Halloween Costumes

2011-10-16T16:12:00.000-07:00

For the past four years my mom, who's 80 this year, and her three BFF's have been holding a Halloween party for all their friends and family. Each year they rotate who's house it's at and each year it's gotten bigger and more people show up. These ladies have more energy at this age then I do now! This year will be the fourth Halloween party and what a party it will be!

The first year (2008), they were all in nun costumes. They did a little show for the party goers, about 10 people plus themselves, with a recording of that song from the old movie,The Singing Nun, that "Dominica, nica, nica" song or however it goes. It was priceless! They even did the skit at the Methodist church they all go to, for a talent contest and won. Insane!!

The next year (2009) they all went as bananas (a bunch of bananas, get it?). Full banana suits, yellow faces and each of them accessorized the costumes the way they wanted to. One added a ton of jewelry and high heels, One walked around carrying a box of Rice Krispies because everyone has a banana on their cereal. It was just a riot! That year they had about double the amount of people plus the foursome.

Last year (2010) they were all chickens, each in a giant chicken suit (a hen party, get it?). When everyone got there, the gals all lined up, put on a CD of "The Chicken Dance" music and off they went, Chicken Dancing away! It was great and the party gets bigger every year with people that they know coming to see what they are dressed as this year. That year they had about 30 guests.

Well, this year (2011) it's The Wizard of Oz! My mom is the Cowardly Lion, one of the others is Dorothy and the other two are the Scare Crow and Tin man. No one is telling what this years theme is going to be so everyone will be surprised when they walk in and hear "We're off to see the Wizard" playing while these four skip around the house. They are drawing the limit at 35 people this year because they just can't fit anymore in any one's house. Next year, if they are all going strong, they are talking abut renting a hall for the party.

They always get their costumes from a place online, Costume Kingdom, and have never had a problem or if they had, it was corrected immediately. We get most of our costumes from them as well and they are great to work with. So try out Costume Kingdom this year and you know you'll have the most unique costume at whatever party you go to! Don't you just wish it was my mom's party that you were going to? Those Seniors really know how to keep it going well after midnight!

2011-09-07T18:39:00.000-07:00

Since this year we have decided on an Alice in Wonderland theme for our annual party, my husband and I will be going as Alice and the Mad Hatter. We found some great ideas at Halloween-Online.com's costume section for Alice in Wonderland costumes.

Tim Burton's film was so great and had such a dark edge to it thanks to Johnny Depp's Mad Hatter, we are planning on giving the party an even darker tone to it. Several baskets of severed heads will be sitting around the party area while the Red Queen yells "Off with their heads!". We're asking all party goers to coordinate their costumes so we don't end up with more then a couple of each character. Since we are all friends, it always works out well. Everyone can just contact each other and decide who's going to be what. You all know who you are.

We'd like to have a 3/4 scale Jaberwoky made some how by then but who knows, that's a big order! Maybe we can get one of our friends that makes professional Halloween props to help come up with something. A floating Cheshire cat would also be nice, as well as some of the other creatures from Underland arranged around the party area. If we can pull it off, it will be a party to remember!

2010-09-01T17:18:00.000-07:00

If you haven't picked out your Halloween costume yet, what are you waiting for?? It's time to get started! Some of the hot costumes for this 2010 Halloween season are from films like Avatar, Alice in Wonderland, Twilight and Iron Man 2. Both adults and kids can find costumes in their size for these movies at local costume retailers and online costume stores.

You'll find some great ideas at AdultHalloweenCostumes.com for adult costumes and we found this great site with loads of ideas for kids, tween and teen costumes, CostumesForKids.com. It seems that the costume making companies are phasing out male teen costumes and adding a smaller men's size that will fit them so if you can't find what you are looking for, just try using a man's small costume for your teen boy instead.

Always remember that if you are ordering your costume online, make sure that you do it with plenty of time for an exchange if necessary. Find out what their return policy is before you buy, too, or you may end up stuck with a costume that you can't do anything with! Try something new for this Halloween and be daring, try something that you've never been before! We've always gone as some type of lord and lady vampire so this year we are trying very hard to come up with a fresh idea for our costumes. Haven't gotten a clue yet but we're working on it!

2010-02-21T20:21:00.000-08:00

Did you know that the majority of costumes are purchase in March at the trade shows? There are shows in Chicago and St Louis that set the standard for each Halloween every year. There used to be one in Las Vegas that we would attend but they've stopped that one as not profitable enough to the convention company.They can only be attended by people in the business, such as costume shop owners, retailers, people that run haunted houses for profit. It's been such fun in past years, looking forward to the Halloween & Party trade show in Vegas and we have attended the one in Chicago, which is the biggest one. That one was spectacular! Unfortunately, we won't be going this year but we'll have the trends for this years costumes coming soon! We can get the news from our friends in the business that did attend and share them with you! Back soon with more info!

Check out AdultHalloweenCostumes.com and HalloweenCostumesForKids.com for the latest in costume info!

2009-10-09T19:09:00.000-07:00

Well, the big night is just weeks away and we still haven't decided on costumes for this year. I can't believe it, we always have them picked out by now! We've been looking at Halloween Online for ideas and Adult Halloween Costumes and Costume Kingdom for ideas. We have found plenty of good costumes and ideas on making some unique costumes but nothing is grabbing us this year so far.

We did see a great movie the other night, Trick 'r Treat is the name. It was made in 2007 but never released until now, on DVD. It would have been great on the big screen! Anyway, the main character of "Little Sam", the demon trick 'r' treater kid, would make a GREAT costume ...... for someone small.

I'm thinking about doing a witch costume this year or maybe a ghost. Spooky, I don't know what he wants to be this year. Anyway, we don't have long to figure this one out!

