Thursday, September 30, 2010

Locating The Scariest Of Clown Masks, Outfits And Accessories This Halloween  

By Joe Leob

Pair a realistic kids, teens or adults clown mask to the craziest of clown's outfits to create a perfect look this Halloween.

If planning on wearing a complete clowns outfit at the next costume party, its possible to locate a wide variety of demented, creepily funny or hideous smiling latex masks to match - with either a full, over the head design, which covers the entire head, or a partial or half-face mask, which comes with a elastic-strap to keep it in position.

A frighteningly realistic costume mask, made of lightweight foam latex (easy to wear), comes with such artistic features as a red-nose, sardonically smiling expression to a set of fierce fanged teeth, etched in facial details, and a tuft of blue, red or green fly-away hair atop its head to freak out anyone foolish enough to step in its path.

Before a latex mask is placed over the head, it often helps to use a variety of face-make up, clown white creme to stage blood to create a more realistic, fearful and complete look once it gets pair with a hoop, retro or evil clown set-up.

Caring for one of these half or full-face latex masks often requires several straight forward precautions to lengthen its usable life, with such care consisting of stuffing wads of paper inside the mask (between wearings) to assist in holding its shape, hand-wash in cold water, keep away from bleach, and allow to air or line dry.

To give that creative finish to a clown's outfit, it is often possible to add a choice selection of accessories, such as white cotton gloves, multi colored socks or ties, complete make-up kits, to checker board large shoes and a squeeker horn.

If entertaining with a Halloween, costume, or theme-related party, a great selection of props or backdrops are perfect to create a more sought-after atmosphere, these including such choices as a 2.5-foot miniature clown - complete with motion sensor, noise and creepy music activities. A full-length hanging clown figure - with gory face, and falling tattered fabric, and a talking light up clown's head with a ability to speak 5 to 6 different sayings, as well as to light up its eyes.

Overall, a lightweight full or half-face clown's mask, with it's etched in or molded wacky, scary or frightful expression is certain to attract a lot of attention, laughs and give a lasting impression.

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Toy Story Costumes - Buzz Lightyear And Woody Costume Ideas  

By David Lawson

The popularity of the Toy Story movies has inspired some of the most popular costume ideas since the first movie was released in 1995. The usual Toy Story costumes usually consist of Woody, Jessie, and Buzz Lightyear as their iconic status has only increased with children over the years.

One of a Kind Toy Story Costumes

It's easy to rely on the most famous Toy Story characters if you're looking for Toy Story Halloween costumes that are sure to be a success. Yet, you should think about some of the secondary players in the Toy Story films when choosing a costume this Halloween.

Of course, Toy Story costumes don't need to be limited to the three most well known characters. These are some lesser known players that would make excellent Toy Story costumes:

Little Bo Beep

As her name implies, Bo Peep is a toy that is modeled after Little Bo Peep. Bo Peep is also Woody?s love interest in the movie, so the two Toy Story costumes work great for couples! All it would take to dress up as Bo Peep from Toy Story is a cute shepherdess outfit ? you can probably find what you need at your local vintage or thrift store.

Hamm

For many fans of the movie Toy Story, Hamm really stole the show. Hamm is a piggy bank, with a coin slot in his back and a cork in his stomach. Toy Story costumes modeled after Hamm are not difficult to make, especially if you are able to purchase a pig costume. Of course, pre-made Hamm Toy Story costumes are also available.

The Well-Known Mr. Potato Head

Mr. Potato Head is a potato-shaped toy with large, colorful body parts that detach. His character is sarcastic and outspoken, and as far as Toy Story costumes go, he makes a great one! A Mr. Potato Head Toy Story costume is a great chance to get creative ? imagine all the possibilities with those interchangeable parts!

Girls also have a great opportunity to get creative with Mrs. Potato Head. She's almost the same as Mr. Potato Head but with more feminine plastic parts like eyelashes, skirts and high heel shoes. Think of how well a Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head costume would work for couples going to a costume party together!

Sarge

Everyone remembers the leader of the green plastic toy soldiers, Sarge. His character is still quite popular and it's simple to copy his green army uniform for a one of a kind Toy Story costume.

Whether you go with Bo Peep, Mr. Potato Head, Sarge or Hamm, you're sure to have a hot and unique Toy Story costume. Why would you want to be like everyone else and blend in with the crowd as Buzz Lightyear, Woody or Jessie when you could be the life of the party as your own creation?

