Create Your Own Pumpkin Costumes This Halloween
Pumpkin costumes are one of the traditional costumes worn during Halloween because of the major role played by pumpkins in the celebration of this holiday on October 31. Halloween is mostly a secular celebration but it is based on All Saints’ Day and the ancient Celtic festival called Samhain. The Irish immigrants brought this tradition with them to North America. One of the traditional symbols of this holiday is the jack-o-lantern that got its name from the legend of Stingy Jack. However, the tradition of putting a candle inside a carved pumpkin actually came from the practice of the ancient Celts of placing a carved turnip on their window sills to scare off any evil spirits.
In North America, Halloween coincided with harvest time and they soon noticed that the pumpkins are easier to carve than the turnips and that their size is closer to the size of a head. They also learned to carve a scary or comical face on the pumpkin. The carved pumpkin with candles inside it soon became a traditional symbol of Halloween. Thus, many families celebrate this holiday by putting the carved pumpkin with candles inside it in front of their doorsteps.
Pumpkin costumes are often used for infants although older children and adults can also use them. One example of a pumpkin costume for babies is an orange bodysuit with printed pumpkin and a matching headpiece that also represents a pumpkin. For adults and older children, an example of a pumpkin costume is inflatable and includes a jumpsuit, headpiece, and battery-operated fan.
While many pumpkin costumes are designed to be comical, on the other hand, some are intended to scare people. One example is a frightening Jack O’ Lantern mask that includes a robe that is provided with arm ties and a cape with a skull-shaped brooch.
You can also make your own pumpkin costume by using an over sized orange sweatshirt. If you do not have an orange sweatshirt, you can change its color to orange by applying a fabric dye. After putting on the sweatshirt, the next step is to crumple up several newspapers and put them inside the sweatshirt until it becomes round like a pumpkin. To ensure that the newspapers do not get out of the sweatshirt, you can tie a yarn or use a belt. You can also apply fabric paint to create a jack-o-lantern face on the front of your sweatshirt.
Thor runs a costume website dedicated entirely to Pumpkin Costumes. Check out his site today for pumpkin costumes or other Baby Halloween Costumes.
Article from articlesbase.com
Find More Pumpkin Carving Designs Articles
Focalprice: Halloween Supplies: 12% OFF ALL with Coupon: "FES15OFF" – Expires October 1st. 2011
Halloween 2011 Extra 15% OFF any order of $150+ with Code: "15More" or 5% off any order of $50+ with Code: "5More" Expires Oct 31st.
HalloweenMart – world's largest inventory of Halloween costumes for everyone! Get $10 off any orders over $75! Use Code: "10OFF"
Take 10% Off Your Order of $50 or More at PetSmart! Use Code: "AFFOCT" at Checkout. Offer Expires 10.31
ChildBoys Costumes
Get Scary Contact Lenses for this Halloween with 10% off code: "DRM26SCMTRU"
Halloween Gifts
Halloween Warehouse
PierreSilber offer: $4.75 Domestic Ground Shipping until October 10, 2010
Pretty Party Place
So you can Trick or Treating More now for Less!
Scream in the night:
Leave a Reply