Gypsy Fortune Teller Halloween Costumes - Easy to Make

As a little girl I often loved to dress up as a gypsy, whether it was for Halloween or just for play. Maybe it's because I long to be free to do as I want and go where I wish, without the societal constraints we have to live by (that's why pirates are so fascinating to people too). Whatever it is, creating a fortune teller costume was the highlight of Halloween.

Back then there weren't many places to buy fancy costumes (nor did we have the money), so putting my own costume together was a bit of a challenge. Today we can purchase practically any costume we can think of and there are some pretty nice fortune teller Halloween costumes to choose from.

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** A Brief History of Gypsy Costumes **

The gypsy people were called Roma or Romani. They are made up of loose nomadic tribes that wandered much of the European countries during the Middle Ages and often lived in caravans. There are still nomadic gypsies in the world today.

In the 15th and 16th centuries, the basic dress of the woman was a simple robe gathered at the neck worn over an under gown made of chemise. They also wore a length of cloth which was draped down the back, around the opposite waist, up the front and tied at the shoulder (think Roman toga). A turban was worn on the head.

As time went on, fashions changed. For the most part, gypsies actually dressed very similar to the peasants of the area in which they traveled and cultural dress of the time. Most of the style of gypsy clothing that we picture today probably came from the Renaissance period when laced vests, flounced skirts, men's breeches and pirate shirts were more popular.

** Making a Gypsy Halloween Costume **

For those that want to put together their own gypsy costume or are planning on being a "fortune teller" for Halloween this year, you may have to do a bit of shopping around at used clothing stores for some items. If you are handy with a sewing machine, there are many fortune teller costume patterns available as well. Here are some suggestions for both men and women (and boys/girls) that can easily be created once you get all the items:

Women/Girl's Fortune Teller/Gypsy Outfit 1

* Long tired skirt in a bright color.

* Gypsy style shirt - gathered scooped neck, puffy sleeves gathered at the wrist or long wide flowing sleeves

* Brightly colored front-laced vest

* Black leotard stockings

* Black shoes

* Brightly colored sash for the waist

* Matching bandana for hair

* Gold hoop earrings and some long, colorful beaded necklaces, bangles for arms

Women/Girl's Fortune Teller/Gypsy Outfit

* Long wide-flowing black skirt

* White peasant's shirt

* Black front-laced vest

* Black stockings

* Black shoes

* Brightly colored apron or a shorter overskirt

* Long black wig with tight ringlets or curls

* Colored 2" to 3" wide headband

* Gold hoop earrings and some long, colorful beaded necklaces, bangles for arms

Men/Boys Gypsy/Pirate Costume

* Black or brown breeches

* Black boots

* White pirate shirt

* Long-length black or brown vest preferably trimmed with a gold-colored braiding

* Red or another colorful long scarf for the sash at the waist

* Colorful bandana

* One gold hoop earring

Let your imagination run wild with the colors and styles you could mix and match. The trick is to dress in layers and use clothing that is loose and flowing. Add jewelry like bangles, long flowing necklaces, large earrings and ankle bracelets to enhance your outfit. Use colorful sashes accent the waist (and also to hold daggers). Women could drape several sheer scarves from their waist to hang down in points around a solid colored skirt. Include headbands, bandanas and even eye patches for that gypsy pirate look. Purples, blues, greens, bright yellows, reds and blacks are the most popular colors and will make your outfit stand out.

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Frankenstein Halloween Costumes

Of all cinematic monsters, people's knowledge of the Frankenstein monster is impressively long-standing. He is actually one of the most identifiable monsters in history. This is why he's a great choice for Halloween masks. Almost everyone knows him! Frankenstein, that creature with huge, green head and has bolts on the neck. This costume is truly classic, but cool. The array of Frankenstein costume is wide, from jokey to eerie.

Comical variety is made predominantly for kids. For the very reason of keeping their mind away from dark stories of this creature, play it happily, and just enjoy wearing the character.

