Halloween

Toe pincher caskets were made to order until mass production created the one-size-fits-all rectangular coffins. Make your 6-foot casket to order with simple instructions and a few materials. It...

An old fashioned nurse's cap is the perfect accessory for a nurse costume or a child's dress-up playtime. While you can purchase a nurse's cap costume accessory, you will save money by making one...

Applying the proper makeup for a pirate girl costume can make the outfit. By using a makeup technique of smoky eyes and bronze shadow, you can give a pirate costume just the right combination of...

You can decorate a T-shirt or create a shirt resembling one Dracula wore to show your love for the creatures of the night. For an everyday vampire shirt, the final touch is the blood of victims....

Making a costume for the Evil Old Witch in Snow White is not a difficult task, and it's a Halloween costume that you're less likely to find duplicated at your party. It takes a bit of sewing...

Whether you're going as a member of the rock group KISS for Halloween or simply attending a KISS event and want to look the part, an essential element to the look is the face-painting KISS has...

The finishing touch to any Halloween costume is creating the right face. Frankenstein is a classic Halloween costume that can be easily put together at home. All you need is a black suit that's...

Don't get discouraged if you can't find the right color wig at your local department store or costume shop. For the most part, Halloween wigs are made of synthetic fibers and cannot be dyed with a...

No dark elf costume is complete without full dark elf makeup. Fairly easy to complete, the dark elf persona is fun for Halloween, theatrical performances, costume parties and elven-related events....

Decorating the house for a Halloween party is important for a festive feeling. Often Halloween parties are geared for children, but adults also enjoy a good Halloween party. The theme for an adult...

The recent popularity of Ninjas makes them perfect subjects for costumes. Part of their appeal is their agility, and part of that is having the perfect equipment. The Ninja's tabi shoes are light...

Don't show up to this year's Halloween party dressed in the same old costume. Really scare your friends and family by showing up with a skeletal face. With this ghoulish make up you are...

Spiderweb doormats not only serve as a decoration for costume parties, Halloween celebrations and other theme events, but can also add to the exterior design of a home in autumn. In addition,...

Whether for Halloween, a part in a school play or dressing up just for fun, horse costumes are a favorite among kids. Although you can purchase ready-made horse costumes in a variety of styles,...

Most saloon girls were refugees from farms or mills, lured by handbills advertising high wages, easy work and fine clothing, according to legendsofamerica.com. If you're making a saloon-girl...

Arabian costumes are an American creation dating back to the Orientalism Movement (the study of Near and Far Eastern societies and cultures by Westerners-1870 to 1930, according to Word IQ.com)....

Black lights at Halloween are used primarily for fright because they must be used in dark areas to be fully effective. A great place to use a black light is at your front door, where you plan to...

Celebrate Halloween outside and still enjoy all of the traditions of Halloween, like trick or treating. If the weather's nice and you have a large group of friends, there's no reason to keep the...

This is a cool costume i did in 2006. It won me $250 in a halloween contest!

Makeup for a sexy witch mainly enhances natural features by applying a smokey eye, sultry lipstick and a small mole on the face. Create the look of a sexy witch with a demonstration by a certified...

To look like a vampire, apply white makeup to pale the skin and use eyeliner to create wrinkles in the face. Add a widow's peak to complete a vampire look with a demonstration by a certified stage...

Makeup can be used to look like a pirate by using brown and grey makeup to create stubble, red and brown makeup to darken the skin, and eyeliner to help the eyes stand out. Create the look of a...

Traditional witch makeup begins with a green foundation before adding red lips and dark eyes. Apply makeup to look like a scary witch with a demonstration by a certified stage makeup artist in...

Clown makeup can be applied to the face in a variety of ways, whether the desired look is a sad clown, a happy clown or a scary clown. Outline basic shapes on the face before filling them in using...

Applying clown makeup for Halloween involves first outlining the various shapes that make up the patterns and then filling in each shape with the appropriate colors. Use white, red and black face...

