The costume selections at the Halloween stores are endless, but an elaborate costume can end up costing a fortune.

 Lately  I have noticed more and more really clever costumes that can be made quickly, easily, and for just a few dollars.  Sometimes it is the simplest ideas that deliver the most humor and fun! So if you are invited to a Halloween party that you haven’t had time to prepare for, here are a few iclever ideas we got online.

Be the Alfred Hitchcock Movie, The Birds! Cut birds from black posters. Attach to hands with rubber bands, to hair with bobby pins, and clothes with safety pins. Wear a scary look on your face! 

Identity Theif

This is so simple and so funny!  To become an identity theif, Just go to Office Depot and get a package of paper name tags. Write down all your friend’s names or put the names of celebrities and stick them all over your clothes. Some play money pouring out of your pockets could add to the humor!

You could wear a hat that says Identity Theif or just let them guess what you are.

I saw a couple come to a party as the King and Queen of Hearts. They just used white poster boards hung over their shoulders (one in front and one in back) decorated like the King and Queen of Hearts !

 They each had a crown on their head. They dressed in red under the cards. It was clever and striking!

Bingo Card

Here is another idea just using white poster board and colored markers to become a bingo card.

What clever, easy and inexpensive costumes have you seen or made yourself? Please share!

Let us know if you need any last minute Ghoulish Gore-Met baskets! We will custom design it for you and deliver on Halloween.

Happy Halloween from Linda, Barry and The Best To You Team!

One idea for the meal, which I recently saw in a magazine and thought was great fun, delicious and easy, is a graveyard theme meatloaf. I have added some of my own ideas as well.

•  Prepare a meatloaf and form it into individual rectangular shaped caskets.
• Whip up some creamy mashed potatoes and make graveyard ghosts by spooning  a couple tall mounds of the mashed potatoes on top of each meat loaf  casket.
•  To decorate the ghost’s faces, use black olive slices to form the O for the mouth and smaller pieces for the eyes.
• Place the meatloaf caskets topped with the mashed potato ghosts on a large serving dish with a layer of  “graveyard grass” which could be a bed of spinach or green beans.
• On another round platter, arrange sliced carrots cooked with honey and butter. Fill the entire platter with the carrots and then make a Jack-O-Lantern face with black olive slices to make the triangle shaped eyes, nose and mouth. 
• For the beverage, mix fruit punch with a sparkling soda.
• Mix up a yummy salad and create a scary face with nut pieces, olives  and baby tomatoes.  
• Make dirt and worm parfaits for dessert. Use plastic halloween glasses. Layer vanilla pudding, oreo cookie crumbs (the dirt), and whipped cream, Top it with the Oreo cookie crumbs and a few gummy worms on the top and hanging over the edge of the glass.

With this meal the invitation might read something like this: You are personally invited to a Ghoulish Gourmet Family BOO-Fay at 4:00 on the haunting day of  October 31st! Only costumed Boos and Ghouls will be admitted. The menu will include: Meatloaf Caskets with Graveyard Ghost Mash, on a bed of Cemetary Grass Spinach, Jack-O-Lantern Carrots, Spooky Salad, A Scary Punch Potion and Dirt and Worm Parfaits. You will scream with delight with every bite!

Use Halloween themed paper plates and napkins for a festive look and easy clean up. A glowing Halloween Jack-O-Lantern makes a great centerpiece. You can download some fun Halloween music on the internet to complete the atmosphere. Then just get the camera ready to preserve the memories.

If you need help with a centerpiece, party favors or are invited to a party and need a Halloween Host or Hostess gift Feel free to call us at 858-578-2740 or visit our website at http://www.thebesttoyou.com

Do you have any fun Halloween dinner ideas the whole family can enjoy? We’d love to hear about them!