Halloween Costumes For Teens - Last Minute Costume Ideas For 2010

As one of the most awaited festival, Halloween gives people of all age groups a chance to shine. As you may be aware, there are only a few days remaining before the celebration. Pumpkins or also known as Jack-o-lanterns were already carved and displayed in many establishments. The wind is getting cold as well. In accordance to Irish and Celtic people believed, the last day of October is the day where the night gets longer and the day gets shorter. 

Astronomers regarded this process as transmutation. And while adults are commemorating departed souls of love ones, teens are surely busy preparing for their Halloween outfits. If you are a teen and still confused of what you are going to wear, or if you are a mom concerned for your teen, here I present Halloween costumes for teens that are a sure hitter this 2010.

Teens are choosy by nature and we can't deny it. It's no wonder they have such act because this is the stage where they started to get conscious of their selves. This is also the stage where they have their own crushes. Being a mom, you have to spend your full effort to come up with the best costume. One question, is your teen a huge fan of Alice in Wonderland series? Why not dress his or her up with this cool Mad Hatter outfit? 

Mad Hatter was played by Johnny Depp and it's true that this character is a make. But teenage girls need not to worry because the outfits are also available in sexy versions. One thing that makes this character so great is the fabulous hat with imprinted huge log. Normally the color is black yet it is also available in other colors such as brown, green and blue. For boys the outfit comes in plus-size dress with matching checkered pants and stylish jacket. On the other hand, the outfits for women are reversible. So, once your daughter is quite bored of wearing Hatter, she could switch to Cheshire Cat outfit as she wishes. 

There are also Halloween costumes for teens that are truly expressive and eye catching like Shaggy of Scooby Doo or Elmo of Sesame Street. What about a Lady Gaga outfit for your daughter? However according to many, simple costumes are always in this coming Halloween celebration. Since you are concern to your teen, you could choose the one that will fit on his or her taste. 

What about a teen punk ballerina, or a baseball player outfit? Remember that Halloween is not just about buying the costumes available. Of course you also need to use your creativity and imagination in order to come up with a truly enticing outfit. Good thing about costumes for teenage girls is that they're sexy yet not so revealing like Minnie Mouse outfit for example. But if there's Minnie there is also Mickey and Friends. 

Mentioned above are costumes that will truly stand out this 2010. If you don't want to get left out then, start shopping for costumes before they get out of stock. I'm telling you they will get out of stock sooner than you think. Good luck to your party preparation. Happy Halloween!

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Halloween Face Painting Ideas

Halloween is such fun for kids of all ages, and adults too. Here are some face painting ideas to get you in the Halloween spirit.

Halloween face painting idea 1: pumpkin

A bright orange pumpkin painted on each cheek. Black paint used to paint eyes, nose and mouth. A light grey would be used to show the ridges of the pumpkin as well as its outline.
An alternative would be to do a full face pumpkin with an orange face base (blending a darker orange shade over cheekbones), black triangle shape over the eyes (extending above and below the eye area), a black nose and a large black mouth (need to cover more than just the lips).

Halloween face painting idea 2: skull

A full face design. Has a white face as the base, large black 'panda' eyes, black and white vertical stripes on the lips (with the white stripes wider than the black ones) and a trickle of red from one side of the mouth (to indicate blood).

Halloween face painting idea 3: vampire

A full face design. A white face base, bright red lips, fangs coming out of each corner of the lower lip (outline is light grey, fill is white, and tip is red to denote some blood), eye lids are smoky grey (right up to and over eye brows), eye brow then exaggerated with black sweeping strokes.

Halloween face painting idea 4: bat

A full face design. A white face base, bat's face painted on forehead above the nose (it's in black with light grey for eyeballs, and for some definition in ears); the bat's body is painted in black on the nose and ends at the base of the nostrils (use different shadings of black; the bat's wings extends out from head and body and covers the eyes curving up towards the temple and down the outside of the eye to mid cheek (again use different black shadings and some fine dark grey strokes to paint some definition into the wings); the lips are painted in dark grey with an exaggerated upward curl at the corners.

