Costumes For Current Issues!

Every year Halloween costumes have to keep up with what movies are hot, what actors are in the spotlight and what’s going on in the world around us.  Politics and religion are just as important and play a big role when it comes to picking out your Halloween costume.

Today the hot ticket items as far as costumes and masks are:

Superstar – Lady Gaga costumesBlockbuster Movie – Avatar costumesEnvironmental – BP Oil Spill costume (BP- Bad Planning)Sports – Tiger Woods maskPolitics – Sarah Palin mask

So this Halloween wear a costume that brings to the forefront current issues that are on your mind.  However, don’t take it too seriously, for it is Halloween after all and it’s all in fun!

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Ahoy Matey! International “Talk Like A Pirate Day” is September 19th!

Ok, how many of you honestly knew about this so-called pirate holiday?  I admit, I’d never heard about it until one of my friends brought it to my attention.  She has young children and admitted to playing up to the holiday as a great way to spend some quality time with her kids.  Well, it worked and over the years it’s spread throughout their neighborhood to where every September 19th, you feel as though you’ve just walked on to the set of Pirates of the Caribbean!

If this sounds like fun to you, check out how the original buccaneers behind “Talk Like a Pirate Day,” John Baur and Mark Summers came up with the idea, what it’s all about…fun and how you too can talk just like a High Seas Buccaneer.  Believe me, it’s a great fun-filled website and kids of all ages (even those grown-up ones) will have a blast bringing this holiday to life! 

However, to get the whole feel for the ”Talk Like a Pirate” Day, you must dress like one!  HalloweenExpress.com has all the pirate costumes you’ll need.  They have everything from a child’s Sassy Swashbuckler Costume to an adults Captain Black Heart Pirate Costume and everything in between. 

Don’t get caught without your pirate costume on September 19th or you’ll be made to walk the plank!

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Facts About Halloween

It’s that time. Halloween season is in full-swing. Only 27 more days. Before long children around the country will be donning their Halloween costumes and trick-or-treating.  Adults too will be doing much the same, attending Halloween parties, going to haunted houses and enjoying the fall traditional holiday.  But what is this holiday we call ‘Halloween’? Here’s some interesting facts about Halloween put into graphic form we thought we’d share with you.

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Medieval Festival of Fun!

Let us go back to a time of dueling swordsmen, rowdy pirates and jousting knights; where one can dine with royalty or dance with the peasants.

Medieval and Renaissance Festival’s are fun for the entire family and what better place to show off that Renaissance costume you’ve been dying to wear!  Visiting a Renaissance Faire let’s you step back in time and makes you feel as if you’re actually living in the 16th century and a part of history. 

There’s so much to see and do at a Renaissance festival!  Go for a weekend because you’ll need more than one day to dance with the gypsies, juggle with the jesters or parlay with the pirates.  Where else can you see valiant Medieval knights charge into battle fighting for the Queen’s honor. 

If you get a chance, go to a Renaissance festival.  We took our children last weekend and it was so much fun!  The performers and costumes were so beautiful.  We’re definitely going back!

Come all ye knights and damsels, and click here to see if there’s a Renaissance Faire in your neck of the woods!

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It’s Horror Movie Time!

Every year just like clockwork, October brings cooler weather, the World Series and everyone’s favorite holiday, Halloween.

However, have you ever noticed it also brings an increase in movie releases of horror flicks as well.

Of course this is no surprise since where there’s Halloween there’s horror movies.  They go together like Jason Voorhees and Camp Crystal Lake or Freddie Krueger and Elm Street!

You can almost feel the fear with all the horror movies being released this month - let the evil begin… 

Let Me InHatchet IICase 39Chain LetterMy Soul to Take 3DHereafterParanormal Activity 2Saw 3DMonsters

If you love a good horror flick then this is the month for you!

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Complete Your Look With a Costume Kit!

Halloween will be here before you know it so it’s time to really think about what you want to be this year.  You can go the way of movies such as; IronMan, Avatar, Toy Story or Alice In Wonderland, or go the traditional scary route of vampires, zombies or the ever-pleasant Grim Reaper.

No matter what you decide to dress up as this Halloween, one way to ensure you get the most out of your costume is to complete the look with a costume kit.  These kits are great for any costume!  Just think about it…with the “kitty” costume kit you can work up a costume for a little girl – just add a pair of black leggings and a black turtleneck.  If you’re thinking a little sexier for an adult cat costume - just add a black skin tight catsuit and a pair of over the knee black high heeled boots and you’re all set!  Either way by adding the Cat Costume Kit of gloves, headband with ears and tail you’ve just turned yourself or your chid into a Kitty Cat!  What kind of cat is simply up to you!

Costume kits are an easy and inexpensive way to transform yourself into character; bunny ears, butterfly wings, devil horns and even a pocket protector (for the nerd look).  With the Michael Jackson Kit you can turn yourself into the “King of Pop” within seconds! 

Just like in any fashion, accessories make the outfit!

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Oktoberfest

Just because the festivities of Oktoberfest are over, doesn’t mean we can’t keep celebrating! One sure way to keep one of the most popular German traditions alive is to wear an Oktoberfest costume for Halloween. Oktoberfest and Halloween are both fun and festive celebrations in the month of October. Candy is to Halloween what beer is to Oktoberfest!