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Frankenstein Costume for Kids

Trick or Treat Season is not the time for kids to be violent. It is the time for them to be in high spirits, to be creative and animated. There are adorable Frankenstein costumes that are ideal for their age. Be sure to find a great one for your kid. One cool costume comes with green jacket and matching black pants. The hood attached to the jacket has large hole for the face. Similar with Frankenstein, there are bolts in the neck. Under the chin is where the Velcro is. The arms are also green in color and embroidered with bolts and stitches. Both the pants and jacket have green, red and orange patches that mark skulls. The pants have elastic waistband. With elastic that wrap around your child's shoes placed at the bottom of the shoe covers, kids will not feel uncomfortable because of unsecured shoe covers.

Frankenstein Costume for Adults

You can find ready-made Frankenstein costumes at your local Costume Retail Stores. Shopping online is an option too. If you want a Frankenstein monster, you will need huge and bulky costume. The typical costume includes green jacket with an attached plain black shirt made out of foam. The pair of matching pants have elastic waistband for an easy and comfy fit. This costume is absolutely oversized that even shoe covers have foam. Shoes must be tied around the ankles. Securing over the shoes requires elastic bands. They should be positioned at the bottom. Top off your costume with a headpiece. The headpiece has green latex covering the forehead and with black hair hangs down the sides and back.

Walk around with your arms straight out and make grunting noises to really personify the costume. As long as you enjoy wearing your costume, everything will be fine. You have to feel good about yourself. Costume parties are great escape from reality; it is when imagination and silliness takes over.

Match your costume with a bride if you plan to have a partner. An old wedding dress or any long and lacey white dress is a perfect costume for your partner. Line the top and bottom of eyes with black eyeliner, and apply long false eyelashes to enhance the effect.

Frankenstein Costume is indeed a traditional choice for many party-goers. With dash of creativity and clever ideas, you can even spin yours to suit your own preference. Just don't forget the attitude!

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Budget Friendly Halloween Costumes

...by observing you, children learn how to create and they learn craft. These powerful memories imprint a more important message. They come to understand the superiority of the creative tightwad method. - Amy Dacyczyn, a.k.a. The Frugal Zealot

Halloween costumes are so different today. Super heroes, wizards, and cartoon characters rule the trick or treat. It was not too long ago.....ok it was maybe a while ago......when I was a small trick or treater that costumes were much more original.

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You were not likely to bump into three or four other characters that looked exactly like you. Oh, you might run into a costume of the same theme, but it would be totally unique by comparison. Of course my mom created our Halloween costumes. You can create unique Halloween costumes and save money by recycling items.

Create your own unique costumes. Remember that Halloween costumes exaggerate to be most effective. So the more accessories, the better. Some easy to make costumes using items around the house, borrowed from friends and/or relatives, or purchased for next to nothing at your local thrift store include:

A princess wand can be easily made with a dowel or stick and a cardboard star covered with foil. Add frills with duster feathers or ribbons if desired. Make a crown. You can easily make one using a headband and craft materials. Here's a great tip: Recycle a Burger King Crown. You know the crowns they give out to all the little kiddies at Burger King. You can cover with foil or paint and add beads or gemstones to decorate. They also make a great pattern for a crown if you want to create it out of some other material you have.

For older children use tights or stretch pants, and turtleneck shirts, sweaters, hooded sweatshirts all in the desired color instead of the pajamas. Use desired color of mittens or gloves for paws. Bats, lions, tigers, even a skunk can be created in much the same way as the above animals!

Halloween Costume Recycling Tip: Remove the stuffing from an unwanted large stuffed animal (through a cut slit down back), launder, and use sections of fabic for costume. Or, cut a hole for the face and your toddler may be small enough to fit right in and use for hooded costume.

Halloween Costume Recycling Tip: Any discarded or unwanted work uniform (nursing, military, fireman, policeman) can be used as a Halloween costume.

These are all good halloween costume ideas and I'm sure you get the picture by now. The idea is to use as many items as you have on hand to create these timeless Halloween costumes. The possibilities are limited only by your imagination.

Don't let that little girl cry because you can't find her the purrrrrrrrrrr-fect cat costume. You can create a much nicer one from everyday items and a few craft materials. Chances are it will look more realistic than that store bought costume. As a bonus, many of the costume pieces (i.e. shirts, pants, tights, gloves/mittens) are reusable after Halloween!

A few other Halloween tips:

1. Use spray paints or craft paints. fabric dye, fabric paints and/or pens, to color recycled items to desired color. One year I used silver spray paint to color and entire outfit for my son's tin man costume. We recycled aluminum foil to use in making the hat and the axe. Some silver body glitter on the hands and face put the finishing touches on this costume!

