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The Pirate Carrying a Mermaid Optical Illusion has been named Patch's Halloween Costume in America. Its creator -- and wearer -- will receive a $5,000 prize for having the most creative and innovative costume.

 
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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
Lucian Meckley, Germansville, PA. The recycling truck costume, by Dad and Mom, is made from cardboard, a set of stroller wheels and a frame built from re-purposed wood. Credit Khymn
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. 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. Playford entered the contest from Peekskill-Cortlandt Patch in New York.

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 one 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.

Pennsylvania Winner

The Pennsylvania winner was Lucian Meckley, Germansville, who entered from Abington Patch. Meckley had a recycling truck costume, made by his dad and mom. It was made from cardboard with the wheels from a stroller and the frame from re-purposed wood.

Congratulations to Playford, Meckley 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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