If you're looking for a (fairly) complete menu of recipes for a kid friendly Halloween party then you should check out this fun assortment of ghoulish goodies compiled by Food Network.
There's a drink, appetizers, a main course and lots of desserts, in case the kiddies didn't get enough of a sugar rush while trick-or-treating.
All of the recipes sound delicious, and they'll all look fabulous in pictures, so your guests can chow down in style!
When you think of Halloween decorations one word typically doesn't come to mind - TREE.
But more and more people are putting up Halloween trees adorned with ghastly ornaments and candy as part of their holiday decor.
It's a cute idea, but where does it end? Before you know it we'll be buying Valentine's Day trees and turkey shaped Thanksgiving bushes, and deforestation for the sake of decor isn't cool.
Besides, wouldn't it be more appropriate to use a rotten old gnarled tree corpse as a Halloween tree?
Kinect To Kill is a hilariously horrific video that was originally circulated by Microsoft as an internal joke, and now that it's been released to the general public the Kinect's true agenda has been revealed...
Watcha gonna do when the all-seeing eye of the Xbox starts lookin' at you?
While those in wheelchairs can wear just about any costume, decorating the chair can make any outfit more interesting and even more awesome. This link has some great costumes for those in wheelchairs, including a Fred Flintsone costume complete with his foot-powered car.
Making a costume that successfully captures the super square look of the people from LEGO is no small feat, and the homemade LEGO costumes found at the link below are the best I've ever seen.
From the group you see before you, to the Zombie Man, Ninja and Skeleton Boy costumes in the gallery, these LEGO people getups kick some serious brick!
Women should definitely consider incorporating a beard into their Halloween costume as long as you go about it the right way, so you don't end up looking like someone who glued trimmed hairs onto their face!
This gal looks amazing in her beard, because she applied her beard the hard way, one clump at a time, and paid attention to details so the whole thing looks uniform and realistic. Any sideshows missing a bearded lady? I think I just found her....
The bearded lady in this picture has taken the beard a bit too far, so she has a young Santa thing going on. It helps sell the realism if people can see your mouth, although she did a good job of matching the beard with the wig!
Female bearding- she's doing it all wrong! I'm sure she meant for her beard to look gross, but the whole thing looks very thrown together- the beard color doesn't match her hair, and you should always go for long, straight hairs and avoid using short and curly ones for obvious reasons...
Parents are encouraged to put a beard on their little girl because, let's face it, kids in beards are adorably awesome.
Just make sure you don't go gluing anything to their face, and use a material that's not going to irritate their skin or you might end up with an unhappy trick-or-treater and a serious rash!
Lovers of Halloween stuff from yesteryear should check out a little blog site A Nostalgic Halloween, where cool old timey stuff is posted for your enjoyment by fellow Halloween enthusiast Kris Dickinson.
Kris presents us with a good selection of artwork and images, some of which she created herself, and the site's nostalgic air is sure to leave you with a feeling of wistful reminiscence...even if the stuff posted is from way before your time!
That's why they call 'em the good old days folks...
In 1692, Salem, Massachusetts became the setting for a series of trials in which 19 people were hanged for the crime of witchcraft. Another was pressed under heavy stones until he died, and at least four others died in prison. Over 300 years later, Salem is a very different place. Although some of the very same buildings survive, the residents of the 17th century would not recognize the town it has become.
1. Beginning in the 1970s, Salem began to actively embrace its past as a draw for tourism. The TV series Bewitched recorded six episodes in the town in 1970. As tourists came, more businesses sprung up to accommodate their interest in witches and witchcraft. Practitioners of Wicca and Neo-Paganism moved to Salem, at first to open businesses and later to be among those who shared the same beliefs and lifestyle. A rift grew between the townspeople who wanted to emphasize the town's historic sites and those who wanted to make money by giving tourists what they want. The controversy came to a head in 2005 when TV Land erected a statue of Samantha Stevens, the lead character of Bewitched, in the town center.
2. Salem has historic sites that have nothing to do with the witch trials. The House of the Seven Gables, also known as the Turner-Ingersoll Mansion, is an actual house built in 1668 that inspired Nathaniel Hawthorne to write his book The House of the Seven Gables. Salem was an important port in the trade with East India, and shipping merchants built lavish mansions in town. One, the Gardner Pingree House, is now owned by the Peabody Essex Museum. Both buildings are among many in Salem that are open for tours.
5. Salem takes advantage of its reputation with a dizzying schedule of Halloween events. You can watch a recreation of the events that led to the witch trials performed downtown, enjoy the festival of the dead, or listen to scary stories told at various locations everyday through the weeks leading up to Halloween. Every day in October is jammed with witchy events.
Now this is a clever, and amazing, costume but if you don't have the time, money and/or skills to create your own version you may want to consider the Inflatable Tauntaun Costume- available in adult and kids size right in our very own NeatoShop!
Things are mighty scary in these United States, and the scary varies from state to state.
These aren't made up critters that go bump in the night though, these are real things that everyone should be scared of, like hurricanes and killer bees, zombie Lincoln and cheese heads?!
Okay, so some of these things are made up, or are they....
This incredibly cool Plants Vs. Zombies inspired Peashooter costume was sold in 2011 at a charity auction, so you'll have to settle for enjoying the look of this costume via pictures.
Any DIY fanatics industrious enough to try and make this awesome costume for themselves should definitely send in some pics of the finished product.
