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As many parents already know costumes are not just for Halloween anymore. So many little girls and boys love to dress up. Even my 10 year old daughter and her friends still like to dress-up which amazes me that they’re still interested in doing that. However for them gone are the days of dressing up as a Princess now they want to be cheerleaders, vampires, zombies and anything gruesome is usually a hit 🙂

As a mom who is not very good at sewing (I wish) I have to buy costumes when I can and as many of us know that doesn’t always come cheap! I recently had the pleasure of checking out HalloweenMall.com which is actually a search engine for finding costumes! It’s a wonderful concept, through them you can find a multitude of costume stores, just take your pick. They’re there to make it easy for you to find the costumes and accessories that you want.

HalloweenMall.com also provides excellent videos for sizing to choose the right size costume for men, women, boys & girls they have a video to cover each one. I found the videos to be extremely helpful. They also have a monthly contest where the winner gets a $65 gift card for BuyCustumes.com. Y

They also have a free e-book written by a mom for moms! I’ve read through the e-book and I wish I had this book when my daughter was first old enough to hang with friends on Halloween and for all those Halloweens where we couldn’t always afford a costume so had to come up with something. It has some great ideas for costumes using clothes your child or you may already have with adding just a few easy and inexpensive accessories.

There were so many things I liked about this e-book and I plan to implement a few of these come this Halloween. Here’s but a few of things I liked (if I listed it all I’d just be copying & pasting the whole book as it’s all good:)

Halloween Games 

  • The Mummy Wrap easy and just requires Toilet Paper you can picture it
  • Pumpkin Bowling this would be so fun for the kids

Homemade Costumes

  • The black widow – easy peasy
  • The Mummy & so many more

Tips on pumpkin carving

Tips on how to decorate on the cheap for Halloween and have it still look awesome

Halloween coupons and bargains and so much more

I’m amazed the book is free so if you get a chance I highly recommend that you grab it. You’re bound to find something you haven’t thought of and want to try out!

HalloweenMall.com is free to use, they have lots of wonderful information so you have nothing to lose and lots to gain by stopping by and checking it out. It gets a 2 thumbs up from Powered by Mom

Disclaimer

I was compensated for this post however all opinions as always are my honest opinions and I only share information with my readers that I feel would be of interest to them.

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I’m Michelle aka Powered by Mom. I’m married with one daughter, my hubby was my high school sweetheart, our two dogs Nyx and Cleo and our cat Oliver. As you can see we’re a family of animal lovers. We love to travel when we can, try different food and activities all over the world and enjoy being together. My passions are writing, travelling, creating new recipes, encouraging people to adopt not shop and just to enjoy life while we can.

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  2. Deneen Williams says

    Thanks for the great ideas for Halloween. Which is just around the corner. Halloween and fall, love it 🙂

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  4. Christy C. says

    I have two daughters ages 6 & 4. I love saving their costumes just for dress up. Who says you can’t more fun after the holiday. Great post. Thank you so much for sharing 🙂

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  7. Amanda Leonardi says

    Will be checking this site out for Halloween ideas. I make my daughter’s costume every year, so I need to get started soon!

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  9. Melissa Shoaf says

    I love getting the kiddos all dressed up for Halloween, but it’s just so tricky to try to buy costumes online. The sizing is different everywhere! Thanks for some great ideas!

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  12. Rebekah Fountain says

    Great ideas on costumes when money’s a bit tight (like right now). Will definitely be trying them out this year!

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  14. Ella B says

    The mummy wrap is a fantastic idea! My toddler is a bit timid and I wanted to make Hween fun more silly than scary for him. He’ll def have a good time!

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  17. Karen Hand says

    Even grownups love to dress up for Halloween, so I’ve got to check out this site and grab a free e-book for ideas for his coming Hallween holiday. Thanks very much Powered by Mom.

