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Halloween Costume Idea: Dress Like a Dress
Are you tired of the same old boring Halloween costumes? There’s no doubt that the conventional themes have been overdone. After all, how many witches, ghosts, goblins, and monsters do you really want to see?
Why not take a different approach this Halloween season and dress like a genius? You can make a unique statement that people will notice. Here are some ideas for dressing like a genius this Halloween:
Dress up like Einstein
You’ll make quite a statement when you emerge in your Albert Einstein costume. Make sure you have a gray wig with disheveled hair and some nondescript, baggy clothing. To add to the mood you’ll want to wear a cape with some of Einstein‘s physics formulas painted on them. A gray stick on mustache should complete the look. Imagine the fun of being Einstein for a day!
Dress up like a modern computer geek.
You probably already know the look but if you need help, you may want to search the internet for some close up photos of real life computer geeks. Be sure to wear the requisite bifocals and carry a bag of cheetos with you to the party. To add to the effect, why not wear two different colored shoes and socks and a t-shirt that says, “I love technology”?
Dress up like a learned philosopher from the past.
Some suggestions might be Aristotle, Plato, or Descartes. Although there are no photographs to pattern your costume after, you probably have a pretty good idea in your mind of how these great minds might have looked. You’ll probably want to wear a long tunic with sandals and sport a gray beard. Be sure to dazzle everyone with great thoughts and sayings such as, “I think, therefore I am”.
Dress up like a mad scientist.
This one should be pretty easy. You’ll want to apply stiff hair pomade to your hair to get it to stand straight up. Put on some huge bifocals and choose an unmatched, disheveled set of clothing. To add to the effect, carry some test tubes and flasks in your hand. Try to look completely preoccupied.
Dress up like a valedictorian.
Just because you graduated last in your class, doesn’t mean you can’t be a valedictorian for a day. Wear the standard cap and gown that graduates wear along with the headpiece and tassel. Wear a large pin that states you’re the top graduate. Try to look intellectual and serious.
Dressing up like a genius on Halloween is a great way to break out of the stereotypical, spooky Halloween image. Why not do something different this Halloween?
Written by Kristie.Leong.M.D
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The most terrifying day of the year is approaching bringing along a tradition that comprises ancient beliefs that nowadays are mixed with the fun of the tricks and treats that characterize this day. Globalization has incorporated to Halloween other traditions as well, such as those coming from All Saints Day and the Day of the Dead that are celebrated during November 1st and 2nd in several countries outside de USA.
However, nobody can resist the mixed emotions that come with Halloween no matter if adults and children believe or not in witches, ghosts, vampires, mommies and other monsters and creatures coming from the grave. The Halloween night is time for children to have fun, but because there is a child inside the heart of all of us, do not miss the opportunity to celebrate Halloween like a goblin, or perhaps a ghost?
Holding a Halloween festival at home is a nice idea and you can even award the best costume with a special candy treat or a creepy bottle of wine if you invite adults to share this spooky moment with you. With a little of imagination you can create quick Halloween crafts to decorate your home, while others are available at party supplies stores or online costumes and accessories shops.
Make sure that your home look creepy, but if your budget is short, remember the old ghosts’ trick and cover your furniture with white sheets and put a few others hanging here and there, including one covering an electric fan, if you have one, so it can “mysteriously fly” sometime during the party time. Sheets are cheap decorations as you can use those available for your bedrooms, and remember that sheets will not only protect your furniture but also will make your home look abandoned, the ideal climate for terrifying games.
Naturally, make sure to have enough pumpkins all over your house, whether real pumpkin fruits or those made of plastic and other material. Whenever it is possible a safe, put a candle inside the pumpkin or buy those decorative pumpkins that already com with it. Of course, you can use candles to illuminate all your rooms, but get those with different shapes and color including black, purple, orange, red and white and burn incenses close to them.
If you cannot use candles, cover your bulbs with red cellophane paper screens, but be cautious because high wattage bulbs can burn the paper. Create your own decoration with black and white cardboard cutting it with the form of vampires, witches, skulls, ghosts and pumpkins that later can be decorated with candies and give to your guests as a Halloween favor or souvenir.
An easy way to cover the walls, corners, doors, and windows of your home with spider webs is reinforcing a piece of black wool to decorate each place. Black and orange are the Halloween colors; put them everywhere, including orange flowers in black vases to create a funeral atmosphere. Round your Halloween decoration with accessories that you can find in specialty stores such as mooncostumes, at which you can find witch hats, spiders, brooms.
Originally published in 1925, this Bogie Book features the following ideas with suggestions for planning, decorating and preparing a party that won’t soon be forgotten: a lively home Halloween party; card party on October 31; planning refreshments for the party (including menu and beverage ideas); business girl‘s halloween party; a dinner dance; supper at the club on Halloween; decorations for school hall, club or parish house; Halloween games including the cup of fate, matrimonial race, ghostly fate, witch’s cats, blindfolded partners, spinning the web of fate, apple ten pins, ghostly lites and more; a fabulous rhyming interactive ghost story; costume ideas (for plans and instructions for costumes, please see our Dennison Costume books); decorations for harvest time and thanksgiving.
