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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 745.5941646
EAN: 9781579903466
Edition: 1
ISBN: 1579903460
Label: Lark Books
Manufacturer: Lark Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 176
Publication Date: August 28, 2003
Publisher: Lark Books
Studio: Lark Books

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:

Finally, here's a Halloween book that's definitely for adults. It's brimming with practical and inventive ideas for parties, decorations, and costumes, and with an amazingly atmospheric design that's a luscious treat for grown-up eyes. Take the dread out of a costume party with creative and playful ways to dress for success on All Hallow's Eve; there are even actual costume elements to use, from wings and tails to masks and hats. You'll find ways to repurpose items right out of your own closet or benefit from a quick trip to the thrift shop. Unique make-up tips for a ghoulishly great appearance will complete the effect. An elegant "Pumpkin Primer" supplies projects to enhance the holiday spirit, including menacing hex dolls and simple, spooky candlescapes. Finally, a selection of theme party ideas, from Day o' the Dead to a Masked Ball, will make for a Happy Halloween. After all: why should kids have all the fun?

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- very stylish book
Although I agree with some other reviewers that I wouldn't want to wear all of the costumes pictured in this book, I found it very inspiring, partly because of the stylish photography/graphic design and humorous text, and partly because it shows how everyday items can be easily transformed. The book is a sampler of Halloween ideas--a bit on costumes, a bit on decor, and a bit on culture. (It's true that the cultural section could have been improved in terms of accuracy.) I thought the decor section ... Read More

Rating:

- Look before you decide for yourself
After reading some of the less-than-great reviews, I was a bit leery about reading this book, but I'm that I glad I did. The costumes and accessories were quite clever, and on the whole, everything seemed to have an almost elegant tone. If you like the Martha Stewart style of decorating, you'll probably like this. I really liked the garden tool and vine scarecrow - spare and eerie.

Rating:

- LOW ON THE FRIGHT SCALE BUT FUN
Every knows Halloween has become big business over the past 20 years or so and second only to Christmas in terms of dollars spent decorating. Much like Christmas Halloween has become an entire season with stores dedicated to selling Halloween items popping up every year around the beginning of September and people decorating their homes at the beginning of October. If anything, Halloween may be even more elaborate and more expensive with complex animated items and realistic tombstones and other such ... Read More

Rating:

- Love the original costumes! Dislike the innaccurate Japanese costumes.
My opinions are divided about this book. I give it five stars for the assortment highly original, great-looking, easy costumes. The styrofoam hooves and horns were great ideas, the bug costumes actually looked pretty good, and so on. I especially loved the Monet costume, which was of watery blue cloth and bedecked in water-lilies, with a garden bridge on the hat. Many of the costumes and decorations are very artistic. Even some of the no-sew costumes made me say "Oooh, cool!"

I give it one ... Read More

Rating:

- Cheapy Costumes You Can Make At Home
The book title caught my attention as the word "Grown Up" jumped out at me. I am big fan of everything Halloween so I had to have this book. I should have borrowed it at the library first! I read other reviews on Amazon.com about how wonderful this book was so I purchased it solely based on the reviews.

DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER:

The cover threw me off. It had pictures of a paper mache skull with horns, a pumpkin with star holes, floating candles in a bucket filled with flowers ... Read More

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