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The Queen's Diamond Jubilee

The queen’s diamond jubilee is a celebration throughout the year 2012 to celebrate the accession of the queen to the throne of the seven countries upon the death of her father, King George VI. Note that Queen Elizabeth is the Queen Regnant of sixteen sovereign states. Out of these, 12 were British dominions or colonies at the start of her reign 60 years ago. The Queen’s diamond jubilee is celebrated in Australia and a few other Commonwealth realms across the globe. In majority of these countries, a diamond jubilee medal is awarded in various occasions. Holidays and such related plans were discussed in the Commonwealth Heads of State and government meeting in 2011. In her speech, the Queen emphasizes various things, among them being family strength where she... [Read more]

April 24, 2012

How to Celebrate May Day

Children dancing around Maypole May Day has been around for many years, and celebrations of it can be tracked back to before Christ’s birth. As with most other ancient celebrations, May Day also has been connected with Pagan roots. May Day occurs on May 1st of every year. Many of those who celebrate this holiday believe that this day is the beginning of the first half of the year, with the other half of the year being marked on the 1st day of November each year. Some traditionalists believe that May Day is a celebration of the return of fertility and life. As with any holiday, there are those who choose to celebrate. Today, we will try to highlight some traditional, and non-traditional, ways to celebrate this ancient European holiday. Dance Around The May... [Read more]

April 17, 2012

Easter Egg Hunting Games

Easter Egg hunting is a tradition loved by many children around the country. It is a great way to keep kids entertained on Easter day, and allows children to utilize their thinking skills when finding the eggs. Easter egg hunting games do not have to be limited to simply placing the eggs in a hiding spot for the kids to find. There are many variations of Easter egg hunting games that kids will enjoy. Consider some of the following ideas when planning Easter activities. One idea for an Easter game is to color code the eggs for the children to search for. Each child can be assigned a color, and they will find the eggs of that color. This game can be played in two different ways. You can either have the children assist each in finding eggs of their assigned color, or instruct the... [Read more]

March 12, 2012

Pac-Man Fancy Dress

In the early 1980s, the video game Pac-Man was the favorite game among the members of the computer generation, young and old alike. The game was a small yellow circle (Pac-Man) that you can guide around a labyrinthine grid of lines as he runs away from flying ghosts. Scores are made when the circle itself can gobble the ghosts from behind. The game ends when Pac-Man himself gets gobbled by one of the flying ghosts. Gamers have been kept glued to their chairs in an effort to gobble up as many ghosts accompanied by a rhythmic chomping sound and rack up as many points as he can before being gobbled up himself accompanied by heaves of sighs of exasperation and disappointment plus the down beat audio signalling the end of game. Although more complicated games with more complex... [Read more]

March 8, 2012

St. Patrick’s Day Costume Ideas

The most common thing people think of when they think of St. Patrick’s Day is wearing green so they do not have to be pinched and many get excited because they will have a reason to be ornery and pinch those who are not wearing green. What a tradition! For those that celebrate this great holiday, there is no better way to do so than by celebrating in costume! St. Patrick’s Day costume ideas can range from comical all the way to sexy. There is certainly a perfect costume for you to celebrate this holiday in style. Many women like to take the sexy route and I am sure the men do not mind at all. Whether you dress as a lucky bombshell, a sexy Saint Patty, a luscious female leprechaun, a sensual vixen, or a shamrock sweetheart any woman... [Read more]

February 28, 2012

Lady Gaga Costumes and the Style that Inspired Their Creation

Adults Lady Gaga Blue Swimsuit Costume You've seen her on TV, on the award shows, in interviews, and performing. She grabs everyone's attention as soon as she walks into view and not only because of her talent. No the main reason she gets people's attention is because of her style. What you see is what you get. Lady Gaga is over-the-top expressive with the way she dresses and she likes to make statements with her outfits and her fashion. After all, at the 2010 MTV Music Awards she wore a dress made out of meat. Who else can say they have ever done that? Well, despite the fact that you probably won't ever wear Lady Gaga's meat dress, you may be inclined to wear one of her other fashionable outfits the next time... [Read more]

