My Halloween Ideas

We, as human beings, have had certain fears engrained in us, back from long before history was recorded. Most made sense, for the time, and stayed with us through our shared desire to survive. The sound of thunder could also be a stampeding herd of beasts; the dark hid predators and other dangers; dark waters hid all sorts of creatures. But each culture has a common myth, something that we can’t explain quite as easily. We are somehow innately afraid of pale, distorted figures with sunken eyes and sharpened teeth- something that ; we can’t explain the commonality, and we call them zombies or vampires , or sometimes demons or wraiths- whatever we can do to make sense of our collective fears. But it was inescapable that something in our distant past gave us those long-repressed memories.

The thought had occurred to me in my youth, and worried me to an insignificant degree for years. Of course, I tended to be very good at worrying, courtesy of an absent father and an overprotective mother, so I never put too much stock in it. I was grown now, with a wife and a son of my own; and on this early Saturday morning, it was my son that jolted me awake with a piercing scream.

I didn’t panic, like I had when his nightmares started. At first, I’d bolt out of bed and run to his room in a panic, where I’d find him sitting stiffly upright with his eyes locked open. He’d tell me about the dream, and I’d stay with him until he was able to sleep again. We took him to a shrink after a couple of days; she called it “night terrors”, which explained his extreme reactions and its relative frequency. The dreams were always the same; there would be a man at the foot of his bed, standing and staring at him when he opened his eyes. The man was tall and pale, with large sunken eyes that seemed to pull in the light around it, and dressed in a loose black tunic that covered the entirety of his body. He would break into a wide grin when my son would startle, revealing ragged and broken teeth as he stretched an inhumanly long arm towards the terrified child. It was then that my son would find the breath to scream, and I would come. Invariably, he would tell me that the creature would scurry under the bed with a mixture of a cackle and a moan just moments before I came into the room.
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A numerous collection of dummies are a great asset for anyone’s haunt.

Here is the list of the needed materials:

- old clothing, such as long sleeve shirt, gloves, pants or shoes, etc;
- some sewing materials;
- plastic bags;
- old newspaper;
- empty gallon;
- packing peanuts;
- safety pins;
- black paint;
- wooden poles;
- some cheap mask.

Here are the steps to build the dummies:

1. First, you need to sew that dummy up, starting from the waist where the bottom of the shirt runs into the top of the pants. Next, sew the already stuffed gloves or safety pin the big hands to the sleeves.

2. Now, you need to fill your plastic bags with newspapers. This is the part when you have to determine the amount you want in each bag for your dummy to look realistic.

3. You should now have a dummy with filled arms and legs but without head and feet. It is the part where the packing peanuts are going to be used. These will maintain the shape of the dummies much better than newspaper. Just fill a plastic bag with packing peanuts and cover it with another bag for additional protection on the peanuts.

4. The peanuts are now positioned into the torso of the body and it depends on you how much you want in there for a realistic look.

5. Your dummy now needs feet. Take the old pair of shoes and a couple of safety pins. In fact, you just safety pin the shoes to the base of the pant legs which will also hold in the newspaper bag.

6. The next step is the place the head on. For that, you will need the empty gallon previously painted in black.

7. Place the black empty gallon in the dummies head with the handle in front and with the nozzle aiming down in the direction of the opening of the mask. The hole can also be used for poles to hold the dummy up.

8. Safety pin the mask to the neck of the dummy. The head might flop over so put a back bone in and drive it into the ground for the dummy to stand up or just leave it within the shirt.

9. Present your dummy in a way to appear as a genuine monster or a dead body. You might even consider tearing off arms, legs or his head. Make the most out of your yard scene!

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Have you ever questioned why you always have difficulty finding the “right” Halloween costume for yourself? It takes place just about each year – you hold off until just about October 30, and then all of a sudden you remember, “Oh, tomorrow is Halloween! I got to buy a eerie Costume fast!”

As it turns out, by the time you start shopping for the costumes, nearly everyone has already finished their shopping. As a result, shops are either empty or have only those boring ghost and cop costumes that you do not want. So what would you do?

