OMG!Halloween night is only a week away and there are those of us who don’t even have our costumes yet. WTF? Don’t worry, this happens every year and our retail stores know it, which is why we’ve got these pretty tables with colors to help you order up to the last possible second. That is if you want to get your second or third pick for the best costume ever.
That’s right, the best costumes are selling out faster than you can sing “Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize.”, so the sooner you order the better.
Buy Costumes:
As always, Buy Costumes gives us the most leeway. You can order as late as the 27th and they will still guarantee delivery by Halloween via Ground/economy shipping.
Order By 3pm CDT On:
Day of Week
Receive By:
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Express
Premium
24-Oct
Friday
30-Oct
28-Oct
25-Oct*
25-Oct
Saturday
30-Oct
29-Oct
28-Oct
26-Oct
Sunday
30-Oct
29-Oct
28-Oct
27-Oct
Monday
30-Oct
29-Oct
28-Oct
28-Oct
Tuesday
Post Halloween
30-Oct
29-Oct
29-Oct
Wednesday
Post Halloween
31-Oct
30-Oct
30-Oct
Thursday
Post Halloween
Post Halloween
31-Oct
*Only available for locations within a valid UPS Saturday Delivery Zone.
Get 10% off your order $50+ at Buy Costumes with coupon code ZOMBIE50 (Offer expires 10/31/08)
Spirit Halloween:
It’s too late to order with Ground/economy shipping BUT Spirit is offering free shipping upgrades until the 27th. Awesome. Shipping SALE: 3 day shipping is now being offered at Ground shipping rates. Get your costume fast, without paying any expedited shipping fees. (Offer expires 10/27/08) Buy One Get One 50% SALE No coupon code needed, just load up your cart. (Offer expires 10/27/08)
Today is a huge day for costume sales so many of us are out shopping for the perfect outfit for ourselves and/or for children. But before you make your final decision, know what lurks behind that store bought costume. Our friends at Green Halloween have some great tips to share;
Look for costumes made from 100% natural materials such as cotton. Hemp and burlap are child and Earth-healthy and make great costumes.
Wool is naturally flame retardant (as opposed to many costumes which are sprayed with chemicals to keep them “safe”) and is naturally water repellent, which comes in handy if you live in colder climates.
Dress infants in themed cotton onesies with matching hats instead of in polyester costume buntings.
If you do buy a costume off the rack or from thrift or consignment stores, be sure to wash well before allowing your child to wear it for the night.
Costume jewelry and accessories such as pumpkin treat carriers often contain chemicals such as lead (a neurotoxin). If you are unsure as to whether an item is safe, have it checked by an expert or find an alternative.
Avoid masks that cover the face and accessories that go in the mouth, such as fake teeth.
Avoid most store bought face paints, even when labeled “non-toxic”. An easy, make-your own recipe can be found in our new book, Celebrate Green.
By Corey Colwell-Lipson, Green Halloween founder & director
Copyright 2008, Green Halloween
Be sure to visit the Parent’s section for more green costume tips and links to green online costume retailers.
We recently featured some costume makeup video tutorials to help the ladies win those costume contests. This time around we are featuring some video tutorials for the guys to get creepy with.
Not sure on your costume just yet, or want to get some more gruesome makeup tips? Try a simple search for top rated Halloween makeup videos on YouTube to get more ideas than you can shake a severed arm at.
Still deciding what to be for Halloween? Let’s see what ideas the Internet has so kindly assembled for us. First stop is American Apparel, the Los Angeles based manufacturer of tons of fair labor clothing items. Their super simple, single color clothes are perfect for creating costumes from. Seen to the left are the “nudist colony” group costume idea and a hipster “cyclist”. There’s a handy Flash based viewer on their site with several more costume ideas based from their clothing line, but you can easily use stuff from your own closet.
AA is also holding a DIY Halloween Costume Contest. Win $100 store credit with your own homemade costume or just rate all of the photo submissions.
Another fantastic resource is Polyvore. The site “lets you mix and match images from anywhere on the web” to create a digital collage graphic. Using this great feature they been posting lots of creative costume ideas on their blog. Here are a few highlights; vintage-modern vampire, Jem, modern Snow White, and DC comic Catwoman.
It’s mostly women’s costume ideas, but you’ll find a few good men’s costumes as well. Polyvore’s blog is one of my favorite sites right now for gathering costume ideas because of the incredible variety and unique takes on classic costume ideas. Definitely worth going through all their posts.
Even if you have already have an amazing Halloween costume, the addition of some well done makeup can really transform your look further. Go from wow to a costume contest winner with one of these Halloween makeup tutorials.
This video is just a compilation of wild makeup photos, but it will give you some great ideas for augmenting your existing costume or creating a look of your own.
We’ll be featuring some scary/gory/horror makeup tutorials next so come back tomorrow for more!
The folks at Threadbanger never disappoint. The hosts Rob and Corinne plus all the budding Threadbangers in the forums are always full of unique DIY project ideas. With October half way over, they’re kicking into Halloween mode and unleashing another series of spooky video tutorials on us. Here’s a preview of what’s to come…
And here’s the first video tutorial for 2008: a Wicked Witch Costume. With some basic sewing skills you can transform some old clothes you aren’t wearing anymore into a super ruffled, super stylish witch costume. And what witch would be complete without her hat? Using some wire, interfacing and scrap fabric you can make a custom hat to your own bewitching specifications.
Plus more from last year’s Threadbanger tutorials;
Today is a huge day for costume sales so many of us are out shopping for the perfect outfit for ourselves and/or for children. But before you make your final decision, know what lurks behind that store bought costume. Our friends at 
