It is nearly Halloween once again, and the huge range of Halloween goodies available in mainstream stores made me think- why isn’t Halloween made into more of an event? Like a creepy Christmas or something suchlike. Seriously though, it could be turned into much more than just Trick Or Treating and bobbing for apples. Plus, there’s more out there than just toffee apples to give out as Halloween gifts for everyone.

It isn’t just kids that can celebrate Halloween. Taking it as the commercial version of Halloween and not the religious festival observed by the pagan community (Samhain, prononced ‘Sow-en’ or ‘Savven’ depending on who you talk to), Halloween can be a blast for kids and adults, and can serve as a bonding experience for families. Involving children in Halloween styled games can be a great way to entertain youngsters and educate them on traditional pastimes (even when their origins have become so obscured by popular culture). Dressing up, getting made up as witches and monsters and the like can be fantastic fun for all involved, and properly supervised Trick-Or-Treating is a great thing for making memories.

Another great method for making a Halloween night memorable for children would be to gather a group of them together for a mini Halloween party before Trick-or-treating. read them a spooky story from the proliferation of kid’s horror series that are on the market, or show a suitable movie.

But Halloween isn’t limited to the domain of kids, and nor should it be. With all manner of themed events on in clubs, cinemas and so on there’s a ton that the adult Halloweener can sink their teeth into (sorry). There’s a great deal of Halloween themed merchandise that would make great gifts for loved ones, such as licensed horror movie memorabilia and other horror merchandise such as action figures, posters, statues, and the movies themselves. You could check out things like the ever-creepy Living Dead Dolls figures, or the movie collectibles created by MacFarlane Toys, NECA and Sideshow Collectibles.

Want a great Halloween evening in? How about you gather a selection of friends, some suitably kitsch horror movies (Go for the cheese more than the hardcore dark stuff- zombie films, cheap B-movies, Chucky, Underworld, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th and its billion sequels, films you can shout at), Halloween snacks (stock up on kids snacks and themed sweets- there’s nobody saying the grown-ups can’t have some fun too), add some suitably camp music (I recommend ‘Project 1950′ and ‘American Psycho’ by the Misfits, and anything by the Cramps) and voila, you have the makings of a fun Halloween party in your own home. Granted, that sounds like a typical night in at our place, but still, there are people out there who are actually normal. Somewhere. I think. get your place decked out with cobwebs and skulls and make an event out of it.

When choosing movies for your Halloween night, I’d suggest finding a bunch of 80s horror titles, as they really do capture the right fun atmosphere you’d need for an evening making fun of everything with your friends. Why 80s? Listen. While some may argue we are enjoying something of a resurgence in ‘true’ horror movies, with your million SAW sequels and million remakes of classics, I am left wondering what happened to the horror films that would have you yelling ‘COOL!’ amidst your screams. The 1980s are a fine example of an era in which horror films had all the horror stuff down pretty well yet mixed in a liberal dose of humour and fun without becoming parodies. While horror has become either more serious or more bland in recent years, with endless repetitions of the same old themes, old schlock fiends like myself are left wanting something that isn’t being delivered, namely films that you want to see again.

You see, a major problem with current horror cinema is that companies are making PRODUCT instead of FILMS. You can go into any DVD outlet and find rack upon rack of Wrong Turn/Scream/Hostel/Halloween knockoffs that are cheap and easy to make, and there’s barely a memorable title amongst them.

I’m not just craving the old days though- contemporary horror is missing something. Look at the 80s. Evil Dead 2. Fright Night. The Lost Boys. Pumpkinhead. Elm Street. Hellraiser. Vamp. Return of the Living Dead. Hell, even Rawhead Rex was better than much of the current output masquerading as horror. All of these horror movies had their scares and their gore, but there was a definite fun quality to each of them. They hit their beats so well you could almost pick out the rhythm. I’d love to see a return to that sort of structuring. Many recent films and their subsequent franchises don’t seem to want to do anything new with the format they are beating like a particularly dead horse.