February 7, 2012

Valentine's Day Costume Ideas for Couples

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and it is time to get prepared. The following Valentine’s Day costume ideas for couples will help you look your best this holiday. These nautical themed costumes are sure to create waves. Fever Sailor Man Costume comes with a long sleeved white top and matching elastic waist pants; a blue neck scarf and sailor hat complete the outfit. Fever Ahoy Sailor Costume for women is playful and sexy. This blue, red and white mini dress has a white collar and red bow. There are silver stripes accenting the hem of the skirt and a sailor hat is included. Add thigh high white stockings with a white bow to really raise the temperature of your... [Read more]

February 1, 2012

Valentine's Day 2012 gift ideas

Valentine's Day 2012 is around the corner and almost upon us. How do you intend to spend it with your loved ones, spouse and girl/boy friends? Valentine’s Day is just one day in a year but it holds special meanings for the young at heart, especially in view of the romantic theme of the occasion. Some may even wonder how it could impact on one’s life for a long time to come. Valentine’s Days hold a remarkable memory for many people all over the world, and it is always spent spending time together with loved ones and sharing gifts. Many lovers and friends will go to the park for picnics or many might go to the movies. Some will just retire to some private place for some private moments. However you decide to spend your Valentine’s Day,... [Read more]

January 19, 2012

Christmas office party tips

Christmas office parties are part of the office scene during the holiday season. Depending on the number of employees involved, the venue for the party and the resources and time that will be allocated for the event, the well-planned office Christmas party can be something that people will look forward to each year instead of something that they cannot wait to be over and done with so that they can all go home. If it is your turn to plan for the Christmas party for this year, it may be a good idea to ask for volunteers who will be willing and able to help you plan and implement things on the day itself. You cannot expect yourself to do everything!! Keep the group small but efficient. If you have worked together long enough you will know who will be the fun... [Read more]

December 9, 2011

Christmas Costume Ideas for Men

Christmas is not just for children anymore and the number of parties that people have to attend for work; friends and families can leave your head spinning with the appropriate wardrobe for each. A Christmas-themed costume party is your chance to have a little fun amidst all of the bad sweaters and fruitcakes at the office or relatives house. The holiday season can be an extremely busy time both at work and at home. It can be difficult to come up with Christmas costume ideas for men. While it can be a challenge here are some great ideas that will add some fun and excitement to the parties you attend this holiday season. There are many great Christmas costume ideas for men. One idea is a Santa themed costume. Santa costumes come in a variety of styles for every occasion. Super... [Read more]

November 25, 2011

Cheer Up Your Christmas Party with funny Christmas fancy dress

One might think costumes are only for Halloween, but they can be worn on other holidays as well, and be a fun addition to a party. Every year during the holiday season, the average person most likely attends various Christmas parties held by co-workers, friends, and family. It may get repetitive, as each party probably is not much different from the next; presents are exchanged, Christmas tree shaped cookies are eaten, and everyone wears that unsightly sweater that is only brought out during that time of year. Why settle for the same thing each time? A great way to add the extra element of fun and entertainment to a Christmas party is by wearing fancy novelty Christmas Costumes. Christmas cracker costume Unlike Halloween, when one dresses up to get candy, one can wear a... [Read more]

November 18, 2011

Ladies Christmas costume ideas

Fairy costume Christmas time is the portion of the year in which people get to do things not normally done at any time of the year. We get to spend large amounts of money on lavish gifts, and receive gifts as well. We have an excuse to place a large tree decorated with miniature lights and glittering orbs. We discuss the existence of an imaginary man who hands out presents to children and flies on a sleigh guided by reindeer. Christmas is the perfect time of year for women to dress up in clothing that would not be appropriate for any other occasion. Only around Christmas would women have the opportunity to wear costumes such as a Pixie Fairy costume or a Sexy Miss Santa costume. Santas Sexy Little Helper Costume Any girl loves to dress and up and... [Read more]

