Our 4-year old, Spencer, has decided that he wants to be a vampire superman for Halloween. He got vampire teeth at a birthday party last weekend and thinks they would be great with his superman costume. Well, it certainly is unique and it certainly is easy.
My camera broke the other day so I’m going to borrow a friend’s digital camera for Halloween. That way I’ll still be able to get Halloween costume pictures for the site. Remember, if you have costume pictures you want to share, I would love to get them!
Last night I got the Halloween candy to hand out. Costco is still very well stocked with both candy and costumes.
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When I was a kid, Halloween was my 2nd or 3rd favorite holiday. My Mom made our costumes since she could sew. As I’ve been watching the searches for costumes, the second most popular one surprised me - Captain Crunch. For someone who can sew (or use fabric glue) this should be a reasonably easy costume to make. I’ll do some research to see if the local seasonal Halloween costume store has Captain Crunch costumes, or anything that could be adapted. The basic costume is simple - Blue pants, a big blue jacket decorated with gold ribbon and a Commodore’s hat with a big gold letter “C” on it. I report what I find.
There have been a bunch of searches also for Strawberry Shortcake costumes. I’ll check into that one also.
Harry Potter is still a very popular search and it is an easy costume to buy or make. Black glasses, hair over the forehead and the lightning shaped scar and you are just about there. Add a cape and you have it made. If you want to carry something a broom would be a good choice.
More soon.
Steve
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For me, Halloween is my second or third favorite holiday of the year. When I was a kid, most of my costumes were homemade since my Mom sewed. There is nothing like the quality of a hand sewed costume! A vast majority of the costumes are now purchased rather than made at home since people’s lives have become so much busier since I was little.
As I’ve mentioned before the most popular search is Boots the Monkey, but commercially made Boots costumes are hard to find. I’ve seen some on eBay, and there is a link at the bottom of the Boots the Monkey page to a site where the woman who runs the site offers handmade Boots and Swiper the Fox costumes. Time is probably short to order a custom made costume.
I suspect there will be a lot of Jack Sparrow’s knocking on the door this Halloween. There are lots of people also looking for Strawberry Shortcake costumes, so I’ll see if I can locate a source for both of them. I’ll not only make a trip to the local seasonal Halloween stores, but traditional year-around costume shops to see what I can find.
I’ll report what I find!
Steve
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The second most popular search for costume ideas that I’ve seen so far is for “Captain Crunch”. It is way below the number of searches for Boots the Monkey, but still in the top 10.
This costume might be available at Halloween costume stores, I haven’t gone to look yet. If you want to make it yourself, a trip to a fabric or craft supply may yield goodies to make gold braid and the appulets (I think that is what they are called) that go on the jacket shoulders. Get some fancy gold ribbon to decorate the jacket and hat. You will probably have to make the hat out of cardboard or styrofoam to get the right shape, then cover it with blue fabric. The gold ribbon can be used to make the big “C” that is on the hat.
That is it for now.
Steve
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I managed to get a Boots the Monkey costume page put together before we left for the East Coast. We got Jane safely checked into her dorm today. If there are other costumes that you are particularly interested in, let me know and I’ll see if I can put together ideas on how to make it. To see the Boots the Monkey page, just go to http://www.n6st.org/boots-the-monkey.htm
Steve
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As I was looking at the search terms that people are using to find costumes, I was stuck by how many searches there are for costume ideas for couples. So, to meet that need, I have started a page to bring together all the ideas I can think of and that others may contribute (hint, hint) for couple costumes. Take a look at www.n6st.org/halloween-costumes-for-couples.htm
Steve
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Well, the Halloween season is well underway. All the grocery stores, drug stores and department stores all have their Halloween merchandise available also the seasonal Halloween stores are starting to open. I’m going to have my camera with me to take lots of costume pictures this year. If you do the same thing, I would really like to see your pictures so I can put some on the site at www.n6st.org/hallow.htm, and other pages that have other costume ideas.
If you haven’t noticed, I found a source for custom-made Boots the Monkey costumes. Check the link at the bottom of www.n6st.org/boots-the-monkey.htm.
What are you going to be for Halloween? I think I’m going to be a Sudoko puzzle.
Steve
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I’ve been watching the searches for various costumes. By far the most popular search is for Boots the Monkey. Searches for Boots the Monkey exceeds searches for other costumes by at least 20 to 1. I’m going to put together a page Boots the Monkey costumes, though it probably won’t be done until next Wednesday since we’re leaving tomorrow (originally written on September 6th) to take our daughter Jane to school on the East Coast.
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