Want a fun evening’s viewing? Check out any of the following horror flicks for some entertainment with your gore:

Creepshow, Day of the Dead, Trick or Treat, Poltergeist, The Evil Dead, Friday the 13th, An American Werewolf in London, Bad Dreams, Hellraiser, Evil Dead 2, Return of the Living Dead 2: Hellraiser II, A Nightmare on Elm street, Re-animator, Scanners, The Burning, Class of Nuke ‘Em High (okay, this is a spoof but it still kicks ass), From Beyond, House, 976:Evil, Witchboard, Warlock, The Thing, Bad Taste, Cat People, Child’s Play, Cat’s Eye, Chopping Mall (BEST. TITLE. EVER), Dead Zone, The Gate, The Hunger, Killer Klowns From Outer Space, Monster Squad, Society, Sorority babes in the Slime-ball Bowl-O-Rama….. Jeez, there’s thousands of ‘em. Go seek out some fun.

There are so many ways to make your Halloween a fun night to remember. Start off with a movie night as suggested above, then go along to a themed party or concert. Preferably in costume. Check local listings for events in your area that you can go along to and take part in. If all this sounds like a no-brainer, that’s because it is. With a little effort you can transform what has become a relentlessly commercial day into something you can genuinely enjoy without a massive amount of cost. Halloween celebrations shouldn’t be all about handing out sweets to bored kids on your doorstep- it should be enjoyed and relished. I mean, how often can you actually run around with a plastic trident and horns on during the rest of the year? Actually, don’t answer that.



By: Andrew Hawnt

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Halloween is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31.  It is a fun holiday when children will dress in their favorite costumes and go out trick-or-treating for candies.  This article examines the origin of Halloween, and provides some ideas for Halloween gifts. 

 

Halloween has its origin in the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain.  The festival of Samhain was a celebration of the end of the harvest season, and could be regarded as the Celtic New Year.  The ancient Gaels believed that on October 31, the boundary between the alive and the dead disappeared, and the dead became dangerous for the living by causing illness, damaged crops, and other problems.  Costumes and masks were worn at the festival to mimic the evil spirits or placate them.

 

The name “Halloween” is shortened from All Hallows’ Eve as it is the eve of “All Hallows’ Day”, which is now known as All Saints’ Day. Although All Saints’s Day now occurs one day after Halloween, the Celts started every day at sunset of the night before.  Hence Samhain became “the evening of All Hallows”. Traditional activities for Halloween include costume parties, carving pumpkins to make Jack-o-lanterns (carved pumpkin lit by a candle inside), trick-or-treating, or reading scary stories. Irish immigrants carried versions of these tradition to North America in the nineteenth century. Traditional characters of Halloween include ghosts, witches, vampires, bats, black cats, goblins, skeletons, pumpkin-man, scarecrow and fictional figures such as Dracula. Halloween gifts often include one of these characters for the festivities.

 

The Halloween gift basket is a great gift for your favorite trick-or-treater.  Most Halloween gift baskets have a Jack-O-Lantern pail since Jack-O-Lantern is the symbol of Halloween. One popular gift basket includes popcorn, candy corn (popular Halloween candy), other Halloween candies, a plush black cat dressed as a witch, a pumpkin carving kit for recipients to make Jack-O-Lantern, and a pumpkin flash light for safety during trick-or-treating. This gift is truly a must have for Halloween!Another version of Halloween gift basket comes with a Halloween puzzle for the kids, in addition to plenty of treats.  For more dramatic effects, you can send a Count Dracula gift basket. This basket consists of a plush black bear dressed as Dracula holding on to his favorite chocolate covered pumpkins. The basket also contains many other treats, including Bat Bits of yogurt pretzels, munchies, bubble gums, shortbread cookies, chocolate toffees and peanut butter pretzel nuggets. This gift basket is sure to bring everyone into the Halloween spirit.

