The Story behind Lady Godiva - What a costume idea!
From the Flores Historiarum by Roger of Wendover (d. 1236)
Photograph credit:Lady Godiva (1898) by John Collier (1850 - 1934)
To Get Before Halloween
Remember
the body make-up!
the long wig!
the imagination!
On the flip side you other half will need a costume - Try for another horse in the mix - Headless Horseman!
Adult Headless Horseman Costume
Adult Headless Horseman Costume
This Adult Headless Horseman Costume includes: a double knit black polyester vest with satin sleeves, an attached see-through lace ascot (enabling the wearer to safely see their surroundings), a matching black polyester cape and headpiece. Add your own pair of black pants and you're ready to hit the town (pants are not included). Available in Sizes: Small (38-40" Chest), Medium (40-42" Chest), Large (42-44" Chest) & Extra Large (44-46" Chest).Note: Also available in Child Sizes.
What do you think is the most creative costume ever?
For your Dog that is - Get pooch into the season.
If you don't see yours, add it to the list! What does your Dog best like to wear?
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Dog Costume - Maine Lobster Dog Halloween Costume - Large
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Pirate Pup Dog Costume - MEDIUM
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(Halloween is October 31, 2008)
"I think a lot more people are getting into Halloween because it's the one time of year where adults can be kids."
Craig McDonald
What is Halloween?
Halloween (also spelled 'Halloween') is an annual holiday celebrated on October 31. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints, but is today largely a secular celebration.
Halloween activities include trick-or-treating , wearing costumes and attending costume parties, carving jack-o-lanterns, ghost tours, bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.
Halloween Costumes as discussed in Wikipedia
A wide variety of costumes can be from Pagan to basic.
Halloween costumes are outfits worn on or around October 31, the day of Halloween. Halloween is a modern-day holiday originating in the Pagan Celtic holiday of Samhain (in Christian times, the eve of All Saints Day). Although popular histories of Halloween claim that the practice goes back to ancient celebrations of Samhain, in fact there is little primary documentation of masking or costuming on Halloween before the twentieth century.[1] Costuming became popular for Halloween parties in America in the early 1900s, as often for adults as for children. The first mass-produced Halloween costumes appeared in stores in the 1930s when trick-or-treating was becoming popular in the United States.What sets Halloween costumes apart from costumes for other celebrations or days of dressing up is that they are often designed to imitate supernatural and scary beings. Costumes are traditionally those of monsters such as vampires, ghosts, skeletons, witches, and devils. There are also costumes of pop culture figures like presidents, or film, television, and cartoon characters. Another popular trend is for women (and in some cases, men) to use Halloween as an excuse to wear particularly revealing costumes, showing off more skin than would be socially acceptable otherwise.
Halloween costume parties generally fall on, or around, 31 October, often falling on the Friday or Saturday prior to Halloween.
According to The National Retail Federation's (NRF) 2007 Halloween Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, the top Halloween costumes for children in the United States
What are the popular childrens costumes?
They really stay to happy things
According to The National Retail Federation's (NRF) 2007 Halloween Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, the top Halloween costumes for children in the United States are:[2]Princess
Spider-Man
Witch
Disney Princess
Star Wars Character
Pumpkin
Ghost
Power Ranger
The top Halloween costumes for adults in the same year were:
Witch
Vampire
Cat
Princess
Fairy
Wench / Tart
Clown
Angel
Nurse
Information from Wikipedia
Costumes in the news
what's hot - what's not
- A little reading: The "Sherlock" costumes, the "It's Complicated" R rating ...
- Jenny Beavan, the Oscar-winning costume designer of "A Room With a View," talks to Vanity Fair about creating the costumes for "Sherlock Holmes". ...
- BWW INTERVIEWS: Costume Designer Richard St. Clair
- I had done preliminary research before I met him and so I had all these pictures of steampunk costumes that I showed him and I said 'these are contemporary, ...
- The Benefits of costume jewelry & real jewelry
- Many jewelry lovers have an appreciation for both costume jewelry & real jewelry for different reasons. While real jewelry is thought about a valuable asset ...
- Venom's Secret Co-Creator Steps Out Of The Shadows
- I thought it would be cool if Spidey needed to upgrade his powers and his look, so I came up with this idea that Reed Richards had made a new costume for ...
What are the best Halloween Designs on Cafe Press?
Check out this sampling
I Don't Do Costumes Kids T-Shirt
Price: 18.95 
Candy Corn Dark T-Shirt
Price: 29.99
This is my halloween costume Dark T-Shirt
Price: 26.99
Really Scary - Green T
Price: 20.99
Welcome Great Pumpkin Sweatshirt
Price: 39.99
Stories about Halloween are a good diversion for kids
Books to read to the children to get them excited.
I have never been a great proponate of Halloween
I would bribe my kids with a meal out and a movie so we didn't have to trick or treat.
Ernest Goes to Jail, Ernest Scared Stupid, Ernest Saves Christmas 3 DVD Set
Amazon Price: (as of 12/30/2009)
The kids would take their clue from me on just wanting to do something fun - and get candy. Part of the bribe was a big bag of candy! One particular year I remember so well. We had supper at McDonalds, went to Wal-Mart to choose our candy for later, and then headed to the movie. "Earnest Scared Stupid" was the choice of the night.
We had the theater to ourselves! Just the four of us in center row seats. The movie started and was going pretty good. All of a sudden I missed my daughter - about 5 at the time. She had gotten scared and when through all the seats to get to the back row of the theater! She wanted the wall at her back so no one could sneak up on her! I sat back there to watch the rest of the movie with her.
Costume Ideas that Work for You!
Check Amazon to see what they have to offer.
Video on Utube for holloween costumes
Get inspiration for that assenbly project
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Costumes are for fun so start at eBay to see what you find that scary!
If not into scary the cuddly, cute costumes might be your attraction.
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Halloween has become a spooky time -
share your best Halloween trick!
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- sbucciarel sbucciarel Sep 12, 2008 @ 2:47 pm
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- Jewelsofawe Jewelsofawe Sep 11, 2008 @ 8:35 pm
- Nice Halloween lens
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- Goinggreenmom Goinggreenmom Sep 8, 2008 @ 9:11 pm
- Okay, but you forgot to tell them that it wasn't like we really had anywhere to trick or treat to, either. Not that I really minded, you passed the passion for passing on the dress up to me too. Now lets just hope that the kids don't want me to take them before they go to their dad's this year.
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- OhMe OhMe Sep 7, 2008 @ 5:26 pm
- Good job with lots of fun stuff. 5*
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- Infant_Traveler Infant_Traveler Sep 7, 2008 @ 2:37 pm
- Cute Lens Pam! I like the movie idea...
All the Best, Melissa
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