November 14, 2011

Kids Halloween costume ideas

Childs colourful Halloween skeleton costume No matter how spooky the ambience would be during the Halloween, still the cuteness of the kids cannot be fully covered by the different costumes they wear. Instead, they become even more attractive in their disguise. Here are some of the costumes in which you may find your kids looking stylish yet smart in their Halloween get-up. Characters from the fairy tales and other children stories are just one of the most common disguises children would prefer just like Gothic Witch, Pretty Witch, Smurfette, little Egyptian, cutie Princess and prince, Pirates boys and girls, Wheres wally set of clothes and the like. There are also instances where they would want to play a certain role or personality being a hippie boy... [Read more]

October 18, 2011

Creating A Unique Halloween Costume

Want to be the only one at the party with your outfit? Thought about making your own one? Zombies are always a popular choice for halloween parties, we stock a large range of zombie costumes including convicts, nurses, schoolgirls to name a few. 2011 See's our largest ever selection of halloween costume accessories so its now easier than ever before to create your own one-off costume! For example we have the zombie make-up kits which includes zombie Face paint, fake blood, gel blood, liquid latex, horror flesh and applicators. An idea is to purchase any normal fancy dress costume, add some rips and create your zombie face, add some halloween weapons such as a butchers knife or a rusty cleaver, and pour on some fake blood to the outfit. Our Beetlejuice wigs are a great way to... [Read more]

October 13, 2011

Planning the Pirate Party of the Year

You are planning a party. It's a theme party, a pirate theme party. This is going to be the party extravaganza of the year and you are pumped. But do you know how to plan a pirate party? How do you make your pirate party an experience worth talking about for many years to come? Well, you need to get in the pirate frame of mind, become a pirate from now until your party so that you can plan it with all its pirate details, from the invitations to the decorations to the food. You can do it and this is how. First, you need pirate invitations and they have to be authentic. Just think about it. Pirate invitations bought at a store are nice enough, but you need invitations that look old and worn, like the paper on which pirates used... [Read more]

October 12, 2011

How to Plan a Witch Party that is a Cauldron Full of Fun

Witch party fun Dressing up is loads of fun for kids and let's face it – adults love it, too. That is why fancy dress parties are so popular and one way to have a fancy dress party is to have a theme party. At Halloween you want to have an appropriate theme party and a witch party is certainly appropriate. Dressing up as a witch and having a great witchy cauldron party is not only fun, but easy to plan. You can create a fabulous atmosphere for a witch theme party and have your friends over for a spooky old time. Just be sure to have them all dress up and of course, wizards are welcome, too. Now, you have to let people know about your party if you want people to attend and that is what the invitations are for. But these cannot... [Read more]

September 26, 2011

Trick Or Treat Products For Halloween

With Halloween next month its time to start stocking up with trick or treat items to hand out to those ghosts, devils and witches who will be knocking on your door in the not so distant future. We stock a huge range of practical jokes which are the perfect low cost items to give away on Oct 31st. The kids will love you! [Read more]

September 20, 2011

Talk like a pirate day

Avast ye dogs! There be mutiny upon us… Talk Like a Pirate Day is one of my favorite irrelevant holidays. Less annoying than April Fool’s Day and has much more purpose than Groundhog Day, at any rate. It’s an excuse to be goofy, and not widely celebrated so you can either feel like an idiot or a member of an elite crew of pirates when engaging in conversation, and it gives one a reason to drink rum. (Do you ever need a reason to party with Captain Morgan?) It’s beauty is in the sheer silliness of the day. The idea began nearly two decades ago when John Baur and Mark Summers were playing racquetball. After play for a while and joking around, one of them decided to start encouraging the other by using pirate slang. By the end of the game, the... [Read more]

September 19, 2011

The Most Popular Halloween Costumes for Halloween 2011

It's coming, maybe sooner than you would like when you are still enjoying the warmth of early autumn, but fall is not that far away and that means that one of people's most favourite holidays is not that far off. Yes, Halloween is that wonderful celebration that gets people in their fancy dress costumes and ready to show off. It is a time when people plan carefully what they are going to wear and spend weeks putting it all together. It is also a time when people tend to like to dress up in a traditional fancy dress costume and try to make it the best ever or when people dress up as the main film characters of the past year. The most popular costumes of the year are often based on the popular films of the year and for Halloween 2011 there are sure to be a... [Read more]

