What do Angels do at Halloween?
Halloween is a celebration after all, and what better way to celebrate than to search out the best that Squidoo has to offer.
Every once in a while a treasure will appear, my searches reap results and I will come across a really different approach to the subject of Halloween or an even scarier movie to watch.
Many of these blessed lens deal with costumes, but not your usual costume. Oh no, not at all. What about a cow? Perhaps a hot dog? Turn yourself into Elvira!
Can't carve a pumpkin? Get some tips from the expert who's been "squishing pumpkin guts" since childhood. Create a gothic, gore-free Halloween setting with cheap, DIY Halloween props. More, more and more. Great lenses, bless 'em all!
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What is Halloween for?
An introduction to Halloween
First, my background to Halloween-
Halloween : What is it really about?
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Our ancestors paid great attention to times which marked a change, a turning point from what-was-before to what-is-now. They believed these Turning Points in Time were endowed with Magic. They saw them as filled with portent. We still look at annive...
A Cat's Advice at Halloween
Safety Tips for Pets
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5 Safety Tips for Cats at Halloween
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Keep your feline friend safe on the big night of goblins, ghosties and ghouls. I tend to hide out myself, the sound of kids shrieking "Boo!" gives me nightmares for weeks, but there are plenty of poor shivering cats out there who could suf...
Angel Blessings for Halloween
What I've found so far
An Angel serves a short term and I believe my time finishes up before Halloween. These are the lenses I was able to bless before my time ran out. (Not Cat's Advice for Halloween, I know that particular moggy and he gets no special treatment from me).
However, all the others here have been blessed - and they're the best of the best.
What to Wear
You'll find the perfect costume in these fabulous ideas
Need new ideas for something to wear? Try a cow costume, or become a vampire. Last year's costume doesn't fit any more? There's a lovely lens on larger size costumes and the most adorable baby costumes ever!-
How to Make a Cow Costume
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Wondering how to make a homemade cow costume? We're here to help! Look for complete instructions and supplies below. Moooving right along now, if you're not feeling crafty, we also have cow costumes to buy for adults, kids, and even dogs! P.S. We d...
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So, You Wanna Be A Vampire....
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Here is the DIY guide to being a vampire. Get some historical background about vampires, read tips for makeup, watch videos that show you how to do different types of vampire makeup, explore ideas for costumes and find links to great accessories like...
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Plus Size Witch Costumes
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The first time I dressed up as a witch I really had no control over how I looked. I was six years old and the neighbourhood babysitter took it upon her self to get her friends involved before sending me off to school. There was an old black skirt bor...
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Baby's first Halloween Costume!
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Your baby's first year is an exciting time. They have their first Thanksgiving, first Christmas, first Easter and of course their first Halloween. You want each day to be a special event. Halloween is a great time of year. It is so much fun carving p...
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Twilight Costume Headquarters
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Bella Swan's green birthday party dress, corduroy jacket and the new Cullen, Quileute & Volturi Crest jewelry are all now available just in time to wear to the New Moon movie premiere: New at Hot Topic, The Twilight Saga: New Moon Collection!...
How can you go past Elvira?
Especially at Halloween
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Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
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She's sexy... she's sultry... she's scandalous. She's the Queen of the Macabre. It's not hard to understand why the Mistress of the Dark has inspired the most popular Halloween costume of all time. Women—and a not-so-surprising number of men...
Hot Dog! It's Halloween!
The whole family can dress to match!
I love this zany idea-
Happy Halloweenie Hot Dog Zucchini! Food Costumes
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The Happy Halloweenie Hot Dog Zucchini lens is packed with Halloween fun and a whole lot of funny Halloween food costumes for men, women, children and pets. Check out the "Hot Dog Family" and shop for all sorts of food costumes ranging fro...
Go to the Dogs this Halloween
For the best dressed mutt on the block
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Throw a great doggie Howl-o-ween pawty!
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Last year on Halloween we went to an agility trial and big pawty. It was a blast! As you can see I dressed up as a 'little prisoner', 'cause I'm a bad, bad boy. BOL! Halloween is a great time to throw a dog party and we've got just the right ingredien...
Easy Halloween Costumes for Kids
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Halloween Homemade Costumes For Kids
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Homemade children's Halloween costumes can be diverting to do whenever the children lend a hand. However, I advise you to consider the monetary value and work you put into this job if the kids are not taking part before starting the job as it mi...
Marvelous makeup for Halloween
For those of us who don't look like a corpse to begin with
Oooh those eyes!
Give a glare to everyone you meet
THEATRICAL NON PRESCRIPTION LENSES / VAMPIRE RED
Amazon Price: (as of 11/29/2009) 
Halloween Parties
How to have the best on the block
When the time comes for a party. make sure yours is one that everyone will talk about until Christmas.