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Child's Halloween Cat Costume Idea and Face Paint Recipe

What will you dress your small child as this Halloween? If your little kid is over three years old, then you may be racking your brain to come up with another clever Halloween costume idea. Rather than struggling with sewing an elaborate costume to match the newest preschool fad, how about creating a charming yet simple and traditional costume? People will go 'awww how cute' when they see your little sweetie decked out in our 'Easy Child's Cat Costume' idea. Make the effect even more adorable with the appropriate face paint as well. Don't spend a fortune on face paint when you can use our 'Easy Halloween Face Paint' recipe to doll up your darling this Halloween.

Keep your child safe this Halloween by avoiding using face masks that can hinder your child's vision and potentially cause an accident. Read on below to get started planning your kid's easy cat costume and face paint.

Easy Child's Halloween Cat Costume Idea

Piece of Cardboard for cat ears

Felt that matches your leggings and turtleneck

Plastic headband

Hot glue gun and glue sticks

Long piece of fabric or felt to make a tail

Large safety pins

Dark turtleneck

Dark leggings

Large sweatshirt (optional)

Fabric paint or fabric pens (optional)

Draw triangle shapes about 3 inches tall and 2 inches wide on the cardboard. Cut out the ears. Cover with felt using hot glue. If you use dark brown or black as your turtleneck and legging color then you can use a basic tortoiseshell or black headband. If not, then cover the headband with the same color felt as your cat ears. Glue the ears to the headband. You can easily make a cat tail by using a long piece of fabric rolled into a long tube and filled with stuffing and then hot glued at the seam. You can pin the tail on the legging seat or attach with Velcro for safety.

You can either make your cat a 'skinny' kitty with just the turtleneck and leggings, or you can add a sweatshirt in an accent color to give some added depth and warmth to the costume and your child while outside. A cute idea if using a sweatshirt is to take some fabric paints or paint pens and write cute little sayings on the shirt in whimsical lettering. Write things like 'meeoow' or 'Happy Meow-o-leen' etc. You can also draw little mouse shapes and cat paw prints. Finish your child's easy cat costume by painting a simple cat face on your child's face. Use our face paint recipe to create a cat nose, mouth outline and whiskers. If you want you can cover your child's face with a light base coat and then paint the details on. Have a medium and a small liner paint brush for different size details.

Easy Halloween Face Paint Recipe

1/2 tsp cold cream

1/2 cup

1/2 tsp water

Different colors of food coloring

Mix cornstarch, cold cream, water, and enough drops of food coloring to make the color vivid in a cup. If you're making several different colors then have more cups available. Stir well and add more cornstarch if too runny.

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Halloween Costume Ideas for Toddlers

Dressing up your toddler for Halloween is a lot of fun. Enjoy it while you
can. Before you know it your sweet little toddler will be in kindergarten or
first grade and will have developed a much stronger opinion on his or her
costume choices and you'll no longer be able to dress him in the costume of
your choice. Here are a few ideas for toddler Halloween costumes to get you
started. Of course there are plenty of other options out there as well. With
a little creativity, the possibilities are endless.

Pumpkin

Start with a large orange sweatshirt. Cut eyes and a mouth shape out of
black or yellow felt and glue them on the front of the shirt. Put the shirt
on your child, fold up the sleeves, then stuff the belly and back area with
newspapers or quilt batting to make it look nice and round like a pumpkin.
Top it all of with a green cap. You can even cut some leaf shapes out of
green felt and glue them to the top of the cap.

Dwarf

Start with earth tone pants and shirt. Brown and dark greens work well. Put
your child in some boots as well. Make a simple hat out of felt, similar to
a witch's hat but with a smaller brim. Finish the outfit with some gardening
tools. Your little dwarf right out of "Snow White" is ready to go trick or
treating.

Sunflower

Dress your child in a green shirt and pants. For smaller children,
especially those in colder climates, a one piece pajama-type outfit with
feet works well. For the flower part, start with a brown hat or cap. Cut
flower petal shapes out of yellow felt and glue them all around the hat. If
you'd like you can cut two large leaf shapes out of green felt and glue them
at the back of each of the shirt's sleeves. A little plastic watering can
makes a cute pail to carry candy in.

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