Costume Craze - Child and Adult Costumes

Ready for New Moon?

New Moon, the second film in the Twilight Saga is out in theaters today, and Twilight fans are going wild.

News outlets are reporting that New Moon has claimed the number one spot for the most ticket pre-sales ever sold. That’s a lot of love for vampires and werewolves!

In New Moon, Bella Swan is devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen, but her spirit is rekindled by her growing friendship with the irresistible Jacob Black. Suddenly she finds herself drawn into the world of the werewolves, the enemies of the vampires, and finds herself torn between loyalties.

Werewolf or Vampire... What team are you on? Here at Costume Craze, we know it’s hard to make these kinds of choices. That’s why we have a horde of vampire costumes AND a pack of werewolf costumes, so you can have the best of both worlds.

And thanks to our Blowout Sale, all costumes are up to 90% off! Talk about your tasty deals. Instead of taking a bite out of your wallet, we’ll help you wolf down savings!

Treasure Trove of Viking Costumes

Imagine taking your metal detector out for a routine day of searching a field for bits and pieces of metal.

Now imagine that your metal detector stumbles upon the most important find since 1840!

That's what happened to a father and son in North Yorkshire, England. They unearthed a Viking treasure hoard that had been buried more than 1000 years and is estimated at more than 1,000,000 British pounds.

It is thought that the treasure belonged to a rich Viking who buried it during the unrest following the conquest of the Viking kingdom of Northumbria in 927. The turbulence of that period may have prevented the Viking from returning to his treasure.

Here's a little secret.... We know where you can find your own hoard, without a metal detector. Shop online at Costume Craze for a treasure trove of Viking Costumes!

Bigfoot or Hoax?

Last week, a man in Dauphin County, PA claims he saw Bigfoot while hiking in the Appalachian mountains. He managed to record video of the encounter on his flip phone.

"The sounds were loud and they freaked me out, to be honest with you. I told my wife we need to get out of here. There's something up in these woods." (ABC27 News)

Have you ever wondered why pictures of Bigfoot always so blurry? Do you think the man really saw the elusive Sasquatch?

Most likely, it was someone wearing a gorilla costume!

Costume Craze has a large selection of funny and ferocious gorilla costumes. Enjoy discount prices during our storewide Blowout Sale, where EVERYTHING is up to 90% off!

We’re happy to help you make your own blurry and mysterious Bigfoot video. Who knows... you might even become famous and make it into the news!

This Week in Movies

2012 Brings the End of the World

Are you ready for 2012? The exciting disaster film hits theaters this Friday and stars John Cusack and Amanda Peet. The world is ending, and the tagline of the movie reads, “We were warned.”

So... what’s the deal with 2012? Thousands of years ago, the Mayans predicted the world would end on Dec. 21, 2012. Their calendar ends on this day. Oh no!

As you can see in the trailer above, 2012 has a big budget with incredible special effects. The world is ending, and Superman won’t be saving the day.

With lots of thrills, explosions and some comedy relief, 2012 has the makings of a perfect popcorn movie, guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seats!

Gobble up our Costumes

We are so excited to bring you amazing savings during our storewide special, where everything is up to 90% off! You heard correctly, we’re practically giving costumes away!

And with our low flat-rate ground shipping for only $2.99, these prices are impossible to beat.

Costumes make every party more fun, and they make great gifts, too. This sale won’t last long, so gobble up our costumes before they’re gone!

* 70-90% OFF (select costumes)

* 60% OFF (hundreds of costumes)

* SEE ALL (thousands of costumes)

Harvest Savings

Halloween has come and gone, and November welcomes us with cool weather, falling leaves, and the whisper of the holiday excitement to come.

The smell of pumpkin pie is in the air, Thanksgiving is approaching… and the turkeys are starting to get nervous.

This is a special time at Costume Craze. The witches and goblins step aside to make room for the Pilgrims, Native Americans, and our large selection of Thanksgiving costumes and accessories.

We have turkey costumes and hats that are guaranteed to liven up your family’s Thanksgiving. Our Pilgrim and Native American costumes are perfect for school plays, projects and community events.

And best of all… enjoy Harvest Savings during our storewide special where everything is up to 90% off! We also offer flat-rate UPS ground shipping for only $2.99, and orders over $50.00 ship for FREE!

Now THAT’s something to be grateful for!

Where did the turkey go?

Trick or Treat Safety

What's the best thing about Halloween, besides dressing up in costumes? That's right - Trick or Treating and getting LOTS of candy!

We want you to have a fun and safe Halloween, so here are some helpful safety tips for Trick or Treating.

1. When purchasing a costume, consider costumes that allow freedom of movement and vision as children will be climbing stairs, crossing roads and traversing unfamiliar yards.

2. Carry a flashlight and stay on sidewalks, when possible.

3. For dark colored costumes, use glow bands or reflective tape. If your child dresses as a witch, for example, you can cut stars of reflective material and attach to the hat or back of the cloak.

