Today's Popular Halloween and Haunted House Articles

7 Easy DIY Halloween Costumes Ideas Mother Nature Would Appreciate

by Gloria Campos

There is still time to make your own Halloween costume. Take a look at the list of eco-Halloween ideas I have gathered below. The costumes are made with recycled material and of themes Mother Nature would appreciate.

13 Halloween Pet Costume Winners 2007: Coolest, Scariest, Weirdest, and more...

by Lady Bee

Finally, I'm ready to present Lady Bee's Halloween Pet Costume Winners for 2007. Read on, and you'll find my picks for Coolest, Weirdest, Funniest, Scariest, Classiest, Best Pimp, Most Pious, Most Flirtatious, Most Realistic, Most Surprising, Best Retro, Best Pirate, and Most Adorable costumes for pets. (Dog, cat, ferret, and bird costumes were considered). read more »

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2009's Funniest Adult Halloween Costumes

by Boomer Babe

Halloween is just around the corner for those of us who want our choice of the best, or in this case, funniest adult costumes. And 2009 does not disappoint when it comes to funny. I've chosen just 10 funniest from a crowded field -- this year with award categories such as Biggest Perv, Not Just A Pretty Face, Most Elusive, Sexiest Construction Worker, and Grossest, Goriest, Ugliest.

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6 Best Ways To Use A Michael Vick Mask This Halloween

by Lady Bee

While searching for great costumes for pets this Halloween, I ran across a download of a full-size Michael Vick mask. With it was a recommendation that the "spooky" mask would make a simple Halloween costume when combined with a "bloody old jersey and a dog leash to accompany..." Not a bad idea, I suppose. But there are more ways that animal lovers, especially dog lovers, can use this down-loadable mask for Trick or Treat... Here are Lady Bee's 5 top picks.

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Haunted House Restaurant: Oklahoma’s Halloween Dining Experience

by Beth Graddon-Hodgson

Halloween is coming up, and I bet I know what you're planning. If you're into the nightlife scene, you're likely to be dressing up as a scantily clad superhero, pirate, or football cheerleader (if you're a woman that is, and maybe even if you're not); or if you're looking for a low key Halloween night, you're probably waiting to fend off the trick-or-treaters with candy. Well, for a unique experience, here's a better idea by way of a unique business that will satisfy your appetite for fear and dinner!

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Top 5 Most Terrifying & Disturbing Restaurants To Visit This Halloween

by Beth Graddon-Hodgson

It seems like no matter where you go around the world, there's a unique experience offered that might just want to make you run screaming home to momma. With Halloween approaching, there's no better time to terrify and disturb yourself or your loved ones, so here are some of the top 5 most terrifying and disturbing restaurants that you just can't miss this year.

14 Best Halloween Pet Costume Winners 2011: Scariest, Sexiest, Dumbest, Most Adorable, Look-Alikes, And More!

by Lady Bee

This is the fifth year of my best Halloween costumes for pets blog. This year I'm seeing more originality in handmade pet costumes and less in the traditional ready-to-wear pet costumes. But it wasn't hard to find plenty of super entries vying for Best Look-Alikes, Sexiest, Dumbest, Funniest, Scariest, Best Prehistoric, and more categories...

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Halloween in Japan - Eight Crazy Frights

by Steve Levenstein

Halloween has only recently been embraced by people in Japan but celebrate it they do, wholeheartedly. What's more, fun-loving Japanese have taken the pumpkin and are running with it. Here are eight eerie examples.

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13 Best Halloween Pet Costumes 2009: Cutest, Prettiest, Most Neurotic, Funniest, & More!

by Lady Bee

Halloween is my favorite time of year and I love covering the dog costume beat for InventorSpot. For 2009, we have some new categories of Halloween costume awards for dogs and cats, including Best Looking Witch, Most Literary, Most Neurotic and our first one out, the Best Swine Flu Worker Pet Costume Awards. Enjoy them!

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Win Big Making Your Very Own Homemade Halloween Costume

by Gloria Campos

Have you noticed that Halloween really brings out the creativity in people? I have. In search for earth-friendly Halloween innovations I came across one costume contest after another after another and I have to say I am thoroughly impressed with the cute and/or gory things people can create out of recycled material.

Burger King Japan's “BK Pumpkin” Burger is a Happy Halloween Meal

by Steve Levenstein

Burger King Japan is rolling out the limited edition, sliced squash embellished “BK Pumpkin” Whopper on October 26th, just in time for Halloween. Two slices of fried pumpkin not enough for you? Drop an extra 100 yen on the “Pumpkin Bomb”, a BK Pumpkin with 10 (count 'em, 10!) pumpkin slices.

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Creepy Cosplay Halloween Costume Channels Your Inner Panda

by Steve Levenstein

Japanese Halloween costumes range from silly to strange to bizarre. This one, however, is so out there it's off the scale. At least it comes with an inflatable panda bear.

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Kit Kat & Strawberry McFlurry? Gimme A Break!

by Steve Levenstein

The trick to McDonald's Japan's latest sweet treat involves combining Kit Kat chocolate bars, crushed strawberries and luscious soft ice cream to create the sinfully delicious Kit Kat & Strawberry McFlurry! Boo hoo, it's only available through the end of October!

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10 Ghost Chairs That Will Scare The Living Sit Out Of You!

by Toby

You know the feeling of readying yourself to sit on a chair that someone else is guiding? You're never sure which way he is going to move the chair -- toward you or away from you. In the case of these "ghost chairs," it's not another person's intent that scares you, it's the illusion that the chair may not really be there at all. If you're inebriated or just klutzy, better stay away from these....

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Ensuring You Get Extra Tricks This Halloween

by Jill Harness

Want to guarantee your trick or treaters will leave you with a lot of tricks? Then try giving them terrible candy like Gummy Haggis, chum mints or ghost pepper candies. You'll be sure to get all kinds of eggs and toilet paper across your front yard by the next morning.

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Liquid Bookmark Lets It Bleed While You Read

by Steve Levenstein

Bloody good book? Show others your grasp of goth chic with the Kyouei Liquid Bookmark. Handmade individually from silicone, this eye-catching bookmark gives you all the fun of real blood - without the mess.

Create Your Best Pumpkin Carving Artwork

by Diana Eid

What's better than smashing pumpkins on Halloween? That's right, carving them! Get out your knives and Dremels and get ready to enter a pumpkin carving contest.

Will Twilight's Twitter Account Reach 1 Million Followers & Shift Age Demographics?

by Ron Callari

On October 12th, with just a few hours of tweeting under the new Twilight Twitter account's belt, it had already tallied 22,000 followers. Three days later and as of the time of this posting, it has more than tripled its fan base to reach 78,000. Can it reach a million and will it shift the age demographic on Twitter? Take our POLLS and find out.

Blood Thirsty Lamp: Eco-Dangerous?

by Gloria Campos

Some people sign contracts and oaths with blood. Others suck your blood. Designer Mike Thompson has taken it upon himself to make a bloodthirsty lamp just in case we run out of resource to power things up.

Pumpkin Art That Inspires Awe

by Diana Eid

What can you do to scare the crap out of little kids on Halloween? Make really scary pumpkin carvings, of course!

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