Before We Know It Halloween is Here

With it’s growing popularity for all ages, the Halloween costume party has become one of the year’s main excuses to dress up for a costume party. Often the Halloween theme becomes secondary to having fun, and costumes of all descriptions are perfectly acceptable.

This year, I hope to stick with my original costume plan last year. To dress up as a flower and my son will dress up as a bumblebee. Last year we had to go for the dracula option because that was the last minute thing we can come up with. The only problem is that 80% of the whole school dressed up as dracula. Read on for more ideas on which Halloween costumes to go for…

But what if you want to stay with the Halloween theme when choosing your costume? What are the classic Halloween costume characters?

Ghosts of all descriptions are the old standby costume. Simply a white sheet with some eye and arm holes cut into it has done the job many times over.

Witches in black with broad brimmed conical hats and accessories such as broom sticks and black cats are universal favorites. They do not always have to be costumes that portray frumpy and ugly witches either – some witch costume designs today are quite elegant. Their counterpart Wizards have been less popular until Harry Potter came along and made dressing up as a wizard seem cool.

The classic Zombie or Skeleton in white or luminous paint on a black outfit, with a skull piece on the head and face, is ever popular. Variations on the Grim Reaper dress in costumes of black drapery and carry a scythe. A popular style is to have a scary face mask inspired by the Edvard Munch painting, The Scream. Another variation is to make this costume exceptionally tall and threatening.