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Costume Ideas Like You Never Imagined For Halloween!

  • April 21, 2010 10:21 am
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Halloween is quickly approaching and if you’re searching for costume ideas, let us assist you in finding an exciting costume for this once a year spooktacular event!

Many of your ideas may come easily from watching your favorite movies, or you may read about the hottest trends for the holidays in your desired magazines, and come up with a really creative idea for a great costume character.

However, if you happen to be at a loss for a unique costume idea this year, times a ticking! Don’t worry, we can offer you a list of the newest Halloween costumes available, and add a little twist that will make a hilarious splash for your outfit this season.

Halloween fun starts when you create that unique costume, that everybody wonders how you came up with that concept! Many adults and kids love to be the center of attention with the most creative characters that no one else will have, and that’s a tough task in itself when there are dozens of retail stores selling the exact same Halloween costume.

The best costume tips we can offer to ensure that you don’t have half a dozen people with the same Halloween outfit, is to try and mix and match the costume, in order to create an outrageous combination, which will have your friends and family howling their heads off!

Think Out Of The Costume Box To Get Those Creative, And Fun Juices Flowing! If you’re having a little trouble coming up with something that will wow your party guests, remember you must think outside the box! If you need a little push in the right direction, let us offer you a few of our suggestions to get you started, and see if you can expand on our outrageous Halloween tips.

Become a Vampire Baby : Just think about it for a second? Dracula had to be born and brought into this world just like us, so did you think he came into this world with his fancy ensemble? Of course not, so how about taking a large blanket for a diaper, a full-size skin tone color or light grey body tights, cape, white face paint, blood, and a pair of fangs. Add a baby bottle filled with deep red cranberry juice and VOILA!

Now with your baby vampire outfit ready to take on the dark underworld of infants, we are sure you can imagine the laughs you will get, and I bet you wouldn’t have thought that Dracula would be getting his/her gruesome cheeks pinched so much during the night. After your party, it’s going to be rather painful crawling back into your coffin.

Here’s another wacky one! Cross-Dressing Darth Vader : Find a really awful dress, preferably off-white or pink, and get your hands on a Darth Vader mask. Now we’re sure with the popularity of Star Wars that you will come across many Vader costumes, but while they may be switching over to the dark side that night, you will be flipping-over to the Darth Vader Cross-dressing side.

Come on, can’t you picture this great idea! Going up to guests at your party and saying, “Luke, I’m really your mother!” Ok let’s move on, maybe you’ll like our next idea!

For the adult only event, and we mean a total non-Halloween family function (no kids allowed), the guys can consider going as an Egotistical Scotsman ! Order a Highlander costume complete with the plaid skirt and all the accessories. Now we’re sure you’re actually wondering what is the major difference from another Scottish costume.

Here’s the twist, you go out and purchase a skin tone color stocking and fill it with foam, tie off the tip to give it the, well, you know what look we’re talking about! Then wrap it around your waist, letting it hang just long enough for it to be showing slightly below your skirt. Who’s the king of Scotland now! For the men that still don’t get what I’m trying to explain here, talk to your better halves or your mother, they can help you!

Of course we are not going to leave the women’s costume ideas out, but it was a little more difficult coming up with a twisted thought for the ladies. So here we go!

Female Hugh Hefner : It’s time to turn the tables, and we know it’s not difficult for a beautiful lady like yourself to get your hands on a few of your male friends to dress-up as sexy Playboy bunnies! The rest is history, all you have to do is go online and find an authentic Hugh Hefner smoking jacket, silk looking pants, and fake cigar.

Make sure you’re strutting around with your Playmates waving your cigar and acting extremely arrogant, and pinching the occasional bunny cheek during the night. (Pinching at your own risk, and we take no responsibility for this action, oh what the heck, give him two pinches on the cheeks for good luck!)

In order to make sure your costume theme idea is realistic, you must ensure your male partners are hanging around you often, giving you all the attention you deserve as the sexiest Playboy icon. Have the guys wear thick red lipstick while placing kiss marks all over your cheeks. We have a feeling after the Halloween party is over, you may not want to give up all that attention! We may be creating some monsters here.

Kids Ideas Are Very Creative When It Comes To Wacky Costume Fun! Children are the best source when it comes to thinking of crazy ideas, and they can easily turn up with some mad creations! If you don’t have any kids to help you, then contact the closest friend that has a bizarre imagination. If you can do it on your own, then we suggest you jump on your witches broom, and fly with your off the wall idea.

It’s crunch time, and you want to make your ideas fun and unique. If you happen to like our wild ideas, and they find your funny bone, then go with them. Or if you would like to create your own concept, go for it.

The bottom line here is that we want you to achieve a great costume idea, by taking simple concepts and letting your ideas work to create that little twist, that will make your outfit that much better. Your Costume will be so funny that you will have all your guests laughing in stitches. Hmmm., stitches, I think we have another great idea for a costume!

Costume Ideas Like You Never Imagined For Halloween!

