One of the most exciting feelings of Halloween is being able to transform into someone you’re not the other 364 days of the year. In fact, this is one of the main reasons why Halloween costumes have experienced tremendous growth over the past decade.

Today, there are literally thousands of different Halloween costumes available and for all type of situations including adult costumes, children’s costumes, group costumes, couple costumes and even outfits for pets who love Halloween! If dreamers can dream it up, Halloween costume makers can build it.

As with any popular costume, the key to getting the Halloween costume you want, it to get it early. In fact, over 30% of Halloween costumes are purchased during the summer months including June, July, August and September. This way, you’re able to get the specific type of costume you wish before the mad Halloween costume rush takes place. Below are a few links to costume-related resources, articles, outlets and seasonal Halloween costume shops. Hopefully you’ll find what you’re seeking.

Hand-made beaded Halloween jewelry
You can show that a Vampire has already feasted on you this Halloween! Take a look at the elegant chokers revealing the telltale fang holes and residual blood drops. Or add a slashed wrist bracelet or cut-throat choker with cascades of blood (red tear-drop glass beads) to complete your Halloween look!

Costumes for kids and Pretend Play
Classic Halloween Costume that never goes out of style. Costumes made from materials at home, including army costumes, frog, butterfly, eyeball, flower, popcorn. There’s a lot more in your house to help you make a costume than you think. Lots of fun Halloween costume ideas.

Unique Halloween Costumes For Adults and Kids
Popular and unique Halloween costumes for adults, kids, babies and even pets. Need a sexy adult Halloween costume or scary Halloween costume for your child or Halloween accessories and decorations? We have it all!

 

Is Your Costume Offensive?

Every year there's controversy over a certain Halloween costume, and this year it's the "Illegal Alien." The costume features an extra-terrestrial dressed in prison garb holding a green card (which is a legal document allowing you to work in this country, ha ha). If the pun is lost on some people, the words "Illegal Alien" are boldly stenciled across the front. Depending on your point of view, it's either a hilarious pun, a political statement, or an extremely insensitive costume to a group of people. According to Angelica Salas, director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, the costume is "distasteful, mean-spirited and ignorant of social stigmas and current debate on immigration reform." The organization successfully ...

Halloween Fun and the Plus-Sized Child

There are endless varieties of Halloween costumes for babies, children, teens, and young adults. It doesn't matter if you're the type of parent who is more conservative (those cleavage-showing costumes which have no place in your daughter's closet or under your roof at all), or if you're a bit more liberal with what your children are allowed to wear for Halloween (a vampire with a blood red pentagram patched into your teens forehead wouldn't bother you at all), there is literally something for everyone on Halloween. One of the best things about Halloween is that it is one of the few holidays where you don't have to spend a dime to participate; Your child can make a decent Halloween costume with ...

The Most Popular Halloween Costumes of the Past 5 Years

Some people choose Halloween costumes that are classics and have been around forever and will continue to stand the test of time. Other people choose a trendy Halloween costume related to current events, politics, or popular characters of that year. But nothing dictates Halloween costumes more than which blockbuster movies were released that year! Here is a list of the most popular Halloween costumes of the past five years. 2004 – The year 2004 was all about Spiderman with 2.15 million children dressing as their favorite superhero that year. Not just for the boys, Spiderman was also the top men’s costume of 2004. The Spiderman trend was due to the release of the movie Spiderman 2 that year. Little girls went ...

Halloween Family Costumes – A Family Affair

Okay. True confession. Yes, I love to be creative and come up with homemade costumes. It makes me feel like Woman, hear me roar. But let there be no mistake! Sometimes, I have to go with store-bought. Gasp. Horrors. Shame. But really, sometimes store-bought looks awesome: As much as I try to be Holly Homemaker, sometimes time just doesn’t allow for it.  That’s when a little extra thought can take the already-made to wow-is-that-great! All the more fun can be had when you make it a family affair! The 1950’s Look: A Winner One year, I decided I wanted to dress my daughter up as ...

Scary Scars and Wrinkles Made with Collodion

Ok, moms and dads, push the children from the room and close the door. We gotta talk. Done? Good. Look, its about scarring the kids. Not scaring the kids, though that would be fun, but scarring the kids. I’m not calling the Division of Family services; in fact, I want you to scar the kids… not for life, but just for Halloween. I think I have a pretty good idea how you’ve been doing it up ‘til now: You’ve been going to the corner store and buying that cheap Halloween make-up to try to make your kids scary - as if they weren’t already :) If you are like my mother, she used to put band-aids on my face to create ...

Pop Out this Imaginative Halloween Costume!

Looking for that perfect Halloween costume you can easily craft at home? The secret is to create a costume that is engaging, somewhat humorous, and very different from the usual fare. We’ve all seen the witches, fairies, and miscellaneous monsters ad nauseum! Creating this costume, however, ensures you will proudly strut your stuff on All Hallows Eve, garnering compliments and rave reviews from just about every other reveler you might meet. My daughter won a large costume contest in this getup and so can you! The Popcorn Costume - Materials and Directions The Popcorn Costume is suitable for a child or adult and can be made quite easily in a single afternoon. Allow extra time for ...

Easy Kid’s Halloween Costumes

Quick and Easy Ideas For Last-Minute Children's Costumes Some kids and their parents have their Halloween Costume ideas well planned and mapped in advance. Others don’t decide to go trick-or-treating until the last minute. If you are scrambling around the night before or the day of to find a Halloween costume that is easy and fun, give these options a try: Statue of Liberty Stoplight Scarecrow Each of these costumes can be put together fairly quickly and easily with items you will already have around the house, and some things that you can pick up at the local hardware store. Statue of Liberty While this ...

Halloween Costume Classics: Wizards Throughout the Ages

Whip up an enchanting costume this Halloween Halloween is a time of magic, making a sorcerer’s costume the perfect pick. But there’s more than one way to wave a wand. Famous wizards have their own distinctive looks, giving you plenty of options. Try a classic or contemporary enchanter outfit and express your personality behind your beard this Halloween. The Basics of the Wizard's Costume The standard “wizard” look is well known and easy to identify. Wizards in classic fiction - including books, movies and oral tradition - nearly always sport a long, white beard, a robe (often with stars or other decorations) and some sort of cap, typically of the pointy persuasion. We’ll get into modifications in a moment, but for now, let’s ...

Boo!, Not Boo-Hoo’s – A Parent’s Safety Guide to Trick or Treating

Next to their own birthday and Christmas morning, there's little that kids anticipate as anxiously as Halloween. And why shouldn't they? With fall carnival rides, pumpkins to carve, huge quantities of delicious, sticky goodies, and a few thrill-giving scares, Halloween has all the makings of a childhood favorite. Even some grown-ups grow secretly giddy when volunteering to lead the neighborhood trick-or-treat group. And the most important question to answer in the weeks leading up to the 31st of October? What should I go as? Of course, kids have their own set of priorities when answering this question: which costume will get the most candy, give the most scares, or be the best on the block. ...

Halloween Costumes: Go Retro!

Want a Halloween costume that really rocks? Then go retro. One of this year’s hottest trends, the retro costume is welcome at any party. Try our handy tips to create your very own blast from the past. Why Retro? Certain periods in history seem to bring about feelings of nostalgia and happiness—even if we didn’t actually live through them. Thirty-year-olds in full Lucille Ball regalia and teenagers in 80s neon are far from uncommon at today’s Halloween parties and parades. If you’re looking to capture that feeling of days gone by, a few simple tricks will transport you from the New Millennium to Old School. Pick your time period and come along with us on a trip down memory lane for one ...

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