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  18. Robin Quick says

    Halloween is one of my family & my favorite holidays! We enjoy dressing up & going trick or treating. But the kids are grown up now weve got to find things to do like decorate the house & scare trick or treaters as they visit lol Thanks for the site info!

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  21. Beth says

    Great site! Signed up for the newsletter, can’t wait to read the ebook. Hopefully this will save me some time this year, instead of scouring the internet for just the right costume to meet the princess’ desires this year!

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  32. Kayla B. says

    Thanks for sharing!! This will be the first Halloween that my daughter will be able to go trick-or-treating, even though she still can’t eat candy lol. We are extremely excited! 😀

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  36. heidi crowley says

    Its halloween almost everyday at my house, well the dressing up part at least, I cant wait for this halloween season I love everything about it the clothing, food the smell in the air and getting costumes final touched for halloween.

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  37. Jackie says

    My daughters birthday is the 23rd of oct… Im thinking about having an early halloween celebration with friends so the kiddos can dress up 🙂

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  38. Stephanie Hungerford says

    I love Halloween mall but for the not so good sewer here area few customs I thought of that will not break the bank. A bubble gum machine. I also have seen couples go as a washer and a dry this only requires a few odd socks, paint and 2 large boxes plus either another box for parts like dial and face plate or poster board. A doctor or Nurse costume can be done from a thrift shop frequently. I have had to make many customs on little to know budget so My favorite was for my self when I was a cowgirl and I disguised my cane as a stick horse using an old pair of tights. And I just made a simple fringed vest out of a 1 dollar a yard piece of fabric. I didn’t want to be an old lady because I was 26 when I had to start using the evil cane

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  40. angie d says

    Love the layout and cool colors of your blog site. Love the Halloween information! u know when Halloween comes the Holiday Season is soon to follow!
    Thank you, Powered By Mom!

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  48. nancy chartrand says

    I love the game idea, how fun is that!!! happy halloween, I am not ready to think about that yet, but i know it’s coming fast lol

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  50. Jo says

    Have always bought after halloween costumes for the dress up trunk. Also pick up lots at yard sales. The girls play with them year around. Thanks

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  58. Kristie Betts says

    Thanks for the giveaway! My kids all LOVE to dress up year round so I like to get them costumes that they’ll play with other times too.

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  59. Kris Garvey says

    My son is four months old and I can’t sew to save my life either! This website sound great and I will definitely check it out, as well as that ebook! Thanks!

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  61. Krystal says

    Thanks for the giveaway! My kids all LOVE to dress up year round so I like to get them costumes that they’ll play with other times too. Thanks for the information in this post! I will have to check out Halloween Mall!

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  62. Sharon Hamilton Freeman says

    Halloween is one of our favorite holidays and I have 10 grandkids that I love seeing in their little costumes! I appreciate this review and the information about the e-book will help tremendously since the economy is so bad and we can make more of our costumes! I’m not creative at all so any help I can get on new ideas is awesome! I will be checking out HalloweenMall.com for future Halloween goodies!! Thanks!!!

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  63. Terri Moore says

    As a Mom who doesn’t sew either I appreciate the tip. Dressing up is fun for kids all year round and sometime I would like to join them…lol

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  66. Terri Betz says

    We love Halloween! I needed a sizing video forever! I usually just guess and I’m not always right! Thanks for this! Shariing and checking it out! 🙂

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  67. Megan S says

    I L-O-V-E Oct. 31st myself!
    I’ve always been one to dress up for Hollowen.
    I still do! Tis why I love theater. It’s an excuse for me to be able to dress up whenever.

    Anyway, can’t wait until I have my own child. I will love dressing him/her up.

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  69. Linda Walters says

    I think it is cool that the costumes can be worn for any occasion. Little girls and boys like to play dress up. It is fun to watch how they interact as they are playing dress-up

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  72. Andrea Meier says

    That site looks so fun! I love halloween! This year is my son’s 1st! He missed it as his bday by 59 minutes last year! 🙂

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  74. Liz Ticona says

    Thank you for post! So excited about Halloween this year, I’m going to have my baby boy and I have to start thinking what i can dress him up as! 🙂

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  75. Ellen Levickis says

    I love holidays, Halloween, Independence Day, Christmas, Hanukkah, etc…. celebrating something important and having fun doing it.