Pop on your Halloween practical pinny
You need an apron!
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Do Your Haunting In A Halloween Apron
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A Halloween apron is not meant to be a costume but rather a practical accessory to help you get into the spirit of Halloween. Treat yourself to one of the wonderful Halloween aprons available on this page from Amazon or eBay and enjoy the amazing pho...
Halloween Sweets, Treats and Decorations
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Fun Halloween Recipes
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This Halloween I decided to make it even more special by trying fun new Halloween recipes that the whole family could enjoy. I tried to include easy recipes that my kids could help me make. We have had a blast experimenting with all these recipes and...
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Halloween T-Shirts & Treat Bags
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The Halloween trick or treat bags and Halloween T-Shirts featured on this lens are the best of the best! I've searched out cute, original and striking Halloween designs so you don't have to. Choose from many unique and beautiful Halloween bags and t-...
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Halloween Party Props
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Learn how to create a gothic, gore-free Halloween setting with cheap, DIY Halloween props. Have the most remarkable Halloween party yet when you follow these tips!
Tricks of Pumpkin Carving
Best advice I've seen
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The Art of Jack-O-Lantern Carving
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I fondly recall my earliest Halloween memories: sitting at the kitchen table with my father, squishing pumpkin guts through my fingers. The air is ladenwith the scent of toasting seeds. My dad would let me draw the face. "Anything," he'd say, "as lo...
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Extreme Pumpkin Carving ~~ A Review of The Extreme Pumpkins Books
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Extreme pumpkin carving is a Halloween activity that many people take on with great enthusiasm, actively seeking out new ideas every year. Extreme Pumpkins and Extreme Pumpkins 2 were written by Tom Nardone and are the perfect resource for "dia...
Settle in to see a movie for Halloween
With all of the family
Why not have an evening (after the trick and treating of course) at home?
Enjoy some excellent Halloween flavour in your own living room with these family-friendly movies.
Hocus Pocus
They're back!
But in present day Salem, a lonely teen resurrects the three hags accidentally while visiting their old cottage which has been turned into a mini museum for tourists.
The witches, well cast and perfectly played by Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy, set out on Halloween night to take the souls from the children as they trick or treat.
Hocus Pocus
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/29/2009)
You're in for a devil of a time with these three outlandishly wild witches!
A fun, light hearted film that the whole family can enjoy
More family fun for Halloween
For the younger children
Here's our favourite witch movie
It's a big hit in our house
We first watched the series on TV, well before the Harry Potter phenomenon arrived in bookstores. Now we have The Worst Witch on disc and it gets played constantly all year round.
The Worst Witch (The Movie)
Mildred Hubble is absolutely the worst witch at Miss Cackle's International Academy for Witches.
Amazon Price: $14.98 (as of 11/29/2009)
It's time to get scared at Halloween
Lock the doors and keep the lights on .....
There's never really a 'best' time to scare yourself but, at Halloween, we like to remind ourselves again that we too cam be frightened just by reading a story.
Ghostly visitations and horror movies have more of an impact when Halloween is here.
Ghoulish Tales
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Missouri Ghosts
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I have always been able to sense ghosts and spirits. I don't see them with my eyes; it is more like a mental image or picture in my mind. Sometimes the image comes with knowledge of how they might have died. These are mostly just feelings or thi...
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Haunted New Orleans
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When it comes to Haunted New Orleans, Louisiana the first two things that come to mind is Vampires and Voodoo. A few years ago, my favorite song use to be "Bloodletting" by Concrete Blonde. It just had the New Orleans "Feeling" to it. Right around th...
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True Ghost Tales Lensography
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Welcome to the home page of TrueGhostTales on Squidoo! Here you will find all of the TrueGhostTales lenses as well as a listing of some our favorite lenses here which are owned by other lens masters. TrueGhostTales.com has been in operation for more...
Terrify Yourself
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Japanese Horror Films
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Japanese Horror Films are becoming one of the favorite among the horror movie genre. If any of you have seen any Japanese Horror movie you know what I'm talking about. Being a Horror Movie fan I can say that Japanese horror movies are awesome an...
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Top 5 Halloween Movies
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A look at the best five Halloween movies to watch this coming Halloween. Do you wish to be spooked, or would you rather watch something that is fun and uplifting? Either way I've got something for you to feast your eyes on here so read on to find out...
Not so very scary
For the younger family members
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Halloween Songs
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There is music for every holiday---and Halloween songs are no exception! Fall is a great time of year to spend some time learning new songs with your children! Sing on the way to school, activities, shopping. They may know more of these than you thin...
Do you have an offering for Halloween?
