Halloween Mask Psychology

Why do people select certain Halloween masks? There are a number of reasons that go into selecting a Halloween costume. Most people assume that a person selects a particular costume because "he or she likes it". Well, this assessment is certainly accurate. No one would knowingly purchase a costume that they disliked! Of course, a number of questions are raised as to what is the motivating factor behind the like or dislike of a costume. Often, raising this question in an introspective manner allows one to arrive at the right costume selection.

Many times, people will purchase Halloween masks or costumes of someone that they would like to emulate. For example, if the person is not athletically inclined the person may wish to select the costume of a famous sports player. This way, for at least one night of the year the person can step into the shoes (literally!) of someone that they admire.

Then, there are those who will select Halloween masks that are an extension of their actual personality. For example, if the person identifies with "lone wolf" characters and rugged individuals, a pirate costume may prove very appealing. This would be an extreme extension of an individual's inner nature and during the Halloween season such a masquerade would be encouraged.

Now, some folks will use Halloween as a means of reliving their childhood. If a middle aged man loved westerns and superheroes when he was a little kid, slipping into a cowboy or Superman suit on Halloween could become a very interesting and intriguing venture. Memories often make the heart grow fonder and what better way to celebrate one's childhood memories than stepping back into childhood via cool Halloween masks?

Then, some may simply select their Halloween masks based on popular trends. Now, there will be those who will say this is a decision of convenience and is without any underlying psychological motivation. However, being motivated by popular trends is a psychological motivator in and of itself although we often do not see it that way. For example, sticking with an "accepted" costume idea can allow a person to feel a sense of acceptance among the group one belongs.

Eerily, there will be those who select a Halloween costume because the costume is menacing. This may betray an underlying desire to be a domineering figure or one that demands respect. Whatever the reason, the desire to scare comes with a host of psychological components as well. Similarly, in a lighthearted vein, there will be those who enjoy funny Halloween masks because they wish to "cut lose" and exhibit their inner clown. Best of all, they can do this wearing an actual clown suit! Of course, there are a great variety of humorous and funny Halloween costumes so anyone who wishes to cut lose has a great variety of gimmick costumes to choose from.

Ultimately, the true motivation for selecting Halloween masks and costumes is to have fun. If a person selects a costume that makes them feel happy then the costume is well worth the investment. Yes, being happy, is a psychological motivator as well!

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20 Non-Edible Halloween Treats to Give Trick-or-Treaters

Halloween is fast approaching and if you're like me, you're not especially thrilled to contribute to the expanding waistlines of our children by passing out candy.

It's no secret that there's an obesity problem in America. Parents and children both are eating more and more junk food while exercising less. This of course results in a society where people are getting fatter.

And along comes Halloween, where children are allowed to go from house to house collecting candy. It's ridiculous! No wonder we have a weight problem in this country.

But are you worried that if you don't pass out something then perhaps you'll get "tricked" instead?

Never fear! You can still participate in the Halloween fun by passing out one of these non-edible Halloween treats to your trick-or-treaters. All of these items can be purchased quite inexpensively from your local party supply store. They should cost about the same as it would cost to buy candy.

• Halloween pencils
• Small tubs of playdough
• Temporary tattoos
• Halloween erasers
• Coloring books
• Silly Putty
• Small toys
• Stickers
• Glow sticks
• Bubbles
• Pencil toppers
• Super bounce balls
• Masks
• Origami paper and instructions
• Small decks of cards
• False vampire teeth
• Coins
• Slime
• Plastic jewelry
• Tooth brushes

These goodies are great because they are all fun to play with and last a lot longer than a candy bar. Many kids will also appreciate the novelty of receiving something that is not candy. By handing out these non-edible Halloween treats, you will still be able to celebrate the holiday without the guilt that comes from giving trick-or-treaters even more candy.

Shannon Tani is a former fattie, who weighed over 220lbs. She has currently lost over 70lbs. One day she realized that people would rather hear dieting advice from someone who's "been there, done that" than a boring old doctor who's never been fat a day in his life. So she started the website Better Off Fat to share her experiences and ideas.

Halo 3: The Game - Master Chief Deluxe Adult Halloween Costume Size Standard (B901t4-6t7)

Halo 3: The Game - Master Chief Deluxe Adult Halloween Costume Size Standard includes: Jumpsuit with EVA molded armor, two-piece helmet and molded boot tops. Fits up to Size 44.

4-Pc Fairy Feline Adult

It's a jungle out there - - and you can be the queen of it with this 4-Pc Fairy Feline Costume. Costume features a tube top jacket and faux fur trimmed skirt with tiger print, tail and ears.

Girl's Gypsy Halloween Costume (Size: Large 10-12)

Mary Had a Little Lamb Dress Sexy Adult Halloween Costume Naughty Cute Wizard of Oz Dorothy Outfit

Sexy Dorothy/Mary Had a Little Lamb Blue Gingham Dress

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Twister Game Adult Halloween Costume Size Small 4-6 (B675A-G)

Twister Game Costume Includes: Dress and Hat.
Customer Review: Halloween Costume
Great costume! Got it for a Halloween college costume party and got many compliments. Bought red Go-Go boots and blonde wig to go with it. Great deal on boots and wig, not on the costume itself. $60 for a small is not worth what you get, expecially compared to $30 price of larger sizes, but I did have one great night wearing it. -Melissa

Star Wars Animated Plo Koon Kid Costume

Plo Koon Kids Costumes are Hot Costumes! Pick this Star Wars Animated Costume this Halloween, and you will definitely be the talk of the party!!

Wreaths are most often thought to be a Christmastime decoration. Around the holidays, many of us decorate our homes with evergreen wreaths with lights and red bows. Christmas wreaths are a traditional decoration that we're all accustomed to. However, more and more designers are using wreaths as a constantly rotating seasonal decoration. Why limit yourself to only displaying wreaths during the month of December? Wreaths can be a unique and versatile decoration for any season or holiday. Here are some fresh ideas on using wreaths as year-round decorations.

New Year's:
You can easily take your Christmas wreath into New Year's Day by removing the red bows and adding gold or silver ones with some streamers. Other possible decorations include a Happy New Years banner or hat and some small party horns or plastic champagne glasses.

Valentine's Day:
Nothing says love like a pink or red heart shaped wreath. Consider using silk roses, fabric hearts or even wrapped candies. A stuffed animal like a pink or red teddy bear, or small cupid also adds character. Top it off with a beautiful bow and you have a bright decoration for those cold winter days!

St. Patrick's Day:
Everyone can pretend to be Irish on St. Patty's Day! Of course, when designing a St. Patrick's Day wreath, green is certainly a requirement. A mass of green shamrocks wrapping your wreath would look very festive (garlands of plastic or fabric shamrocks can usually be purchased at decorating stores). Additional decorations might include small gold coins or leprechaun figurines.

Easter:
An Easter wreath can be decorated in many ways. Some choose to focus on the Christian celebration of Christ's resurrection, and others choose a lighthearted Easter Bunny theme. Whatever your choice may be, beautiful spring flowers are a good base for an Easter wreath. Other choices might include Easter eggs, chocolate candies or bunnies, and Easter ribbons.

Fourth of July:
In the United States, July 4 is an important holiday when we all like to show our patriotic spirit. Try a straw or grapevine wreath spray painted with red, white, or blue gloss paint as your base, and then have fun from there! You can use firecrackers, streamers, and ribbons for decorations. And don't forget to include some small flags to celebrate our independence.

Halloween:
After Christmas, Halloween is the most "decorated" holiday we celebrate in the United States. Welcome your trick-or-treaters with a festive Halloween wreath. Orange and black are traditional colors, and there are many materials and items you can use to create your wreath. Decorations might include pumpkins, ghosts, black cats, witches, spiders and wrapped candies.