 

For your college students and loved ones away from home, sending them a Halooween care package or gift box will remind them of the fun of Halloween while they were at home. A popular care package consists of a 14″ black cat in a pumpkin outfit and lots of all-American favorite Halloween treats in a trick-or-treat bag. Inside the bag are candy corn, chocolate ghosts, microwave buttern popcorn, Halloween peanut butter filled pumpkin, and Halloween candies. Sending the care package is a good way to let your recipients know you care about them.

 

To share the Halloween spirit, You can leave a gift tote on your neighbors door step, put it on a coworker’s desk at work, or send it to your favorite goblin far away. Inside the gift bag is a plush ghost, miniature marshmallow pumpkins, candies, peanut butter cup, miniature candy treats bags, cookies, and 2 creepy crawlers gummy worms.

 

The Halloween candy cake is another unique gift.  The candy cake is a collection of candy pumpkins, chocolate fudge filled ghosts, Twix bars, Halloween pumpkins, miniature chocolates, ghost peeps, candy corn filled coffins, and miniature candy bars.

 

Halloween is about witches and black cat.  Your little trick or treater may dream of creating hexes and potions. A popular Halloween gift bag is filled with Halloween candies, marshmallow Peeps ghosts, Halloween glow stick, miniature candy bars, miniature snickers bars, cookies, candy treats, microwave popcorn, and potions bottle with powdered candy. An adorable Halloween teddy bears is dressed as a witch and ready to fly away in her broomstick to deliver the delicious treats to your special goblin.

 

The little witch may also dream of her black cat.  The singing plush black cat is another great gift.  This Spooky little Cat delivers his own version of the pop hit “Spooky Little Cat Like You”.  Ghosts, ghouls and goblins alike will love this lively tune and this spooky kitty!

 

In conclusion, Halloween is for fun activities and candy treats. Send a Halloween gift basket, care package, gift box, or a singing black cat to your favorite trick-or-treats, and they will remember the fun and love that you share. 

 

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By: Kate S

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On the annual Nov.1 is the traditional Western festival of “Ghost Holiday” - Halloween, and Oct. 31 is the eve of Halloween, it usually known as the night before Halloween. But the atmosphere on this day is far from “horrible” as its name sounds.



The custom of Halloween was brought to America in the 1840’s by Irish immigrants fleeing their country’s potato famine. At that time, the favorite pranks in New England included tipping over outbuildings and unhinging fence gates. 

The best known and featured custom of Halloween are just the two - fantastic “Jack’s Lantern” and prank “Trick or Treat”. 

Every time at the arrival of Halloween, the children are all hurried to put on their colorful make-up costumes, wear various ridiculous masks on and carrying a “Jack Light” walk from house to house and begging for holiday gifts.

Trick or Treat 



The custom of trick-or-treat is thought to have originated not with the Irish Celts, but with a ninth-century European custom called souling. On November 2, All Souls Day, early Christians would walk from village to village and begging for “soul candies”, made out of square pieces of bread with raisins.

The more soul candies the beggars would receive, the more prayers they would promise to say on behalf of the dead relatives of the donors. At the time, it was believed that the dead remained in limbo for a time after death, and that prayer, even by strangers, could speed up a soul’s path to the heaven.

This is an important part in Halloween days on the dining table, you not only should ready for enough candies and cakes to entertain those naughty “devilkins”, but also to deck out your table with elaborate care in this special day. Never to let your guests look down with you!

 Jack’s Lantern



 The “Jack’s Lantern” custom probably comes from Irish folklore. As the tale is told, a man named Jack, who was notorious as a drunkard and trickster, tricked Satan into climbing a tree. Jack then carved an image of a cross in the tree’s trunk, trapping the devil up the tree. Jack made a deal with the devil that, if he would never tempt him again, he would promise to let him down the tree.