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  79. Jennifer reynolds says

    Thanks for this information. I will definitely use this information. My girls love playing dress-up!!!

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  81. Shakeeta W says

    Thanks for sharing! I definitely need ways to save money since I’ll have 2 trick-or-treaters this year!

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  82. Amanda Throckmorton says

    This is definitely a way to go inexpensive on Halloween. I don’t think we will be doing anything this year. We have such a long driveway so people around the neighborhood come by but daughter is grown so we will just stay home. An occasional trick or treater.

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  97. Alexandra Pitcher says

    I am so excited about Halloween this year, it falls right after my son’s first birthday. Can’t wait to decorate and get him his first costume!

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  112. Amy Jo says

    Thank you for the information! With 4 children, I’m always looking for new ideas and low cost stuff for Halloween!

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  114. Kathryn W says

    What a great idea! Man I wish I had known about this when I was growing up trying to find ‘at home’ costumes!

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  115. kimbuckjr says

    I’m not too big on Halloween, but my daughter and hubby LOVE the day. Thank you very much for the Halloween lead.
    kimbuckjr

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  118. Toby says

    I’ve always left out all sorts of clothes for dressup when the girls’ friends came over it was a hit! And the Mummy Wrap game is so simple, yet so much fun and would leave great memories!

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  120. Eva U says

    Great blog site. Very informative, great reviews. Funny how Halloween never gets old. My 8 year old son has wanted to goes as Pikachu for 3 years now – have never been able to find the suit. I am Mom shopping in August – with all tenacity and purpose – make his Halloween memorable – of course lots of pictures too.

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    • Michelle says

      good luck Eva! Even as adults my friend and I have lots of fun at Halloween with our daughters who are best friends and go to the same school so it’s a family deal. The dads take the girls trick or treating we stay outside and enjoy the kids coming by as my friend totally does up her front yard in a grave site everyone has fun. We eat and have fun before all the trick or treating too 🙂

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  126. Vesta Mason says

    Just to let you know I entered the contest under “Joni Mason” but my comment is under “Vesta Mason”
    Thanks SO much!!!

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  127. Vesta Mason says

    Thanks for the great info! Halloween will be here before we know it and I can use these ideas for a FUN party!!!

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  128. erica sandwall says

    Ive never heard of this site before and cant wait to take a look at it. Halloween is another crazy time of year and this site would make it a little easier. Thank you!

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  133. Melissa Simon says

    Ive never heard of this site before and cant wait to take a look at it. Halloween is another crazy time of year and this site would make it a little easier. Thank you! 🙂

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  139. beth c says

    uh-oh~ it is getting kinda close to that time again, isn’t it?! i had a hand-me-down costume for my son’s first halloween which was awesome, but this is great & will be super helpful for this year!!! thanks so much! 🙂 the games look fun for future halloweens, too 🙂

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  144. Cherie says

    I’ve been gathering ideas on Pinterest already. I’m glad you posted this because the ebook is awesome! Thanks!

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  148. Jenny Stanek says

    I LOVE that they give you the ebook. It sounds incredibly informative and helpful. And with costumes being expensive nowadays I love that they give you some DIY ideas

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  152. Tammy Allgood-Hemmerling says

    I don’t know why, but I was unable to get the ebook for free. I was taken to Amazon where it said the ebook costs $2,99! It stinks because I really wanted to read it! Thanks for the review though! I was able to enter the contest.

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  155. InezbyDesign says

    Browsed around your site, very nice – and of course I love all the giveaways! The above article is interesting as is their site..my fav is the Kermit the Frog costume, would love to see that on my grandson!!