You can save yourself this worry by shopping early. I advise that you make a nice plan on what would do like your costume to be like. For that, you need to decide on the type of bizarre character you would like to become, the color of your costume, etc. When you’ve planned it all, you can start going from store to store. Then again, if you prefer to shop online, check out My Halloween Store.

Don’t feel bad about shopping for Halloween costumes from as early as summer. You know what, you may be saving some cash in the process since most shop owners offer big discounts to early shoppers.

In contrast, if you start shopping near the end of October, every Tom. Dick and Harry is busy scouting for the right Halloween costume! Naturally, as Halloween approaches nearer and nearer, you find it more and more difficult to get your favorite costume, not to mention that during this time the price of Halloween costumes increase manifold (as a result of high demand and low supply)!

As an early shopper, you would naturally get to select from a wide variety of Halloween costumes because not many people start shopping around that time. So whether you wish to become a vampire, witch, charming princess or Spiderwoman, you would surely get what you need!

Along with shopping your costume, you should also not forget to buy all the accessories that you need to complement the costume. For example, depending on the Halloween character you want to become, you may need Halloween contact lenses, make-up, masks, hats, wigs, etc., in order to complement and enhance your looks. Just like Halloween costumes, these things too run short of supply near the end of October!

You have tried your best to find the best looking costume on October 30th without much success. Why not try out my technique this year? I assure you that you will enjoy the difference and save yourself a lot of stress!

Remember that Halloween is all about having fun, rather than getting bogged down with costume issues at the last minute!

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Danger: This Hangman’s noose is the real McCoy! Never position it around a live human or animal head and never play hangman. It can and has killed folks. We can’t emphasize this enough! Don’t leave alone where youngsters may access it. If you’re not a responsible grownup, don’t build or use a hangman’s noose! If you’re not certain if you’re a responsible grownup, don’t make or use a hangman’s noose! This isn’t a plaything! MyHalloweenIdeas.com excepts zero responsibility for scatterbrained or misuse of this prop.

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Jamie Lee Curtis the star of Prom Night, Halloween and others horror movies is just one of the many simple and easy Halloween costume you can be this Oct. 31st.

The best thing about this costume is that it is simple to put it together; a homemade costume. You’ll need formalwear, a couple of accessories and some gore.

Obituary

First, you have to decide how you died and create your costume around it. If you are looking for blood, be the victim of a cruel crime. We all love a good tragedy on Halloween, so don’t turn your costume into an exception. Maybe it was the revenge of a lover, or just being at the wrong place at the wrong time.

The wounds will depend on the weapon of your choice. Your Halloween costume will be a lot more interesting if it is accompanied by a story. Of course, you might go without the gore and be simply pale and visually perfect dead prom queen, but you may possibly not win the prizes in a costume contest.

Prom Dress

You’ll need a formal prom night dress. Any dress is good as it is going to get dirty. For best results, select one that fits well, as you are dressing as a (dead) prom queen. In the same time, the shoes have to be formal and comfortable, as the dress.

Accessories

- Sash: make your own, or just buy one online;
- Tiara: you should find one at any local store with Halloween costumes, or at My Halloween Store;
- Flowers: this is where creativity steps in. Dead flowers or black silk flowers are suitable for a dead prom queen.

For glamor, add some costume jewelry. A genuine prom queen would not be caught dead in the absence of some bling. You might end up carrying some stuff, so it is a good idea to carry a small, but fancy handbag.

Hair

Your hair should be in the style of a prom queen, but also messy as an evidence of a violent struggle or your way out from the grave. Even better, add some smaller sticks and leaves to your curls for the genuine dead prom queen appearance.

Makeup

A makeup kit will be helpful to have a dramatic and lifeless look. Lips can be covered with black lipstick. Wounds should be placed on exposed areas (neck, face, arms, and hands) with ample fake blood to go with them. Also paint your fingernails and toenails black for a more genuine dead promo queen look.

In the end, you’ll need a date for the dance. Just remember “It’s not who you go with honey, it’s who takes you home.”

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