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A Halloween Contest ~~ Giant Squid Style

Okay Giant Squids, it's time to show your stuff again for this contest. What is your favorite Halloween costume? Have you already used it or will it debut this year? Do you have a spooktacular recipe for a Halloween treat? A ghoulishly delightful tale from a Halloween past, or simply a favorite Halloween tradition? What is the absolute best idea for a Halloween party ever? Have you ever made your own Jack-O'-lantern? Tell us your stories, show us your pictures, wow us with an awesome lens - and enter the contest.

So, How Do I Enter? 

First, you need to be a Giant Squid to enter this contest.
Second, the lens (or lenses) you enter must be in the SquidBOO! format.
Third, the lens needs to be about a costume idea, a favorite story or piece of Halloween lore, a Jack-O'-lantern you made, or a great party idea or Halloween treat.

So that's it: three easy steps to the coolest Halloween contest ever.

Once you have your lens, add it to one of the link lists below (any voting may not necessarily indicate the winner, just so you know) no later than ten o'clock pm (eastern) the night of Saturday, October 18th, 2008. (If you want confirmation of your entry, send me a note through the "Contact me" button, and I'll e-mail you back.)

(The 2008 Giant Squid Halloween Contest Entry Deadline is October 18, 2008)

What's In It For Me? 

What Do I Win?

A winner from each category will be given a featured spot on the SquidBOO! Headquarters home page through the season for Halloween 2008. Not to mention the bragging rights involved with winning, and the accolades you will receive.

Are there other perks or prizes -- who knows, there just might be.

The SquidBOO! 2008 Contest Winners 

featured lens Missouri Ghosts

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...

featured lens How to Make a Pink Clover Who Hat or Pink Clover - Easy Halloween Costumes

It's easy to become a Who or Horton the Elephant for Halloween. All you need is a few pipe cleaners a large pom pom and a little time. With a few twists and turns you'll soon have your own Pink Clover Who Hat or Pink Clover Accessory. Horton Hears a...

featured lens Pumpkin Carving

I started carving pumpkins by myself when I was in middle school. I remember taking my time to get it just right and being so proud of my work. In 8th grade I entered a Jack-o-lantern contest at school and won!  One of my teachers liked it so mu...

featured lens Plan A Fun Filled Children's Halloween Party

You've come to the right place! I've put together everything you need to plan a wonderful Halloween party for kids and adults. Break out the costumes, decorate those pumpkins, and get ready to have some fun! Halloween is one of my favorite holidays,...

A Video Tribute To Halloween Costumes 

Halloween Costume Tribute

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Just What Is A Spooktacular Idea? 

Tell a story about a favorite Halloween costume you had as a kid, or a fantastic idea for one you've worn to a party as an adult?

What was the coolest thing you ever did to 'spiff up' a costume you bought or were given?

What were the details of the coolest Halloween party you ever threw, or attended ('cause with Halloween parties, it's all in the details...).

Do you have a favorite Halloween treat or tradition in your family?

Tell me about a Halloween icon, or tradition, or superstition and how it came to be - and I mean really tell me about it.

Show me the coolest Jack-O'-lantern (yes, that's really how you spell it, I looked it up in two places!) you ever made. Even better, chronicle the making of your Jack-O'-lantern from pumpkin to finished product.

 

featured lens How to Make Horton Hears a Who Headband Ears - Easy Halloween Costumes

It's easy to become Horton Hears a Who for Halloween. All you need is a headband, a few pipe cleaners, some blue paper, yarn or a large pom pom and a little time. With a few cuts of paper, some twisting and turning you'll soon have your own Horton He...

featured lens Halloween

Also called All Hallows' Eve or All Hallows' Evening a holy or hallowed evening, observed on October 31, the eve of All Saints' Day. In modern times, it is the occasion for pranks and for children requesting treats or threatening tricks. In ancient...

featured lens Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

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...

featured lens Picking a Halloween Costume

BOO!! Hope I didn't scare you too much with my picture. YEP, that is me. I enjoy each year picking a Halloween Costume to fit my mood. This is one of the put-together Halloween Costumes that I've created over the years. It was a funny story that year...

featured lens Batty Costumes

Bats are an iconic image associated with the most haunted holiday of the year. So why not dress up as one for Halloween! Find loads of bat costumes and accessories to give you a bat-tastic night!

 

featured lens Colour Themed Halloween Parties - Ideas for Costumes and Decor

A colour theme is a great idea for a Halloween party if you have reluctant friends who don't all want to dress up. Some people prefer to dress in something they already own, or buy something they will wear again on an ordinary day. (Image by Mario Alb...

featured lens Last Minute Halloween Party Tips

You work full-time, have kids you courier to sports practice, need to answer your week old e-mail....Eeeeks! Who has time to throw a Halloween Party?  You do - with these easy point and click ideas. Toss together a little this and that for your...

featured lens Creepy Halloween Recipes

Welcome to WhiteOak's Kitchen of Spooky Halloween Treats I wanted to list some yummies for the little ones to have for Halloween. What is more fun then to have a bowl of food with a very odd name that really does not look that good, but taste really...

featured lens Halloween Window Decorations

Halloween is a fun time and who does not like to put out those scary decorations. I think decorating your windows is fun and using removable clings are very cool and can be Oh so SCARY So here you will find some fun ways to SPOOK up your windows not...

featured lens Halloween Window Decorations

Halloween is a fun time and who does not like to put out those scary decorations. I think decorating your windows is fun and using removable clings are very cool and can be Oh so SCARY So here you will find some fun ways to SPOOK up your windows not...