2. Use regular clothing to create an all-over color effect as with the animal costumes.

3. Consider mittens or gloves when you need hand color

4. A gallon ice cream bucket w/handle makes a perfect trick or treat bucket. I save these throughout the year and recycle for hundreds of other uses. Use neon paint or stickers to add bright decorations. This is a good safety technique to make kids more visible while trick or treating

5. Make your own face paint: You will need Corn starch, Water, Cold cream, and Food coloring.

Use several different cups (custard cups, recycled single serve yogurt or Jell-O containers, a foam egg carton) Prepare 1 tsp cornstarch, 1/2 teaspoon each of cold cream and water. Mix different color food coloring in each cup for desired colors

Make your own cream make up:

2 tsp white shortening

5 tsp corn starch

1 tsp white all purpose flour

glycerin (get at drug store)

Food coloring as desired

To make enough for one child's face - Use a rubber spatula, blend the first three ingredients until a smooth paste forms. Add 3/4 drops glycerin for a creamier consistency. Add coloring if desired one drop at a time blending after each drop until you have the desired shade. For easy removal use shortening, cold cream or baby oil.

Remember your Halloween safety. Here are a few, but certainly not all inclusive, reminders of safe trick or treat rules.

1. Small children should always be accompanied by an adult.

2. Use flashlights, bright costumes or decorations to make trick or treaters more visible.

3. Try to frequent the same limited area each year or limit visits to friends and families.

4. Remind children not to eat candy until they get home and have moms and dads check and approve.

5. A safe costume should not block or restrict a child's vision or interfere with mobility. Make sure costumes are of a safe length so as not to trip the child.

Have a safe and Happy Halloween!

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Halloween - Why Do We Dress Up in Costumes?

Why DO people dress up for Halloween? We've heard the history of All Hallow's Eve, and like many holidays, we don't pay much attention to the history and meaning behind the dates. We do, however, honor traditions. Halloween is filled with strong traditions and many, particularly children and the young at heart, anticipate it with excitement.

Halloween is spooky. Spooky is thrilling and fun. Halloween means more treats, in the form of candy, than tricks. But the tricks can be wonderfully fun too. Certainly part of the trick of Halloween is dressing up in costumes and being unrecognizable. Have you ever had to guess who a gorilla or scarecrow really is at a party? And guessed wrong the first couple of attempts? Costumes are part and parcel to the fun spookiness. Add a haunted house or party with eerie sounds, lights plunging into darkness and bumping into weird fuzzy things, and the tradition of Halloween is fully recognized.

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I love the wonderful variety of costumes these days. People can dress up in countless ways. They can select styles that are funny, scary, sweet, daring and representative of famous people, historical times. Consumers can purchase ready-made outfits or flex their imagination and skills to create their own. One of the best parts about costume selection is that people get to express themselves in really fun ways.

How will you be expressing yourself this year?

Halloween - Why Do We Dress Up in Costumes?

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Halloween would never be Halloween without a costume party. "Dress up as your popular ghost or ghoul" says the invitation card. Then we encounter the demand of: "What should I go as?" Irrespective of either we are nightmare movie fans, there is no denying that we all enjoy the belief of giving population a scare.

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Halloween allows us to go about scaring population without being reprimanded in return. From children to senior citizens, we all love to dress up as our popular nightmares. On the night of October 31 every year, our peaceful streets come to be infested by characters that seem straight out of the nightmare movies. It is like A nightmare on Elm street in real life.

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Dressing up for Halloween can be an uphill task. But it can also be the simplest thing in the world. Stitch up the sides of a big wide bed sheet, cut out two holes for the eyes, and a ghost costume will be ready and waiting. Of course, that could be simplifying things a miniature too much, unless one admittedly wants to be a ghost. For the more involved outfits, one can naturally walk over to a costume rental store and pick out a costume.

There are so many outfits that one can pick from. You could go as a witch with a broom or as a zombie. You could get one of those skeleton costumes where the bones are painted in luminous colors. The point is to look frightening. The demand is how far would you go? These days, it is not at all difficult to find the excellent costume. Costume shop cater to all kinds of tastes. So even if you want to stay away from looks out of The Rocky nightmare picture Show, you would still have many looks to pick from. Superhero movies tend to contribute a lot of inspiration when it comes to Halloween costumes.

