For my US history class, we have to dress up as an "idea" such as "the missouri compromise." How would you suggest that i dress up for the missouri compromise, or if you dont know, you can suggest an idea of a past historical event that i should dress up as.

THANKS!!

dress as the boston tea party!

http://www.buycostumes.com/Tea-Party-Hostess-Adult-Costume/19909/ProductDetail.aspx?REF=AFC-datafeed&AID=10273928&PID=2100672&SID=-sc29030284

http://www.buycostumes.com/Teapot-Adult-Costume/32707/ProductDetail.aspx

http://www.anythingcostumes.com/testeys-tea-bag-costume.html

Me and my friend started to make a haunted house but couldn't get enough supplies, so then we decided to just have a halloween party. All we need is just a few idea's to help make the party better and more scary, thanks

chop shop theme:http://www.partyamerica.com/category/shop+by+holiday/halloween/decorations/chop+shop.do

Mummy wrap: 2 teams. One person gets a toilet paper roll and you have to wrap the other person fast until you are out of paper. First team done wins. Start with the first 2 on the team, the next team cant start until they first roll is done.

Halloween pinata.

Witch hat toss:
Get 3 cheap pointed top witch hats at the dollar store. Use something as rings -3 of them. I just used heavy paper plates and cut out the center leaving a ring. Put the hats vertical in front of each other. Have guests stand behind a line and they have 3 chances to toss the rings on the tops of the hats.

Halloween toss game
Get 3 or 4 halloween pails or witch cauldron containers, or better yet mix them up. Put the vertical in line. Put small prize toys in the pails, the toys getter better the further away. Have guests stand behind a line and they have to throw a bean bag or a halloween item into the pails. They get to pick a gift out of each bucket they toss the item into. Give them 4 tries.

Halloween pong:
Use halloween plastic cups. Line them up in front of guests on a table. Give the guests candy corn. Have a timed game seeing how many they can get into the cuts throwing them across the table.

Guessing game:
Have a jar full of candy corn or halloween candies and have papers outside the jar for guests to put their name and guess the amount. Whoever comes closest wins the jar full of candy.

Halloween twister:
From oriental trading:

http://www.orientaltrading.com/ui/browse...

Games From frightbytes.com:

THE MISERLY MAN
A Tale of Halloween Woe

Once upon a time in this very town
Lived a miserly man whose name was Brown
Alack and alas, on a Halloween night
He was terribly murdered because of spite
And ever since then he has roamed the earth
To warn and to haunt the place of his birth
Tonight we have some of his restless remains
So we'll make you acquainted at once with his .. BRAINS
(Begin passing wet sponge)

And now your shuddering touch will know
The victim's HAIR has continued to grow
(Pass corn silk, yarn or old wig)

He heard too well the tinkle of gold
It's powerful EAR that now you hold
(Pass dried apple or dried peach)

His HAND is clammy, cold and still
No longer can it shoot to kill
(Pass rubber glove filled with cold oatmeal)

His EYES were small, but very keen
Though the kind deed of earth they've never seen
(Pass peeled grape)

He talked a lot when he was young
Now your feeling the remains of his TONGUE
(Pass a raw oyster)

He was sly and cruel from the start
So now you'll feel his bleeding HEART
(Pass a raw piece of liver)

The TENDONS which helped his strong right arm
We pass to you, keep them from harm
(Pass some cooked spaghetti)

The meals he ate were coarse and dry
So his TEETH were strong, they never die
(Pass some dried kernels of corn)

But wait! He comes and stands within
He's hunting for some friends or kin
Listen closely and above his moans
You'll hear the rattle of his BONES!
(A ghost moves slowly through the darkness rattling a bunch of clothespins tied together loosely.
Exits with a moan. Lights on!)

Worm pie:
You'll need some pie tins (1 for each person playing), gummy worms, and cool whip. Put the same amount of worms in each pie tin, (the more the better!) and cover with cool whip. Blindfold each player. Don't tell what's in the pie, let them be surprised to find a worm dangling from their mouths (have a camera ready).

At the word of "Go!" all players dip into the pie with their mouths, trying to pull out as many worms as they can. The person to get all the worms out of their pie wins.

This game is messy, but it's fun for the people playing as well as for those watching! Go eat some worms. Worms are good for you, lots of protein, low in fat, and eating worms will make you popular. Bon appetite'

Other games:
Bobbing for eyeballs: Use gummy eyeballs.

