10/16/11
Funny Halloween Costume Ideas - Tickle Your Funny Bones
Too tired of the usual and boring ghosts, zombies, mummies, witches, and vampires or the very colorful fairies, princesses, and angels? Do you want to be something creative that can elicit unanimous laughter from friends because of your ingenuity? There is one answer: try to be funny!
Halloween costumes don't always need to be scary and spooky. They can also be funny, crazy, and hilarious. Funny Halloween costumes do not always mean that you should dress up as a clown or as a jester. Funny costumes can be ordinary things that one would not normally think to turn into a Halloween costume like a Christmas tree, a bowling pin, or a night stand (and call it "One Night Stand").
Here are some ideas for humorous costumes you can dress up as come October 31st.
Funny costumes for infants and kids
If the child has red hair, dress him as a carrot complete with the green stem on top of his or her head and then call them "carrot top". Or dress him up in a baby bunting or baby sleeping bag with the Sugar Babies logo written on the front, and voila! He's become one sweet baby!
Other costume ideas for infants and kids are a baby giant banana, a hotdog, a loaf of Wonder Bread, a Tootsie Roll, and a red hot chili pepper. Other cute and funny costumes are penguins, a little monkey, or a bumblebee.
Funny costumes for adults
There's also a wide array of funny costume ideas for adults. They can be hilarious costumes with clean humor or with sexual innuendos. Funny costumes with sexual innuendos are most popular with adults, especially at adult Halloween costume parties.
Some costume ideas with clean humor are Dumb and Dumber, Adam and Eve (complete with a skin-tone body suit and leaves covering your private parts), Ken, a blind referee, Betty and Veronica, a midget rocker, Olive Oyl, a maxed out credit card, a fat guitar-playing Mexican dude, a 70s disco king or queen, a giant hotdog, or a big daddy pimp with lots of bling-bling.
Another surefire idea that will get laughs from your peers on Halloween is cross-dressing. If you're a male, try dressing up as a female character. Get a bunch of your male buddies and dress up as a male cheerleading squad. If you would rather go solo, dress up as a tooth fairy, Britney Spears or Paris Hilton. You can also dress up as Snow White and bring little stuffed toys as your seven dwarves. A cross-dressing French maid or a Hooters waitress with ridiculously big boobs can also do the funny trick.
Females can also dress up as male superheroes to get that funny effect. Dress up as Superman complete with exaggerated biceps and muscles or a female version of Austin Powers with the famous accent and "Yeah, baby!"
Other popular funny Halloween costumes that lean toward the naughty side are a pack of condoms, a medieval knight with his bits hanging outside his breeches, a flasher, and a plug and socket.
David Lawson writes for ShopCompareCostumes.com and shares his interest in dressing up with internet readers. He's been writing for costume and Halloween blogs since August 2007 and has been a blog author since September 2005. He loves playing characters and his creative side is most active when he's sharing his ideas with others. He shares his ideas and recommendations about Funny Halloween Costumes and other holidays at http://www.shopcomparecostumes.com Visit our costume price comparison site for more Halloween costume ideas. Have a safe and Halloween!
10/15/11
Mardi Gras Masks
Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday. It is a festive day celebrated in France on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. It marks the close of the pre-Lenten season. In the United States this festival is elaborately celebrated in New Orleans, Louisiana. The New Orleans incarnation of Mardi Gras is quite often one of debauchery and illicit acts, but it has been somewhat sobered by the recent floods that tore through the city. Mardi Gras Season begins on January 6th and ends the day before Ash Wednesday.
There is something very dramatic about a Mardi Gras celebration. People wear costumes and beads on this day and celebrate with a parade, a special party and even a ball on Mardi Gras. Traditionally, participants hide their identity with masks and hats. There are many masks that look great. They are used during carnival and are also used as decorations or theater masks all year long. Mardi Gras masks are very fancy masks. feather masks, masks on a stick, papier mache masks, satin eye masks, sequin and glitter masks, Venetian carnival masks, butterfly masks and Casanova masks are all popular.
Festive masks, half masks, jester masks, jolly masks, white female masks, white half masks, full face female white masks, blank white male masks, transparent young man and transparent young women masks are also used. These festive masks are great for decoration, gifts or simply to wear. The papier mache eye masks look amazing and mysterious, and are very cost effective. Cat masks and dream-maker masks are papier mache masks with ribbon to tie on.
