How are you going to celebrate your 50th Birthday?

Recently, one of our customers went all out to make sure that her boyfriend’s “50th” Birthday, and the first celebration in his honor, would be one to remember.

The party had a Latin theme, and everyone dressed in festive red and black. The dance of the Chinelos was performed (folkloric dance of Morelos Mexico), with colourfully dressed dancers waving flags accompanied by traditional tunes. In addition to Spanish costumes and dancing, there were colorful Latin decorations, dinner and a big, beautiful Birthday cake. The celebration got started at 7:00 pm and didn’t finish up until 2:00 am the next morning!

But that wasn’t the best part of the celebration. The Birthday Boy got down on his knees and asked our customer to marry him! You can hardly blame him when she was wearing that sultry senorita dress which, by the way, you can buy right here at Costume Craze.

Happy Birthday, Alex!! And CONGRATS to you and Margaret! Thanks for sharing these celebration photos with us.

It’s exciting to see our customers wearing our costumes…and having loads of fun while they do it! Be sure to visit our Photo Gallery to view more pictures from this party.

To copy the ladies’ sultry senorita costumes, just click on the links below:

Child Spanish Princess

Deluxe Senorita Costume

Lace Costume Fan

 

Fun with Turkey Hats!

One of our customers had a super fun Thanksgiving, thanks to our funny turkey hats. They were kind enough to send us pictures and a video! The kids took turns telling jokes in the video below. How fun!

Thanks so much for sending this to us. We LOVE receiving submissions from our customers.

 

Who says you have to spend a lot of money to get a great costume? Our customers come up with great costume ideas that don’t break the bank.

Here, two of our customers created thoroughly mad zombie mortician costumes with little more than a lab coat, syringe and a little makeup. What great pictures!

Right now, during our Winter Blowout Sale, you can pick up this costume for less than $25.00.

By shopping now, you won’t have to stress over what to wear for Halloween next year. In the mean time, if the kids start acting up, you can scare them silly!

 

Doctor Lab Coat $17.95 $12.57	Medical Syringe $3.99 $2.79	Gothic Makeup Set $12.99 $9.09

Have I mentioned how much we love our customers?

This group of beautiful ladies purchased our Pop Star and Material Girl costumes for a recent Halloween party.

We are delighted they sent us a photo! There’s hardly a better way to celebrate Halloween than deciding on a group theme and dressing up with friends. The gals call this “The Seasons of Madonna.”

Very cute. Thanks, Ladies!

A Tale of Two Penguins

This is a great story! We recently had a customer order Penguin Costumes from us. The customer explained that the costumes were for a wedding! The bride and groom want to dress as penguins because they mate for life. The couple will also perform the “pebble ritual” to complete the ceremony.

I did some penguin research and found this to be true. Adelie penguins are amazing birds. They really do mate for life, and there really is a “pebble ritual.”

Adelie penguins use pebbles and small rocks to make their nests. Because they live on the frozen, barren Antartica coast, pebbles can be scarce and hard to find. The penguins are notorious for stealing each other pebbles and fighting ferociously over these precious little rocks.

When a male penguin courts a female, he gives her a pebble as a gift. These pebbles hold considerable value and it’s actually quite touching that he would give one away. If the female accepts the generous gift, they bond and mate for life.

There was an animated children’s movie in the ’90s about this called The Pebble and the Penguin. It’s a love tale about two Adelie penguins. Here’s a clip from the movie that illustrates the significance of the pebble ritual.

Aww, how cute. I know it’s Halloween season but today it sure feels like Valentine’s Day. Let’s hope we get some wedding photos, that would be fantastic. Best wishes to the bride and groom!

ThatCostumeGirl has several great stories about Dragon*Con 2008 over on her blog. She’s also added 300 fantastic photos to her Photo Gallery.

She gives Costume Craze a nice shout-out, and we appreciate that. We want to support her costume endeavors, so we hooked her up with a VIP club room at the Atlanta Sheraton. We’re proud to be her costume partner and we are big fans of her blog.

Dragon*Con looks like such a fun, crazy experience. I just HAVE to go next year.

On a related note, we recently received a comment from one of our customers who ordered this Star Trek costume:

“Arrived quickly and was in perfect condition. Wore it to Dragon Con in Atlanta and had my picture taken many times over.”

Now THAT’S what we like to hear!

Be sure to visit ThatCostumeGirl to read all about the fun she had and to see some great pictures of Dragon*Con!

Aw, check out this young Spiderman. This was sent to us by a happy family who got their Spiderman costume from Costume Craze!
 

 
We LOVE seeing happy customers wearing our costumes. It’s great to see how much fun the little boy is having, dressing up and pretending to be a superhero. Looks like the baby is enjoying it, too.

Thank you for sending this to us!