Food:

http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/special/specialfeature/halloween_ms_food/

http://www.parenting.com/recipes-article/Recipes/Celebrations/Halloween-Snacks-and-Sweets

I want cheap but if they are expensive tell me anyway!

Halloween Express just off I75 in West Chester. They open up every year in the building that used to be Oak and More furniture. They have a ton of stuff.

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Gone are the days when making adult Halloween costumes struck fear into your heart. The Internet makes it easier than ever before. What are you waiting for?

Halloween costumes, adult Halloween costumes,

In years gone past, as a grown up, if you wanted to dress up in an adult Halloween costume you pretty much had to make it from items you already owned. Your kid's Halloween costumes, on the other hand, were super simple, you basically went down to the corner drugstore, or big box retailer and allowed them to go crazy down the temporary Halloween aisle.

But where were the super groovy adult costumes? Nowhere to be found. If you were lucky enough to reside in one of the larger metropolitan areas, you might, and we stress MIGHT, be fortunate enough to have a complete Halloween store set up in your city for a month or two prior to the holiday.

Even then, there was very little in the way of costume ingredients that could be used for grown ups. Sure there were accessories. Things like toy guns, machetes, make up kits, wigs, etc. But overall where were the well planned out and pre-packaged adult Halloween costumes?

As the Internet has developed over the past 12 to 15 years or so, one of the trends retailing has seen is more and more opportunities to take traditional brick and mortar stores online. 25 years ago, we were only just beginning to see the advent of the big book stores like Barnes & Noble.

Then the World Wide Web came along and started growing up. This growth began to see some of the big box stores attempting to take their "real" businesses online. While some of these businesses did very well, others faltered. And then another interesting phenomenon began to transpire.

Businesses which only existed online were created to compete with some of the existing retailers. These became known as "e-tailers" and basically offered their products to consumers only via their websites. The obvious example here being Amazon.com. It took them a while, but eventually they grew to the point that they have completely overshadowed the likes of Barnes & Noble.

The same thing has happened with Halloween costumes. In the past existing stores would create those temporary aisles, and since it was the only outlet for costume buying, they did well. Enterprising individuals saw the opportunity and set up the temporary stores, but only in the larger marketplaces. And they do well enough to allow for the practice to continue.

However today, the Internet has simplified the process, and massively enhanced the opportunity for consumers to get exactly what they are looking for in the way of Halloween costumes. Today, it is quite simple to do a search for costume suppliers online and then have choices from many e-tailers.

Today the only real limitation for adults creating killer costumes is their own imagination. The leading online suppliers even make this a no brainer because they have created complete ensembles that provide the consumer with all the accessories and clothing pieces they need for almost any type of look they could imagine.

Whether you are simply looking to accompany your children during their annual Halloween sweets foraging in full costume regalia or you're off to the masquerade ball of the year, you can find it online. Just remember to not leave it to the last minute, it will take a couple of days to ship!

Halloween is a celebration honoring the death of the sun god in ancient pagan religions. This is when the final harvests are taken and stored and it was and still is by some believed to be the day when the barrier between our world and the hereafter blurs, and the dead's spirits would come back to visit their families. Some would leave out extra food at the table for their guests, for it was considered rude to not welcome your ancestors' visit. This was seen as good luck.

Nowadays, neo-paganism celebrates it under many of its old names from a variety of ancient pagan traditions, most commonly it is called Samhain (pronounced "SAM-wen"). It is called the witches' new year and is a day for honoring the end of the growing season and nature's bounty as well as a day to honor one's ancestors. It is, in a sense, a death festival, but with the promise of rebirth on the horizon. The death is temporary and the sun god is reborn on the winter solstice (Yule) but that's a completely seperate holiday. Life is seen as a cycle and treated as such, so death, while sad, is not some terrifying thing to be feared. It is honored, like birth, on Halloween/All Hallow's Eve/ Samhain/etc.

Granted there has been lots of modern era influence, such as Christian superstitions fed into it, as well as other urban myths that have evolved into the mainstream Halloween we see marketed today. It is not to worship Satan, but to honor the end of the growing season and to reflect on the reality of death and await the coming of new life. The costumes come from the Central American holiday Day of the Dead. The revelers would dress up in elaborate costumes in the fashion of their ancestors to honor them and still practice it to this day.

Personally, as a pagan, I view it in its revamped form which was salvaged from the remnants of what it once was. BUT, that certainly doesn't stop me from dressing up and giving little kids candy =D