According to the folk tale, after Jack died, he was denied entrance to Heaven because of his evil ways, but he was also denied access to Hell because he had tricked the devil. Instead, the devil gave him a single ember to light his way through the frigid darkness. The ember was placed inside a hollowed-out turnip to keep it glowing longer.

The “Jack’s Lantern” looks very cute and lovely, and its could be bought out very simple: Take a pumpkin and hollowed out it, then engraved smiling eyes and a big mouth on the outside, then put a candle in and lit it, so people could able to see this naive and smiling face faraway, this is just the children’s favorite toy on Halloween.

The Irish used turnips as their “Jack’s lanterns” originally. But when the immigrants came to America, they found that pumpkins were far more plentiful than turnips. So the Jack-O-Lantern in America was a hollowed-out pumpkin, lit with an ember.

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In the most “haunted” night, all kinds of demons, pirates, witches and extraterrestrial visitors will turn out one after another. In the era before Christ, the Celtics have the custom of to hold a ceremony at the end of the summer to express thanks for the benefactions given by God and the Sun, diviners of the time will light up fires and apply witchcrafts to drive away the demons and spirits that wandering around.

Later, the custom of Romans that using nuts and apples to celebrate harvest was fused with the custom of Celtics on October 31, and In the Middle Ages, people were accustomed to put on costumes of animal designs, and worn terrible masks to drive away ghosts and demons in the night before Halloween. Although the Christianism had taken place of the Celtic and Roman’s religious activities later, these early Halloween customs have been kept down finally.

The Halloween we celebrate today includes all of these influences, Pomona Day’s apples, nuts, and harvest, the Festival of Samhain’s black cats, magic, evil spirits and death, and the ghosts, skeletons and skulls from All Saint’s Day and All Soul’s Day.

So, although some cults may have adopted Halloween as their favorite “holiday,” the day itself did not grow out of evil practices. It grew out of the rituals of Celts celebrating a new year, and out of Medieval prayer rituals of Europeans. And today, even many churches have Halloween parties or pumpkin carving events for the kids. After all, the day itself is only as evil as one cares to make it.

Today, children wear on a variety of Halloween costumes and masks jokingly to attend Halloween parties, and people has been familiar with the scene of various witches made of paper, black cats, skeletons and ghost figures hanging on the walls of the parties, also in front of windows and doors there are pumpkin lanterns with bare teeth and open mouths or formidable faces.



By: Krista QQ(www.123giftfactory.com)

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Spice Up Your Love Life with Romantic Gift Baskets

Love is a special emotion and only those in love know how it feels to be in love. It is about sharing the joys and sorrows of life together and being there for each other in good times and bad. Life gives us various occasions to express our love for that special someone and to celebrate romance. Whether you wish to express your love for someone in a special way or want to revive your love life, unique and elegant romantic gifts are just perfect.

Talking of romantic gifts, what you give is important but its presentation is equally important. Romantic gift baskets are perfect in terms of both. You can go for romantic gift baskets with chocolates, candles, jewelry, personalized gifts, beauty products and more. There are various websites offering romantic gift baskets for many occasions like Thanksgiving, Valentine’s, and even Halloween. Believe us. The designer romantic gift baskets on occasions can make your day truly memorable. Let’s find out how.

Valentine day romantic gift baskets: Valentine’s as we all know is the day to celebrate love and togetherness. Many romantic couples go for a romantic dinner or a day out to celebrate this special day. To make this day extra special, gift a valentine day romantic gift basket to your partner. This way you can make your and your partner’s Valentine’s Day truly memorable! Check out romantic gift baskets available at stores online and pick the one that you think your partner would like.

Thanksgiving romantic gift baskets: Don’t miss the opportunity to thank your partner for their love and affection on this day. Nothing can be more special for your partner on Thanks Giving day than a Thanksgiving romantic gift basket from you. Thanksgiving Gift Basket can contain lavish confectionary items, cakes, and scrumptious gourmet chocolates and more. Make it unique and enjoy a romantic Thanksgiving!