However, just the clothes do not make the look. You need Halloween masks as well. Luckily, these days one can buy admittedly realistic-looking Halloween masks. So if you are hoping to go to the next Halloween party dressed as a zombie, don't worry about how you can unblemished the look. There are bound to be terrifying zombie masks to satisfy your need for blood and gore. Moreover, with the development of silicon masks that bear a closer resemblance to human flesh, Halloween costumes are becoming highly realistic. Dressing up for Halloween has never been this much fun.

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Where To Buy Halloween Costumes Cheap

It is that time again when everyone goes out seeing to buy Halloween costumes and they want to know where to buy them at the best bargain, cheap!

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So, are you shopping for a Halloween Costume and are you asking yourself where you can find and buy a cheap one? Rest assured you are not the only one! Most people at this time would say an emphatic yes, of course, and the trick or treat is what costume should they wear and where to find the best deal?

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Why is everyone these days seeing for a bargain?

Well, with the economy still recovering a lot of people are on a budget, so imagine you are a parent with any children and your household is on a budget. You and the children love this time of year because you enjoy Halloween and the children love to dress up to go out trick or treating. Even though you are on a funds you don't want to disappoint the children. Then you remember you don't have to spend a lot of money, you can buy their Halloween costumes cheap. Some people save even more by making their own costumes.

Here are some reasons why you want to spend less for your costumes this year:

After all, the celebration only last one day so there is no need to go over budget. Stores are competing for your attentiveness so they would be offering sales, discounts and coupons for purchases. Some costumes will be discarded after the festivities so you should avoid over spending.

So, where do you find cheap Halloween costumes? There are a lot of physical shop and online shop that sell Halloween costumes especially colse to this time. Some of them do have low prices while others offer coupons, discounts and free shipping depending on how much you spend.

With so many shop online selling costumes, the inquire is, how do you find which shop have the best sales? You can save yourself the trouble of trying to find which ones have the best deals by seeing at what man who knows where and how to find deals and discounts have found.

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College Student Costumes - Yo Gabba! Gabba! Part 1

Yo Gabba! Gabba! is popular with both small children and college students. This year, consider a Yo Gabba! Gabba! costume for Halloween, especially if you live off campus and plan on handing out treats. Your friends will like it, and small kids will probably think you're the character you've dressed up as.

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DJ Lance is often considered the most popular of the Yo Gabba! Gabba! Characters, and for good reason. He's the one who opens and closes the show, and interacts with all the characters of Gabbaland. You can buy a ready made costume that consists of an orange jump suit with white stripes, orange sneakers, and a fuzzy orange hat. If buying a costume is not for you, hit up the second hand store for and orange shirt and pants, and use reflective tape to make the white stripes. You could probably find a white hat and dye it orange with some fabric dye, and wear your own sneakers. Pair with a boombox style stereo, and you're all set!

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Brobee is also another popular character. His two tone green fur makes him almost huggable, and who can forget the song "Party in My Tummy?" Adult pre made costumes consist of a large green striped shirt, green mittens, and a hat that you can pair with dark pants and your own shoes. If you're making the costume, look for a dark green shirt, and pair it with green gloves (look for cheap stretchy ones sold around this time of year), and a green hat. If you want to get really creative, buy some felt and glue white eyes with black pupils to the hat, and some orange triangles on the top to look like the one that decorate the top of Brobee's head.

For the ladies, why not dress as Foofa? Since she's the only girl on the show, she's a natural choice. Pre made costumes come with a pink dress, shaped like Foofa's pear shape, and a hat styles like Foofa's face. If you're trying to make a costume yourself, look for a large, oversized sweatshirt in pink, or a plain pink dress. You can make a hem with some tape, and run a cord through the hem, so it'll cinche up. Stuff your dress with crumpled newspaper to get Foofa's pear shape. Get some pale pink felt, and cut some teardrop shapes, and affix them to the collor to mimic the flower collar this lovable Gabbaland girl has.

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College Student Costumes - Yo Gabba! Gabba! Part 2

If you're a college student who loves Yo Gabba! Gabba! And is looking for a Halloween costume this year, then consider going as one of the inhabitants of Gabbaland. Small kids will think your costume is great, and other college students will probably recognize you right off the bat. We'll cover Muno, Plex, and Toodee.

