Who goes on the Xmas Tree

How about throwing a fancy dress party were everyone has to come as a Christmas tree decoration.

The  Christmas tree, also known as a Yule tree, is a decorated evergreen coniferous tree, real or artificial, and a tradition associated with the celebration of Christmas. The tradition of decorating an evergreen tree at Christmas started in Livonia and Germany in the 16th century. The Christmas tree is traditionally brought into the home and decorated with Christmas lights (originally candles), ornaments, garlands, tinsel, and candy canes during the days around Christmas. An angel or star is placed at the top of the tree, representing the host of angels or the Star of Bethlehem from the Nativity.

Firstly new need some Angels

It is very important the angels have Wings and Wands.

Now the Decorations   

I am sure you will find everything you need to decorate your Xmas Party Tree.

• Elves
• Reindeer’s
• Snow men and women
• Stuffed Turkeys
• Lots of flashing lights
• Angels of all sizes

True Blood is an American television series which is an interesting concept of  the co-existence of vampires and humans in a small town in the state of Louisiana.

Did you know that vampires have no brain waves, no heartbeat, or a need to breathe and no electrical impulses whatsoever in their bodies. Have you ever met one ?Fangs Dental Kit

The series began in 2008 and is now into its  fifth season.  I can’t wait until 2012 when they have another 12 episodes.The story centres around a character called  Sookie Stackhouse who is a telepathic waitress who falls in love with vampire Bill Compton.Want to be a bloodsucker?First of all get the pale washed- out  look,  just don’t go out in day light for a couple of years.True Blood – Fake Vampire Blood

Fangs

Ever tried being a vampire for the day and experiencing how to survive everyday living.

Vampire Fangs - Tooth Caps

Angela  at Leigh 24hr Party shop

“I have used these fangs myself and have found them to be very easy to use and stay in well. They are comfortable but you sound a bit funny when talking ! Imagine I had to talk to the Inland Revenue on the phone whilst wearing mine in the shop at  Halloween I had to explain that I couldn’t speak very clearly because I had my fangs in – fortunately they saw the funny side and said they would ring back when I was back to normal “.

Halloween isn’t just a time for kids

If you’re hosting a spooky Halloween party or a festive Halloween dinner party, you will want it to be an  exciting spread of  Halloween food.

Dead Fingers

Halloween is already a great theme party, and it comes with its own colour scheme (orange and black) or dark and scary but you can give your Halloween party even more of a focus with costume themes that can incorporate it in the invitations,  food, decorations and games.

Bat Strings Decoration

Why not set the scene – 24 hr party shop has some great  Scene Setter Add Ons.

You can buy a pack of 2 add ons which are around 5 ft tall each. Can be used on top of room rolls or as decorations on their own either on walls or doors – inside or out as they are made of plastic.

Halloween Party Food

How about a wiggly worm jelly, trick or treat cookies or ghostly white chocolate apples.  Here are some great  ideas from  UK TV website or Halloween recipes from the BBC website

I love this idea – The Dead Hand Punch

Get a party punch and put a floating hand in it.  Just fill a latex glove with cranberry juice and freeze it.  Just before you serve peel off the glove and drop it into the punch to keep it cool and put a horrifying  touch the wicked drink.  You could even add jelly snakes around the side of the bowl.

Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto’s Brotherhood and Professor X’s X-MEN. Written by Twentieth Century Fox

Storyline

This reboot was needed after Wolverine Origins brought down the X-Men universe to a shambling mess, however it is also a step up from the third X-Men film. Seeing the youthful Professor X and Magneto as best friends working together before becoming arch-enemies is a brilliant concept. The mutants, some familiar, some not so familiar are well represented among the human existence. Settings around the early 1960′s is a brilliant move with the era lovingly created, especially the costumes.

Wolverine Fancy Dress Costume

Frantic and loud as they may be, the action set pieces are nothing short of astonishing. The submarine moment lives up to the excitement of the trailer. January Jones just needs to appear on screen as sultry Emma Frost to captivate me, while Australian Rose Byrne rocks as Doc Mac Taggert. Perfect casting of Mc Avoy and Fass-bender as Xavier and Magneto respectively is a constant winner. Lame one liners aside, this is a fine accompaniment to the Marvel universe. Also watch for a rather vulgar but memorable cameo from a ‘hairy’ X-Men favourite.

Sailor Sweetie Costume

The Cute Look

I love the new costume  which arrived into the shop   the other day.

I would say its a sexy naughty nautical look and I just love the  accent of the red bows.