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Chain Man  

By Mariam Azimi

What happens if you decided to forward a Chain Letter or not? Would you go as far to think death is a possibility? Or would you go as far as to think it's possible for a chain letter to leave you alive while your flesh is being shredded to pieces?

My response leads me to a huge NO! Let's be realistic people we all know Chain Letters aren't real. Who really believes if you don't forward a message within the next 20 minutes, then dragons will be flying the sky's, or if you don't forward that message to exactly 13 people in 4 minutes, you're going to live a life of eternal unhappiness! I mean give me a break! I'm sure you, just like I, laugh at the ridiculous ideas people humor there selves with. It's to the point now where I automatically ignore chain letters! So what about you? When was the last time that you received a chain letter? And the real question is do you hold any beliefs in them or are you to the point of just deleting them?

So what about you? When was the last time that you received a chain letter? Do you actually believe in them or are you to the point as well where you just "click" delete them? Of course you delete them! Because chain letters are simply little pranks that people send to others for fun and sometimes even for a little scare. But what if one day that "prank" chain letter that you so nonchalantly deleted, wasn't made for laughs... what if it was real? What if you and your close group of friends received threatening email chain letters that said "Break the chain, lose a life". What would you do? Would you forward it, or would you blow it off to stubbornly prove that you're not afraid and you don't believe in superstition??

If you decide to break the chain-- You now have no idea the horror that's coming your way. Because of your actions, a murderer awaits for a perfect moment to end your life, and the lives of all your friends who decided to break the chain. Then when you least expect it, your best friend is dead. You don't know how, you don't know who, and you don't know why. The only thing you know is the intensity of fear running through your veins pierces your soul. This seemingly harmless chain letter has officially turned deadly, and you're not aware, but YOU are next.

What if this actually happened!? Well guess what, the new movie Chain Letter is a tale of a maniac who targets teens when they opt out of forwarding chain mail. When high school senior Jessie Campbell (Nikki Reed) and her tight-knit group of friends begins to receive a series of threatening email chain letters, they have no idea the terror that awaits them. With a warning that if they break the chain, they will lose a life, the seemingly harmless email turns deadly when one-by-one the friends that do not forward the chain letter are hunted down and gruesomely killed by horror's newest psycho killer , the Chain Man.

Remember, don't break the Chain...

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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Good Homemade Halloween Costume Strategies  

By Christian Cascade

Because of so many fascinating costume concepts all around for Halloween, it is sometimes hard to select what's the very best. Remarkably, among the best tips for putting on a costume can be the most affordable types as well, if you choose to produce your Halloween costume from objects you currently have in your house.

For example, you can make a quite terrifying costume merely from old cereal boxes and plastic knives. If you have cereal boxes in your own home, what you could do is put them to the lining of an old clothing and in the boxes cut slits and glue plastic knives over the holes after which smear on several red paint (and even ketchup!) to produce a look of leaking blood. It is kind of gross, however absolutely inexpensive!

You might like to have your Halloween costume in a fruity created collection. With this you'll need small rounded sweets in various colors to get them into a bunch building grapes all over your hats and also clothes or body suits. You could even team them with a bag full of jelly beans, which can be carried out with colored balloons, plastic grocery bags and ribbons in various tones and colors. After you blow the balloons, come up with two holes at the bags bottom part and two in the center serving as legs and arms respectively. Enter into the bag and stuff the empty space with blown up balloons as well as walk around being a jelly bean bag.

An additional inexpensive idea is the Black Eye Pea look. You would be donning white all over as well as tennis shoes in black. Trim several letter P's from construction paper and fastened all of them all around on your outfit. Lastly, paint one of your eyes black to make the look perfect.

For those who have a set of tights and a broken black umbrella, you could become a mini Batman. Trim half of the old umbrella. Throw away the inner and the centers of the umbrella and stitch the sides with glitter and get everything attached with safety pins or perhaps glue to the rear of your double breasted shirt. Ultimately, you could make your batman mask using black construction paper to accomplish your look.

Or even, you could be a fancy butterfly by wearing black sweats with a pair of shoes in black as well as long pieces of multi-colored construction paper attached around your shoulders and also secured to the waist to create your multi-colored wings. Finish your look with a head band in black and antennae made from black wire and pompoms that you can get at a craft store.

These are just some good, cost-effective ideas for homemade Halloween costumes, but remember that you are only restricted by your creativeness when it comes to making your own costumes at home!

