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It's baby's first Halloween, and even though they're too young to trick-or-treat they can still wear a costume and join in on the Halloween fun.

Just make sure the costume doesn't cover their face or eyes, because you're supposed to be showing the world how cute your baby is, not trying to conceal their identity.

Also be sure to use a baby safe costume- free of dyes and materials that will irritate their skin, without metal zippers that can pinch their skin or anything small that a chew-happy baby might choke on.

Enjoy baby's first Halloween- they'll be the center of attention, and you get to eat all the candy!

I've got a feeling this great Ecce Homo costume is really going to catch on this year. After all, who wouldn't want to look like a botched restoration of Jesus?

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Nothing sets the mood for a Halloween party like a severed hand left in the food. But for some of us, acquiring one can difficult. Here's an alternative made by Megan of Not Martha. Onions serve in place of fingernails and wristbones and melted sliced cheese gives the impression of burned human skin. You can find her full recipe at the link.

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One Seriously cool and crafty dad made this ice cream man costume for his little trick-or-treater Carter, who has spina bifida and is wheelchair bound.

Carter wanted to live out his unlimited ice cream dreams, a luxury he believes is afforded only to ice cream truck drivers, so dad came to the rescue and made an ice cream truck costume that fits around Carter's wheelchair.

Cute story, even cuter kid's costume!

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A massive LEGO art vampire was built in New Orleans to officially usher in the Halloween season, and the fun part is- it was built by a crowd of people!

Here's more on this epic scale LEGO build:

LEGO kicked off the countdown to the Halloween season by inviting the New Orleans community to build a 12-foot tall LEGO vampire by the light of the full moon in the company’s first ever all night build. Set against the backdrop of Jackson Square and the St. Louis Cathedral, they built spooky Lego Lord Vampyre -- based on the lead villain from the new Monster Fighters line.

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A clever scaremonger named Friedrich van Schoor came up with a really clever way to terrify the arachnophobes everyone in his neighborhood- by projecting video of normal sized spiders to make them appear to be as large as a Buick.

This is one house I guarantee people will steer clear of on Halloween!

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A Baby T-Rex isn't normally thought of as a feasible costume option for Halloween, but thanks to some serious prop building skills, and some animatronic magic, the folks at 3dwizart Sculptures were able to make their dinosaur dreams come true.

The ultra-realistic finished product looks ready to eat trick-or-treaters whole, and the only thing this costume is missing is some cover for those human legs sticking out of the bottom!

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Redditor pommedauphine works for a bakery that was commissioned by Showtime to make cupcakes for the upcoming premiere. In case you're curious, they're red velvet with cream cheese frosting, sugar glass and the blood is just simple syrup.

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This horrifyingly cool giant pumkin monster prop was spotted on Rob Zombie's movie set for Halloween 2.

It must be so terrifying to behold in person due to it's enormous scale- look at the full sized train engine next to it in comparison!

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The folks behind Tim Burton's new film Frankenweenie know that horror movie posters were best back in the day.

From the fonts to the cheesy taglines to the awesome staging of characters and background, they were often more of a visual treat than the movies themselves!

Frankenweenie, however, is sure to be lots of fun to watch on the big screen, but while we're waiting for it to be released we'll have to settle for enjoying these really cool movie posters...

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Stan Lee's World of Heroes site has a crafty web series called Geek DIY hosted by Bonnie Burton, a gal who loves to show us how to make all kinds of cool stuff.

This time around she's joined by Javi Grillo-Marxuach, writer from shows such as LOST and Charmed, and together they show us how to make fake blood for our Halloween pleasure.

Bonus points - the blood is sparkly with glitter!

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Life is ruff for this cute little poochie, so when he wants to blow off some steam he does it Pikachu style!

Imagine this little cutie showing up at your doorstep on Halloween- forget the chocolate, make with the Milk Bones people!

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Tired of serving up the same old square gelatin at your dinner parties? Try serving your guests a slab of zombie head instead with this licensed Walking Dead gelatin mold.

It'll change your dinner guests from bored to floored by the gore, and nothing says delicious like a big ol' slice of zombie face.

Serve your gelatin up the right way- in a shape too disgusting to eat!

Link  --via ComicsAlliance

A darling little Sith Lord got to spend the day at Disneyland in the costume of her choice, so she chose to go as pink princess Darth Vader.

Cuteness could become the ultimate weapon when combined with a Sith Lord's Force powers, but the good guys have a little cuteness of their own named Yoda.

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Most of the useful tips that make up this list of what not to do when dressing up for Halloween should be pretty obvious to anyone who has put some thought into their costume, but you never know!

Maybe someone will read through the list and think "looks like I'm gonna have to come up with something else to wear" or "hey, that's me! what's wrong with my costume?"

If this happens to you stay calm and keep reading, it will all become clear by the end of the post...

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