Halloween “To Do” List

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Halloween

September 10, 2007

by Anna

In the air you can feel the chill of Autumn approaching.  Labor Day has come and gone and now were spiraling head first into the month of October.  If you haven’t already started planning for Halloween, now is the time to do it.  You’ve got costumes to pick out, decorations to put up, haunted movies to rent, pumpkins to carve, parties to plan, candy to buy and the list goes on and on…..

If you’re not sure where to start, then you’ll definitely want to make a “to do” list.  Put it down on paper, that way you can cross things off as you get them done.  It’s the easiest way to ensure a Halloween that is stress free and fun for you and your whole family.  Here are some things you can do now to get ready:

  • Check out your local paper and find out what Halloween activities and on what dates they are happening in your area – pumpkin patches, hay rides, haunted corn mazes and haunted woods.  You can also click on www.hauntedhouse.com for lots of information on haunted houses in your neck of the woods.
  • Start buying your Halloween candy to give out to your trick-or-treaters now.  I always look for sales and buy a bag at a time.  That way you’re not running out at the last minute trying to buy a bunch of candy all at once.
  • Decorate your home inside and out – it’s time to dust off those Halloween boxes from last year and start decorating.
  • If you plan to have a Halloween party at your house, plan ahead of time. Make a list of everything you have to do, and everyone you wish to invite. Be sure to get the invitations out early.
  • If you’re going to a costume party, decide what you want to be and buy your costume.  If you wait, chances are it may not be there in a week or two.
  • Talk to your kids and help them make up their mind on what they want to be for Halloween this year.  If they already know what they want to be and have their heart set on it, by all means get that costume now!  Like I just said, if you wait and that costume isn’t available – take it from someone that has personally experienced this – it will not be a stress free, fun for the whole family holiday.   If your children are still undecided, have them check out our website for some great ideas.   Kids Halloween Costumes

My favorite time of the year is the Fall season when all the leaves turn beautiful shades of red, yellow and orange, the weather gets cooler and football season starts.  The kids are back in school and hopefully if you’re like me, you’re finally back on some sort of a schedule.   Just take a minute one morning (which is usually all we have), grab a cup of coffee, a pencil and paper and make your Halloween “to do” list.  As the days go by you’ll mark off things on your list that you’ve done and before you know it October will be here and you’ll be completely ready for Halloween!

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Unhappily Ever After?

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Adult Costumes, Costume Suggestions, Horror, Teen Costumes

September 8, 2007

by Anna

Ok, we’ve all grown up with the classic fairytale stories and who doesn’t want to believe in “happily ever after”?  It’s the ending to every fairytale and storybook I’ve ever read and to this day it’s the wonderful ending to the stories I read my children.  However, since the Halloween season is right around the corner even the most innocent of the fairytales have not gone unscathed.  It’s all part of an evil plot to make Halloween costumes even more ghoulish than ever before.  There is a new line of costumes made up of fairytales gone bad called…….. “Unhappily Ever After”! 

These costumes are for adults who have decided that it’s much more fun at Halloween for the classic fairytales to come to life with a gruesome “edge”.  I’ve made a list of the fairytale characters before and after Halloween put its evil curse of them:

Little Red Riding Hood             Little Dead Riding Hood
Snow White                                Snow Fright
Tinkerbell                                   Tinkerhel
Goldilocks                                  Ghouldilocks
Little Miss Muffet                        Lil Priss Muffet
Rapunzel                                    Ripunzel
Alice in Wonderland                   Malice in Wonderland

All kidding aside, these costumes are fabulous!  It’s Halloween, so why be the goody-goody fairytale princess when you can be her evil twin.  If you want to really get into the role of these characters, use white foundation makeup on your face to give yourself a deadly appearance.  Our Perfect Pallor Makeup is just what you need and so easy to use.  You can find it at Halloween Makeup.  Add heavy black eyeliner Halloween Black Eyeliner to your eyes, put on black lipstick Halloween Black Lipstick and you’ll have the perfect combination for that natural “dead look” every Unhappily Ever After ghoulish character longs for!  “Once upon a time”, never looked so frightening!

  

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Humorous Costumes

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Adult Costumes, Costume Suggestions, Kids Costumes, Teen Costumes

September 6, 2007

by Anna

When you think of Halloween, you think of ghosts, supernatural occurrences and evil beings.  So when you think of Halloween costumes you automatically think along those same lines.  However, in the last couple of years more and more teenagers and adults are turning instead to humorous costumes.  Don’t get me wrong, there are still plenty of ghosts and goblins out there on Halloween night.  But for me, in between every couple of hair-raising gruesome costumes, I just love to see one that makes me laugh.

Last October my brother Brian and his wife Jill stopped by on the way to their annual Halloween costume pub crawl.  My brother was dressed as this big silver Beer Keg and his wife was a Fraulein Beer Garden Girl.  Brian’s Beer Keg costume (Beer Keg Halloween Costume) had a working tap in the helmet that you could actually put liquid in and drink from it.  It was hilarious!  Jill made a great Beer Garden Girl in her costume Beer Garden Girl Halloween Costume and was the perfect compliment to Brian’s Beer Keg.  They won second place for the funniest couple costume.  Unfortunately for them, Trailer Park King Halloween Costume and his wife, White Trash Halloween Costume came in first. 

Humorous costumes come in all shapes and sizes.  They can be as funny, disgusting, or anatomically incorrect as you want them to be.  Many of these I would definitely save for the “adult” costume parties.  Television shows have some of the funniest and unforgettable characters that always make great Halloween costumes:  Cartman from South Park , Stewie from Family Guy, Lieutenant Jim Dangle from Reno 911 (he’s the one that wears the short shorts) or Mary Katherine from Saturday Night Live, just to name a few.