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How To Have A Fun Halloween This Year  

By Shelley Averett

With the start of Halloween the happiness touches the hearts of the individuals. They used to arrange activities at their home and decorate it to enjoy the event as much as they can. They make delicious dishes and serve them with the drinks at the party. People used to wear colorful pretty attires especially designed for the Halloween occasion. These fun Halloween costumes adds more fun to the occasion and for this people are very much excited to design their dresses that could make them special and attractive. There are lot of parties to come and every person is in mood to celebrate up to limit.

There are times when you get invitation to a Halloween party. In the invitation it is specially stated that you will have to come, wearing the fancy dress and that calls for even more fun. With the concept of coming in fun Halloween costumes gives more joy to the people and chance to share their views with each other. You are going to enjoy a lot of funny and special characters at the party roaming around.

Being a married man, you can go for the dresses of the special characters of cartoons that could enhance you and your wife personality. You could choose the character as you wish to put on. Flintstones characters are also very famous and being adopted by many people in parties. Dressing up in the getup of Flintstones will give you and your wife a great and trendy look. You may become the George and your wife as Jane Jetson also; if you don't like the Flintstones characters. Minnie and Mickey are another alternative choices that you can choose.

Fun Halloween costumes doesn't end over here. You may choose the Big Screen couples as well if you love Hollywood movies. With such kind of choice people really gets admired and this brings glamour as well to the party. You will feel much pleasurable when gets dressed in famous Hollywood stars look. Even in Hollywood there are lots of animated couples like Shrek and Fiona. If you chooses these characters for you and your wife then I am sure both of you will rock the party.

There are all kinds of themes for fun Halloween costumes and it only depends upon you what will be the right costume for you and your wife.

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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Terrific Ideas For Homemade Halloween Decorations  

By Ashley King

If you're throwing a Halloween party or expecting some ghoulish trick or treaters at your door, you'll want to put up some Halloween decorations to set the scene. Instead of buying decorations from the store, you can save some money and make your own. Here are a few ideas for suitably spooky homemade Halloween decorations.

To give your visitors a real scare, why not make a life-size mummy? Take some old pants and a shirt, lay them on the floor and stuff them with newspaper. For the hands, attach a pair of gloves to the arms of the shirt, and for the head, just inflate a balloon and attach it to the collar. Then wrap the whole thing up using toilet paper or gauze. If you can spare an old white bed sheet which you can cut into strips, even better. Leave some slits near the eye area.

It's easy to create homemade bats from Styrofoam. Find a bat pattern on the internet, cut it out and position it on the foam. Then cut around it, and paint the Styrofoam black. Another option is to use black construction paper. Hang your bats from the ceiling or eaves, or stick them on your window.

You can also create some Halloween decor using old glass jars. Put in some plastic insects from the dollar store, fill it with water and add a couple drops of food coloring. To make it even spookier, wrap it with some strips of gauze.

You might think that ketchup is the only thing around to make fake blood but you are wrong. You can also make some using a cup of corn syrup, a tablespoon of water, 2 tablespoons of red food coloring and tablespoon of yellow food coloring. Once you mix this all together, you will realize that it looks much more realistic than ketchup. Use the mixture to add ghoulish accents to your homemade Halloween decorations.

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Monday, September 27, 2010

Ideas For Spooky Halloween Gift Baskets  

By Sean McIvor

Just because kids are the only ones that go trick or treating doesn't mean that grownups can't have some fun during Halloween as well. Adults throw grownup parties and sometimes give Halloween gift baskets to their friends filled with goodies that suit the occasion, like scary masks, pumpkins, and candy.

There are all sorts of choices when it comes to Halloween gift baskets. They can include a selection of fruit in dark colors, chocolates with a ghoulish theme, a few scary books, and even spooky stationary. You can use a picnic basket or hamper and fill it up with a selection of gourmet foods that have a Halloween theme. Or you might create a movie-night basket which contains a selection of scary movies.

If you want something a little smaller than a basket, a mug filled with candy is the perfect solution. Find a Halloween themed mug and fill it up with Halloween treats. Then wrap it up with some cellophane, tie it up with ribbons and a bow, and maybe use a few spooky stickers. For someone who isn't into chocolate, substitute a pack of coffee, tea or cider. Just make sure that the flavor you get is appropriate for the autumn season.

If the gift basket is for a child, you can find lots of stuffed toys appropriate to this ghostly season that will give an added touch to your Halloween gift basket. For kids who aren't interested in cuddling, give them an action figure that came from a Halloween movie. For a personal touch, make sure to include an appropriate card addressed to the person you are giving the basket to. A cute one could read "Open at Your Own Peril!"