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  163. Krista G says

    It’s always fantastic to find a place for costumes that are appropriate, and let little ones use their imaginations, instead of playing for them 🙂

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  167. Joanne Gentry says

    Thank you for the link. Our boys are grown now but they still love Halloween…will pass the link to them. Thanks!

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  168. Rachel says

    We’ll have our first Halloween with our little one this year. Can’t wait, I’m already thinking about her costume. Thanks for the info 🙂

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  170. monique bon says

    Thank you for the HalloweenMall link. I hate going in stores and end up wearing the same halloween costumes as others in my city! I love to stand out!

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  171. Lisa Wells says

    Thank you for posting the HalloweenMall link! I seem to be endlessly searching for at least one costume every single year (I have four children) and this will help me greatly! Great post, lots of good information and suggestions! Thanks!

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  179. Penelope Merriweather says

    Thank you for your generosity and time for this giveaway..!! Excellent idea’s My grandaughter would love this…She recieved a princess crown for Christmas last year…This would be a perfect addition..

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  181. Terri Betz says

    AWESOME! This is the best advice I’ve ever been given on Halloween costumes! Really great review and info! Thanks for the ebook and the great new site with a giveaway even! You rock Halloween!

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  185. Sue Hull says

    This sounds like a cool place.My neices are still young enough where they like to dress up as characters or princess’. Thanks for sharing this cool website!

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  190. Wendi Scharrer says

    Great review. I love Halloween and like you I can not sew. We either get creative or borrow. I am blessed with friends that can sew! 🙂

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  192. Debbie Ellis says

    My little Grand daughter loves to dress up like a little princess all the time. She loves Halloween.

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  194. Holly Smith says

    As funny as this may seem but I soooo wanted to do a Halloween theme wedding just because I love the holiday so much!!! Needless to say, it didnt happen…lol

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  197. Shelley says

    My daughter will be walking for Halloween this year and I am so excited to be able to go shopping for her halloween costume!

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  200. Phyl says

    Halloween mall. Great idea. That eBook is something I plan to get right away. I’m sure there are things in it that would be ideal for me & grandkids to do. The monthly gift certificate contest is one I’ll definitely enter. Can always use a few extra bucks. Thanks for posting the info.

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  201. Shawna says

    Halloween is our favorite holiday, so we’ll definitely be checking out Halloween Mall! I can’t believe that I didn’t know it existed until now! Thanks for opening my eyes 🙂

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  202. Jennifer Mae Hiles says

    My daughter will be close to two this year so I’m very excited to dress her up and take her out and what a great site to start!

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  203. Jennifer Mae Hiles says

    My daughter will be almost 2 this year for Halloween so I’m super excited to be able to dress her up and take her out – she was too young and it was too cold last year! This site is so much fun!

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  204. Becky Worthman says

    I have a friend whose twins wear their princess dresses all the time–even out. I imagine my little girl will love that…we’ll see!

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  209. Stacey Roberson says

    I like the concept. Being able to shop at different online retailers for costumes, while getting the best price. Thanks for the review!

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  211. Sandy VanHoey says

    will share this with my son. They order every year costumes online for Halloween. Thanks for info and review

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  215. HC Montgomery says

    Thank you for the review! I will definitely be heading over to Halloween Mall to enter their contest and grab that ebook. Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. I have learned that homemade costumes give a person the chance to be creative and often those costumes turn out to be a just as good, if not better than the ones that can be purchased in a store. I made costumes for all of my children when they were young and got so many compliments on how great they were. Now that my youngest two are school aged, they want store bought costumes… But I remember throwing some things together for my two oldest who swore they didn’t want to go for tricks and treats then decided an hour before we were leaving with the younger ones that they wanted to go after all and now they need a costume.

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  216. HEIDI CARLSON-REID says

    I am a terrible seamstress so this website offers a huge Hallowe’en solution for my family of four kids!