4. Always follow traffic rules and walk in small groups.

5. Stay with an adult, or take a cell phone with you for emergency calls and location updates.

6. Go only to well-lit houses and remain on porches rather than entering homes.

7. Keep an eye out for open flames from candles and jack-o-lanterns.

8. Before eating your candy, always inspect the wrappers and packaging.

These safety tips apply to all you "big kids" out there too!

Here's to a very safe and fun Halloween!

Hollywood Halloween

Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson are not dead...at least, not where popular costume choices for adult costumes are concerned.

According to the Miami Herald, costume suppliers predict this year’s hot costumes will be influenced by media, movies current events and pop culture with people taking their inspiration from reality television, tabloid celebs and high-profile celebrity deaths.

Of course, past deaths of notable celebrities continue to remain popular year after year, too. Hey, who isn’t a little obsessed with Hollywood icons like Marilyn Monroe and Elvis? Lest you feel that your classic Hollywood costume isn’t unique enough, a little make-up can turn Elvis into a rocking-cool zombie costume.

Whether you want to be Hannah Montana or Harry Potter, we’ve got the pop star, celebrity and movie costumes you need to have a Hollywood Halloween!

Costume Craze on Local TV News!

Costume Craze was recently on our local TV news! Kate Maloney and her crew appeared on stations KUTV and KJZZ to showcase our Halloween costumes.

They appeared live on the morning news, and again in the afternoon. Live television can be a bit intimidating, but they did great! The video clip above shows the afternoon fashion show. How fun!

Vampire Costumes

Since the release of Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight", vampires have been carving out a sizable niche in pop culture.

With popular TV series like HBO's True Blood and the new CW program Vampire Diaries, it's likely we'll see a lot of vampires roaming the streets this Halloween.

Want to join the undead?

Guys, you'll look dangerously debonair in our Premiere Gothic Vampire Costume. Of course, the ladies will look no less perilous in our provocative Gothic Vampiress Costume.

Hey, here's an idea...why not make the whole vampire thing a family theme? Girls and boys will love our vampire costumes for children and even the dog can join in the undead festivities with our Dogula costume.

But you'd better stake a claim on your favorite creature of the night costume, now!

Halloween is only two weeks away and the vampire costumes won't last long...well, maybe until the sun comes up.

Easy Halloween Costume Shopping

One Halloween, as the clock ticked on towards 5:00 pm, a dental hygienist realized there was no way she would make it to the store to buy candy for trick-or-treaters.

Being a quick thinker, the hygienist emptied the supply closet of samples. That night, she handed out dozens of toothbrushes, toothpaste and dental floss.

As you might imagine, the next year, though the hygienist was prepared with all manner of sweet treats, not one little spook haunted her doorstep.

Nobody wants healthy stuff on Halloween...just like nobody wants a bad Halloween costume, you know?

So stop procrastinating. With our easy and affordable online shopping, you can order your Halloween costume in a jiffy and have it sent right to your door...that way, you'll have plenty of time to pick up that Halloween candy!

Go Wild With Costumes

This Friday, the film adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's book "Where the Wild Things Are" comes to the big screen.

The story follows the adventure of Max, a mischievous young boy who is sent to his room for misbehaving.

Wearing a wolf costume, Max's imagination runs wild and soon transports him to the land of the Wild Things where Max is crowned king of their mischievous kingdom.

There's no better time to let your own imagination go wild than on the magical night of All Hallows Eve.

Bring your favorite storybook or movie character to life with our whimsical collection of Halloween costumes!

Frightfully Fun Halloween Costumes

Did you know that ghosts go to boo-ty parlors on the day before Halloween? Yep, it's a true story. Oh, and a vampire's favorite type of ship...is a blood vessel!

Okay, how about this one...Have you heard about the most famous French skeleton? His name is Napoleon bone-apart.

We also heard somewhere that vampires get major heartburn when they have stake sandwhiches for lunch.

These Halloween jokes are funny, aren't they? Well let us assure you, there's nothing funny about NOT having a great costume for Halloween...in fact, that's just downright scary!

Shop our online costume store now for frightfully fun Halloween costumes at affordable prices. But hurry, our costumes are flying off the shelves faster than bats from a belfry.

Act now and you can get flat rate shipping for a measly $2.99!

Which Witch?

Many times, when we think of witches, we imagine withered old crones dressed in black, toiling over a boiling caldron or flying a wooden broom across the Halloween sky.

But there are plenty of good witches out there, too. Like Glinda, in the "Wizard of Oz", who wears a fairytale pink dress and helps people find their way home. Or Samantha, the modern day witch in the beloved TV show, "Bewitched", who dresses like the rest of us humans and tries to live a normal life.

No matter which witch you want to be this Halloween, we've got over 200 witch costumes to fulfill your witchy costume wishes! From the popular Harry Potter costumes to sexy and simply adorable witch costumes, you're sure to find a witch costume to suit your Halloween theme of choice.