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Muno is a great costume to buy pre made. Because he has bumpy skin, it's hard to recreate by making your own costume, unless you want to put some work into it. Premade Muno costumes are usually a one piece jumpsuit modeled after Muno's bumpy skin, a tall hat with his one eye on it, and matching mittens. If you're going to try and make this costume, you could go simple and get a red t shirt and red pants, and then top it off with a red hat. Buy some white and black felt, and glue one round eye onto the hat, and you'll be good to go. If you want to get a little more involved, consider hitting up a craft store or the kid's toy aisle, and try and pick up some balls, ornaments, or molds. As long as they're round, or half round, they'll do. For round, cut them in half, and then spray paint, or use acrylic paint to colour them red. Once they're dry glue them to the shirt, pants, and hat to mimic Muno's bumpy surface. There's a chance they'll fall off while you wear your costume, so avoid gluing them to problem areas, like your seat, knees, elbows, or anywhere that's going to be bent or pushed on a lot.

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Plex the robot is another complicated costume. The pre made costume has a yellow shirt with robot detailing, and silver sleeves like Plex has. It comes with a hat with Plex's face on it, and you pair it with your own pants and shoes. If you want to go the inexpensive route, pick up a yellow T shirt. Layer it over a grey, long sleeved shirt, and wear black pants. Buy a tube of fabric paint, and use Google to look up an image of Plex, and recreate his robot designs on the yellow shirt. Then, get a hat, yellow preferred, and glue felt eyes to it, and find a small ball to affix to the top. Paint the ball red before you glue it in place. Pair the shirts and hats with dark pants and sneakers, and you're good to go.

Toodee, the cat dragon, is a costume you'll have to make yourself. The few pre made Toodee costumes available are very expensive, often costing upwards of 0. So, save yourself the cost of books for the term, and make the costume. Second hand stores should come in handy for this pale blue outfit. Find a blue shirt and pants, and pair with your own shoes. Hit up the craft store for some lighter blue felt. Cut out an oval,and glue it on the shirt to mimic Toodee's pale blue belly. For the head, either buy a blue hat and glue felt eyes on it, or pick up an inexpensive cat costume set in white. Usually it's only ears and a tail, and you'll only need the ears. Using fabric dye, or even some blue food colouring, dye the ears pale blue. Now your costume is complete!

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Creative Halloween Costumes, Decorations and Party Ideas

Halloween is one of my favorite times of year.  Ever since I was a kid I loved dressing up in Halloween costumes and trick-or-treating.  Now that I'm all grown-up I still enjoy the festivities with my kids and having Halloween parties too.  

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It's fun to decorate the house with spooky ghosts and spider webs and pick out the perfect costumes.  Planning a Halloween party with all the autumn foods brings back lots fun memories too.  The weather starts to get cold and you get to make and eat all those fall favorites like caramel apples and pumpkin bread.

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I love to see all the creative Halloween decorations that people put in their yards, on their front porches and in their windows all around the neighborhood.  It seems like it's never too early to get your Halloween decorations up.

It's such a joy to see the little ones all dressed up in their favorite superhero costumes or princesses and monsters.  As an adult it is a fun challenge to see how creative you can be with your costume to impress your friends or win the best costume prize at the Halloween party.   You can find lots of great creative costumes ideas for kids.  They have lots of their favorite tv and movie characters as well as superheros and villains.  

Big kids and grown-ups like to get in on the fun too.  You can dress up in creative couples Halloween costumes like Danny and Sandy from Grease or a Gangster and Flapper or Fred and Wilma Flintstone.  There are lots of fun combinations.

The kids love trick-or-treating and of course all that candy.  Now all that sugar might not be the best choice for kids so you may want to try some creative alternatives.  You can give out healthier snacks like individual serving size bags of goldfish crackers or pretzels.  Small toy treats are also a fun choice.  You can purchase those rubber band bracelets that come in all sorts of shapes and colors and give those out as well.   

You also want to make sure that you think about safety.  Halloween can be lots of fun but you want to make sure that everyone stays safe and comfortable.  Having costumes that are warm enough and make it easy for motorist to see you is important for trick-or-treating on a cold dark night.  Carrying a flash light or glow stick or a glow in the dark candy bucket are some good ideas too.