If you don't have time to make your own Halloween gift baskets this year, you can find lots of them for sale already made up. They're available at many stores in your neighborhood, and you can also buy them online with fast delivery. They range in price from under $25 to more than $100, so you'll be sure to find something that fits your budget.

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Make Cheap Halloween Decoration Headstones For Your Halloween Display  

By John Gettings

A Halloween display just isn't complete without a little faux cemetery. Of course, you'll go to an early grave broke if you try to buy more than a few gravestones from the Halloween store or party center. They charge an arm and a leg for them. You can make a whole cemetery full of tombstones for the cost of one or two store-bought ones.

Step 1) Look up a nearby Home Depot or Lowes or any home center to make sure they stock sheets of styrofoam insulation. Not very store will have it.

Step 2) If you have a vehicle that cannot hold a large sheet of styrofoam, bring along a kitchen knife for some on-site surgery.

Step 3) Head to the local home center that carries the styrofoam insulation.

Step 4) The first thing to do at the home center is get a can of flat black spray paint.

Step 5) You are going to went to get the styrofoam last as it may be big and unwieldy to walk through the store with. Sheets come in various sizes. Pick out what you need to accommodate the number of headstones and sizes you want. The huge 4'x8' sheets may be the best deal, and if you have that knife, you can cut 'em down in the parking lot. Choose thick sheets as they look more like actual headstones. You might also grab a thin sheet to make little "add-ons" to the main headstones later.

Step 6) If you need to, cut down the styrofoam in the parking lot to fit it into your car, then drive your supplies home.

Step 7) When you get home, trace out a pattern. (Suggestion: leave the protective plastic coating that is on the styrofoam on for drawing & cutting). Use that same kitchen knife to carefully and safely cut out several gravestone shapes. You might also choose to use a craft knife or box-cutter. Be VERY CAREFUL using these and ALWAYS CUT AWAY from your body. Be careful to never hold the styrofoam by by placing a hand underneath where the knife may cut through.

Step 8) You may choose (optional) to cut in a few cracks or even break off small pieces of the styrofoam to age your creepy tombstone.

Step 9) Another optional item: If you brought home some thin sheets of styrofoam, cut out little squares (bricks) or stones and then place them onto the larger thick tombstone. The perfect way to make them stick is use a small finishing nail or wire (anything rigid) to stick through it and hold it to the larger tombstone along with GLUE (spray mount or rubber cement.) Neither glue nor pins/nails alone will hold the pieces. Use both!

Step 10) Carve out any slogans of designs. A large black permanent marker (and we mean the GIANT ones) can also be used to literally carve words into the styrofoam as the ink will melt the styrofoam as it sets into it.

Step 11) Use spray paint to add the final touches to your tombstone. BE SURE TO SPRAY IN A WELL VENTILATED AREA! There's no need to be precise, a random uneven spray pattern will look more realistic. Simply "dusting" the styrofoam will give the most "stone like" results. The Spray paint will unevenly melt and disintegrate the styrofoam creating an incredibly realistic stone-like effect.

Step 12) In order to get your gravestones to stand you must use some sort of stake or spike. THe quickest way is to use a coat hanger. Cut it into two pieces. Straighten the two wires out and stick them into the bottom of the headstone. Later, stick the whole thing into the ground. If you have a really large headstone or have a very windy Halloween, you may want to get some wooden garden stakes to anchor your tombstones down.

Step 13) Presentation is everything! Get some dead leaves and branches and place them around the headstone and on your cemetery lawn.

That's it! Do this process over and over to fill up a whole graveyard of haunted tombstones. They're a must for any Halloween display!

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10 Halloween Theme Party Ideas  

By Charlie Jackson

1. A Halloween theme party can be further narrowed down into further sub-themes, as a Halloween party can mean many things to different people.

2. You need to decide early on what kind of Halloween theme party you want. Are you going to have an open theme where people can come as they like or are you going to narrow it down to movie characters, historical figures or the more traditional and usual monsters.

3. Send out your invitations on a cut out monster, witches hat or pumpkin. State clearly on your invitations that anybody who doesn't dress up will be charged on the door!

4. For costumes, I will assume you have gone for a traditional monsters theme. There are dozens of costumes and I'm sure you've seen the many possibilities when out shopping. Some good ones are; zombies, vampires, witches, demons, cats, ghosts, wear wolves, Frankenstein and Freddy Kruger.

5. Make some pumpkin lanterns to line the path leading up to your house. You can hang them on the trees or place them on the path.

