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Sales of kid's Halloween costumes based on the hit TV drama Breaking Bad are expected to soar to an all time high this year, despite the fact that there aren't any officially licensed costumes being sold in stores.
Why is Walter White such a popular costume choice for kids? Because they've mistaken his blue meth for rock candy!
2012 is a great year to be a hungry Halloweenie, because there are so many new and delicious treats out there thatwwe're going to need more than a month to sink our fangs into it all...
There's a Cadbury Screme egg, full of rotten green cream, Candy Corn flavored M&Ms and Oreos, caramel apple Milky Way bars and pumpkin spice Hershey's Kisses that are far from boo-ring.
So strap on the old feed bag and have yourself a sweet and spooky Halloween!
Facial appliances, or prosthetics as they're more commonly known, are a fun and (relatively) easy way to add a fantastically realistic detail to your Halloween costume, and they range from a subtle addition to a visually striking overhaul of your entire face.
Etsy seller Cottage Emporium has a wide selection of fantasy inspired facial appliances, from a witch's nose to big dwarfen ears, devil horns and half face covers that make you look like a monkey or big cat.
With some spirit gum, a splash of color and a bit of practice you can take your Halloween costume from ordinary to most extraordinary with a little help from a special effects prosthetic!
Update- a reader named nihil pointed out that a product called Ben Nye Prosthetic Adhesive works much better than spirit gum, so you may want to look into this product instead. Thanks nihil!
Now you too can play Tony Stark, or his alter ego Iron Man, this Halloween with a glowing arc reactor strapped to your chest.
You don't have to be a billionaire genius to complete this DIY arc reactor Instructable created by msraynsford, but some parts of the tutorial will leave you wishing you could pay someone to do the work for you!
Link --via Geekologie
Licensed costumes used to be pretty sad affairs- a cheap plastic mask, crappy sheet plastic or, if you were lucky, polyester suits and characters that have no place being represented on the trick-or-treat streets of Halloween (see Satan costume above).
We've come a long way in the world of Halloweening, but it sure is fun to take a look back at how bad things were back in the day!
Travel to the link below and you will see why you shouldn't take modern kids costumes for granted...
Hybrid costuming is a clever way to let two of your favorite geek universes collide, and create your own original concept at the same time.
Here we see the extremely limited edition Slave Leia Terminator cyborg posing for a picture as she starts to scan the crowd.
She has come from a long, long time ago and a galaxy far, far away to terminate the Dark Side... or is she after Luke and Han?
Encountering this little guy in the middle of a pumpkin patch should be taken as a sign that you're on the right path, and your Force training is about to begin...
Pumpkin yoda likes to share his wisdom and a wrinkly smile with anyone who visits him, but he only appears once a year just like his good friend the Great Pumpkin!
Photo: Mandy/Wikimedia Commons
Wikimedia Commons contributor Mandy spotted these two late bloomers at Mardi Gras in 2010, and they seem like the kind of clever costume that would be equally great to wear on Halloween.
Purple, green and gold are the colors of Mardi Gras, but you can easily change the color choices up a bit and make the whole thing more sinister.
And a splash of blood, or some glow-in-the-dark paint here and there, and maybe some sharp teeth so you can warn people that these plants are carnivorous!
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Here's a collection of Halloween themed graffiti murals which are sure to please both art lovers and Halloweenies.
These aerosol artists decided to take their love of Halloween to the streets, and you can color me impressed by their spooky spraycan styles!
Here's a clever costume idea for all the really tall people out there- dress like a short person walking on stilts!
It's incredibly easy to create this illusion- just cover those long legs, cardboard or painted foam both work well, cut holes in a pair of shoes so you can pull them up around your knees, find a really short pair of pants and you're shortening illusion is complete.
Now the only parts that still look like they belong on a tall person are your really long arms...
Link --via Laughing Squid
A bunch of guys in a garage created this gloriously bad music video with a good purpose in mind- helping people defend themselves from several types of monsters.
If you encounter a Frankenstein monster, or a werewolf or whatever else goes bump in the night you'll be glad you watched this video and discovered the secret to slaying these menacing monsters!
--via Topless Robot
When you think of video game promotions chances are you think of commercials, billboards and banner ads, but the folks behind Resident Evil decided to take it one step further this year by setting up a human butcher shop that caters to the zombie in all of us.
The sickening spectacle is popping up at Smithfields meat market in London, and those with a strong enough stomach will be treated to sick edibles like peppered human and lemon sausages and scrumptious human face surprise.
(warning- even though these are food products the images found at the link below are shockingly gross!)
If you're sick and tired of dealing with pumpkin guts every Halloween then you should check out these easy DIY no carve ideas that show you how to create a perfectly appealing pumpkin for your porch.
From glitter to stencilling to accessorizing your pumpkin with a costume or cute hat, these are no hassle projects that will make pro pumpkin life advocates very happy!
Dressing up like Doctor Octopus for Halloween may seem like a superheroic feat, but if you look at what this costume is made of you'll find it's not so hard to be DocOc.
Trenchcoat, boots and goggles make up the clothing part of the costume, and the "arms" are made from flexible metal tubing with some kind of square bits covered in foil attached to the ends to form the "hands".
Wise cracking Spider Man not included...
Link --via Geeks Are Sexy