Halloween romantic gift baskets: Halloween day is not for kids only. If the idea of Halloween romance excites you, Halloween romantic gift baskets are for you. You can make the best of this occasion by gifting your partner a Halloween romantic gift basket and enjoying Halloween candies and chocolates that are nicely packed using the Halloween theme. You can also go Halloween romantic gift basket containing sweet candies and cookies. So get ready for the most romantic Halloween of your life!

Holiday romantic gift baskets for her: The idea of going for a holiday with your partner itself is so romantic. Don’t you think! Make your holidays unforgettable for life by gifting Holiday romantic gift baskets to her. She will truly love your idea and will shower all her love on you. Share beautiful romantic moments and strengthen your love bond by gifting beautiful romantic gift baskets available at www.gottohaveitromanticgiftcreations.com.



By: Marguerite Hamilton

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No matter wherever you go, you can never get away from the pleasantly innocent gestures and giggling of babies, even the very thought of which make you seek out more of their angelic delights. In a world full of crazily spun chaotic activities, this is the only respite that can be relied on to bring a smile on your face instantaneously. In such a situation, the best way to do justice to the little angels is to buy them personalized baby gifts and show how much they mean to you.

Waylaying the erstwhile common trend of picking up just about what the toy or gift markets had to offer, personalized baby gifts have made a big impact on people who want to make it extra special for the babies. Even the prospect of giving one fills you with happiness as you will have the opportunity to tinker with your creativity in a memorable way. Moreover, these gifts themselves come across as potential souvenirs for the babies at later stages of their lives.

Your hunt for personalized baby gifts will bring you in front of a number of options such as personalized name prints, framed name prints, illustrated name canvas, Personalized cards and even portrait canvas. While you can get the baby’s name imprinted with some image inputs in case of name prints, you can go further and jazz it up with really cute illustrations with names for the babies through illustrated name canvas.

Besides these options, the list of personalized baby gifts expand even further with such wonderful concepts as Christmas day gifts, Easter gifts and even Halloween gifts under something called naming day gifts. So, don’t look back and let your emotions and creativity pour out smoothly through your gifts. Make use of the contemporary market, which has a host of different products to satiate all kinds of requirements.



By: Andrew Taylor

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Here is a useful instruction that teach you to make a Halloween pumkin lantern yourself.





Steps 1. Cut

Cut a hole around the top or botton of the pumpkin (the size of the cutted hole should not be too large, but also not be too small to make your hand stretched inside and draw the pumpkin fleshes out

Tips: You should pay more attention on during your cutting and try your best to make the cut surface smoth and tidy. 

Steps 2. Draw Out & Shaving Thin

Using a special spoon (a spoon for daily use also is fine) stretch into the pumpkin and draw out the seeds and fleshes of it. Then select a place on the pumpkin skin, on which you are ready for carving, and shave the pumpkin peel thin to about 1 inch thick.

Step 3: Paste Paper Face

Selected a place on the pumpkin and paste or tack the paper face you prepared before.

Tips: Please pay attention to put the tacks in accordance with the dotted lines of the paper face when tacking, thus to avoid producing small holes on the pumpkin skin.

Step 4: Carve and Draw along with Broken Lines

Follow the dotted lines of the paper face and using a small cone or a thumb pin draw out the face figure on the pumpkin skin, and torn down the paper face when finished.

Step 5: Seeing The Results

Finally, to see your results, and using a small cone to amend it point-to-point furthered. So a wonderful work has taken birth and just Picasso is hard to follow!



By: Krista QQ(www.123giftfactory.com)

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The world is sure moving at a fast pace and the effects are there for everyone to witness and experience. Wherever you take your attention to, you will always be confronted with revelations that will open your eyes to the progress that we are at the disposal of in our lives. Even the most minimalistic of a section like the “gifts” arena that hardly requires any thought process plays host to an explosion of innovative concepts in the form of special occasion gifts, personalized baby gifts, and so on.