The trick to applying zombie makeup is to use purple, green, yellow and brown makeup in splotches to look like bruises and decaying skin. Create a believable zombie face with a demonstration by a...

Classic grim reaper makeup creates the illusion of a skull by applying black to the hollows of the face and eye sockets and adding white to the cheekbones, forehead and chin. Apply grim reaper...

Cleopatra Halloween makeup can be applied using regular cosmetics, such as eyeliner, brow pencils, lipstick and mascara. Create a classic Cleopatra look with a demonstration by a certified stage...

Red devil makeup begins with a solid red foundation before black is added to the eyes and hollows of the cheeks. Apply makeup to look like a devil with a demonstration by a certified stage makeup...

I will tell you the way we carved a large toothed funny pumpkin for halloween

After Halloween you may have more candy than you bargained for and of course you do not want to eat it all at once or your children to eat it all in one seating, so how do you deal with the...

Carving pumpkins is a fun Halloween tradition. If you've ever attended a pumpkin-carving contest, you know that, for some enthusiasts, it's quite a serious art and not simply a hobby. Wow your...

How much fun is it to scare someone? Well Halloween is all about that. All you need are a few supplies and patience. Be sure not to scare too many of little kids though. Get the teenagers and the...

There has been an explosion of Halloween costume contests for dogs! Dress Fido or Fluffy up in the right way, and you can walk away with some fairly nice prizes. As one who has judged several of...

Coming up with a Halloween costume is really easy to do. All you need is a little creativity and you can be anyone you please. Today I will show you how you can become the Greek Goddess, Medusa.

You've got your spaghetti brains, bloody eye-scream sundaes, and your witches' brew. Once the brew has left the cauldron, there's no better way to drink it down in ghoulish style than with your...

Halloween is a great time to let our imaginations run wild. If you like to give your family, friends or complete strangers a great scare gore effects are the way to go. In this article you will...

Making a vampire head for your next Halloween celebration is both easy and fun. Using simple paper mache techniques and household materials you and your children can bring Dracula to life this...

Looking for a something new to spice up your next party? How about hosting a "seance"? You don't need to be a psychic or medium to connect with the "spirit world" just a well...

If you are looking for a way to make costumes for Woody and Jessie from Toy Story, please check out how I've made mine! I've never sewed a thing in my life and if I can do it you can too! Very...

The same quality mask that Jason wore in "Friday the 13th" is now available to the average Halloween reveler. Foam latex appliances are what Hollywood uses for 3D makeup effects. They are far more...

Want to have some fun with the ghouls and goblins visiting you this Halloween? This is a fun and easy way to make them scream and make you the most popular house in your neighborhood. I know it...

Create butterfly wings to make a Halloween costume. Butterflies come in all different colors and designs. Use any design you want to decorate the wings. Make the wings from thick cardboard and...

If you have kids who are looking forward to Halloween, you're probably aching over the price of costumes. Kids love to dress up, but it can be tough spending all that money. Even if you have it,...

You can make a mermaid costume fairly inexpensively. With a little bit of effort and time, you will have a pretty costume for your toddler. If you have a craft or sewing area, you may already have...

Halloween is one time of the year that anyone can pretend to be another person and it is socially acceptable. It is an event that is celebrated with costumes, candy, fun, and games. Although the...

Halloween is just around the corner and while you may think of it as just another holiday, many people see this holiday as a “moneyday”. Halloween is one of the most popular holidays, if not the...

Halloween is a fun time for kids of all ages to dress up and have a good time! Teenagers are in an in between stage because they are too big to trick or treat but they still want to dress up and...

The "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" began as a television program in the late 1980's and expanded into a line of videos and toys for children. Even though the show is no longer in production, Power...

Halloween is getting closer, so I thought if only proper to talk about how to plan a great Halloween party. It’s so easy to say you’re going to plan an unforgettable party…the hard part is always...