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  222. jeanne jewett says

    great ideas.. sure wish i were still a kid… hmmmmm, but then again, who says I am not?!
    Thanks for the chance 🙂

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  226. thuy vu says

    Thanks for sharing this with us. Halloween is one of my kids favorite holidays. Therefore, I will check them out before shopping for costumes.

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  230. Shannon M Gallagher says

    Halloween is my favorite holiday! I can’t wait to see what’s in the ebook!! I signed up. Thank you so much for this post.

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  234. Katy M says

    I love Halloween! I can’t wait to find a great costume for my little dog this year! They always have fun ones at Halloween Mall!

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  238. Chevelle Sopkin says

    I know what website I’ll be perusing A LOT next month. It’s never to early to get a jump on Halloween! I like the tips for making your own costumes & I’m handy with a sewing machine, so this will be fun! Thanks!

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  245. Suzanne Deleon says

    Halloween is just around the corner! Thanks for this great review! In years past, I have had to go from store to store to find the costumes that my children have wanted! HalloweenMall.com makes it so easy to find what you are looking for without even leaving the comfort and convenience of you own home! Thanks for all your hard work in providing us with ultimate savings and convenience when it comes to providing the very best for our families! YOU ROCK, MICHELLE!

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    • Michelle says

      awww Suzanne you’re making me blush lol so glad you liked it 🙂 I know I”m a huge online shopper it saves me so much time and money I know because I compare prices 🙂

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  247. Terri L says

    Thank you, Powered By Mom, for great ideas for Halloween and all year round! I needed some ideas for an upcoming birthday for my 8 year old son and we’re now sold on the Mummy Wrap costume and game!

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  253. Linda Walters says

    It is pretty cool to find so many things on the internet. You almost never have to leave your home. Sometimes you have to wonder if that is a good thing or not

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  261. Melissa O says

    I AM so excited for Halloween! It is my favorite holiday in my favorite season. My daughter wants to be Minnie Mouse so I am making her a tutu dress.

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  263. susy jimenez says

    ughhh Holloween costumes….I really dread that time of year. I hate the thought of buying a $30+ costume for my kids only to wear it one time for one nite…ughhhh

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  264. Sabrina P says

    I wish Halloween was everyday. Life would be so much funner if we could just go out like kids dressed how we want for the day.

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  265. Kisa says

    A large part of me hopes that my youngest will still want to be a Princess in 4 years when she’s 10! 😉 My oldest was never really into the Princess thing, so I’m not surprised at her Halloween tastes.

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  278. cherith says

    That looks like a really great site! I’m going to have to buy some costumes now!! Dressing up is so much fun, not just for my 2 boys! 🙂

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  279. Cherith says

    That’s a really great website, i’m going to have a buy a few things for my boys. Dressing up is so much fun! Thanks!

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  281. Meg Tucker says

    I am So ready for Halloween!! It’s one of my favorite times of the year and love,love,love decorating and all the awesome costumes they have. There wasn’t anything to choose from like there is now! Thanks PBM for your way cool blog! 🙂

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  282. Patricia Williams says

    My 3 kids love to play dress up. This site is worth checking out. I will be getting the free Halloween ebook. Thanks for the information.

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  284. stephanie h says

    I love halloween, so I was super psyched about this post! I will definitely be looking into the HalloweenMall site-thanks for the info on that! I love the idea of pumpkin bowling for kids…sounds adorable for a halloween party!
    FBname:lee gold scott

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  285. shanon hyatt says

    I love Halloween for the kids- the thing is that it’s just not for kids anymore-adults love Halloween too-I think it’s a great celebration for everyone young and old-and about the dressing up- My kids all love to dress up-I worked at Walmart for 15 years and right after Halloween I would grab all the left over costumes and odds and ends for dress up year round my kids and their friends would have a blast. Now my grand kids have a place to come and check out costumes too. Thanks for sharing this giveaway.

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  290. Ryanne Kelley says

    I love dressing my two year old up for Halloween, thanks so much for the link! I’ll definitely be checking it out!