Now, out of this huge lot, one of the most delightful elements would obviously be personalized baby gifts as our indulgence on them stems from the idea of making an event really special and memorable for a little angel. So, whether the occasion is a new birth, a christening, baptism or even a baby shower, you can have your fill from the market that is flooded with numerous options to choose from.

Your search for the ideal personalized baby gifts would bring you across such concepts as personalized name prints, framed name prints, illustrated name canvas, personalized cards, portrait canvas and even naming day gifts like Christmas gifts and Halloween gifts. Through these gifts, you can make the occasion really special for the baby with your own uniquely creative rendition of your love, which so to speak can also turn out to be wonderful souvenirs for the baby at a later stage.

A look at some of the personalized baby gifts displayed on a number of the online platforms can light up your eyes on what splendid options you can purchase to match the innocence of the baby. Whatever you have in mind, it is very well achievable through the creativity of the designers in a way that would turn out to be highly satisfying for you.



By: Andrew Taylor

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Do you want to celebrate the holiday season with the best of Halloween Costumes? Although you are going to wear the Halloween costumes just for one day in a year, you can masquerade or dress up as something or someone else to make most of the fun. Therefore, it is necessary to sort out costumes that are safe, and comfortable. You can even portrait yourself as a model of Halloween by picking up the latest theme. Whether you are an adult or a child, whether you are whimsically charming or horridly creepy, by becoming a model for Halloween, you are really going to enjoy an interesting and mysterious time by masquerading yourself in a flashy costume.

 

To implement your idea, first of all, you need to search the latest trends and fashion for every season, and adopt innovative ideas while choosing masks and costumes. You can choose from a new range of Halloween costumes collection for couples, teenagers, adults, children and infants that are available online. You can become the life of the Halloween party by making a personal choice of masquerade like ghouls, goblins, cartoon character, movie stars and famous people or just in a traditional way. By getting the perfect costumes, you can make a lot of fun and entertain everybody around you. Choose your comfortable costumes well before the onset of the season, as you may not be able to avail good choices of the costumes in the last minute.

 

Halloween costumes are also the best gift ideas as it will be used sparingly and hence will be preserved for a long time. To make the Halloween gifts planning work well, you can visit an online store or a thrift store in your locality for getting ideas about the latest range in Halloween costumes such as hobos, scarecrows and fairies. If your kids want to dress up like dad and mom, allow them to wear dresses from your closet. However, safety of your children is of paramount importance, especially when they wear flame-retardant masks and materials. So, you can even buy them fitting costumes from a reliable store. In cold weather, you should try to wear loose Halloween costumes which can accommodate warm clothing. Similarly, in warm weather, avoid the costumes which are bulky and thick, as they may cause overheating resulting in discomfort.

 



By: Anirban Bhattacharya

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How do you feel about the Halloween? Are you getting into the action of dressing up or helping your children find a costume? Or are you just looking forward to November 1st?

Since I am a holistic Marriage, Family Therapist, I focus on the different ways that people can feel better physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. My mission is to help people to “love themselves to peace,” which I believe is the key to health, happiness, success, and world peace.

As I observe this holiday, I notice some major benefits of celebrating its festivities. To begin with, people have fun dressing up their homes, offices, and selves. Having fun is beneficial at all ages. It reduces stress, helps us be more positive, and balance our lives.

Secondly, most people have been programmed by their parents and society to conform to a specific dress code. However, on this holiday, everyone is encouraged to wear whatever they desire and be as outrageous as they choose.

Thirdly, we have many sides to our personalities and we often hide them from others and ourselves. On Halloween we have the opportunity to express a different part of us. For example, John was brought up to be a quiet, nice little boy. On Halloween he loves to be a loud, scary ghost. How healing it is to express this side of himself in a safe, fun way.