Thanksgiving:
A wreath is a wonderful way to welcome guests to your home for a Thanksgiving dinner. Consider using natural materials this time of year, as they are so abundant. You may have to plan ahead and pick up beautiful leaves as they fall from the trees to create your own special design. A large fall bow with some colorful corn will complete your Thanksgiving wreath.

As you can see, wreaths aren't just for Christmas anymore! Seasonal wreaths are a great way to decorate for each holiday. If you have a nice base wreath, it would even be possible to just change out the decorations to accommodate each holiday or season. And because most wreaths aren't very large, they are an easy way to add a special touch to your home's decor without busting the budget. Be sure to protect your seasonal wreaths by storing them in a secure and efficient manner so that you can enjoy them for years to come.

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Sexy St. Pauli Girl German Beer Maiden Fraulein Girl Halloween Costume

Leg Avenue St. Pauli Girl Sexy Halloween Party CostumeIncludes Peasant Top Dress with Apron. Does Not Include: Petticoat, Stockings.
Customer Review: Great Great Great!
This costume was great! I would definately recommend this particular costume to anyone. The skirt is not too short but short enough to be sexy without being overly self concious. (of course the overall length will vary depending on how long your legs are I'm sure) The sizing was great and fit perfectly. The material is a little stretchy so it's form fitting without being too snug and stiff.

Kids love wearing costumes and playing dress-up. Some of the favorite "characters" to dress up as include various occupations, such as doctors, police, lawyers, and others. Doctors and pharmacists tend to be some of the most popular of all. If your child is interested in playing one of these characters at Halloween or for any other occasion, you will need a costume. Lab coats, scrubs, and stethoscopes are staples of such costumes.

Fortunately, kids lab coats are available in a variety of sizes to fit the little ones. You can even get lab coats with embroidered names or logos on the breast pocket, to enhance the child's experience with a little bit of realism. Different patterns and designs of child's lab coats are sometimes available, but you can certainly find a great variety of styles of scrubs, if they will suffice for your child's needs.

Sometimes you may be able to find a child's costume set that includes more than just a lab coat. These are usually available in costume stores or around Halloween. If you do find one of these sets, they are the perfect solution for kids who want to be a doctor or other medical professional. They often come complete with lab coat or scrubs, surgical cap and shoe covers, surgical mask, shirt, and pants. Pretend and Play makes just such a doctor set, which includes a plastic doctor's bag, battery-operated stethoscope, pager, thermometer, and bandages.

Since some parents worry about their kids wearing grotesque or violent costumes at Halloween, occupational costumes are an excellent alternative. Your child can present a positive alternative to the scary and gory costumes so often seen at Halloween today.

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Cute Infant Baby Monkey Halloween Costume, 12-18 Months

Customer Review: Photo misleading
I ordered this for a friend who specifically chose it because it appeared that the tail curled up. It did not. It was just fabric and hung straight. Quality of the costume was not so great over all. It was returned. Beware all the fine print about restocking fees!
Customer Review: Great Costume
Received right on time. Great quality, and condition. The footies were a little too small to fit over shoes.

Fall is a wonderful time of year for floral design. There are so many beautiful flowers in rich fall colors. Halloween arrangements are especially fun. Use fresh flowers and Halloween novelties to make a fun Halloween design! Some flowers that are great to use for fall include: Bird of Paradise, Alstromeria, Gerbera, Roses, Chrysanthmums, Carnations, Coppertip (crocosmia), and an orange thistle. Leather leaf, salal, and goldenrod are just a few examples of foliage that goes well with these flowers. Curly willow also adds an exciting touch to any fall design.

Use a pumpkin for the vase of your design. To design an arrangement in a pumpkin, first clean out your pumpkin. Sprinkle flower food on the inside, this will help your carved out pumpkin to last longer. You will then want to insert plastic lining in your pumpkin. Floral foam is a great way to anchor your design. After saturating your floral foam in warm water, you are ready to begin! The previous mentioned flowers will look great in this design.

Some tips for your design:

- You paid for that Bird of Paradise! Make sure you can see it! If you use expensive or unique flowers, be sure not to hide it behind foliage or cheap flowers.

- Use the "lid" of your pumpkin as part of your design, this can be attached with a wooden peg.

- Add fall leaves to your design.

- To enhance your design, and to make it more suitable for Halloween, put Halloween novelties in it, like ghosts, spiders, cobwebs, or witches!

- Don't forget purple is the new Halloween color. Using purple flowers and foliage can add variety to any seasonal floral arrangement and help your oranges and reds not to blend together.

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Cars: Lightning McQueenTM Halloween Costume

Your little speedster will be set for Halloween and the Piston Cup. Kids simply put on the cap, step into the car, and pull on the adjustable straps. Polyester. Imported. Fits up to size 6.

Here comes the cast of characters, and I cant wait. I love the parade of different costumes at Halloween parties. Its a myriad of swirling colors and bold style statements. It can also be a den of discomfort if care isnt given to ensure a properly fitting costume. For children and adults, the key is sizing and gauging appropriate length.

Heres a checklist for costume compatibility:

1. MEASURE. If you dont already have one, buy a tape measure. Cloth or plastic tape measures are inexpensive and available at all general merchandise stores and craft stores (look in the craft department where sewing supplies are displayed). Jot down all possible physical measurements chest, waist, hips, inseam, arm and neck. When shopping for a costume to buy, have your list readily at hand to compare with available size charts.

2. LOOK FOR ANY SPECIFIC SIZING NOTES. For example, the manufacturer might note that sizing for an item runs small. If so, believe it and go up to the next size. Otherwise, plan to buy true to size or one size up to ensure comfortable wear. Depending on the festivities, party time is anywhere from two hours to well into the evening. Thats a long time to be squeezed into something too small.

3. TRY IT ON. The best way to check sizing is to try the garment on. If you are purchasing items on the internet, try it on immediately upon receipt. This will ensure plenty of time to exchange if it doesnt fit. If you have questions, ASK. Most retailers are happy to assist you with your purchase, and this includes prompt replies to email questions.

4. SHORTEN. Skirts or slacks that are too long are quite frankly dangerous for Halloween events. Cut, hem, pin or securely tape clothing to the desired, safer length and tripping fears are laid to rest. Unless longer sleeves are actually a part of your costume, shorten them also if ill-fitting. Particularly at Halloween parties, candles are usually part of the dcor and you dont want to be trailing burning sleeves across a table.

Your holiday event will be loads of fun, and youll enjoy the evening so much more if youre comfortable and able to freely move. Happy Halloween, and be safe!

Laura lives in Frankfort, Kentucky, with her husband and youngest daughter. She is a writer and personal injury paralegal. She was born on Halloween and therefore considers herself an inherent expert on the holiday. For a BOOtiful HALLOWEEN and great costume ideas, visit her website at: http://bootifulhalloween.blogspot.com.

Pirates Of The Caribbean Elizabeth Pirate Deluxe Child Costume

Bring Elizabeth, from the Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean, to your home from the Big Screen. The Elizabeth Pirate Costume features a shirt, vest, boot covers and a hat. A great Halloween costume!

The one day of the year that puts any man running is Valentine's Day. This is the one day where they are to find a unique way to show their special lady that they are special and the only one. Many men just go with the usual gifts of stuffed animals, flowers and chocolates. You don't have to fall into the same old gifts like the rest of the guys. You can give her something different and fun that she will absolutely love.

Gift baskets are a sure fire way to give her special treats that will tickle her heart and win her over. You can do just about anything with a gift basket and the great part is, you can make it yourself without having to spend a fortune. You can fill the basket with anything you like and make it personally tailored to just her.

The first thing you will need to do is find the perfect basket. Most major stores such as Wal-Mart, Kmart, Sears and any craft store will have a variety of baskets to choose from. You will need to get a basket that is big enough for the gifts that you will be putting in the basket. Something with a little color is always a good way to go and you can choose a basket with color that matches something in her place so she can use it possible in her bathroom for linens or something else.