Is it blessworthy?
Got a cracking great lens on Halloween? If so, you can add it to this list of links.
The list is moderated, you only have to submit your lens once and if you've added something totally inappropriate or worse (like something in four letters that starts with S and ends with M) , I will just remove it before anyone even sees it. Don't waste your time - or mine. Thanks in advance.
However, if your lens is something out of the top drawer, I'm happy to bless it!
Halloween Directory on Squidoo
Happy Halloween! This is the place to find exactly more...2 points
Bewitched Halloween Costumes
Beautiful witches were nothing new in 1964. After more...2 points
Scooby Doo Halloween Costumes
I entered the elementary school at the beginning o more...1 point
Scariest Places on Earth Stories
I decided to create a part two of my Scariest Plac more...1 point
Haunted Cemeteries in the United States
If you do a Google search for Haunted Cemeteries, more...1 point
Halloween-All Hallows Eve
Halloween has origins in the ancient Celtic festiv more...1 point
A Decade Of Martha Stewart Halloween Magazines
Martha Stewart Halloween magazines are one of the more...1 point
5 Dollar Costumes - Homemade Halloween Costumes on a Budget
Homemade Halloween costumes for 5 dollars or less. more...1 point
Cassandra (Elvira) Peterson - Mistress of the Dark
Cassandra is better known as her alter ego 'Elvira more...1 point
Haunted Halloween: 13 Spooky Fun Party Songs
Here's a collection of party songs for a spooky, y more...1 point
Haunted Halloween: 13 Scary Party Songs
Here's a collection of scary, and sometimes downri more...1 point
Fall For Halloween Jigsaw Puzzles
Do you want to harvest the excitement of Halloween more...0 points
Not Too Scary Movies For Tweens or Pre-Teens on Halloween
Your Tween will probably be clamouring to see a sc more...0 points
Eve Bunting's Not Scary Scary Halloween Book Review
Scary, Scary Halloween is a slightly but not scary more...0 points
The Dungeon Amsterdam: A Horrible History Lesson
Come and meet the grim reaper with us in Amsterdam more...0 points
Picking a Halloween Costume
BOO!! Hope I didn't scare you too much with my pic more...0 points
Halloween Trick or Treat
So, Halloween is quickly approaching! The question more...0 points
15 FUN THINGS You Can Do With Your PUMPKIN
Look at all the things you can do with a pumpkin b more...0 points
I Dream of Jeannie Halloween Costumes
Several Jeannie-inspired harem styles are availabl more...0 points
Kids Love Halloween Parties
Fun Halloween Party Ideas There are limitless idea more...0 points
Top Ten Dead Rock Star Halloween Costumes
A novel idea for a Halloween party is a Dead Rock more...0 points
Make a Mexican mask for Halloween: "La Llorona"
Since my mentee Jeimy is Mexican, I thought it wou more...0 points
How about you?
What do you think?
Should we even celebrate Halloween?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byYes, a celebration enjoyed with the family is worth it, no matter the reason
ChapelHillFiddler says:
Anything that gets kids out the door away from their televisions in company with other kids in cute outfits has got to be a good thing.
Posted October 18, 2009
MysticTurtle says:
Maybe, if we can get away from treat-or-treat. Are we teaching our kids it's okay to blackmail as long as no one can tell who you are? Nobody needs all that candy, anyway.
Posted October 16, 2009
LindaBee says:
It is a fun time with family and friends. Halloween is all about finding that perfect costume that shows the world what your personality is really like, even if it is only for one night!
Posted October 16, 2009
CleanerLife says:
I don't dress up anymore, but I love Halloween Music and Movies!
Posted September 22, 2009
CherylK says:
I love to see the little ones in their costumes. Parents just need to have a care about where their children are...preferably having a good time with supervision. Halloween is fun!
Posted September 22, 2009
No, it's a silly, pagan, crassly commercial date and not safe for children
Whatever you do, have a Happy and a safe Halloween!
Scare me!
Leave a comment, it's sure to frighten me
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- sandralynnsparks sandralynnsparks Oct 31, 2009 @ 11:28 am
- Great choices, Susanna! :)
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- ChapelHillFiddler ChapelHillFiddler Oct 18, 2009 @ 6:48 am
- I hope you enjoy all your new-found spare time once you step down as an angel. I always enjoy your salty point of view.
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- janices7 janices7 Oct 17, 2009 @ 12:40 pm
- Great Halloween lens! I am always a big fan of angels and lensmasters who take the time to give a pat on the back to all those great lensmasters on Squidoo. Halloween is my favorite holiday so I've already checked out some of the lenses where you've sprinkled angel dust. I especially liked momto4's Halloween Recipe lens. 5* and fav'd!
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