Halloween Recipes Tasty Party Food for Kids – Great Overall Spooky …

  • April 17, 2010 7:21 pm

Halloween party food – I do not think there is one parent come this Halloween Night that wont have an over excited fidgety kid stand before them while dressing them in their Halloween Costume. There is nothing to beat the feeling a parent feels on the inside seeing their children happy.

To watch them gleefully jump up and down for joy on the spot, at world record speed is enough to put a smile on any ones face let alone mom and dads. Nonetheless, it is difficult to apply face paint while the kid is in mid air, so be a little stern and tell them if they want to be the best monster (scary ghoul, screeching witch, wailing banshee, squealing bat, Dracula or black cat) in town trick or treating then they will have to stand still. Good luck, although kids will want to be the scariest monster they tend to forget your warning after about a minute, and back on the imaginary trampoline they go.

Tip: If the Halloween costume needs altering, do not do it while the child is wearing his or her scary Halloween costume if using a needle and cotton.

Are you dressing your child as a ghoul or witch to go trick or treating, or for a Halloween party you have planned for Halloween night, or because the child has an invite to a friends house. Either of the options will include Halloween party food having to be arranged. If you lay on a spread of eats the kids love and find attractive then nothing will go to waste. Make sure the room where they sit down to feast is decorated accordingly, and the table prepared with ghoul foods to match the event. You will not not get away with the average layout of cakes biscuits and jelly.

Depending on how many kids are invited to your Halloween party you might have to consider booking a venue hall to accommodate the numbers. If money is tight, and with already having splashed out on Halloween costumes, and yet still to buy the Halloween party food, then you might not have much left in your purse to decorate the room. Do not panic because it wont take much to do this, in fact you may not have to dip into your pocket either.

A couple of inexpensive Halloween party decoration ideas

Black sheet if you have one. if not dye a white one

Tin foil for paper cut outs

Black paper to make black cat shapes, moon, toads and frogs, its your choice.

Use string for hanging bits and pieces from the ceiling.

Use blue tack its safer than using drawing pins should one drop on the floor.

Glue for sticking witch and wizard cut outs and cauldrons to the black sheet

To set the whole Halloween theme alight…place a couple of decorated pumpkins around the room. When preparing and arranging the party, consider the childrens safety. Make sure candles and electric sockets your using meet with safety requirements. For instance: The candles are not near curtains or within childrens reach, and electrical wiring taped down to avoid trips or falls.

Pumpkins can be picked up for pennies late in the evening when the shop keeper believes the mad rush for pumpkins is over.

If a lighted pumpkin is planned for the table centrepiece then make sure the lid remains on top and the pumpkin placed in the middle of the table out of reach. Do not have food around the pumpkin so the kids hands do not come in contact with the pumpkin. When you decorate the pumpkin make the mouth of your creation saddened so the kids cannot put their finger in and touch the flame.To keep their Halloween costumes clean cut a black sheet into squares’ and glue edges neatly for napkins. On each napkin glue their name in a spooky font, or Halloween symbol.

Best Halloween Party Food Recipes

115oz (4oz) caster sugar

8 ice cream cones (double up if there are more kids)

Preheat oven to 110C/225F/gas mark 4. Whisk 2 egg whites until stiff and dry, add 115g (4oz) caster sugar1tbsp at a time, and mix again until the mixture is thick. Put 8 heaps of meringue on a baking sheet lined with non-stick paper and bake for 2 hours. Remove and cool. Dip the ends of the wafer cones in melted chocolate and chocolate vermicelli. Leave and let dry. Decorate the cones and meringues with Smarties (hat) silver/gold balls (eyes) and liquorice strips for straggly hair…attach with melted chocolate. Use scoops of ice cream to stick the hats to the faces.

Halloween party food is fun and exciting; however certain eats can be a risk. Its important you serve safe and healthy foods. Avoid risky meals that contain something a child could choke on, or hazardous causing an allergic reaction (nuts) Speak to the parents whose child is attending the party and ask what yummy food they can, or cannot eat.

Every Halloween party has toffee apples, and if they do not then they should. Most Halloween treats consist of sugary ingredients, so watch out for the greedy child wanting seconds. Print out an awareness pamphlet for each child, telling them about the “ghoul-den” rules on how all Halloween freaks clean their teeth. The kids will love to follow in the footsteps of their monster idols, and will do the same. Explain how the monsters know being gummy prevents them eating food that is yummy.

5 medium-sized dessert apples (depending on how many guests)

450g soft caramel sweets

Wash and dry the apples, and stick a wooden skewer through the stem end. Slowly heat the caramel sweets in a double boiler or over a bain Marie until melted and smooth. Dip the apples in the toffee and twist until completely coated in the caramel/treacle. Place on greaseproof paper upright and sit in the fridge till set

Ice-cream Creepy Crawlies

Black licorice sticks

Put a scoop of chocolate ice cream in the middle of a bowl. Poke 8 pieces of black licorice along the side of the scoop to make the legs. Add two currants for the eyes.

Hard boiled eggs (halved)

Scoop egg yolks out. Mash the yolks in a bowl and add some cream cheese. Fill the empty egg middles with the yolk/cheese mix and add an olive for the eye ball. Use cocktail sticks to draw lines on the whites so they appear blood shot.

