Reflective Light Up Halloween Signs

Here is a way to decorate your lawn and get attention!
Here is what signs look like in day time...

When the Halloween Queen is not the Halloween Queen...she is mild mannered artist, sign and graphics creator Jean Klinedinst and her business is http://www.jestek.net/  This year she has finally gotten to create a collections of signs that anyone can decorate their yard in a really cool way. Place orders by contacting her...contact info is on business web site. These signs can be customized to your needs or occasion.

At night they light up when lights hit them! Looks cool and saves electricity!!!
Call Jestek today to get more info on Reflective Light Up Yard Signs.

Halloween Queen and friend attend local Halloween Party!

Another night of fall fun!

Favorite Movie Characters and things around the house. Captain Jack

OK... everyone love Pirates of the Caribbean movies especially Captain Jack Sparrow. My son loved this character so much, I had to figure out a cost effective way to do this. Now my "around the house" when it comes to Halloween costumes is probably not the same as most people's around the house. I collect fabric, costume and costume pieces all the time and store them in my costume suitcases in the attic. At Walmart the week or two after Halloween is a great place to get cheap marked down Halloween items to stock up for next year. I did not purchase anything for this costume except for the dabloom beads on the head piece. I took a piece of red fabric left over from making the red vest pictured and created a head piece with the pony bead/dabloom strands sewn to it. I had an old beat up tricorner hat in my hat collection. Black witches wigs... I have a bunch! The white shirt is an old tux shirt. The tattered looking shirt happens to be a piece from a different pirate costume. I have all kinds of props like swords, so this was a no brainer. The belt is a hold out from the 80's and in my closet :-). Add some make up...using a little eye liner around the eyes, a goatee and mustache.  Put it all together and voila... you have Captain Jack Sparrow! Is this an exact copy of Captain Jack?...no but everyone knew who he was. So root around in your closets to see what costume pieces you can come up with before you go and spend money at the store. You can bet that your costume will be unique and no one else will have a costume exactly like yours.

Don't Lose Your Head!!!Another costume idea...The Head Hunter!



I cannot take full credit for the idea on this one. I saw many versions of this on the web. This is my version...The Head Hunter.



The Halloween Queen checks out her handywork!

Works best for someone on the short side. My son was about 10 years old in this one. We took a hiking backpack with a frame and mounted the upper part of the creature on it using a piece of wood we tiewrapped to the frame as a spine to keep the fellow upright. Newspaper stuffed the head and flannel shirt for the body. I sewed small loops on the gloves for The Head Hunters hands and bobbypinned to Skyler's hair. An over sized pair of pants and a couple hunter orange items completes the clothing of The Head Hunter. A little makeup on Skyler's face and neck completes the look. Just need to be careful on this one. His arms are inside the pants so he does not have a way to stop himself if he falls...so I stayed right with him until he was ready to take off the costume and have fun at the party playing games.

Could be impressive with a bigger person as the The head Hunter would look to be a giant!



More Ideas for Costumes

If you take the time to pull this one off...it can be a lot of fun fooling your friends. Dress as the opposite sex. My son had a great time with this a few years back. No one at his karate school knew who he was. We walked in separtely so we would not give it away!

Spiderella fooled everyone!

He was so happy when he won the most funny costume award! Well deserved! He is such a good sport!

The Halloween Queen Awakens for the 2011 Halloween Season

Hello Everyone. I have now come out of my yearly slumber for a season of Fall fun, crafts and games! I have some special projects in the works and will post them soon!
Check back!!