Best Costume Ideas

Instructables DIY Halloween 2007 Contest

The crew over at Instructables is sponsoring a Do-It-Yourself Halloween 2007 Contest.  There are four contest categories that include: “Hack-O-Lantern”, “Costume”, “Decorations, Gadgets, and More”, and “Food”.  So it sounds like they have a category for every aspiring do-it-yourselfer.

The contest is a collaborative effort between Instructables, PopSci, MAKE, Craft, American Science & Surplus, and Cool Neon. 

Here are descriptions of the prizes:

Grand Prize: A trip to the 2008 Maker Faire in San Mateo, CA! Includes airfare, hotel, and tickets for one lucky winner! Also, your choice from the First Prize packages!

First Prize: one (1) winner in each category
Choose from three prizes:
-Makita 18V Compact Lithium-Ion Cordless 1/2″ Driver Drill Kit
- Wusthof Classic Hollow-Ground Santoku Set of 7″ and 4″ knives, Wusthof Classic 9″ Bread Knife, and a sharpener
-Cool Neon EL Wire kit!

Second Prize: two (2) winners in each category
A $50 gift certificate from American Science & Surplus, a limited-edition Instructables Halloween pumpkin t-shirt and stickers, the MAKE category prize, and a copy of MAKE’s Halloween edition.

Third Prize: three (3) winners in each category
A limited-edition Instructables Halloween pumpkin t-shirt and stickers, and a copy of MAKE’s Halloween edition.

Plus many more!

You can check out other submissions in the DIY Halloween 2007 group on Instructables.  Good luck!

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Get 5% off on your next Halloween purchase

Don’t miss your last chance to buy great Halloween costumes at a discount.  If you act now, you can get 5% off your purchase as long as it totals more than $65.  It doesn’t matter what it is, as long as you make it over $65. 

You can stock up for next Halloween, or buy costume party supplies.  But you have to act now, because the coupon code expires on 10/31/2007.

So visit BuyCostumes.com now and enter coupon code FRANKEN5 for 5% off your purchase.  Remember that BuyCostumes only charges $5.99 for Express FedEx shipping (on order of $60 or more) and only $11.99 Overnight FedEx shipping.

Have a safe and happy Halloween!

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Halloween Costumes Maybe You Should Think Twice About

I love Best Week Ever and when I get a chance to read their online blog, I do.  One of their latest lists includes the “Top 10 topical Halloween costumes everyone will be wearing, even though we wish they wouldn’t“.  Sound funny? That’s because it is.  Trying to call everyone out on the most cliche costumes of the season even before they wear them is genius!

Some of the ideas are pretty tired even though they haven’t been attempted yet, so I’m glad they called those out.  But I actually considered going as Larry Craig or one of the “My D*ck in a Box” guys from the SNL skit, so why did they have to ruin my fun?

My favorite description goes to the ‘Paris in Jail’ costume idea:

7. Paris In Jail - “OMG, you guys! What if we wear blonde wigs and dress up like Slutty Convicts, and carry around jail bars made of cardboard and say ‘That’s Hot’ all night! Won’t that be so funny and original!?!” No, it will not.

The great thing to come out of this is that it will force some people to think more creatively for their Halloween costume this year.  Or maybe not.

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Welcome to Best Costume Ideas

Welcome to Best Costume Ideas! We’re here to help you come up with an idea for a costume that is as unique as you. Whether you need a costume for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, a costume party, or even as a team mascot, you’ll find ideas to help you out here as the BestCostumeIdeas.info blog.

You can also look forward to guides on how to create your own costumes, reviews of where to purchase costumes, the history of costumes, tips on Halloween party decorations, and advice on where to get party supplies.

So if you have any ideas on what you’d like to see here at Best Costume Ideas, please contact us.

Happy costume hunting!

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