September 19, 2011

Tips to Keep Your Little Trick-or-Treaters Safe this Halloween

Halloween is fun and is meant to be frightful, but accidents are no fun and on Halloween it is important that we take extra care to ensure that our children are safe when they go to parties or trick-or-treating. After all, Halloween is about creating good memories that will be with your children for a lifetime and there is no room in there for tragedy. By following a few simple safety tips for Halloween parties, trick-or-treating, and costumes we can ensure that our children will be safe and sound while out and about and when they get home. Let's start with the Halloween party. This is relatively easy to take care of. If you are hosting a Halloween party then you really just have to be certain that your party space is safe. This might mean removing... [Read more]

September 12, 2011

How to Make an Authentic Werewolf Costume

Werewolf costume Did you know that home-made costumes can be a lot of fun to make and they can be really inexpensive, too? They can also be some of the best looking costumes around. Whether you are looking to make a costume for yourself or your child, if you have considered a werewolf costume, then you will be pleasantly surprised by how easy it is to make one. First of all, will you be a brown werewolf or a black one? Colour is important when it comes to the werewolf and you need to choose a colour that will be easy to track down when it comes to acquiring the right materials for the costume. Now, the basis of your costume will be the clothes you wear, which should be either brown or black. You can wear a track suit, which might be the best... [Read more]

September 7, 2011

Tim Burton's Creative Genius

Beetlejuice costume When it comes to Halloween part of the tradition for many people is to watch films. Whether it is after the party or after a night of trick-or-treating, watching films with your family and friends is a great way to wind down and enjoy some on-screen fright. Among the popular films of the season are those of Tim Burton, a creator and director who has built up an amazing reputation over the past 30 years. His earlier films were experimental, but his first official release was his 1982 short film called Vincent, which was about one of Burton's idols, Vincent Price. In fact, Price was the narrator, which was the perfect addition to the film. Burton's first live action film for Disney was the 1984 Frankenweenie, which was... [Read more]

September 5, 2011

Making the Perfect Witch Costume This Halloween

Halloween is a fun time to dress up in fancy dress and whether you have a child who will go trick-or-treating or you are attending an adult fancy dress party a witch costume is ideal and very traditional. Boys or girls, men or women, a witch (or wizard) costume works for anyone. In fact, the Harry Potter films have made it even more popular for boys and men to dress up as well. Whether you want to be a wicked witch, a sexy witch, or an old hag, you have some planning to do. However, it is easy to find everything you need for your witch costume in your own closets, thrift stores, discount stores, and party supply stores. You can make a witch costume quite inexpensively and easily and creating your new look will be fun, too. Witch... [Read more]

August 31, 2011

The Wizard of Oz Characters – Generations of Love

The Wizard of Oz is a film that has touched the hearts of millions of children and adults over many generations. On the surface it is a story about a girl who gets carried away to a magical land where she meets some wonderful friends and where she must face an evil enemy as she strives to get back home. However, there is a deeper meaning to this story, the idea that we already have everything we want and need to be happy and that we really don't have to go searching for it. This is the lesson that all of the characters learn as they make their way down the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City. So who are the characters of this amazing story? Let's find out. Characters from Wizard of Oz movie The main character is Dorothy Gale, who we... [Read more]

August 29, 2011

Fantastic Couple's Costume Ideas

Everyone loves to dress up. That's what fancy dress parties are for and it's not just the kids, but adults too who love even the idea of dressing up for a night out. Planning a costume for a big fancy dress party is at least half the fun. When it comes to adults dressing up, there are plenty of adults who have a partner, husband, wife, or other type of significant other and it is sometimes even more fun to dress up together. Fortunately, there are a number of fancy dress costumes that are ideal for and even designed for use by couples. These costumes compliment each other and take fancy dress to a new level. They include superhero costumes, famous people costumes, and just plain funny costumes. Superheroes form a large part of our... [Read more]

August 24, 2011

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