 

featured lens Black Cats: Classic Icons of Halloween

Black cats have long been associated with witches and are favorite icons used for Halloween costumes and decorations. This association dates back to the Middle Ages and may have been due to the fact that cats are nocturnal and therefore more active a...

featured lens Missouri Ghosts

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...

featured lens Dem Dancing Skeleton Bones

Skeletons have been a symbol of death at least since the Middle Ages when they were portrayed as the Grim Reaper. Dancing skeletons are featured as participants in La Danse Macabre or the dance of death and as such skeletons have become objects of fe...

featured lens The Addams Family Theme Song

Written and Composed by: Vic Mizzy The Addams Family (1964-1966) Carolyn Jones: Morticia Frump Addams John Astin: Gomez Addams Ted Cassidy: Lurch Jackie Coogan: Uncle Fester Frump Ken Weatherwax: Pugsley Addams Lisa Loring: Wednesday Addams Marie Bl...

featured lens Maine Hauntings for Halloween

Nowhere is Halloween scarier than in the perpetual mist and fog of the northern New England coast in Maine. One of the alltime creepiest and most authenticated hauntings is that of the Seguin Island Lighthouse. Seguin Island is located approximately...

 

featured lens Pumpkins!

Pumpkins are very popular during the fall season, especially for Halloween and Thanksgiving. They have so many uses. You can plant, grow, and cook pumpkins. They can also be used for decorations, or to create beautiful, albeit temporary, works of ar...

featured lens Carve the Perfect Pumpkin for Halloween!

Carving your Halloween pumpkin is quite an experience. The whole family can take part in the fun. All you need is a pumpkin, a little prep work, and the proper tools. Let's dig in and get to some Halloween pumpkin carving...

featured lens Carving A Pumpkin ~~ A Pumpkin's Journey

So, Squidoo did something odd for a website -- it actually coaxed me away from my keyboard. Yes, it's true! I was pulled away from the computer because I was compelled to get pumpkins of my own that I could take knife and creativity to and see what w...

featured lens Pumpkin Carving

I started carving pumpkins by myself when I was in middle school. I remember taking my time to get it just right and being so proud of my work. In 8th grade I entered a Jack-o-lantern contest at school and won!  One of my teachers liked it so mu...

For A Halloween Costume, Which Is Better? 

Store Bought or Home Made

Which do you prefer for your Halloween costume -- store bought, or home made? Can you tell me why?

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Store Bought All The Way!

awelldressedbullet says:

Definitely store bought, cuz unless I can fit into a pumpkin, I can't sew! And I must admit, they do actually have so many really nice ones. Besides who has time to make a costume when we are busy making lenses?

Posted October 18, 2008

EclecticWAHM says:

It's a time thing...the store. Or something literally thrown together from what's in the closet.

Posted October 05, 2008

JaguarJulie says:

Well, at the moment, what with all this Squidoo-dilling, I don't have time to devote to a homemade costume so I'm going for the store bought! Just can't decide which witch. ;)

Posted October 04, 2008

Christene says:

Store bought.
I'm not talented enough to make my own. And...my extra time goes to Squidoo! I wouldn't have time to make one. ;)

Posted October 03, 2008

I Much Prefer Home Made

CCGAL says:

Home made because it's more fun and makes Halloween last all month, and because that's the only way we can be SURE nobody else will have the same one.

Posted October 11, 2008

The_Party_Animal says:

Home Made all the way - dare to be different

Posted October 11, 2008

prosperity66 says:

A homemade witch... while I would like to have more sewing skills and wear a Berverly Hillbillies' costume ;-)

Posted October 11, 2008

janices7 says:

I like to sew and I've made lots of fun Halloween costumes like Mr. Potato Head and a Giant Pumpkin in the past. It is great fun to get those creative juices flowing. That said, this year, I'll probably have to do a store bought costume because I'm running out of time - seems I've become a Squidaholic so the time just keeps ticking away much faster than I realize.

Posted October 10, 2008

Eclectic_Muse says:

I've done both...I really wish there was a response for the fence straddlers--me! Lately I've been doing a combination. It seems to work well when store bought doesn't quite hit the mark.

Posted October 10, 2008

 
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Own The "Monster Mash" 

The Original Monster Mash

The Original Monster Mash

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You really should own the original "Monster Mash" This is the the one and only complete album (from the 60's)sung by Bobby Boris Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers. Much of the songs are re-mixed and re-mastered, yet it retains it's lighthearted fun. It's a must have for your Halloween party - for the song "Monster Mash" alone, but is invaluable for it's nostalgia factor too. I wore out my vinyl album of this, did you?

The Trailer From The Original Halloween Movie 

Halloween 1 - the original trailer for the first movie, '78

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What Are You Doing For Halloween? 

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The SquidBOO! Home 

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featured lens The SquidBoo Home Headquarters

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