Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Halloween Dress Up Games for Teenagers




Halloween is a fun holiday for children of all ages. However, once children reach their teen years, they may feel that dressing up is no longer fun. At Halloween parties for teens, it is easy to redirect them back into the spirit of fun and dress-up with these fun dress up games . Just make sure to have prizes for the winning teams. Scarecrow Relay This game is fun and can get quite chaotic, so be prepared. Have on hand a bunch of items that can be used to make up a scarecrow. Hats, straw, old flannel shirts and rope make a good start. You can add other materials to make the game more challenging. Divide the teens into two groups. Each group should have one volunteer to be the scarecrow. The job of the other players is to dress the scarecrow as quickly as possible, but one at a time. Each person is responsible for adding one item to the scarecrow, then racing back to the rest of the team to allow the next person to run to the scarecrow and add the next item. The first team to fully dress the scarecrow wins. Be sure to take pictures of this fun game. Mummy Wrap This game is similar to the scarecrow game. Teens are divided into teams of five to seven. Each team needs a volunteer to be the mummy. Team members are provided with rolls of toilet paper to dress their mummy. A time limit is set. The team that dresses its mummy the best during the time limit is the winner. Teens may want to play this game several times, changing the mummy each time. Guess the Costume After Halloween the previous year, gather up a bunch of cheap costume supplies in preparation for this game. Have the guests bring their old costumes from previous years as well. Make a list of famous characters that are easily recognizable such as presidents, cartoon characters or movie characters. Divide the teens into groups of three to five. Give each team a costume to re-create from the list. Participants must dress themselves like the costume on the list that they were given. Once everyone has dressed, the participants are judged to determine who succeeded at creating the most accurate costume. Costume Scavenger Hunt This game can be played at home for a simpler version or can be played as a roaming game throughout the city. Divide the teens into groups of five to seven. Each team is given a list of costumes to find and wear during the game. Teams must travel around to find the different costumes and try them on. Pictures are taken to prove that each team found the correct costume piece. This game works best if the items on the list are small such as vampire teeth, orange wig and cat-eye glasses. The First team to return with the completed list is the winner.





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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Halloween Fancy Dress From the Dark Knight Rises Movie




Finally, solid Batman news has been announced and the Halloween fancy dress that is expected to come from it will make grown men wet their pants. The simply divine Anne Hathaway who starred alongside Meryl Streep I the Devil Wears Prada is going to scratch and purr her way through the Dark Knight Rises as catwoman, which is gearing up to be the must have costume of the season. Will it be a slinky catsuit like Batman Returns or a leather bra set like the terrible attempt made by Halle Berry? Early indications point to a curvaceous black latex catsuit but frankly it doesn't matter as fans have utter faith in Christopher Nolan to produce another memorable movie.A portion of the blockbuster fan base are really disappointed with the appointment of Hathaway but those familiar with her previous work are more informed and feel quite the opposite. Avid Halloween fancy dress wearers are overjoyed by the potential for a new and iconic catwoman costume. It has been a stellar pick for even ladies who dislike the Batman franchise, which goes to show how fantastic the catsuit really is. They are sold in their hundreds despite it being nearly twenty years since the PVC number strutted by Michelle Pfeiffer in the Tim Burton sequel. Now the responsibility falls on the new wardrobe team to carry on where Burton left off.Information and screen shots have been slow in coming due to the secrecy Nolan has shrouded over the production crew. News has broken over a period of time but it's mostly the cast, which has developed significantly at the start of 2011. Old favourites that the director has worked with on box office smash hit Inception return to work with him again, including Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard and it is only a matter of time before the plot lines trickle into the presses hands. Halloween fancy dress relys on the entertainment industry for the newest creations and the next Batman flick is guaranteed to fulfil the void for years to come.With a constant flood of superhero movies being released by both DC and Marvel the range of outfits will continue to grow for years to come. The Green Lantern, Captain America and Thor have all stamped their mark on the sector already and it will soon be time for the new breed of Batman characters to do the same.