If you’re looking for something to wear to a Halloween or theme party, you need to find out where the costume shops are located. Sometimes, specialty stores open for holiday seasons and close when the season comes to an end. Halloween costume shops are well-known for that habit. They may open at the end of summer and close at the end of November. After Halloween, most of the costume shops have great deals that you can take advantage of for the following year. A lot of parents will do exactly that for their children.

Some costume shops actually have rentals that are available. If you are heading to a theme party for a special event or reason, you may want to look into renting a costume. A few years back, my husband and I were invited to a murder mystery dinner for his company. Each employee and spouse was assigned a specific character and you were to arrive in costume. Well, we searched high and low at various costume shops to find something appropriate and everything was either too expensive or not what we were hoping to find. Had we purchased the costumes, it would have cost over $100. One of the costume shops we had searched offered to rent us the costumes for half of that cost. We didn’t even hesitate to agree to their offer. Most of the other costume shops that we had visited never even mentioned that choice.

Costume shops aren’t always just for Halloween and parties. Adults who would like to find costumes for other means of activity can have a great deal of luck in their searches. Children who idolize a superhero can find silly and wonderful capes and magic wands that they can use in everyday play. I purchased my daughter purchased a princess outfit as a Christmas gift a few years ago simply because she loved to dress up. Well, the entire outfit with its glittered magic wand was a dream come true for her. For weeks she wanted to wear it everywhere we went. She adored it.

When Spiderman first hit the theaters, my son wanted anything and everything to do with Spiderman. My husband got him an entire outfit for a great price and he too lived in that outfit for weeks. Costume shops are always a good source for finding means of entertaining your children, letting your imagination go wild and stepping into the role of a new character. Don’t be afraid to let your imagination take you to new places. You just may enjoy it.

With the popularity of Halloween growing many families are
starting their own holiday traditions.  I wanted to share
with you a tradition that one of my neighbors started in our
neighborhood a few years ago that I’m sure has been around
for years.  It’s called “Ghosting” and believe me your
children will have a blast doing it!  It usually starts the
first week in October giving plenty of time for the whole
neighborhood to be “ghosted”. Depending on the size of your
neighborhood you can either ghost one family or two. Since
our neighborhood is small, I’m giving you directions for
“ghosting” one house; however just double it if you live in
a neighborhood with many homes.

Here’s what you do:

On a plain white piece of paper (8.5″ x 11″) draw a big
outline of a ghost in black permanent marker. Then fill a
goodie bag or brown paper sack with Halloween treats (candy,
brownies, cookies, etc…). Print the following poem on a
piece of paper and staple it to the picture of your ghost.
Don’t put your name on anything because no one knows who
ghosts who!

<u>You’ve Been Ghosted!</u>

Late last night, we left you a treat, the tradition is fun,
one we hope you’ll repeat.

Take the ghost and pin it on your door, to let others know,
you need ghosted no more.

Now it’s your duty to pass on the surprise, to another
family, we must advise.

Gather some treats and deliver them soon, within two nights,
under the light of the moon.

Include a ghost with each package you give, along with this
poem for the tradition to live.

Deliver the treat bag, poem and ghost after dark to your
target family by putting it on your neighbor’s porch,
ringing the doorbell and running. Don’t get caught! Remember
it’s a surprise and you don’t want them to know who
“ghosted” them. Then they in return “ghost” another family
and so on and so on and so on. Don’t be afraid to be the
first person within your family, friends or neighbors to
start a new yearly tradition. They have to get started
somewhere right? Why not you? In five, ten, even twenty
years down the road when you see someone you love passing
down that same tradition to their loved ones it will all be
worth it.

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It has always been a tradition for every kid to have a scary or
Halloweenish costume, during, of course, Halloween. Trick or
Treat is the way of the children to go from one house to
another asking for candy and other sweet delicacies, and if
they are given none, then the house owners are in for a
“treat”.

However, some do not participate in this tradition anymore.
Why? It is because they have a different kind of Halloween
celebration to prepare for, the Halloween party.

Kids love Halloween parties for various reasons. They love them
for the fun games, the delicious and catchy food, and the scary
decorations that make their hearts jump out of their rib cages.

The games are the ones that they pay attention to the most
because they have fun with the games, and also get benefits, in
the forms of candies and other sweet delights. It seems that the
more scared they get, the more fun and memorable their Halloween
experience is.

Playing the Bean Bag Toss is not appropriate for a Halloween
party; therefore, what is played is the Liver Toss. Just thaw a
beef liver and the goal is to shoot, by tossing, the liver into
a pail.

The How game is quite easy to play. The kids are just supposed
to make as much as words as they can from the word Halloween.
You can also make use of small Jack-o-lanterns that are made of
plastic and have it passed around in teams that have already
been lined up.

The catch is, none of the players are allowed to use his or her
hands, just squeeze it under his or her chin. Get it all the way
from the front to the back first, and then your team wins.

You can also spread lots of candy on a table and have each
child get their share from the pile. However, they must never,
under any circumstances, use their hands. They can use any
other body part and have those sweet temptations placed in
their individual buckets.

This game is called Little Piggies. Draw a Jack-o-lantern, or
if you do not excel in the art department, have someone else do
it for you, and have the Pin The Nose On Jack game. The Mummy
Wrap will take more time compared to the other games.

A team member must be wrapped with white bath tissue from head
to foot, just leaving the eyes uncovered. That mummy must then
run around a post and back to the team and do the same thing to
the next team member. The team who finishes first is declared
the winner.

Always remember that it is not important that your child wins
every game he or she joins in. What is important is that your
child enjoys what he or she is doing, along with other
children.

That is what Halloween is all about. It is about sharing the
essence of Halloween with others, celebrating in joyous fun
with your neighbors, and of course, giving lots and lots of
candies to children who knock on your door.

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