange community manager Trek Glowacki works with a group on their luminary.

Debra Golden shapes wire for her fish luminary.

Ben and Anna Clingenpeel work together to assemble their wireframe.

Genia Service, Gary Service, Tom McMurtrie, and Garnet Bernier team up to build a Mario Mushroom luminary.

Blue Ghoul Princess with face painted white, out along Main Street causing a fright.

Cute little charmer, a beflowered young lass, gathers up candy in her skirt of grass.

Purple Butterfly, her bag made of green, beflutters, beflitters the Halloween scene.

Scary Striped Pirate, a bucket of loot, terrifies merchants if "terror" is cute.

In Wonderland Alices wander downtown, looking for rabbit holes they can fall down.

Darling Dalmatian, you're quite a cute pup, does everyone ask you: Hey, Dawg, what's up?

Two Cutie Pies, always better than one, hang on to your hat now, Halloween has begun.

Both Beat Cop and Bunny, have crime-fighting merits, keep citizens safe from bad guys and carrots.

Little Blue Princess, grasps her wand tight, charms all the merchants, with her pearly whites.

Green Sleeping Beauty, with a small button nose, dreams of frogs and sweet peas, in a Halloween doze.

Moosejaw Princess hands out Halloween treats, confused trick-or-treaters ask what's on her feets.

One foot on the pavement, and one on the wall, this Halloween Spider-Man, ready to crawl.

Poem: Sometimes a label makes it so.

The Little Green Monster, a real scary sight, giving all passers-by a furry big fright.

Little Miss Ladybug, says goodbye to the day, takes a ride in her buggy, there'll be treats on the way.

The Lion

Batgirl

Leopard-Spotted Ballerina

One Dalmation

Pretty in Pink

Tulip and Angel

Little Bumblebee

Bigger Bumblebee

The Little Mermaid

The Fireman

The Crayon

The Parade

The Shark

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