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Tinkerbell Fancy Dress Costumes - 4 Accessories to Help Make Your Tinkerbell Outfit Look Authentic

Tinkerbell fancy dress costumes are without doubt the most popular type of fairy costume out there. The mischievous little nymph, who has become a symbol of 'the magic of Disney', makes for a wonderful outfit. However, the Tinkerbell outfit that we all know and love, based on the Walt Disney animation, is quite different to how her creator, J. M. Barrie, first envisioned her in his 1904 play.

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Tinkerbell was first described by Barrie as a fairy who mended kettles and pots, like a tinker. Meanwhile, her dialogue consisted of the sound a tinkling bell makes, hence the name Tinkerbell. Visually, she was first represented by a darting light on stage, which was created by a small mirror and a powerful lamp.

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It was not until 1953, in Walt Disney's Peter Pan, that we first saw the little fairy in the green outfit, which has become the inspiration behind most Tinkerbell fancy dress costumes today. You can purchase a reasonably good looking Tinkerbell outfit from most specialist websites online, but if you want to make your costume stand out from the crowd, then you will need to buy some accessories.

Below are my top four accessory tips to help transform your Tinkerbell outfit.

Silver glitter wand

No fairy should be without a wand, how else will she make her man's wishes come true? The silver wand with a star will compliment your Tinkerbell fancy dress costume well, but please note that this sort of item is not suitable for children under 3 years old, due to small parts, so should be kept out of the reach of young children.

Snazaroo glitter dust

Tinkerbell is famous for the small amounts of pixie dust that follows her about whenever she moves. The Snazaroo glitter dust is not supposed to follow you around, but rather to give your face that pixie glow. This is a great example of a low cost item that can make a real difference to your overall look.

Fairy handbag

Where does every self-respecting fairy keep her magic fairy dust, or her keys and mobile for that matter? In her fairy handbag of course. This moss coloured pouch is made form different gauze materials and makes the perfect Tinkerbell accessory.

Ribboned pixie shoes

As with most costumes, the most important accessory you can buy for your outfit is some footwear and the ribboned fairy shoes with stiletto heels are ideal. The pixie shoes come with eight interchangeable ribbons, so you can change the colours as you like, depending on your mood.

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80s Fancy Dress Costumes

A few years ago the 1980s were a decade that people tried hard to forget. In the early nineties, had you suggested the idea of hosting an 80s party, you would have been laughed at. But now, years later, we look back on the 80s with a sense of nostalgia. 80s fashions have made a comeback. 80s trends are influencing today's clothes, music and styles. As a result, the 80s are cool again, and 80s fancy dress costume parties are becoming increasingly popular.

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The 1980's is a great choice as a theme for a costume party because the 80s styles and fashions were so vibrant and bold, the music was so varied and the movies so memorable. When you are deciding on your 80s fancy dress costume, you will be spoilt for choice. Whether you decide to go for an 80s costume inspired by the music or movies of the time, or whether you go for a costume based on 80s trends, you should have no trouble putting together an eye-catching and original costume.

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Here are some 80s costume ideas for you to think about before you decide which outfit to choose.

You could decide to go for one of the 80s fancy dress costumes inspired by the music of the period. The 80s was well known for its megastars, but it also gave rise to the birth of some interesting genres of music. The big stars, such as Madonna, Prince, Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, would certainly lead to great 80s costumes, but there are other options. How about a new romantics (think Duran Duran, Adam Ant and Spandau Ballet) 80s fancy dress costume, or a costume inspired by the heavy metal bands of the 80s (Guns 'N' Roses, Bon Jovi, Whitesnake)?

The movies of the 80s could also inspire your 80's costume. How about a Karate Kid costume, or a Ghostbusters outfit, or Back to the Future fancy dress? Think carefully about the movies you enjoyed in the 80s - there are a lot of great ones that people seem to forget about. I've seen some fantastic Goonies fancy dress costumes and some brilliant Teen Wolf outfits, but these aren't the movies that first come to mind.

These ideas are just a starting point. Before you decide on your 80s costume, think really carefully. You want to end up with a costume that is both original and recognisable. Luckily, there is an almost endless list of great 80s fancy dress costumes to choose from.

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