Centerpieces, favors and novelties such as a black cat charm, cat score card, witch pencil, cat balloon, ghostly prize, cat bag, witch horn, witch serving cup, cat serving tray, pirate jack horner pie, pumpkin clown serving cup, candy candlesticks, clown candy holder and so many more are all pictured with instructions on how to make.
For Thanksgiving and Harvest Time, the book gives how-to’s for a pumpkin blossom balloon, harvest place card, corn and pumpkin centerpiece, gobolink serving cup, corn whistle, pumpkin blossom gobolink, turkey napkin holder, horn of plenty and much more.
The Dennison Bogie books featured amazingly creative displays of festooned crepe swags and garland, hanging decorations depicting witches, ghosts, scary pumpkins, black cats and other symbols we associate with Halloween as well as a vast array of games and favors. The Bogie Books were a great source for party planning, each year showing different ideas to match the new products being released by Dennison. Sample book pages are shown at the top of this page. ***FOR MORE BOGIE BOOKS, please see our other listings***
Author: Dennison Manufacturing Co.
Paperback:
32 pages
Company: Bramcost Publications
(2009)
ISBN: 1936049058
List Price:
Amazon Price: $12.95
Originally published in 1925, this Bogie Book features the following ideas with suggestions for planning, decorating and preparing a party that won’t soon be forgotten: a lively home Halloween party; card party on October 31; planning refreshments for the party (including menu and beverage ideas); business girl‘s halloween party; a dinner dance; supper at the club on Halloween; decorations for school hall, club or parish house; Halloween games including the cup of fate, matrimonial race, ghostly fate, witch’s cats, blindfolded partners, spinning the web of fate, apple ten pins, ghostly lites and more; a fabulous rhyming interactive ghost story; costume ideas (for plans and instructions for costumes, please see our Dennison Costume books); decorations for harvest time and thanksgiving.
Centerpieces, favors and novelties such as a black cat charm, cat score card, witch pencil, cat balloon, ghostly prize, cat bag, witch horn, witch serving cup, cat serving tray, pirate jack horner pie, pumpkin clown serving cup, candy candlesticks, clown candy holder and so many more are all pictured with instructions on how to make.
For Thanksgiving and Harvest Time, the book gives how-to’s for a pumpkin blossom balloon, harvest place card, corn and pumpkin centerpiece, gobolink serving cup, corn whistle, pumpkin blossom gobolink, turkey napkin holder, horn of plenty and much more.
The Dennison Bogie books featured amazingly creative displays of festooned crepe swags and garland, hanging decorations depicting witches, ghosts, scary pumpkins, black cats and other symbols we associate with Halloween as well as a vast array of games and favors. The Bogie Books were a great source for party planning, each year showing different ideas to match the new products being released by Dennison. Sample book pages are shown at the top of this page. ***FOR MORE BOGIE BOOKS, please see our other listings***
Author: Dennison Manufacturing Co.
Paperback:
32 pages
Company: Bramcost Publications
(2009)
ISBN: 1936049058
List Price:
Amazon Price: $12.95
Originally published in 1922, this Bogie Book features the following ideas and suggestions for planning and decorating for vintage Halloween celebrations: Halloween auction bridge; party invitations; from cellar to attic; where to eat; supper in the witch’s garden (with table layout suggestion); table decorations; the children’s good time; children’s party table; cafeteria supper; for the large affair; Halloween games including sailing walnut boats, apple paring charm, blowing out candles, cellar stairs test, and more; owl and pussy cat party; the dance (decorations and advertising ideas); ceiling decorations; decorative hints; halloween lanterns; matching partners; 12 costume ideas including instructions for making, and decorations for Thanksgiving.
Centerpieces, favors and novelty suggestions and ideas fill this book as well as instructions for mounting crepe paper designs, making fringed crepe, sewing crepe, wrapping wires and fluting edges to make each of your projects a success.
For Thanksgiving, the book illustrates a table layout and a great novelty idea with instructions for making a Jack Horner pie with little ribbons guests can pull revealing a personalized party favor. Other ideas are given including a pumpkin centerpiece, cup decorations, crepe paper flowers and more.
The Dennison Bogie books featured amazingly creative displays of festooned crepe swags and garland, hanging decorations depicting witches, ghosts, scary pumpkins, black cats and other symbols we associate with Halloween as well as a vast array of games and favors. The Bogie Books were a great source for party planning, each year showing different ideas to match the new products being released by Dennison. They continue to be a great resource for party planning and provide interesting old-time party tips and suggestions.
Sample book pages are shown at the top of this page.
Author: Dennison Manufacturing Co.
Paperback:
33 pages
Company: Bramcost Publications
(2009)
ISBN: 1936049120
List Price:
Amazon Price: $12.95
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