If television characters aren’t what you’re looking for, then try your hand at being an alcoholic beverage.  Instead of drinking a beer at your next Halloween costume party, you can actually be one, or maybe a bottle of tequila, a martini or even a margarita.  The possibilities are endless and humorous! 

All these costumes I’ve talked about and many more can be found now at Funny Halloween Costumes

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The Wizard of OZ?

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September 4, 2007

by Anna

One of my all time favorite movies when I was young is the Wizard of Oz.  The adventures of a young girl named Dorothy, who lives on a Kansas farm with her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em, and her little dog Toto. One day a tornado appears outside and before Dorothy can reach the storm cellar, the farmhouse is caught up in the cyclone and deposited in a grassy field in the country of the Munchkins. Her only way back to Kansas is to follow the Yellow Brick Road to the Wizard of Oz.  While on the Yellow Brick Road, Dorothy meets some remarkable characters: the Scarecrow who wants a brain, the Tin Man who wants a heart and the Cowardly Lion who wants courage.  Thinking the Wizard of Oz can help them too, she encourages them to journey with her and Toto to the Emerald City. And who can forget the characters of Glinda, The Good Witch of the North and The Wicked Witch of the West.  This is a wonderful movie for kids of all ages.  The characters are also a classic every year at Halloween.  Last year my daughter went trick-or-treating as Dorothy carrying her little basket with a stuffed Toto dog inside: Wizard of OZ: Toto Basket. Of course the outfit wouldn’t be complete without a pair of Ruby red slippers: Wizard of Oz: Ruby Red Slippers.   The Dorothy costume is great all on it’s own, but you can also go as a group and have the Tin Man, Scarecrow and Lion all together.  Check out all our Wizard of Oz costumes here: Wizard of Oz Halloween Costumes and remember, “There’s no place like home”….

Another great idea for single or group costumes would definitely have to come from the popular movie series Austin Powers.  This series started in May 1997, with the release of Austin Powers International Man of Mystery bringing with it the characters of British super spy Austin Powers and arch- villian Dr. Evil.  Then in June 1999, The Spy Who Shagged Me introduced “hippy chick” Felicity Shagwell and finally in July 2002, Austin Powers in Goldmember starred the popular female character Foxxy Cleopatra.  All these characters make for great Halloween costumes.  The October after Goldmember was released our friends had a huge costume party with prizes going out to the best single and group costumes, best horror costume and funniest costume.  My husband went as Austin Powers, I went as Felicity Shagwell, my sister went as Foxxy Cleopatra and her husband went as Dr. Evil.  Everyone loved it!  It was so much fun getting into character, plus we won for best costumes in the group category.  Actually, I did read where Mike Myers is in the works on an Austin Powers 4 with a release date of 2008.  So I have a feeling we’re not going to forget about Austin Powers and the many really cool characters from that series any time soon.  So, look no further, just click on the link to see all our Austin Powers costumes: Austin Powers Halloween Costumes.

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Halloween Treat & Eat

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Halloween Fun Facts

September 2, 2007

by Anna

Every Halloween, my entire family comes over with kids in tow and costumes galore. By that time, I’ve already ordered the pizza’s so the kids can get something to eat before heading out to trick-or-treat. I love all the chaos and excitement with the kids running around just dying to get into their costumes and waiting for trick-or-treat to start.

I really think it’s important to give your kids something to eat before they head out. For us, pizza on Halloween night has been a tradition that’s been in my family for years. It’s usually a pretty hectic day and the kids don’t want to sit down to a big dinner when they’re biting at the bit to get their costumes on. During the month of October I’m usually always making some kind of Halloween treat – either for the kid’s school parties or just treats to have around the house for my children and their friends.

There are two cookie recipes that I have made every October for the last eight years and plan to keep making then for years to come. The first are shaped like little ghosts and the second ones are shaped like little pumpkins. They are truly the easiest cookies to make and the kids love them! If you need more for class parties then go ahead and double (or triple) the recipe.

Frightfully Easy Ghost Cookies (look like ghosts)

12 oz. vanilla-flavored candy coating, cut into pieces
1 (1-lb) pkg. peanut butter-filled sandwich cookies (I use Nutter Butter)
64 miniature chocolate chips (4 teaspoons)

- In a small saucepan, melt candy coating over low heat, stirring constantly until smooth.

- Line cookie sheets with waxed paper. Holding cookie with tongs, dip entire cookie into melted coating, letting excess drip off. Lay flat, coated side up, on waxed paper-lined cookie sheets. Place 2 chocolate chips in coating to form eyes. Let stand about 10 minutes until set.

Jack-O’-Lantern Cookies (look like pumpkins)

½ can Pillsbury Vanilla Creamy Supreme Frosting
2 oz. vanilla-flavored candy coating
Orange paste food color
14 crème-filled chocolate sandwich cookies (I use Oreo’s)
Tube of chocolate decorator icing
7 small green gumdrops cut in half

- In a small saucepan, combine frosting and candy coating; melt over low heat, stirring occasionally until smooth. Remove from heat. Stir in desired amount of orange food color.

- Line cookie sheets with waxed paper. Using tongs, dip each cookie in melted frosting mixture, coating completely. Lay flat on paper-lined cookie sheets. Let stand about 10 minutes until set.

- Decorate coated cookies with jack-o’-lantern faces using decorator icing. Top each with 1 gumdrop half for stem.

My daughters love to help make these cookies. I let them draw the faces on the pumpkins with the chocolate icing. They make them spooky, funny, mean and silly. I dip they decorate! It’s a great and easy way to spend some time with your children.

Check out our website for some more wonderful October recipes: Halloween Recipes

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