Then you will need to decide what to put in the basket. You can make it all romantic gifts such as candles or incense with some flutes (champagne glasses) or wine glasses. You can also add in a bottle of bubble or wine to match with the glasses and add in some cheese and crackers as well as a cheese cutter. Then the two of you can enjoy a romantic treat together and she has some gifts that she can use year round.

You can make the basket filled with all sorts of things for her to pamper herself with such as scented lotions, bubble bath, shower gels and some scented candles so she can take a candle lit bubble bath. Don't forget to throw in something shiny such as earrings or a bracelet as jewelry is always a winner with women.

The best thing to do is pack the basket full of things that she likes. If you need help with what to do with this type of gift you can always ask her friends or family on what she likes. They can give you some great ideas of things that she likes and then you will be sure to have a gift that is a great hit and shows her how special she is to you.

Tom Kranz writes articles on Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day gift ideas, and Valentine's Gift ideas.

The Batman Muscle Chest Adult Costume

In the early days of the Dark Knight, Bruce Wayne is just getting used to his new secret identity. This superhero costume includes character headpiece, cape, muscle chest jumpsuit with attached boot tops and belt. Available in adult sizes: Medium & Large. This is an officially licensed The Batman costume.

It's time to start getting creative to mark a very special day in the calendar! Fathers' Day is just weeks away - Sunday 15th June. Card Making enthusiasts are already planning how to make their Father feel very special by the giving of a personalized Greeting Card - a card made from the heart using fabulous papers and embellishments.

But what's the history of Fathers' Day and how popular and event is it?

There are a number of events that have been credited with rallying the need to celebrate Fathers' day. These include the celebration of Fathers at a special church service following a mining disaster in 1907. An explosion in a mine in the United States killed over 360 men, many were fathers; the nearby church marked this occasion with a celebration of fathers' on July 5, 1908 in West Virginia. It is thought that the pastor was inspired by this terrible tragedy.

By far the most credited with inspiring Fathers' Day is Mrs Sonara Smart Dodd from Washington. Her father, a Civil War Veteran was a single parent and raised his family of six children in Spokane Washington. Sonara Smart Dodd gained her inspiration whilst listening to a mothers' day sermon in 1909 - so inspired was she that she proposed a similar day to celebrate Fathers'. In her eyes, her own father had made tremendous sacrifices following the death of his wife, in childbirth. He was a loving and courageous man and she wanted the world to know what an exceptional man he had been. The first Fathers Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910 in Spokane, Washington.

A movement had started but it was mot until 1956 that Fathers' Day was recognized by a joint resolution of Congress and it was until 1972 that President Nixon set in stone the national observance of Fathers' Day, to be held on the third Sunday of June. In the UK, Fathers' Day has grown tremendously in popularity and has a growing impact on retail sales during June, particularly with Greeting Cards. There is not only a huge growth in shop bought cards but in card making.

One company that has recently set up to offer products for card making is http://www.starblaze.co.uk It has a wide selection of inspirational card blanks and papers that are perfect for Fathers' Day. Here you'll also find embellishments for card making. Starblaze is just one of a number of companies providing a range of products to mark Fathers' Day.So come on sons and daughters - make June 15 a special day - show your father just how special he is!

Visit http://www.starblaze.co.uk for all your card making needs from embellishments and crystals to inspirational papers and card blanks.

Playboy Cigarette Girl Adult Costume

This costume is available in adult sizes X-Small, Small, and Medium. This costume includes dress, and cigarette case. Shoes not included. This is an officially licensed Playboy costume.

If you have children then holidays must be taken during the school holidays. This creates a great demand for all the popular family holiday resorts. So great can be the demand that the availability of holiday villas and apartments becomes less and less as the Summer Holidays approach. Although this all must seem common sense, it is surprising just how many people leave the booking of their Summer Holidays for whatever reason, to the last minute.

Perhaps among these reasons is the popularity of last minute deals and indecision of where to go. Although it is possible to get some last minute holiday deals, airlines generally offer lower prices for advance bookings and higher prices for last minute bookings and so the gain is offset. Another possible reason for delaying booking is the fear that illness or other unpredictable events may cause cancellation and loss of money.

Of course it is possible to take out insurance against such events happening, but this can be both expensive and generally unnecessary for the reason which follows:-

Most owners of holiday villas and apartments require a small deposit to secure the holiday booking.This deposit is fully refundable in the event of cancellation provided that enough notice is given to enable the booking dates to be offered to others enquiring, This notice period of cancellation is usually around 6-8 weeks.

So what is the best time to book your summer holiday? Why not as early as now or at the very latest October 2006 for ensuring that you have the best choice, beating the rush, avoiding frustration and disappointment?

Webmaster: Club Albufeira Holiday Rentals

Sexy Starburst Girl Costume

Bright, bold and a sheer delight! You'll be a rainbow of fun in this Starbright adult costume! This 5 piece Sexy Starburst Girl Costume includes a blue dress with plush trim, sequined star belt, light up star wand, rainbow arm warmers, and rainbow leg warmers.

Adult Halloween costumes are a great way to allow you to be someone different for one night of the year. There was a time when Halloween was only thought of as a holiday for children to dress up and go trick-or-treating. This is not the case in todays' world. There are many adults who enjoy dressing up and going to a party at a friends or neighbors. When it comes to the adult Halloween costumes, there are many different ideas that can come about. These ideas can be sexy, innocent, comical or professional.

One of the most common styles for these adult Halloween costumes is the style of being sexy. Though more women choose to go with this style, there are sexy styles for men as well. Sexy can be anything from a French maid to a vampire that does not mind being revealing. It can also mean something as simple as dressing up as one of your favorite actresses of all time. Other adult Halloween costume ideas may be relieving childhood heroes. Whether they are fictional or someone that you admired as you were growing up.

There are many different ideas that you as the adult can choose from to dress up for Halloween. Some of the better costume ideas are the ones that you create yourself. There are many places where you can find the appropriate items needed to create a Halloween costume that all your own.

Browsing through rummage sales or flea markets are great places to shop for costume accessories. In creating your own costume you are allowed complete design control. You can add what you like or take away what you do not like. This does not mean that you need to know how to sew. You can add things to your costume by gluing the pieces on if you like.

In the world of today, Halloween is a night that is enjoyed by adults as well as the children. Going to a dress up party is something that every adult enjoys doing, so why not take the adult Halloween costume ideas that are available and become the talk of the party.

Whether you buy your costume or create one of your own, you are sure to have plenty of fun wearing it for one night. If you want to create your own costume, but are not sure where to start, you can search the Internet for ideas, here you will be able to find helpful tips that will assist you in creating a costume that is unique and beautiful.

Daryl Plaza is a regular contributor to http://www.Spookynite.com supplying you with all the information and resources you need to know about Halloween nite.

Adult Womens Halloween Costumes Victorian Vampire Vampiress Deluxe Party Outfit Couples Costume

Stalk the Night in this Deluxe Vampiress Gown Costume!

This Item Includes Full Length Gown with Attached Corset, Collar, and Overskirt plus Velvet Choker with Jeweled Medallion

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Are you looking for a special treat to give to someone as a Christmas present?

Chocolate is something everyone loves and to give someone a unique designed truffle box with your greeting on it or your own picture really makes it something out of the ordinary.

After all, this is a holiday where you want to enjoy the finer things in life, and indulge in all sorts of delicious treats, and chocolate is definitely one of the most important and popular ones. One could say that Christmas without chocolate is not completely Christmas.

A great holiday gift to friends or to business partners and employees is to make a basket and fill it with luxurious food in combination with bars with your greeting on the wrapper?

Take a nice basked and put some delicacies into it, perhaps some cookies, coffee beans and most importantly - luxurious chocolate and you can be sure you're giving someone a big smile. It has the quality to be everyone's favorite and to add this to a delicious gourmet food basket really makes a difference.