The fourth treat of Halloween is it is an excuse to take time out from busy schedules to have parties and socialize.

Another benefit of Halloween parties is that people who feel shy in groups are more likely to come out to these events. Wearing masks and costumes can help them feel less self-conscious, and offers them an opportunity to feel comfortable in a situation that is usual not.

This holiday also offers children the opportunity this one time in the year to dress up, go to people’s homes, and ask for treats. They experience the gift of receiving. Healthy snacks, little, safe toys, or coins would be great choices to give these young ones in costumes.

Meanwhile, children offer others the opportunity to experience the gift of giving (in this case, treats). It is very healthy to enjoy the gift of giving and receiving.

The eighth benefit of this holiday is the fun adults and children have as a family project to pick pumpkins, cut them into faces, and light the inserted candles. In these busy times, quality family time is a gift to everyone involved. Of course, decorating the home inside and out, making Halloween cookies, etc. are more fun family activities.

I personally love to go into the stores on October 31st and see how the sales people dress up. It is fun for me to especially observe the bank tellers in their outrageous costumes. Therefore, even if I do not participate in all of the above, I still can have fun on that special day.

The tenth way we can benefit from this fall holiday is it offers us an excuse to meet our neighbors. When adults accompany children to other homes to say, “Trick or treat!” they can also introduce themselves to people in the area.

In summary, there are numerous ways you can appreciate this holiday and how you can participate. If you focus on the positive, you can enjoy October 31st, no matter what you choose to do.



By: Helene Rothschild

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Invitations

As with any other baby shower, your Halloween Costume themed baby shower requires invitations. Think about using Halloween party invitations or creating your own custom design.

Donning Halloween Costumes

Since this is a Halloween-themed party, be sure to remind guests to come in costume! If you would like, you could also impose restrictions, such as asking your guests to wear baby-themed costumes. You can also consider giving out simple costume accessories (like eye patches or princess tiaras) for the guests who may not usually dress up for the Halloween season.

Halloween-Inspired Decorations

Decorations are another need for any celebration. Of course, with a Halloween-themed baby shower, you will want to use more traditional Halloween trim. Look for black and orange streamers and balloons to decorate the room. You can also layout traditional Halloween icons like witches, black cats, ghosts, and skeletons. To keep with the baby topic, consider using black kittens and baby ghosts as some of your decorations.

Enjoyable Games

Many usual baby shower games can be done with a Halloween spin to them or you can take Halloween games and put a baby spin on them. For instance, try bobbing for instead of bobbing for apples. Play a memory game using Halloween accessories on the tray as well as baby ones. Mark your baby Bingo cards with orange and black crayons. You can even do things like decorate a baby shirt with a Halloween theme. Consider giving party goers different sized baby onesies (so you will have one for now and ones to wear in the years to come) to draw their own pumpkins, ghosts, and black cats on them.

Entertaining Gifts

If this is a shower for a second, third, or more baby (one where it is more about getting together than mom actually wanting baby supplies), you could challenge guests to bring the most inventive Halloween gifts for baby. This can include everything from baby costumes and Halloween clothing to decorations to hang in the child’s room.

Halloween-Inspired Favors

Since retailers are full with trick-or-treat goodies, locating favors to send home with guests should be relatively simple. Consider getting mini treat buckets to fill with goodies or Halloween-themed gift bags.

Thank You Notes

As the recipient of the party, mom will need to send out thank you notes for all the gifts received. An easy way to make this chore easier for mom (who may not have much free time in the upcoming days) is to have guests address their envelopes while they are there (you can even have them do two if mom is planning on sending out birth announcements). Try using Halloween cards as your thank you notes to keep in the theme.

While it may sound a bit unorthodox, a Halloween Costume themed baby shower can be an enjoyable way to integrate costumes and Halloween fun into the usual baby shower routine. Your party will certainly be remembered for some time to come!



By: Robert

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