Crayon Costumes - A Fun Idea For Halloween

In the last 20 years, the trends and styles of Halloween costumes have expanded beyond the traditional costumes designed to horrify such as ghosts, witches, goblins and demons to the quirky and the humorous. Every year come Halloween, the flashy costumes we see parading the streets or at parties appear to be getting more and more elaborate. People are dressing up like bars of soap, beer bottles, and yep, even crayons.

Before the onset of specialty costume shops, which provide more elaborate, detail-oriented and expensive costumes, the original Halloween costumes were typically sold in department stores or drug stores, and were very inexpensive and inferior in design. As popularity in the holiday grew and grew, so did the design and manufacture of various Halloween costumes. And while you can still find the inexpensive two-piece costumes (one-piece costume suit and plastic mask), the market for the more elaborate costumes has been growing.

Once you have chosen your costume, you may want to consider a variety of accessories to complement your costume, including black shoes and pants and several varieties of makeup and glitter. Purchasing crayon boxes as costume props adds a nice finishing touch.

Whatever your choice in crayon costume, may it bring you plenty of fun and memories!