For company owners it's a great idea to give your employees and partners a chocolate gift with your logo on and a greeting for the holidays.

Chocolate has the great benefit to be gender neutral and it is well received by almost everyone; a given winner if you want to create a harmonious and happy work environment.

To people that you are closer to you have the ability to make your gift as personal as you would like to. Think about whether the person prefers dark or milk chocolate; maybe it's a real chocoholic and you want to give a mixture of many different types.

As a Christmas gift for a grandmother, a bar or box with her grandchildren on the wrapper will most certainly be dearly received and appreciated. It is possible to design the wrapper just the way you want it and you can also add a greeting to it. In this way the receiver knows that you really have been thinking about them and that you've given of your energy and time to give them something special.

When you combine a decadent chocolate or truffle with a personalized wrapper you have a given winner - something that will impress whoever it is that's receiving it; young and old, man and woman, makes no difference, chocolate makes everyone happy.

Visit Cool Chocolate Gifts today to see a great selection templates for your unique chocolate Christmas gifts and other personalized chocolate gifts

Kid's Deluxe White Bunny Rabbit Halloween Costume

Although Halloween has always been about chilling things like haunts, hobgoblins, and hexes, some get more stimulated about things that are pretty disgusting. Although your kids may not wish to eat carrots or spinach throughout the year because they consider them to be 'disgusting,' this is one time of the year when they are going to go wacky for the chance to slash into a brain, or to maybe gobble down a handful of lopped off digits. We may never realize the difference, but we can certainly go with it. If you really want your event to be a success you'll want to try some fun and gross Halloween recipes to dish out on this fun day.

If you can prepare Jell-O, you can find some pretty rank Halloween recipes on your own. You might have to browse online to discover them, but there are some really interesting Jell-O molds out there that can help you to form brains, fingers, and other interesting body pieces. If you would like to dish out a heart in a bowl of blood, this is the direction to go. You have to come up with the right colouration for these gross Halloween recipes, but they should be easy enough to make. Don't forget to use strawberry sauce, or something else that is deeper red, to have for the blood. Things are much more sickening when they come with some blood.

You can likewise do some intriguing things with spaghetti for rank Halloween recipes. Things like this are screeching out to be prepared into something truly yucky. You can come up with a heavy, dark red sauce and then use it to make what would look like guts. This may not make things good to eat, but they are going to be very interesting. Find some type of item that you can use to present the intestines, and you are going to truly gross your kids out - just like they have wished you would do.

If you are effective with baking, you can make some disgusting Halloween recipes that call for ornamenting things with eyeballs and other icky items. You can build cupcakes that look like jumbo eyeballs, or perhaps you could cut up a cake to decorate as something that is going to repulse and please your children or your other invitees. These thoughts for gross Halloween recipes work swell at home, but don't forget to share them with others that you know. If you are having a party of any type, be sure you have sufficient amounts to service all of your guests. It's a celebration they are not going to forget any time in the near future.

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Demon of War Child

This demon believes in making war not love. But, you'll love this wickedly cool costume. Our Demon of War costume features a robe, hood with face cover, LED lighted demon eyes, medallion and demon horns.

Parties are a time-honored tradition during the holiday season. They are the perfect way for friends, coworkers, and loved ones to gather together to celebrate the holidays. They are also the perfect opportunity to do something fun and different. For instance, you could throw a theme party. No matter who you invite, there is sure to be a wide variety of Christmas party themes to choose from in order to match the personalities of your guests.

For children, there are numerous ideas that you can use for Christmas party themes because it is fairly easy to determine what make children happy. Throw them a Santa Claus party where everyone comes dressed in red with a Santa hat on. Make all of the decorations, serving plates, napkins, and cups Santa-related and maybe even invite a grown up Santa to the party to give out little gift to each of the children. You could also serve Santa shaped cookies and milk.

If a Santa Claus party doesn't interest you, maybe a tree decorating party would. This might be a little more costly but probably not much more than what you would spend on any other party. Once you decide on the number of children that you want to invite, take a trip to your local dollar store and purchase one miniature Christmas tree for each child. You can get them for around $5 a piece and you can also purchase miniature ornaments, garland and tinsel for a very reasonable price. Again, as we did with the Santa Christmas party theme, make sure everything is Christmas tree related, such as cookies, napkins, plates, and decorations.

Even for adults, Christmas party themes can be a lot of fun. You can definitely use your imagination here. Costume parties are always a hit because it is fun to see everyone dressed in costumes. It really shows their imagination. For this type of party, ask your guests to dress up as one of the characters from one of your favorite Christmas cartoons or shows.

For example, if your favorite Christmas cartoon is How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the guests could dress up as the Grinch or Cindy Lou Who. You could even serve your own version of the Christmas feast with the "Roast Beast" and "Who Hash". If you like Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer have everyone dress up as Rudolph, an elf, or even the Abominable Snow Man and serve some type of food that you can rename "silver and gold" after the cartoon's theme song.

Christmas is a great time of year and should be enjoyed to the fullest. Parties are the absolute best way to do so, whether it is with your children and their friends or your adult friends, family, and coworkers. You can create Christmas party themes from just about any holiday related item. All you have to do is use your imagination and have fun with it.

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Mystic Sorcerer Elite Collection Adult Costume

Includes: Full-length robe, hood with attached cape collar, waist sash and jeweled bat medallion. Makeup not included.

If there was one problem with Halloween costumes it would be that they are just too scary at times. Now, some may consider this a somewhat obtuse criticism. After all, there is nothing wrong with this type of reaction provided that is what the wearer of the costume is looking for. But, not everyone is all that interested in scaring other guests when they show up at a party. Some people wish to look a little elegant in their Halloween presentation. This is where Halloween fancy dress costumes come into play as they add a unique facet to the traditional Halloween costume. But, wanting a costume that embodies these traits and knowing which type of a costume to purchase are two different animals. So, here is a little help understanding which Halloween fancy dress costumes would be considered visually stunning.

One of the most elegant Halloween fancy dress costume ideas comes from costumes that are designed with a Victorian influence. And, yes, there are a lot of costumes that are based on the look of this era. This should come as no surprise since a number of gothic horror novels such as Dracula and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde that were born of this era. Then again, there were gothic characters of the era that had their origins in reality such as Jack the Ripper. Because the Victorian era spawned so many gothic figures, fancy dress costumes based on the period have always been popular. Again, these costumes will make the person who wears them look like something special.

Also, some of the "Old West" characters which have gained their merit in history have their own unique an elegant look. While most people think of the cowboy as an old west icon, the classic image of the saloon gambler embodies popular imagery as well. After all, these characters had to look good in order for their claims of swarthiness to be somewhat credible. So, dressing up as a 19th century maverick gambler has an elegant Halloween fancy dress appeal to it.

Then, we could go back even further into the past for some truly fancy looking Halloween costumes. That is, you could step into the vestments of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh. While you will not have the ability to rule the free world, you can look as spectacular as the Egyptian rulers of the past. If you do not think that this costume provides a great look then you really need to plug in the DVD of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS and check out Yul Bryner's performance as Pharaoh. Granted, it would be doubtful that anyone could match the stunning visual look that this great actor pontificated in the classic film, but it is possible to look truly unique and such a brilliant period piece of Halloween fancy dress costume would be a step in this direction.

While this is by no means a complete list of historical Halloween fancy dress concepts, it does provide a general overview of the type of costumes that one would find most appealing. Hopefully, that will provide much food for thought.

