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hat’s Halloween without an upbeat costume camaraderie ? No charismatic Halloween costumes in your kitty and you’re most likely to fall out of the freak-wave that surges through all and sundry during Halloween ! Of course you’ve heard about getting dressed to kill, but here it’s time to dress to thrill. The funkier and freakier your Halloween costume, the more the fun and thrill. Everyone seems to be ‘possessed’ spending loads on their Halloween costumes and behaving like spooky spend-alls on Halloween. Demands for the kookiest Halloween costumes go sky-high almost a month before the most-awaited Halloween night. And the stores generously oblige with scary Halloween masks and peachy props to pep up people’s Halloween guise !
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Now Halloween no longer remains a kid’s holiday today. People of higher age-groups are equally ‘spell-bound’ by the spirits of Halloween ! While men go for scary Halloween costumes, women prefer to charm in more feminine and coquettish costumes on Halloween. Greeting cards and Halloween decorating props also witness record sale figures along with Halloween party supplies and Halloween costumes. Halloween props from the grooviest to the wildest, offbeat to the upbeat—hit the shelves at all stores all over. Many tradesmen space out their shops to accommodate the umpteen Halloween masks, Halloween props and Halloween costumes during this season. Young and old throng alike at stores to buy the bestest of the best Halloween costumes and to surprise friends and family with these.
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It’s great to watch a world of spooks and demons, monsters and aliens unleash before you as Halloween fever takes over with a ghastly intensity. It’s even more thrill to keep guessing who’s who because you never know what surprise Halloween costume your dearest buddy or your sweetie pie will be in this year ! Now if you’re under the impression that Halloween costumes mean just the scary vampires and ghosts, you got to note this. Halloween costumes and masks have a whopping range and can be anything under the sun that grabs the attention. It can be anything from Frankenstein to Porky Pig, killer wolves to goofy clowns, Tom Cruise to Scooby Doo, dancing dolls to wacko witches, black cats to batman, honeybees to a bag of beans and so on. There’s no bound to choosing your Halloween costume; whatever fits your whim would do goo
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But what do people do in these Halloween costumes ? Answer is simple—bewitch ! Either in a party or just going about in the neighborhood with a whole bunch, the idea is to bewitch all and charm looker-ons in unwonted Halloween gears. Some even go haunting about a haunted house with their folks, while some others spend a romantic Halloween night with their spookhearts. Now let’s get down to some kooky costume ideas for your Halloween:
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Play a ghost !
The most common and easy-to-do Halloween costume—cover yourself with a white sheet and cut out holes for eyes and mouth. Other colors would also do; who said ghosts can’t be colorful ? You can deck this one up more with red-colored spray paints or may be with a crooked hat. -
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Go ghoulish !
Get some macabre Halloween masks and spruce up the rest in keeping with the face you choose to give yourself. You can go for wolf masks or monster masks if you’re planning to look scary. Alternatively, you can preen in celebrity Halloween masks or go for masks replicating your favorite cartoon character in order to give your Halloween costume a funny touch. -
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Old is gold !
You can even choose a classic Halloween costume in antiquity theme—may be wigs, tattoos, headbands and other accessories which belong to older times.
Paint it scary !
If you’ve had enough of Halloween masks and the Halloween props for some years now, do something different this time. Paint your face ! You can choose to look either horrific or funny—but giving a face to yourself is going to be fun for sure. So be a Dr. Jekyll or a Mr. Hyde—the choice is yours !
Fool around !
Now as you perhaps already know, humor works well for all occasions and ages. And it’s just as much thrill giving your folks a good laugh as it’s giving them a good scare. So this Halloween, make your Halloween mask or the entire Halloween costume a little goofy. Dress up as a pack of popcorn, a bag of jellybeans or may be as a yummy jumbo burger ! You can also strut around as a plump pumpkin or a cool snowman. Make yourself look as funny as you can so that everyone breaks into a wide grin the moment they see you in your outlandish Halloween costume ! -
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Prop up the poise !
Sometimes you may feel that the Halloween masks aren’t just enough to conjure up the right effect for a night as groovy as Halloween ! So then, would you sit and crib ? Of course not ! Just prop up your Halloween with the screamingly freaky Halloween props like body parts, tombstones, blood-stained axes, broomsticks, broken fences, distortion mirrors, detachable brains and hearts, batty wings, fog machines, bleeding knives and much more. These innovative Halloween props add that extra spooky touch to your Halloween celebrations. -
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Top of the Pop !
If there’s a pop idol in your life, someone whom you ardently worship and look up to, Halloween is one night when you can get to be ‘D-pop star’ of your choice. Let your favorite pop icon be your Halloween costume this year. And if you’ve taken a popular face, act up the attitude too ! Now, with the right face and attitude, you can sure keep your folks guessing who you actually are !
So it’s this thrill and suspense in having a real chic Halloween guise is what contributes heavily to the growing popularity of Halloween costumes, masks and Halloween props. It’s great fun guessing who’s under the masks and boggling your loved ones with head-turning Halloween costumes ! But you always have a choice with this. If you don’t like the idea of slipping into some Michael Myers persona or quack like a Donald Duck, you can keep away from masks and costumes and still be a part of this entire Halloween jamboree with specially designed Halloween headbands, neckbands, earrings, bangles or even spooky Halloween tattoos. Halloween costume ideas are there in plenty—the more innovative you are, the more the fun. So take your pick, choose your Halloween gear and get dressed for a real freak show this Halloween !