6. Replace all of your light bulbs with either red or green ones to add to the atmosphere, making it eerie. Also place plenty of candles around the room.

7. Get some models or figures of gargoyles, witches, ghosts, demons, vampires, mummies, cats and wear wolves to spread around your venue. Also get some body parts and fake blood to keep all of your guests on edge.

8. Some songs you could play would be; Thriller, Wear wolves of London, Ghostbusters, Beetlejuice, Monster Mash and People are Strange.

9. No Halloween theme party would be complete without sweets. Make sure you stock up with plenty of them!

10. Bake a monster cake and decorate with zombies or ghosts. Get an edible spider for the top. Also get some monster shaped cookie cutters and decorate your cookies in a similar way.

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Sunday, September 26, 2010

Halloween For Adults  

By Bernita Burdick

Halloween has turned into a celebration of costumes and parties that both children and adults alike have grown to love. There are the kids parties with pumpkin carving, bobbing for apples and plenty of treats to eat. The adults parties are just that, adult! Costumes of every kind, dancing cocktails and plenty of tasty sophisticated foods. The Halloween industry has grown huge to satisfy the adult consumers desire to feel like a kid again.

It's been discovered that Halloween was a part of the Ancient Celtic culture. The native people on October 31, what we now call Halloween would dress in costumes and camouflage their face to frighten off spirits. They thought dead ghost were there to find people to possess.

Wearing a mask to disguise oneself has been used throughout history. King and Queens had Masquerade Balls where masked were used for fun and entertainment. These masks were not for scaring ghost, but adornments of fine quality to the ball gowns and suits they were already wearing. Masks were made with gems and fringe. They could be very elaborate.

It has only been in more recent times that adults have started to wear costumes for Halloween. Actually it is more of a tradition now that adults dress up for Halloween. Whoever said Halloween was for kids.

This is a time to be noticed make that adult costume stand out from all the rest. This is not your kids costume your picking out. This is for you, make it big, make it bold and have fun with it. Make your costume the center of your own party.

This is when you can let your creative juices flow. If you know how to sew and want to make your own then do it. You can get plenty of help from the Internet. If wearing a costume every year is not your thing you can rent a costume.

Purchasing a Halloween costume might cost you a bit more, but it gives you lots of choices. For Example, Morticia Costumes or Plus Size Greek Goddess Costume to name a couple.These costumes can be used year after year and you'll definitely get your money worth.

Sexy Costumes are more popular then ever. They give a person an opportunity to express themselves in a way they would normally do. You'll have no problem finding these costumes at the Halloween stores or on the Internet. You can find mail order catalogs that cater just to sexy costumes.

Like many things some people take things a bit far and have turned dressing for Halloween from a fun celebration into it's all about them. They get a look at me attitude which can take the fun out of it if you let it.

When deciding on the type of costume to wear keep in mind that at Adult Halloween parties there is drinking, eating, dancing and socializing. You want to be able to move freely around the party. So don't choose something you can barely move all your body parts in or where someone is going to have to help you.

Today Halloween is a holiday that is loved by children and adults alike. Costumes and parties for adults have become quiet the rage and are as traditional as trick or treating for kids. Now everyone has something to look forward to during Halloween.

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Star Wars Sith Costumes  

By Russel X. Henderson

Envisaged and created by the amazingly talented George Lucas, Star Wars became an instant hit when it was first released by the 20th Century Fox Studios in May 1977. It popularity was so incredible that Star Wars has become a worldwide pop culture phenomenon with a fan club (official and non-official) numbering in the tens of millions.

As of today, the sum total of Star Wars films had been released in two sets of trilogies with each of its episodes being exactly three years apart. So, the lease dates of episodes of the first trilogy occurred in 1977, 1980 and 1983. The release dates of episodes in the second trilogy occurred in 1999, 2002 and 2005.

For someone like you who is passionate about Star Wars, its cast of character and the plot is exciting to follow. Furthermore, you would have come to realize by now who everyone is, what they do and how they got there. However, you cannot deny the fact that the plot and/or the story line is rather complex.

Since Star Wars and its multiple and complex individuals have become like family to you, you will be glad to know that you can meet them at SithCostume.com which happens to be the number one source for Sith outfit costumes and also for all the other Star Wars outfits such as those for Princess Leia, Yoda, Jedi, Darth Vader and others.