Halloweenexpress.com has some great Oktoberfest costumes!  If you have a significant other, it would be a lot of fun wearing the Oktoberfest girl and the Lederhosen guy costumes! 

If you’ve never been to an Oktoberfest celebration in your neck of the woods, you’re missing out on a lot of fun! Even though the original Oktoberfest was held in Munich, Germany in 1810, you don’t have to travel all the way to Germany to get a feel for what Oktoberfest is all about; German immigrants brought the tradition with them to the United States. It’s not surprising then that in the US, with the high percentages of people of German heritage, there are hundreds of local Oktoberfest celebrations.

I found this list of the top ten Oktoberfest celebrations online.  

Maybe one is near you!

Columbus, OHTulsa, OKCincinnati, OHBig Bear Lake, CADenver, COLa Crosse, WITorrance, CALeavenworth, WALake Worth, FLMount Angel, OR

Keep the festvities going by wearing an Oktoberfest costume this year for Halloween!

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WWE Rocks!

The World Wrestling Entertainment Franchise has been around for years, but became insanely popular in the late 90's with “professional wrestler” being at the top of ever young boys list of “what I want to be when I grow up”.

Today, the WWE has kept its popularity with shows like Monday Night Raw and Friday Night Smackdown. Pay Per View events such as; Wrestlemania, Summerslam, Royal Rumble and Survivor Series have all kept the WWE wrestlers in the spotlight and bigger than life.

Every Halloween I’ve had a smaller version of just about every WWE wrestler out there. However, I think this year is going to be a really big year for those WWE wrestlers. There are so many big names in wrestling right now that it should be easy to become your favorite wrestler for a night of trick-or-treating by either going old school with the Undertaker Costume or some new blood such as The Celtic Warrior Sheamus.

My nephew is really into wrestling and the WWE so he has decided to wear the John Cena costume for Halloween this year.  A few of his buddies are going as Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock and Kane.  I’m sure everyone will recognize them for the wrestlers they are!

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Yabba Dabba Doo…

Flintstones, meet the Flintstones, They’re a modern stoneage family.
From the, town of Bedrock, They’re a page right out of history.
Let’s ride, with the family down the street, Through the courtesy of Fred’s two feet.
When you’re, with the Flintstones, Have a yabba dabba doo time, A dabba doo time, You’ll have a gay old time!

Wow, how many times have you heard that theme song and sung along with it?  I grew up watching The Flintstones and loved it!  It was so much fun to see Fred and Barney unknowingly get themselves in over their head in almost every episode only to have Wilma and Betty lovingly get them out of it.  Who could forget Pebbles and Bam-Bam and of course their adorable pet dinosaur Dino!

Yesterday was the 50th anniversary for everyone’s favorite modern stone-age family from the town of Bedrock, The Flintstones!  Even Google acknowledged this special occasion by creating a Flintstone “doodle” on their homepage.  The classic cartoon premiered on ABC on September 30, 1960.

Great family cartoons such as The Flintstones and The Jetsons have always inspired people to dress up as their characters for Halloween.  It’s not unheard of to see Fred and Wilma, Barney and Betty or even Pebbles and Bam-Bam trick-or-treating on Halloween night or winning first prize at costume parties!  Famous cartoon characters that make up television and movie costumes are always popular with both children and adults alike!

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That’s The Way We Became The Brady Bunch!

Halloween is a holiday best celebrated with lots of family and friends; the more the merrier!  That’s why group costumes are so popular.  Nobody wants to trick-or-treat alone!

There are so many great themes to pick from when choosing group costumes.  My favorite by far is “The Brady Bunch”.  I grew up watching the show and can still remember many of the episodes – who doesn’t!  The Brady Bunch taught us many important life lessons – such as donning a huge Afro wig will make one more popular, how to sport a groovy man perm, taking an ancient tiki from Hawaii is a sure way to get you cursed and exaggerating to your friends will get Davy Jones to sing at your prom.

Besides all that, the Brady Bunch gave us a sense of style!  There wasn’t a family out there that could put together outrageous vintage outfits quite like Mike, Carol, Greg, Marcia, Peter, Jan, Bobby, and Cindy!

This Halloween I’m definitely getting my husband to dress as Mike and I’m donning the Carol Brady costume!  Florence Henderson (who played Carol all those years) is putting on her dancing shoes to complete in “Dancing With The Stars” which airs on ABC in a couple weeks and I know Carol Brady is going to be one hot dance momma! 

I’m sad that my children are too young to appreciate the phenomenon known as The Brady Bunch, but I’m sure my brothers and sisters will be more than happy to portray one of the Brady’s in a Brady Bunch costume. 

Without a doubt we’ll win first place in any costume contest this Halloween!

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Prince Of Persia: The Sands of Time

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, hit theaters Memorial Day weekend to box office success. This epic action-adventure movie is based on a video game which was first released in 1989. Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films – who also brought us the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy – did an amazing job bringing the video game to life!

Jake Gyllenhaal (who I must say is absolutely hot in this film) plays Prince Dastan and Gemma Arterton plays the part of the beautiful Princess Tamina.  Now if that doesn’t scream “great theme for a couple costume” for Halloween this year I don’t know what does!  Prince of Persia costumes will be all the rage from young boys to grown men who want to be Prince Dastan to young girls and women who want to portray the lovely Princess Tamina.

The DVD was released on September 14th so go out and rent/buy the movie.  Bring on the popcorn and candy and make it a movie night with Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time!

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