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10/12/11
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10/10/11
Halloween Costumes Meet Blockbuster Movies
Is it that life imitates art? Or that art imitates art? It seems that whichever is the case, licensed costumes for Halloween follow blockbuster movies. Like many toys, books and other consumer goods, Halloween costumes often style themselves after movie characters. Some manufacturers choose to carry licensed Halloween costumes; others choose to create "knockoffs" that closely resemble the licensed products, without paying the licensing fees... but they are not allowed to use the characters' names on their costumes.
For the past few years, Pirates of the Caribbean (POTC) costumes have been a huge success. With three big pirate movies, there have been six major characters to create: Captain Jack Sparrow costumes, Elizabeth Swann costumes, William Turner costumes, Hector Barbossa costumes, Davy Jones costumes, and Tia Dalma costumes. With everything from Elizabeth Swann's Aztec gold necklace to Jack Sparrow's rings and Barbossa's sword, pirate costumes offer many styles, sizes and choices for Halloween parties and contests.
In addition to licensed Pirates costumes, there are numerous unlicensed pirate costumes for women and men, and even kid's pirate costumes. These are likely to cost a little less that an official Jack Sparrow Halloween costume, but may be just as attractive and well-built.
Another perennial favorite: Spiderman costumes. Again, with three hit movies, the webslinger is available as adult Spiderman costumes, kids Spiderman costumes, and even a Spidergirl costume. "Spiderman costumes have been one of our best sellers for four years in a row," said James Burke, co-owner of SpookShop.com. "My sons both have Spiderman costumes, and wear them as pajamas, and even during the day. They have each gone through two sizes already."
Other hits such as The Simpsons movie are likely to bring more interest to Simpsons costumes. "We carry Simpsons masks and costumes, but expect manufacturers to add more Simpsons Halloween costumes to what they currently offer," Burke said.
Don't forget Harry Potter costumes. Unlike Spiderman and Pirates of the Caribbean costumes, Hogwarts Robes and accessories sell year-around. "Harry Potter scarves for the various houses have been a great seller," said Burke. "And we always have to reorder Harry Potter wands and glasses."
With other hit movies like Shrek the Third (with baby dronkey costumes), TVs "24" (with Jack Bauer costumes) and Barbie movies, Halloween costume stores are likely to again be full of licensed characters. Upcoming movies include Rob Zombie's remake of the classic movie "Halloween," which includes a new Michael Myers mask.
Look to the movies and TV to get great Halloween costume ideas. You'll have plenty to choose from!
10/7/11
10/6/11
Halloween Kung Fu Panda Costumes - Two Low Cost Halloween Costume Ideas
If you've started thinking about Halloween and unique but low cost costume ideas then you might want to read this article for more ideas. You can create two costumes - Halloween Kung Fu Panda costumes and Skeleton Halloween costumes by yourself.
Kung Fu Panda was a recent Dreamworks animation and it has achieved a tremendous reception in North America this summer. The film used both hand drawn and computer generated information and was in production for four years. In the film Kung Fu Panda is trying to transform his life from being a lazy slob to a master of Kung Fu. Jack Black plays the voice of Po and Angelina Jolie plays the voice of master tigress.
Recent news has it that in what might be a first time occurrence in the film industry Paramount Pictures are accompanying the DVD release of Kung Fu Panda on the 9th of November with a direct to video sequel. This is the first time that a sequel has been released on the same day as the original.
Halloween will soon be here and it's a good idea to do some planning in advance, especially if you have kids. If you are keen to maintain an in the know and up to the minute party image then a Kung Fu Panda costume seems like a great idea - you're sure to get a lot of laughs as Po the Kung Fu Panda. Kids especially love to be up to the minute in their party costumes and with the movie and the sequel still high on the news agenda. Kung Fu Panda costume should go down really well with younger members of the family.
You need some black pants and a black sweater with the main part of the chest painted in white. You should be able to find a panda mask to complete the outfit. You would probably need to pad the costume out as Kung Fu Panda is a bit on the chubby side. If you can't buy a panda mask then make one of your own from a piece of painted card.
An all time favorite Halloween costume for both youngsters and adults is that of a skeleton. This particular costume can be really cheap and easy to put together. All you need is a black sweater and tights along with some fabric paint and perhaps a scary skeleton mask. If you don't have any old black sweaters and tights to spare then it's possible to get them from a thrift clothing store for just a few dollars. Kids love to think that they look really scary at this time of year, which is probably why a skeleton costume has such huge appeal.
Whether you are making cheap Halloween costumes or looking for some other cheap costume ideas, the first place to start looking is at home. You probably have some old clothes and perhaps some face paints tucked away that could be very useful when making costumes.
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