2009-06-04T20:40:00.000-07:00

We found this really great place for getting Halloween Masks that has a large selection of high quality of them and costumes as well. That will really help us in our decision making for this years costume choices!

2009-05-17T22:34:00.000-07:00

We have our costume choices sort of made for this year, maybe you do too. But what about the kids? Choosing costumes for your kids is a hard task. You should let them start picking out their own when they start to show an interest but with your approval on them. As they get older, the costume choices may get more daring or more gory and it's up to each parent to decide how far to let it go.

Some kids are very shy, even when they get into their teens. They may want a costume that has full coverage, like a ghost, super hero, zombie, anything that comes with a full face cover. Our son, last year, went as a very creepy gorilla. It had a full face mask that hung down to his waist! He was 17 last year and he's still a bit shy around large groups of people, takes after his mother that way. The point is, let them choose what they are comfortable with and they'll love Halloween forever! Don't force them to wear a costume that you like, wear it yourself! let them decide what they want to be and if it's within reason then no problem.

I found a new Halloween costume site that you might want to check out, Costumes for Kids. They have costume ideas for kids 5 years through about 17 years. Very cool!

2009-03-30T14:02:00.000-07:00

It's never to early to start shopping for Halloween costumes and Costume Kingdom has a great selection and the best customer service we've found. You'll like the wide selection of costumes that suite any need and all the accessories that go with them! Last year we got my mom three Nun costumes and her and two friends went as singing Nuns! It was a hoot! These ladies are all in their 60's & 70's! They also used them for a talent show at their Methodist church that got a standing ovation!

They have this great gorilla costume, the head on that thing hangs down to the waist and looks like a screaming, mad gorilla! We got that for my 17 year old nephew and he had a riot with it, scaring the girls at the Halloween parties he went to with his friends. He'll have that costume the rest of his life, it's that well made! I can picture him grown with kids of his own, chasing them around in it.

We got a beautiful set of Devil and his Lady costumes from them last year for us. They were just beautiful! The Lady Devil was all satin and lace and deep red and black, I got a long red hair devil wig that had horns attached to it and that's all I needed. Spooky, he was Satan himself, all dapper in his suite with vest, cape and horns. I did a all makeup on him to give him Jack Nicholson eye brows, he looked positively demonic! We were the hit of the Halloween party!

What ever you want to be this Halloween, what ever you decide your Halloween costume should be, please check this place out, they are the best on the Net!

2009-02-13T13:06:00.000-08:00

Trying to figure out what to wear for Halloween seems to get harder the more years go by! You get comfortable with a costume, like a vampire couple or ghost couple and that's what you wear year after year. This past Halloween we decided it was time for something different! We decided to wear a devil couples costume set that we found at an online store. They were expensive, running about $150.00 each. They were well worth it. The ladies costume was a long gown in deep red satin with black lace over its skirt. I wore a long red wig with horns already attached and that really made the costume pop! The guy's costume consisted of a top piece that had a vest, cape and shirt. Black jeans finished it off along with fake horns and a makeup job by yours truly. We really looked great together and since it was our 24th wedding anniversary, we looked so the cool couple! We found the ideas at Halloween Online and Adult Halloween Costumes.

Now we will have to figure out if we want to use them again for this Halloween, our 25th anniversary, when we renew our vows. Oh well, at least we have plenty of time to think about it!

2008-08-04T22:03:00.000-07:00

Well, it's 88 days til Halloween and we already feel like we are late getting started! We've found some new ideas at Halloween Online. They've added some new sections and lots of new ideas! Check out the Halloween 2008 section, it lists everything new on the site. Still haven't decided what to dress as this Halloween but I know it'll be exciting!

2007-10-28T17:28:00.000-07:00

We've decided on our costumes for this year. We planned on hitting every costume party in Vegas this year but only made it to one, we had so much fun we stayed all night. It was at the Red Rock Casino, great place! We didn't take any prizes but we had fun just the same.

Spooky was a fine looking Jack Sparrow and I was a passable Elizabeth Swan in a pirate attire as opposed to dress, not original by any means but we did look good. There was an over abundance of pirates to be seen, from the Pirates movies to just your rouge wenches and scoundrels. Vampires, monsters, mostly fun costumes not scarry. We should have looked for a more Goth club to go to and used different costumes, we usually like gorey better anyway.

We'll go for more gorey costumes on Halloween night, we have our annual haunt and party. The more blood the better, we always say! Check out Adult Halloween Costumes for costume ideas!

2007-10-01T05:06:00.000-07:00

Well, it's October 1st and time for me to start thinking about what costume to wear this Halloween. With such a huge variety to choose from, it makes it very hard. Do I do the vampire theme that I've done for years or the ghost theme that I tried a few years ago? There's always the whole Pirate thing since that's popular now with the release of all the Pirates of the Caribbean films. Or maybe go with something more gory and scary. At least I've got a few weeks to think about it, although if I order something on-line, I'll have to do it soon so I get it in time to make sure that the costume fits and find whatever else I'll need to go along with it.

I found a couple of good websites the help me out a bit,
Adult Halloween Costumes and the costume page at Halloween Online to help me with some great ideas.

2004-02-26T01:42:00.000-08:00

It's hard to pick out your costume for Halloween. There are so many choices! Many online costume stores offer a large selection of unusual costumes that can't be found in mass retailers or even costume shops. Plus shopping online allows you to shop well in advance of Halloween, avoiding the last-minute crowds and empty shelves, all without leaving your home. I love the Internet!

I always order our costumes well in advance of Halloween. This gives us time to make sure that it fits properly and to accessorize. For obvious reasons, most retailers of Halloween costumes don't give refunds on costumes after Halloween has past and this is understandable. But most will let you exchange or return unused costumes, before October 31st if you need to.

Check out Halloween Online for lots of Halloween costume ideas!