These shoes complete that sexy, queen bee outfit for Halloween!
Maryjane style black high-heeled pumps with the black and yellow bee stripes are the perfect compliment to your Bumble Bee Halloween Costume. My little dog (post below) just loves them! I’d even be tempted to wear them to work for some Halloween fun.
Hurry, there’s not much time left!
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This is the cutest costume for my 6 month old pug! She is a little small yet for the headpiece, so it was a good thing we did a dress rehearsal! Just a few stitches to take it in and the fit should be perfect. For some reason though, I thought it was a one-piece outfit.
Anyway, the body fits great, it’s very lightweight and stretchy. Since she loves wearing little t-shirts and football jerseys anyway, it was very easy to put on. The wings attach with velcro and are very light, but they do flutter a little. The first time she had them on and felt the flutter, she ran around in circles trying to catch them!
If you are going to try a Halloween Costume for your pet this year, I highly recommend a few dress rehearsals before the big day, whether it be a costume contest, party or just as a fun Halloween surprise for your trick-or-treaters. Even if your doggie loves to wear clothes, the attachments and extra stuff included on many costumes may take some getting used to, in order to avoid freak-outs.
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How do you eat candy corn? Do you daintily nibble off the white tip? Do you start from the bottom? Or do you just pop them in your mouth either one at a time, or by the sugary handful? Yes, it is the Halloween version of the Oreo-Cookie eating controversy. It is said that the way one eats their candy corn is a window into their personality type. Over 20 million pounds of candy corn sold every year. There is such a love of candy corn,that it has become a year-round treat, with its looks and flavors to match the different holidays. We have seen pastel colored candy corn at Easter, red and pink candy corn for Valentine’s Day, red and green for Christmas and chocolate-flavored brown, orange and yellow combo for Thanksgiving, and even white Wedding candy corn! When did this madness start? Back in the 1880s, an employee of a candy company called Wunderlee, George Renninger invented this little treat which was intended to look like a kernel of field corn. Made from a combination of sugar, corn syrup and honey, but it was the tri-color, yellow top, orange center, white point, that made it so popular. By 1898, the Goelitz Candy Company, now known as Jelly Belly Candy Co (one of my favs) was producing the candy in mass quantities. In later years, innovations in mechanical processing increased production to the point of expanding from a seasonal candy to a year-round (hence the color/flavor variations) confection, available worldwide.
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Okay, so it is not actually glow-in-the-dark Jell-O, but it looks really cool! Besides, that could be hazardous to your health. I have done this for kids parties and with Jell-O shots for adult parties.
It’s very simple! All you need to do is to place your Jell-O mold or whatever other creation you’ve come up with, onto a glass platter and light it from underneath with a flashlight, glow sticks, flashing lights (like the small disk type used on bicycles) whatever. The way I have done it is to place the flashing light, or flashlight into a shallow glass or clear plastic bowl that is deep enough to hold the light and sturdy enough to put under the platter. I have heard of using a Bundt cake pan, or other pan with a hollow center (for the flashlight) as the support for the glass platter, but just make sure it is placed where it won’t be bumped or knocked over.
Same deal with the Jello shots - just try to find the clear little plastic shot-cups instead of the more common opaque ones, so they will glow well. Stick something oooey and gooey on top of each one!
The glowing effect works best with green or orange jello (or anything that is not too dark). Be creative! If you are using a mold, mix in a few gummy spiders as the jello sets, or arrange them on the mold at the last minute. Just don’t over-do it, or the glowing effect will be diminished.
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