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Car Hop Girl Adult

Includes one-piece dress with light turquoise blue skirt, black blouse, apron, and matching cap. "Junior's Diner" and a picture of a burger are printed on the front and back of blouse. This costume runs small. Available in one size. Package states adult standard, however it is closer to a size Medium. Socks not included.
Customer Review: cute but small
I just received this costume and its cute but quite small. Someone else reviewed it and said the same thing but didn't list their size. I normally wear a size 6-8 and a small or medium on top. Mostly small. The bottom fit fine as its flaired, but the top was very tight especially around the arms. The hat is also quite small. The collar is almost a foam like material but you probably wouldnt notice too much if you werent close up.
Customer Review: Car hop costume
I absolutely loved this costume, however, I ordered it for myself, but the size ran very small. So instead of returning my daughter has decided to wear it for halloween this year.

Halloween is a great time of year, enjoyed by so many families. However it can be a busy holiday and with excitement running high and increased commotion it is worth taking a step back to ensure you are making it a safe Halloween for all your family.

Costumes & Outfits

Ensure purchased costumes and wigs are flame proof.

Reduce the risk of falls and trips, by ensuring your child's costume is cut to a suitable length.

If your child is venturing out in the evening, be aware of the temperature drop and ensure their costumes are going to be sufficient.

Trick or Treat

The safest way to trick or treat is to visit family and friends.

When trick or treating outside of your friends & family circle, ensure you map a route and where possible get a sensible adult to supervise the group.

Small children should not be allowed out unsupervised.

Elder children that are unsupervised should be given a set time for their return and where possible, should be collected as a group from a suitable meeting point.

Make sure your children understand not to go into strangers homes. Also point out they should not accept lifts or get into strangers cars.

Trick or treat in larger groups. Ensure all members of your party understand the rules you have set out for them.

When moving around the neighbourhood remind your children to be extra vigilant about traffic. Small neighbourhood roads can be dangerous areas for children not paying attention.

Explain the difference between vandalism and tricks! It is very easy for children to get caught up in the moment or respond to peer pressure. Think of your trick ideas before you set off!

Check your child's treats before they consume!

Pumpkins

Carving pumpkins is not suitable for small children. If you are worried and want to avoid disappointment, why not buy a prop pumpkin instead?

If using candles/ flames within your pumpkin ensure they are kept well away from hanging materials, never leave unattended and ensure children understand the dangers they carry.

Pets

With the increased flow of persons around your neighbourhood it is advisable to keep pets in on Halloween.

Make sure all lanterns and decorations are kept away from pets.

Trick or Treaters may result in you opening and closing your front door more than normal. If your pet is likely to be disturbed, keep them enclosed in one peaceful area.

As a general rule, pets don't enjoy being dressed up! It may seem cute but leave Halloween for you and your children.

Take care this Halloween, follow a few simple rules for your family's safety and have fun!

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Adult Horse Halloween Costume (Size: X-Large)

Happy Holidays, Season's Greetings Everyone.

I called a former colleague and wished him Happy Holidays. He corrected me and said Merry Christmas--and that he appreciated that I was trying to be 'Politically Correct.'

It's not a matter of being politically correct.

I suggest inclusiveness, respecting all traditions and people who celebrate this time of year, that's what's important here. I prefer the term Positively Respectful.

Christians do not own this season or the sacredness of it. Long before Christians, pagan nature-based peoples and traditions were honoring and celebrating the Winter Solstice - the darkest day of the year, and rejoicing in the beginnings of new light to brighten the days following. Our Jewish neighbors celebrated Hanukkah long before Christians came along also. Christians honor Christmas as the birthday of a man named Jesus, historically the son of Jewish parents and whose lifestyle Christians try to follow. Having studied religions, I know it is no coincidence that Christmas happens to be celebrated very close to the Winter Solstice. Other people honor this time as sacred also.

All religion aside, many simply celebrate this season because something inside calls them to rekindle a sense of childhood wonder and magic, to remember a time when they believed in a kind-hearted, generous soul called Santa; to be open to the possibility that sometimes miracles happen, and that sometimes we can make them happen for somebody else. For those who catch the spirit, there's something more playful, fun, and lighter in the world.

So yes, I honor, value, and appreciate all of that--the fun and festivities, the wonderful spirits who celebrate the season, and those who add more joy to the world these days. To each of you, Happy Holidays and blessings to all.

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Dog Costume - Li'l Stinker Dog Skunk Halloween Costume - X-Large (XL)

LITTLE STINKER PET COSTUME: Even if your dog is wearing plenty of doggy cologne, Your friends and neigbors will do a double-take when your pet is wearing our Little Stinker Costume. Black Velvet fabric stands out and is highlighted by a classic white stripe from head to tail. Perfect for small or large dogs, this easy to fit costume is perfect for the dog who has the scent! Velcro fasteners make for an easy fit and easy on/off.
Customer Review: so cute
This looked adorable on my lab/shar-pei mix!!! He was hilarious at Halloween and everyone loved it. He didn't like his ears being covered, but it was just as cute behind his ears.
Customer Review: Way too small!
I had the opposite problem as the other reviewer--on my (small for her breed) Newfoundland, the skunk tail started about her waist!! I added 1' worth of black material and stapled velcro to keep the tail around hers, but it was ridiculous. Way too small. Adorable though! So hard to find outfits large enough for Giant breeds.

You only have seven days until your Thanksgiving guests arrive. Is it time to panic or time to plan? You are going to need a clean house, a scrumptious meal and a happy family. It is time to plan. Pullout your Thanksgiving planning calendars you started three weeks before Thanksgiving and get going.

One week before Thanksgiving:

Make a list of all your vegetables and creamery needs. You can purchase butter and heavy cream now and be sure to have enough. Often times the stores will sell out of these items closer to Thanksgiving.

If you will be having overnight guests purchase some eggs, sausage, bacon and pancake mix for the morning after Thanksgiving. This will make your Friday home relaxed and enjoyable.

All your vegetable needs such as squash, potatoes and green beans will keep well for a week. By purchasing all these items ahead of time you will not only be sure to have plenty you will also make your last minute shopping easier.

Dig out all your linens, china, crystal and silver.

Begin with washing and drying your linens. Iron your table cloth and napkins then lay them out on the table. Polish any silver you will be using and make sure that all the crystal is clean and sparkling. Hand wash all your fine china and lay it out on the table.

Dig out any turkey roasters, platters and serving dishes you will be using. Wash and prepare all of them so they are clean and ready on Thanksgiving. This will help to reduce your stress when it comes time to begin cooking.

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Matrix Neo Adult

Includes: long black coat with decorative black buttons and glasses. Pants shown not included. This is the officially licensed costume from THE MATRIX?.

LED Christmas lights are the newcomers to the holiday scene. They have proven themselves valuable for many reasons. In this article I am going to give you some great ideas on how to decorate with these versatile LED Christmas lights.

First, I will explain what they are. They are lights based on Light Emitting Diode technology which are encased in plastic making them very durable for indoor or outdoor use.

A great plus with these lights are the low amounts of energy used, saving you money on your typically higher electricity bill for December. They last longer and have a lower operating temperature than the traditional Christmas lights. If you drop them, they are OK, no cleaning up broken glass or replacing burned out bulbs. The UL and LED manufacturers have rated LED light sets for 90 days of seasonal use outdoors.

These lights come in different colors, shapes, and sizes, which means you can use them for more than just Christmas decorations. Here are a few tips on how you can use your LED Christmas lights not only for Christmas, but for other special occasions.

1. These make a great backdrop for your fireplace. You can wrap these around and frame your fireplace, over the mantel, and/or if you have garland, drape it through.

2. These are beautiful lit around the walkways, creating an inviting and peaceful feel. You may use some light stakes to help suspend the lights, draping them along the curves of your garden path and walkway.

3. Outline your gardening or work-shed, or any other buildings around your home. This will add to the festive look you are creating with your home decorations.

4. These are a beautiful and festive way to decorate the dining room. Your dining room is the center of the festivities, why not add a bit more festivity with lights decorating the buffet or hutch. This will create an inviting and warm feeling in this room, whether it's being used or not.

