Halloween may be the BIGGIE for Costumes...but let's not forget the other Holidays that often require Costumes for Parties, School Plays or Parades. To list a few( you will find them on the menu on the left of each page):
Christmas with it's Santa Clauses(Mr. AND Mrs. Ü), Reindeer, Angels, and etc.
 

                     OR!...How about that COSTUME Birthday Party for a youngin'. Wouldn't the kids just go CRAZY dressing as their favorite Super Heros or Cartoon Characters?  Check out my friends at the Costume Zone where they have a ZONE for absolutely everything!   The Cartoon Zone

    It seems to me that just about any "Occasion" or "Holiday" can be made into something a bit more special...maybe even a LOT more special...if the element of "Costuming" or "Masquerading" is added.
          MARDI GRAS is traditionally a NEW OLREANS, 3 day party and parade. Costumes are a very necessary item if you'd like to feel TRUELY a "part of". The fun and craziness of this affair has, for a few years now, made it's way further East and all the way West...and is celebrated similarly in many cities around the good ole US of A.  I am hearing that the last few years Mardi Gras was celebrated as far away as by our troops in Iraq! As you can see by the picture below...the troops went ALL out for this occasion!

  As I work on these pages I will be adding new reasons for getting dressed-up as I hear of  them. Meantime.. I will be adding new Costumes that I come across that I feel you simply won't be able to live without.  :-)
Don't forget to scroll my menu to find specific Costume Occasions. I have tried my best to group them appropriately.

Most Costume Stores have taken up Party Supplies and decorations also:

  




The thing I really like about a Pinata is that it acts as a beautiful decoration..right up until time for it to become the main attraction in coming face-to-face with a baseball bat((my type of fun.) (did I hear you say,"huh?" Ü).
    By the way, Pinatas need not always to be stuffed with sweets. If the Hosts prefer they can stuff a Pinata with small prizes..or even seperately wrapped, small , NON-sweet edibles.(making sure these items are sturdy enough, wrapped well enough, to withstand the fall to the ground and the even ruder possibility of getting stepped on.).  There are so MANY Pinatas to choose from and you can check out some very cool ones at www.pinatas.com . There are "Football Theme" Pinatas, "I love you" Pinatas, "Christmas" and all "Holiday" Pinatas.  What a great shop.

      

 Two of my favorites: One for Halloween..and cna you imagine?  One..a Wedding Cake!
Like I said..there are MANY Pinatas to choose from  AS WELL as SCADDS of Decoration and Party Supplies!

     Many of us, as children, enjoyed the fun of getting into Mommy and/or Daddy's closet , or even better, stowed away trunks from Grandma and Grandpas time. There we discovered worlds of role-play. We called it "Dress-up" when I was a child (looooooong ago ). My mother offered up some of her costume jewelry and even a bit of make-up too. What JOY! It was very exciting to be able to shed my 'little girl' persona to become a glamorous woman. Yes, glamorous. The cut glass in my Mothers costume jewelry necklace had turned to diamonds ( Large Marquise Diamonds as a matter of fact:-) with just a wave of my imagination. 

 

   Of course, as I got older, the fascination with my mothers closets wore out, but I continued to look forward to every chance I had to be in costume.  Halloween became a BIGGIE and actually remained quite an occasion all the way through my child rearing years. I had so much fun dressing my own kids for Halloween..that I think even THEY enjoyed my nit-picking their Costumes to perfection. They loved it and so did I. Heck, I even had to dress-up myself (on THEIR insistance of course ,-) to take them trick-or-treating a time or two.

   Now that I’m a more "mature" woman, I leave most of the dressing-up to the youngins. I have 6 adult children and 11 grandchildren (and still counting) so I figure I DID my job! I’ll just sit back and get my joy out of "watching" and helping all of you out there, the best I can to have your costume ideas and dreams come true. Costuming, and everything about it, can be LOADS of fun that NOBODY should have to miss out on!

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~~~~~~ Coletta