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  291. adrienne warren says

    the holloween costume search engine is a cool idea. I wanted to thank you for the great blog and all the hard work you do to put it all together it looks great.

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  292. angela adelman says

    Halloween Mall is a great idea. I may have to check it out for my kids this year. You go to the store and everyone has the same exact costume and they are not they best. Thank you for letting us know about it.

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  294. Peggy Bolling says

    Those are some great ideas!!! Keep’em coming!! My neighbor is a halloween enthusiast and I would love to share some more of your ideas with her!! thank you

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  296. Jennifer Hedden says

    I love the search engine for Halloween costumes. I will definitely have to check this out and get the free ebook. Thank you for sharing!

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  302. crystal basham says

    Halloween is my little girls favorite holiday bc everyone dresses up instead of just her. Crossing my fingers to win the give away for her! <3

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  303. Tara Martini says

    Husband normally wears the same costume to be apart of his fathers outside display (he hides in smoke with a sword and doesnt move people think hes a statue then he pops up for certain people, plays with the kids scares the crap out of the teens 🙂 ) But this year our kids are into pirates so any ideas, thinking of trying to do a pirate family with a newborn, 1yr old, 2yr old, 3yr old and him and i.

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  305. HR Bowles says

    My hubby’s favorite holiday is Halloween., and we can’t decide what to dress the baby in for her first year. We’ve been talking about it since April!

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  311. Laura Love says

    Thanks for the great review. This is a great resource and as another mom who doesn’t sew, I’ll have to check it out!

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  318. Christa Z says

    My mom made all our costumes when I was a kid. I’m not nearly so talented with the sewing machine, so it’s nice to have other options!

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  321. Kizzie. W says

    I love Halloween its actually my favorite holiday. I want to come up with a new and surprising costume that no one has ever done.

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  323. christine k says

    I love Halloween! Best costume I had was going as JUNO when I was super pregnant. I only had to be the orange and white striped shirt, and a bottle of Sunny-D! 😀

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  325. Cassandra Stapp says

    I love Halloween, and last year we didn’t decorate or do much! It made me sad. This year I’ll have a 2 1/2 year old and a newborn and I intend to go all out. I’m tired of half-a$$ing the holidays. I want my kiddos to enjoy them! Thank you for this info, it will come in handy!

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  329. Melissa Stoneback-Tuttle says

    I love Halloween. It’s my favorite holiday. Thanks so much for this. It’s nice to have a place to buy costumes, I spend half my time out of the country so it’s nice if I’m out around Halloween to have this site to order from. 🙂

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  336. Alena Belleque says

    I never really did Halloween as a little girl, but my husband’s family is really into it, so we have pretty elaborate stuff going on on that day, now. This will be our daughter’s first Halloween, and I think she’s going to be a catapillar 🙂

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  339. IzzyMummy says

    I am a total Halloweenie! My friends say the only reason I had a baby was so I can dress up and go trick or treating again (I used to just steal their kids)! This is right up my alley!!!!! Thanx Powered by Mom!!!

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  343. Jaimee Mcallister says

    I love Halloween. I still dress up even though Im all grown up, and will prepare halfway through the year

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    • Michelle says

      how fun Jaimee a good friend of mine does up her whole yard, graveyard all sorts of fun we have a ball with our daughters and the neighbourhood kids and families 🙂

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  347. Janine Ann Martinez says

    We have “trunk-or-treat” at our church. Last year my son was not quite one and it was a *very* cold Halloween, so we didn’t go. This year he will be not quite two, but it would be fun to go in a homemade or inexpensive costume since it’s just our church family who will see him! 🙂

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  351. amy marantino says

    this is great. i like to have costume parties throughout the year… why wait for Halloween to be creative and have some fun?

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  356. Sarah B. says

    I love that they have videos, because that makes picturing and accurately sizing the costumes so much easier!

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