5. These are great to decorate for weddings.

6. LED Christmas lights are perfect for your outdoor holiday decorating. You can create a beautiful waterfall effect by draping these lights in your trees, draping them from the crown of your tree, down the sides, then accentuating the look by wrapping the lights around the trunk, creating light magic.

7. Why settle for just one Christmas tree, why not drape these LED Christmas lightsthroughout your home, adding cheer in every room? You can put different colors all over the house, creating a theme for each room.

8. Orange lights are great for Halloween or Thanksgiving parties. You can use red,white and blue for the 4Th of July.

9. You can also use blue or pink lights at a baby shower, this will brighten up the party for sure.

10. LED Christmas lights are a beautiful addition to any garden or flowerbed. Creating a new feel by outlining your flowerbeds, or use them to cast light on stone sculptures. These lights are beautiful in any color and will illuminate the beauty around your home and yard. With a little imagination on your part, you will come up with some fabulous ideas.

Merry Christmas!

Sexy Adult Halloween Costumes Cleopatra Egyptian Queen of the Nile Historical Costume size 1X

Walk like an Egyptian in this complete Egyptian queen costume!

I have fond memories of Halloween in my childhood home. My sister and I would of course put on our costumes and go home-to-home proclaiming "Trick or Treat!" and collecting enough candy to thoroughly rot our teeth. Then we would return home to sit on the floor in front of the television still in our costumes and watch Disney's animated version of Washington Irving's, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

As we got older my sister became more creative and began concocting elaborate haunted houses and parties Halloween food from those parties are in my Halloween Recipe Collection.

I can remember a year where we had a guillotine that had a wooden blade that would come sliding down to "behead" the damsel that was unfortunate enough to have been drafted for the role of Marie Antoinette. That year we also had a bowl full of slimy eyeballs that were nothing more than skinless grapes, yet felt both very convincing and disgusting when you were blindfolded & asked to put your hand in the bowl. One of my favorite effects was a bubbling witches cauldron that she filled with lemonade and 7-Up and colored with green food coloring. After the punch was poured into a black plastic bucket, she dropped in dry ice to make it boil, bubble and smoke.

My sister is six years older than I, and the Halloween parties that she would host for our friends had to be not only fun for my playmates, but they had to impress her cool older friends too - that included over-the-top Halloween food! Many of the recipes in my Halloween Recipe Collection began as our first attempts to impress other ghosts, ghouls, and beasts.

Now that I am older and have a child of my own, I am always looking for new ways to create something special for her Halloween and I am very thankful that I had a creative sister for starting me on the road to the fun foods in my Halloween Recipe Collection! I hope that some of the recipes will inspire you.

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Whether you are new in the kitchen, or a certifiable "foodie" you will find something here to peak your interest or assist with common, and not-so-common problems. These pages are a veritable pantry, stocked full of helpful hints, tips, tools and of course....recipes.

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You're off to see the Wizard in this cute Dorothy costume!

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Girls, are you still working on thinking up the best Halloween costumes idea with your partner? Choosing between Greek Goddess Halloween costumes and Vampiress Halloween costumes? If you are in that situation, do not be worried because most of my friends are in the same situation too.

It is good that you now have the costumes and just need to wait for the last day of October but there is still some time for you to get a very good Halloween costume. I am going to give you some ideas right now so you may get your Halloween costumes by the end of today.

There are lots of choices for couple's costumes. If you two want to wear traditional couple's costumes, you may want to disguise as Frankenstein and his bride. They are the horror characters that people love very much.

For those who are going to be the bride of Frankenstein, you can buy an extremely long wig from most of the online Halloween costumes stores. It is also suggested that you pay attention to bolts lowered brow prosthetic. With some make-up, you will totally make yourself become that absolutely terrible appearance.

Another idea is to dress up like Vampire and Vampiress. They are also classical and horror characters. You will have lots of choices. You can choose to buy either an expensive one or just a lower-priced one. Of course there are some differences. The more you pay, the more detailed your Halloween costume will be. And you usually will be more unique because most people do not want to spend too much money on buying Halloween costumes. But I can say it is worth doing so because being unique and the focus of the crowd on Halloween parties is wonderful.

If you do not like the horror characters, you may want to consider putting on Greek Goddess Halloween costumes. The costumes are simple. You may only need a chiton and some props. You can even make one for yourself if your sewing skill is good. Other suggestion will be Mark Anthony and Cleopatra as well as Spartan and Queen Gorgo from the movie 300. I personally do not want to disguise as the latter one because the level of popularity will definitely be lower than the previous year's.

You can also be funny characters. How about dressing up something like "Lock and Key", "Bacon & Eggs" or "Ketchup and Mustard"? I would say they are fantastic and I can guarantee you will have lots of laughs around you on Halloween.

As I mentioned above, some people are not willing to pay too much money on Halloween costumes because they think that the costumes are rarely worn. You may be concerned about the same thing too. If you are, I also have some ideas for you. You can choose to buy the costumes of Caribbean Pirates. You can wear them at all festivals. Is it more cost-effective for you? It must be yes but the fact is that they are very common. You may not have too much fun with them.

Now you have some ideas and you may even have a target. I strongly recommend you to buy the Halloween costumes online. The reason is most people have bought their Halloween costumes from the real Halloween costumes stores already. Your target costumes may be out-of-stock now. So surf the Internet. It will be more possible for you to get the costumes.

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Baby Girl Newborn Pink Princess Halloween Costume (0-9 Months)

Customer Review: Size too big for 0-9 months!
Although the picture is cute and says for 0-9 months, the tag on the costume just says regular. When it was shipped to me, the label said 12-18 months so I called the company to get the correct size. They assured me that the only size they sell is 0-9 months, but the costume will clearly be too big for my 6 month old!

When November rolls around, just the thought of getting started on holiday greeting cards makes me groan. Not only is it about finding the time to do them, it's the cost. By the time you're done with cards, envelopes, photos and letters for each recipient, you can easily be into it for hundreds of dollars. That's why more and more of us are dropping out of the greeting card game for the holidays.

In my case, where once I might have sent out a hundred cards when I was first married, now I can barely address, stamp, and mail twenty. The other objection being heard more frequently is quite simply the waste of paper since most greeting cards end up in the garbage or recycling. So, to send Christmas cards or to not send Christmas cards-that's the dilemma.

The alternatives are to drop the tradition altogether (suitable for the humbugs among us), to send an E-card (the only truly "green" solution), which really only works for the computer savvy, or to continue sending cards following a few cost-cutting, eco-friendly, and time-saving tips.

Send Christmas postcards. The postage is about half the cost (27 cents vs 42 cents) of sending a regular size card and envelope, plus you consume less paper.

Create your own postcards using recycled cardstock. From one 8.5x11 sheet you can create two 4x6 postcards. To get four postcards, trim to 4.25x5.5. Add a Christmas motif to the front of the postcard using your laser printer and some classy clip art or digital photo, or rubber stamp an image right onto the card. On the back of the card print your message and the address information.

Order personalized photo Xmas postcards from an online store like Photoworks.com. The finished cards are shipped to you for addressing and mailing. Just upload the photos you want to use, drag and drop photos into suitable layout, add your holiday cheer and you're done! Takes about twenty minutes! Personalized Christmas postcards cost just under $1.25 each for 50.

Send photo cards. These are the ultimate time-savers because they do double-duty as a Christmas greeting and as a frame-able photo gift. The beauty of these cards is that they are less likely to be thrown away, hence a bonus for eco-friendly households. Choose an alternative Xmas color palette, such as brown and blue, light green and pink to give you more options for using the card later in a frame. Or, use a photo without the usual Christmas trimmings, like Santa hats and stockings, to get more mileage out of your photo. Try a happy winter scene for example or studio style black and white family portrait.