Your Halloween party food needs to include the messy

Make a lime jelly and when its set mash it up. Decorate with gummy wriggly worms, or jelly slithery snakes.

The Mud Recipe below will go down a treat with all the kids

Melt a 200g bar of milk chocolate over a pot of boiling water Allow to cool, and then add some finely grated orange zest, 1 tbsp fresh orange juice, and 2 x 500g tubs of natural fat-free/low fat fromage frais. Blend and pour into a bowl. Chill in the fridge before serving. Make it more exciting by asking the children to wash their hands, and then allow them to eat it with their fingers for more fun

Serve a beef burger, tuna burger or veggie burger in a bun with lashings of vampire blood (tomato sauce.) Check with the childrens parents about what foods they are allowed to eat. Some children are picky at meal times, but this is different to the child that may have special needs.

1 cup granulated/ or caster sugar

Juice from 4-6 lemons

4 cups sparkling water

Make the syrup a couple of hours in advance. Its a good idea to prepare Halloween party foods while the children are in bed so your baked goodies remain a surprise, hence no need to be tapping the hand attached to those inquisitive fingers sneakily dipping in your mixes.Mix 1 cup of water – and 1 cup sugar in small pot and bring to a boil, stirring often, until the sugar dissolves. Allow to cool. Squeeze the lemon juice in and stir into the syrup. Put into a large jug and add 4 cups of chilled sparkling water, mix and serve.

500ml pomegranate or cranberry juice

100 ml blackcurrant squash

500 ml sparkling water

Mix ingredients together in a jug, and serve

Halloween Recipes Tasty Party Food for Kids – Great Overall Spooky …

Halloween Costume Ideas For Couples

  • April 17, 2010 5:21 am

Today when it comes to Halloween costumes for couples no longer do they need to restrict themselves to the usual Dracula and his victim.  As you will soon discover there are plenty of other things that couples can choose to be when attending at party at this time of the year.  In this article we take a look at some Halloween costume ideas for couples that could prove a hit this year.

The ideas we provide below are ones that are very simple to achieve but will wow friends and family.

1.     Bride and Groom  – The twist on this is that the woman dresses as the groom wearing a suit or tuxedo, whilst the man wears a wedding dress.  There are plenty of charity shops where you should be able to pick up the outfits you need to achieve this look.  But just because the man is going to be the bride doesn’t mean he has to wear white. Why not be a little more daring and go for a bright red or blue one. 

2.    A Tramp and A Lady – Again this is where role reversal comes into play.  Once more the man dresses up as the woman whilst it is the woman that takes on the part of the tramp.  The guy should make sure that he wears plenty of baubles and if he can a pair of killer heels. As for the woman get hold of some trousers several sizes too big and use string rather than a belt to hold them up.

3.    Deceased Husband and Widowed Wife – This is something that should be relatively easy to achieve. For the man he just needs to wear a good suit preferably in a dark colour such as black and then paint his face with white face paint to make him look dead.  As for the woman it is important that she wears all black again including a veil to hide her face from those around.  Plus ensures that she carries a few tissues which she can occasionally use to dab away the tears of sorrow.

4.    The Movie Star and Photographer – Again this is a very simple idea for a couple to think about using when going to a Halloween party this coming October.  Either one dresses up  as the movie star wearing something really glamorous including a pair of sunglasses.  Then on top of this they must pretend to act very important yet remain popular with those around them.

 As for the photographer all they need to wear is something regular but make sure that they have several cameras hanging around their neck or secreted into pockets. Then as they move around the party the photographer should be hiding around corners or asking the other person to provide them with “one more photo please”.

Above we have offered a number of Halloween costume ideas for couples that will prove a hit this October. But as you will discover when you search online there are plenty of places that offer some other ideas for Halloween costumes for couples that could prove just as big a hit as those listed above.

Halloween Costume Ideas For Couples

How to Do a Simple Face Paint Job

  • April 9, 2010 7:21 pm

Is your child getting ready to have a birthday party and your looking for some simple face paint to create the look they want? Well, if you know what type to get, then you’ll have a much easier time of getting it and giving them the look they want without any problem whatsoever.

Most likely your kid will be so excited to see their face painted, they won’t really be concerned with overly fancy detail and you can do a great simple job when you put your mind and energy to it. You should try using a face painting stencil to help you get the best look with the least effort. These are so easy to use, and they can really make your fast paint job look like a professional did it.

The first thing you’ll need to do is to stock up on face painting paint as this is the best kind to use. Also, if you want to get the highest quality available to you, you should consider snazaroo face paints as these are certainly the highest quality and can really do a profession job as well when it comes to a complicated or a simple face paint job.

Some ways to do the best face paint job you possibly can are listed below:

  1. You need to practice as much as possible. This isn’t something that you should read a book to learn, you’ll have to practice as much as possible. A great way to do this is by using clear acetate to do so. That way all you have to do is clean it and repaint over and over.

    How to Do a Simple Face Paint Job