And there's no need to risk exposing your identity with a needless broom ride to the department store. Simply shop our online costume store from the comfort of your coven. It's so easy...it's like magic!

Legendary Costumes

Sleepy Hollow, a picturesque village about 30 miles north of New York City, was made famous in Washington Irving's classic tale, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," in which supersticious schoolteacher, Ichabod Crane, mysteriously disappears after a frightening encounter with a headless horseman.

In his book, Irving implies that the Headless Horseman is a fake, but visitors to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow claim to have actually seen him.

Now we don't know if those sightings of the legendary Headless Horseman are real, or not, but we do know that we've seen him too.

Of course...that's because we have his costume in our warehouse.

The Headless Horseman isn't the only legendary costume we have, though. How about Hollywood legends, legendary superheroes or historical legends?

They're all right here at Costume Craze just waiting to take on a life of their own this Halloween!

Knockout Sports Costumes

One Halloween, a trick-or-treater went to a door dressed as Rocky, in boxing gloves and satin shorts. Shortly after collecting his goodies, the trick-or-treater returned to the house.

"Aren't you the same Rocky that just left my house?" the homeowner asked.

"Yeah," replied the trick-or-treater, "But now I'm Rocky II."

That was one smart trick-or-treater. Unfortunately, if you decide to be Rocky this Halloween, we can't guarantee you'll get double treats from homeowners (without engaging in hand-to-hand combat, that is).

But we can offer you knockout prices on a huge arena of Sports Costumes

Just don't wait until the bell rings to make your purchase...or the fight for your choice of Halloween Costumes may be over!

Check out all of our Sports Costumes now, for fun Halloween Group themes.

Fun With Zombies

Zombies are OK on Halloween, when you expect to run into such creatures, but what if you had to deal with them every stinking day of your life?

You're about to find out, as gross and ravenous hordes of zombies hit theaters in this weekend's horror comedy, Zombieland.

Geeky college kid, Columbus, is a scared-y-cat. Gun-totin' Tallahassee isn't afraid of nothin'. In an America that's been overrun by ferocious zombies, these two very different survivors will team up only to find out that there's something more terrifying that zombies...each other.

In addition to zombies, this movie looks like it's loaded with plenty of fun and thrills.

You know, Zombieland is a lot like Costume Craze that way...yep, we're loaded with lots of fun and thrilling zombie costumes!

Was That a real Gorilla?

Recently, a man in gorilla costume was mistaken for an actual gorilla in Britain.

The man, dressed as a gorilla for a charity event, ran from his home in Nottinghamshire to London on his way to support the Gorilla Organization (a group that protects apes' habitat in Africa).

He was stopped by police after they received calls from motorists who thought he was a real ape, escaped from the zoo.

Other charity event participants dressed as gorilla superheroes, ballerinas, Vikings and pirates but had no encounters with the police. We can’t think why...what's NOT realistic about an ape pirate?

More to the point, whether you're looking for costumes for charity events, parties or Halloween, we've got authentic-looking costumes that will have people everywhere questioning their reality...let's just hope they don't call the cops about it!

Split Personality Costumes

A grower in Britain has produced an apple with a split personality. His rare Golden Delicious apple is split perfectly down the middle into one red half and one green half. How cool would it be if you could do that with a costume?

Oh, but you can! Say, for instance, you ladies can't decide whether to be a little evil or something very sweet for Halloween? Simply embrace BOTH personality attributes and order our Naughty & Nice Devil and Angel Costume.

For guys who are feeling the itch to satisfy both parts of their dual egos, our Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Costume is a perfect solution (Get it? The guy drinks a "solution" that turns him into a monster half the time).

And, coming soon, we've got a Half Cowboy, Half-Indian Costume that will really knock the boots off Western lovers...er, or is that set your arrows off? Gosh, it's sorta confusing when you can't tell which personality is more dominant, you know?

But that’s the whole point, you see? With Costume Craze, you can wear two costumes in one...talk about options!

Spooktacular Costumes

As Halloween approaches, haunted houses will be popping up all over the place.

The fear that we experience when we encounter Leatherface or Freddy Kruger while sprinting down the dark corridors of the haunted house is irrational...we know it's all a fabricated illusion, but we screech in terror just the same.

Here are some less-common irrational fears you may not be familiar with:

Dendrophobia: fear of trees. These people will avoid forests, hiking trails, parks, and other places where trees are in abundance and have difficulty enjoying outdoor activities.

Xanthophobia: fear of the color yellow. These people naturally avoid anything that is yellow-- even in clothes, like a banana costume, for example.

Did you know some people even have a fear of other people dressed in costumes? Boy, they must have seen some Costume Craze customers in our spooktacular collection of Halloween Costumes...cuz they're scary enough to create all kinds of irrational fear!