The cheapest option is to order photo cards printed on photographic paper (like Fugi paper or Kodak paper). They're flat like a photo print, not folded, but you still need to mail them in an envelope. Costs range from $0.80 to $1.00 each. For more upscale cards, you can find flat photo cards printed on matte cardstock starting at around $1.39 each. For conventional folded photo greeting cards, expect to pay around 2.50 each. However, in many cases you can customize both the inside AND outside of the card with your own photo and personalized greeting. If you think of these photo cards as being both card and gift at the same time, the cost is reasonable.

Leanne Tremblay is a successful freelance technical writer and publisher of several successful web sites. She has a special interest in cardmaking including rubber stamping, photo Christmas cards, photo greeting cards for birthdays and other holidays, and photo gifts for all occasions.

Sexy Adult Womens Halloween Costumes Naughty Sailor Navy Pin Up Nautical Girl Dress Costume Theme Party Outfit

You'll drop more than an anchor in this sexy sailor girl costume!

This Item Includes Dress with Zip Up Front, Gloves, Sailor Hat

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Traditionally, Halloween night has been an occasion for kids, and often for their parents as well, to dress up in fancy costumes and go trick or treating about the houses in the neighborhood. And nowadays, it appears that the family pet is not to be deprived of its share of the fun, and is also brought along to add to the familial spirit of the festival. From taking the dog or the cat along, it is but a simple step if you want to make the pet a full-fledged participant in the revelries: why not dress the pet up in a pet Halloween costume? The idea may appear to be a bit weird or even funny but consider: firstly, Halloween is the night that you are licensed to be weird; and secondly there are scores of festivals and competitions organized all over the USA at which people dress up their pets for fun and games. So then there's no reason why your pet can't put on a Halloween costume and join in the fun.

Pet Halloween costumes are in fact getting increasingly popular and are readily available at all the major pet stores and even departmental stores like Wal-mart and Target have separate sections for pet Halloween costumes. Since this is still a niche market, the costumes are somewhat expensive, but depending on the sum you wish to spend you can choose anything from simple dresses to those which are not a whit any less elaborate than the most complicated human Halloween custom. So you can dress up your cat, dog or pet iguana as a princess, a fairy, a devil, or for that matter even a cow. The choice is simply amazing. But when purchasing that costume, be sure to size it correctly. Since the pets are not generally used to wearing dresses, much less elaborate ones, a costume which is a bit too large can cause the pet to trip up, or it may even manage to wriggle out of it.

In consideration of this last problem, it may not only be simpler but also more effective to make your own pet Halloween costume. You are likely to find all the items you require already in your house. A simple pet Halloween costume need be nothing more than a hat! So for that perfect Halloween dress for your pet, get yourself an old hat and attach a Velcro strip, two pieces of string or even a belt, whatever is handy, to act as a fastener. But before the actual show time, it might be a good idea to get the pet accustomed to wear the hat. Provided it has had some practice, the pet shouldn't try to get it off, and all would be well. You could also try and add some accessories to the plain hat, such as a pair of sunglasses or a bandanna. The super-pet is sure to impress the neighbors and get a little extra candy on the night.

You could also try some more elaborate Halloween costumes for your pet. So for instance, you could coordinate the costume for the pet with the ones that your children are wearing: if your child is in a puppy costume, how about having your dog dress up as a mommy, nurse or a nanny. Or if the dog is rather small, you could dress it up as a baby in swaddling clothes and make your child play the role of the nurse with a pram. The range of things you could do to make your pet a part of your Halloween festivities are boundless: by your effort, imagination and creativity you are sure to come up with a great Halloween costume for your pet.

If you would like your dog to look at his best this Halloween, or any other special occasion, do consider the Batman Dark Knight Pet Costume, it's a really fun costume that can only add to your dogs character and his enjoyment of the Halloween parties this season. Here's a site with the best prices for the Batman Dark Knight Pet Costume.

Sexy Halloween Costumes Cleopatra Egyptian Queen of the Nile Dress Deluxe Costume Theme Party Outfit

Walk like an Egyptian in this complete Egyptian queen costume!

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People know that the American Independence on the Fourth of July was brought about by an intricate piece of paperwork named the declaration. Yet, it is not just some piece of ordinary paper like a typical school essay for that matter. Rather it is an emblem that represents the country's firm commitment to its views on freedom and liberation. It showed that certain people stood up proud and strong claiming what they believe was right.

As a symbol, it serves as a representation of something a lot bigger. The signatories of the declaration wanted to have a document that will elaborate to all American citizens the much needed values and ideals that the country needs. They wanted everyone to know that this declaration was a result of the cumulative efforts of a certain number of dedicated and brave individuals. This was a summary and at the same time an emblem of all ideas that the people back in 1776 had fought so hard that they even placed their lives for the sake of the country. It was an unbelievable and almost impossible task to make something like this during their time because it was an act of rebellion and is a ground for treason by the leaders of the British Monarchy. It was actually a crime to take part in the signing and it was plainly shear courage and motivation that kept them moving. Thus, every time you look at the Fourth of July Declaration of Independence, you should first imagine all the hardships and all the sweat and blood that made the making of this document possible. Both the leaders and the people are expected to see this "paper" as a sign of the objectives and as a testimony of the responsibility that each citizen has to achieve the goals that are needed to be addressed up to this day.

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1 Inch Heel Black Pig Leather Knee High Boots (Mens Size) Halloween Costume

Halloween costumes make for wonderful props for make believe while celebrating this holiday season and everyone enjoys dressing up and masquerading as someone or something else, even if it is for only one day of the year. The most important thing about dressing up in a Halloween costume is to be comfortable, safe and enjoying yourself.

When considering the perfect Halloween costume, you will want to look around to find out what type of Halloween costumes are popular for this year, since every year brings new ideas for costumes and masks. Then you should decide what type of theme you would like to follow for picking your perfect costume. You will find there is a wide assortment of Halloween costumes for adults, children, infants, couples and teenagers.

Choosing your Halloween costume theme is a personal choice, whether you chose to masquerade as a cartoon character, ghouls and goblins, famous people and movie stars or something more traditional, you can pick the perfect Halloween costume and be the life of the party.

You can make a Halloween costume yourself if you like, which can be both creatively entertaining and fun, you can buy or even rent Halloween costumes, however you should keep in mind that when buying or renting a costume for Halloween that if you wait until the last minute, the choices for good costumes are already gone, so it is in your best interest to shop early in the season. The most important thing about picking the ultimate Halloween costume is to find one that is comfortable for you to wear and move around in, while wearing it to your Halloween costume and masquerade festivities.

Making your own costume can be lots of fun, since you allow your imagination to run freely. One cute idea for children is to take various colored, blown up balloons and a clear plastic garbage bag. Cut holes for the head and arms and then secure the bottom around the straddle, after filling the bag with balloons and they can go as a gum ball machine. A mummy is easy to make when using an old sheet, torn into strips and then wrapped all around the body. A trip to the thrift store can offer many ideas for costumes, from fairies, scarecrows and hobos. Children love dressing up like mom and dad, so you might consider allowing them to wear something from your closet.

When picking the perfect Halloween costume, always consider safety first, such as wearing flame-retardant materials and masks that do not obstruct a clear view of the area around the person wearing a mask. Also, you should make sure that when out trick or treating that children wear some type of reflective material and carry a flash light, so they are easily seen by passing motorist. When its cold out, make sure your Halloween costume is large enough to accommodate wearing warm clothing underneath, while if it is warm weather, your costume should not be so thick and bulky as to cause uncomfortable overheating while wearing it.

Halloween is a mysterious and interesting time of the year for make believe and masquerade, whether you are a child or an adult, whether you choose to be ghoulishly creepy or whimsically charming, above all stay safe and have a wonderful Halloween when wearing your ultimately perfect Halloween costume. You're now on your way to having the ultimate Halloween.

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Wizard of Oz - Scarecrow Adult Halloween Costume (B701)

Wizard of Oz - Scarecrow Costume includes: Headpiece, shirt, pants & belt cord.