As a fan of Star Wars and as an enthusiast toward its very unique, very exciting and very powerful characters you will enjoy the opportunity to browse through the SithCostume.com site and you will recognize its value in offering such a large assortment of Star Wars costumes and so much variety of the highest quality products at the lowest possible prices. The fact that all their Star Wars outfits, including the Sith costume outfit, are available in sized to fit adult men and women as well as boys and girls of all ages.

Make your selection and complete your purchase transaction right now and enjoy the costume later.

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Create A Girl Princess Costume On Your Own  

By Christine Carroll

Most little girls dream of being a princess and a girl princess costume is the perfect way to become one. Enjoy creating the perfect costume with your child by hunting for the items you need in your own home. There are plenty of chances to use these dresses and crowns!

It all starts with the dress. This should be very elegant. It can be purchased from a costume place where they sell "real" princess dresses, or you can pick a pretty party dress and use that. Princesses should have plenty of sparkle, so buy some fancy rhinestones and adorn the dress, particularly on the skirt and around the cuffs. The neckline can also be decorated.

Ribbons and bows can also be added to dresses for a more elegant look. Keep some different ribbons on hand, satin and velvet are the most beautiful. These can be turned into bows, or you can buy your own ready made ones and attach each one to the dress. Ribbon is also handy as a hair tie or even for a sash. Having several types on hand will give your princess a nice selection to choose from.

Shoes are next on the list. While glass slippers are the usual for princesses, you can make do with satin ballet slippers. These can be stepped up a notch with rhinestones and ribbons, too, if need be. Or, for a faster solution, look at plastic shoes available in shops. They look like crystal and are ideal for a princess.

For a crown, you can make your base from cardboard or craft foam and then add some rhinestones, glitter and anything else that seems royal. Another way to do this is with sparkle pipe cleaners twisted together. There are also store bought options, tin or plastic, which work very well for anyone looking to become royal for a day.

The finishing touch is a wand, in case your fairy godmother forgets to show up. This can be done with a stick, glitter glue and some finer ribbons tacked to the end.

Little girls love to dress up and with all the movies out there about royalty, it's no surprise they like to dress like their favorite princesses. While you can really make a princess out of anything you have in the house, if she wants to look like Belle or Cinderella, she'll need specific colors and costumes. These are usually available online or in costume stores. Look for deals just after Halloween, but realize that a girl princess costume is great any time of year!

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Saturday, September 25, 2010

Top Halloween Costumes This Season  

By Jason Watkins

Answering any questions regarding what are the best Halloween costumes is not necessarily easy. People will frequently point to their personal favorite costume as being the best. In reality, they are pointing out which costumes they consider the best for them. That is fine but for those that might be looking for a particular type of suit that fits them the best, there are a lot of choices and everyone will have their own ideas.

This year, it may prove a bit easier to select from a list of Halloween costumes and morphsuits. There are a few highly popular sellers that are proving to be high on the list of preferred costumes for many people. A common example of this would be the costumes drawn from the Twilight film and book series. Both men and women are looking at these novel vampire costumes this year.

Of course, there are many other top Halloween costumes that are drawing interest from consumers. It should come as no surprise that many of these costumes are derived from popular movies. For those curious as to which of these costumes are proving to be the top choices this Halloween, here is a quick look:

Men have a number of adventurous Halloween costumes and morphsuits to look forward to this year. No Batman or Joker because the most recent film is a couple years old. However, other top cinematic characters and icons being tapped as costume ideas include Capt. Jack Sparrow, Thor, Jake Sully from Avatar, Jonah Hex, and the Prince of Persia. Capt. Jack Sparrow has become a perennially popular character and Avatar was such a huge hit it is no surprise that costumes based on the film are so popular. Thor can be considered a little surprising since his film does not come out for a few more years. The Prince of Persia fills the need for a classic warrior character that always proves appealing.

Women's costumes also have a mix of the perennially popular along with a surprise here and there. The fact that Lady Gaga costumes are wildly popular should prove to be no surprise since the entertainer has proven to be a hugely successful entertainer - one of the most successful entertainers in years. And all the buzz over the new Wonder Woman costume (and pending film) has generated a lot of interest in this superheroine. Speaking of super-heroines, Batgirl remains a top seller this year which is surprising since Batgirl never appeared in the recent films. And yes, characters from Avatar, Clash of the Titans, and Alice in Wonderland are quite popular this year as well. Have you noticed that films are spurring costume popularity?

You are never limited to any particular costume design. If you are at a loss for an idea for a costume this year, you can always look at the popular sellers. There are several outstanding Halloween costumes to select from. The ones listed here are only a few of them.

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