Making a list of gratitudes is an exercise that holds renewed power each time it is repeated. One can never be too conscious of everything there is for which to be grateful. So make a gratitude list today... and make another one next month, or maybe next week, or maybe tomorrow. Don't take ANYTHING for granted... start the list with "being alive," and "being ME." List EVERYTHING there is to be grateful for... NO Assumptions! NO Expectations!

While you're working on your list, let me share mine: I'm grateful to be alive and ME in this instant. I'm grateful for everything that has ever occurred to bring me to this moment of being exactly who I am today. I'm grateful to my distant ancestors who survived eons of sameness punctuated by moments of terror... who fought saber tooth tigers and barely survived each winter in order to pass down the genes that make me who I am today. I am grateful to my father's father who sailed from China alone as a young boy in the hold of a sailing ship, bringing my genes from desperate hunger to the opportunity of America. I am grateful to my father's mother and her ancestors who brought their part of my biological inheritance from Holland to "New Amsterdam." I am grateful to my mother's parents who brought their share of my genes from an unhappy Germany to a new beginning in Connecticut. I am grateful to my parents for choosing to bring me into the world - 17 years after my only sibling, and at an age when most couples of their generation had completed their childbearing. Just genetically, my chances of being ME are infinitesimally small.

I am grateful for everything my parents did and didn't do. I am grateful for the unconditional love I received from each of them. I am grateful for the lessons of my father's heavy drinking, and my mother's fear of strangers. I am grateful both for the joy of my mother's generous readings and other attentions to me, and for the pain my isolated early childhood later caused me. I am grateful even for the bullying and other painful experiences of my youth, as each one made me the person I am today. I am grateful for every success and every failure I have ever had... every new love and every divorce... every promotion and every firing... every smile and every tear.

There is simply nothing NOT to be grateful for.

Jonathan Huie is an author of self-awareness books and free inspirational email publications. Visit http://www.sail7.com to sign up for daily and weekly free email publications, and browse the library for past issues of the emailings and free articles on happiness, joyful living, forgiveness, gratitude, celebration and similar topics. Jonathan's current book project is SAIL: Simply An Inspired Life (co-authored with Mary Anne Radmacher - author of Live Boldly and Lean Forward Into Your Life), to be published by Conari Press in late 2009.

Police Officer Adult Costume

Police Officer includes shirt, pants, hat, belt, badge, handcuffs, and nightstick. Available in Adult sizes Medium (40-42), Large (42-44). Shoes and sunglasses not included.

Christmas lights are the most difficult to pick through after a years worth of storage. Save your self the hassle by taking time to wrap the Christmas lights in an efficient manner now, before boxing everything back up! Keep in mind that Christmas lights, especially the less durable indoor ones, are really only meant for 90 days of usage. Try to replace your Christmas lights at least every third season. The most inexpensive way to do this is to buy a set or two of Christmas lights at each post-season sale

There are a few techniques for successful Christmas light storage. One idea is to purchase boxes specifically manufactured for Christmas light storage. These generally look like file boxes that come with many flat surfaced pieces to wrap each string around. Perfect for avoiding tangled messes, and you can organize the way you put the strings in each slot, whether by color or size or indoor/outdoor usage.

But then again, if you want to be creative and economical, you can use items already in your household for Christmas light storage. If you have plastic bags, cardboard boxes, or empty wrapping paper tubes, then go ahead and make use of them to carefully store your Christmas lights.

Here are some suggestions that have proved most useful for Christmas light storage:

Wrap each string of lights individually, and fasten in several places with bread strings. You can store each string in its own plastic bag, and keep them all together in a cardboard box. Label the box Christmas lights and if you end up filling more than one box, write 1 of 2 or however many there are. This is a huge help, especially if you have a lot of outdoor Christmas lights!

Another idea is to use empty wrapping paper tubes. Cut a small slit in each end of the tube, you then thread one end of a set of lights through a slit. Wrap the lights along the tube until you reach the end, and thread that end through the other slit. This is a very safe and convenient way to keep the string from tangling.

You can use this same concept with a square of cardboard. This may be a shape easier for you to store, also. Just make sure both ends of the string are secure in the two slits, so your Christmas lights dont end up unraveling and getting tangled anyway!

Anne Clarke writes numerous articles for websites on gardening, parenting, recreation, education and dcor. Her background includes teaching and gardening. For more of her articles about Christmas decor, please visit Christmas Lights.

Child's Toddler Ghost Halloween Costume (2-4T)

For a novice event planner, nothing is more daunting than the question, "Mom, can I have a Halloween party?" There are Halloween decorations, costumes, recipes and activities to plan, which can be a big task. To throw the best party, try to keep the group small (10 is ideal) and organize Halloween fun games. Whether you're planning for a teenager, a pre-teen or a young child, there are a number of fun and affordable games to keep the entertainment rolling!

Halloween party games for younger kids can range from silly Halloween fun and getting-to-know-you games, to spooky ghost story telling and puzzle solving. An easy first game is "The Name Game," where index cards with monster or Halloween character names written on them are affixed to the back of each guest.

Then the person asks another guest "yes or no" questions until the right answer is guessed. Some kids love "pumpkin golf," which is a homemade golf game made out of a cardboard ramp, a carved pumpkin with an extremely large smile and a mini-golf set. "Ghost hunter" scavenger hunts always go over well for grade school children.

First wrap lollipops up like ghosts using white tissue paper and a black magic marker. Then hide them around the house and write clues about where they could be. To make it more competitive, create teams, such as "the witches," "the goblins" or "the werewolves," and have each team race back to place their lollipops into a bin as they find them, awarding a special prize to the winning team.

Or you may want to put a letter on each ghost that will form ten different Halloween words and award prizes as the kids guess them. You can also turn on "The Monster Mash" and have kids dance like monsters, freezing when the music is stopped. This will definitely have them cackling at the Halloween fun! Check out "Party Game Central" for more do-it-yourself ideas.

If you'd rather buy a few games than make them, then here are some Halloween party suggestions. Little kids will love the "Halloween Role Play Game," which can be purchased for $4.99 at Oriental Trading and plays up to six kids. The game includes a 10" spinner, 6 each of 8 assorted character cards, 6 "surprise" cards and instructions. They'll spin, pick a card and do an action, such as making bump sounds with their feet, talking like Frankenstein, doing the Monster Mash and acting like they've been zapped! Oriental Trading also has "Halloween Bend Game," which is an awesome seasonal version of Twister that kindergartners to teenagers will love! "Color Your Own Halloween Bingo" is another great game you can purchase for almost any age.

"Inflatable Halloween Limbo" or the "Inflatable Spider Ring Toss Game" are sure to add Halloween fun to your child's party. Ouija Boards are always creepy Halloween fun for teens. "Halloween Jenga" may be more your speed, with red and black blocks, custom rules and a special glow-in-the-dark die. If you roll a "pumpkin," then the direction of play is reversed; roll a "haunted house" and remove any piece or roll a "bat" and you can only remove an orange block. The Harry Potter "Scene It" DVD game is another fun one, testing kids of ages 8 and up with trivia from the Harry Potter movies.

One of the best Halloween Party games for adults is the "murder mystery dinner." Each party member will receive an advance invitation with instructions on the role they'll be playing. In your kit, you'll receive instructions on Halloween recipes to cook, what Halloween decorations to set up and even how to dress. Usually, character booklets, scripts and CD or DVDs will guide you through the plot to discover whodunit. A few recommended murder mystery games include: "Lethal Luau Murder Mystery Party Game" with a Hawaiian theme, "A Taste for Wine and Murder" with a Hollywood theme or "A Murder on the Grill" with a summer of 1950s theme. All are from Bepuzzled.

Are you planning a Halloween party and need halloween monsters ideas to spark spectacular fun? Then visit Mike Selvon portal and also learn more about halloween party games.