I have noticed this year that bows on ladies fashion items are the latest craze.  I would call it the cutesy look.

Sailor Thigh High Stockings with Anchor

Little Medieval Queen Fancy Dress

When hosting a kids fancy dress party you have to take into consideration what are the ages of the kids that will be coming to the party, as well as what the mix of boys and girls will be.

If the party is to be mainly or solely attended by girls up to, say, the age of six then a princess party would be a great fancy dress theme for girls.

You could have a curtsying contest or the best princess pose contest. Ask some of the other parents to help you to judge the contests and pick a winner but remember to award everyone a small prize and make them match the theme of the party.

Red Indian Fancy Dress

Cowboy and Indians Fancydress Accessories

If you are hosting a party that is going to be attended mainly by boys aged up to six then a Cowboy and Indian party always goes down well, as most young boys will have toy guns in their own toy collection.

One contest you could have is a draw your gun the fastest. Perhaps you could even buy some toy guns that fire soft darts; you could do a 10 paces turn and shoot kind of duel event for the kids.

Harry Potter Wand

For slightly older children aged seven to twelve you could check to see what the latest big thing is on children’s TV or children’s films.

A Harry Potter party would go down a storm with most boys and girls or you could always have a superhero kids fancy dress party. Which little boy or girl does not  like pretending to be their favourite super hero when they were growing up?

Kids Batman Costume

Bat Girl

The list of super heroes fancy dress costumes for the boys and girls to choose from is ever expanding thanks to Hollywood churning out super hero after super hero film.

A good game to play at a super hero party would be to incorporate a treasure hunt game but get a grown up to play the part of a evil villain and the kids need to find the treasure in order to stop the evil genius from taking over the world.

Captain America fancy dress costume

The superhero Captain America first appeared as far back as March 1941 in Captain America Comics.

The first Captain America film was released in 1944. Since then, the character has been featured in several other films and television series; here you can see some clips of the newest movie Captain America: The First Avenger, which will be released on 22 July 2011.

Captain America wears a costume that bears an American flag motif and is armed with an indestructible shield that can also be thrown as a weapon. You can buy our great Captain America fancy dress costume (as shown above) online at 24hr Party Shop.

My heart goes out to Cheryl Cole.  After marrying the world’s most over rated footballer, Chelsea snake in the grass Ashley Cole, the nation’s sweetheart and Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole has had what Her Majesty the Queen would undoubtedly call an annus horribilis.

Not only has pop princess Cheryl had to suffer the humiliation of now ex husband Ashley very publicly cheating on her whilst releasing “You’ve Got to Fight for Your Love“, our favourite Geordie pop star has now had the further embarrassment of being sacked from the US version of Simon Cowell’s talent show The X Factor.

Publicly the Yanks are saying that they couldn’t understand our Cheryl’s lovely Geordie accent, but I think it is really because she is far more lovely and charming than haggard old midget Paula Abdul.

Cheryl Cole Fancy Dress Costume

So come on girls, let’s show support for our Cheryl by stepping out this weekend in clubs, discos and parties all over the country in this great looking Cheryl Cole “Fight For Your Love” fancy dress costume!

Alice in Wonderland

After writing yesterday’s article about the Pirates of the Caribbean fancy dress party and, of course, the new movie On Stranger Tides starring the gorgeous Johnny Depp, it reminded me of the film Alice in Wonderland in which he played the Mad Hatter.  So I thought what better way to follow this than with an Alice in Wonderland fancy dress party?

I would suggest you check out the DVD of Alice in Wonderland as it will help you get ideas on the costumes, the story line and also hints on how to create the theme and what little touches you should add.

You could organise an amazing out door summer party which could last all day and into the night. You will find a good range of fancy dress costumes and accessories to complete the Alice in Wonderland look in our 24hr Party Shop fancy dress site.

Alice in Wonderland

Get your the guests to show up as characters from the story. This could be something as simple as wearing a bunny suit, dressing up as the Mad Hatter or Alice’s Cheshire cat - even just a funny hat. You could provide rabbit ears for the guests who don’t show up in costume.

Queen Of Hearts Costume

Here is a list of the most prominent characters in Alice in Wonderland: Alice,  the White Rabbit,  the Mouse , the Dodo, the Caterpillar, the Duchess, the Cheshire Cat, the March Hare, the Mad Hatter, the Dormouse, the Queen of Hearts, the Knave of Hearts and the King of Hearts.

Miss Wonderland

The Mad Hatters Tea Party

Set up a long table with various foods, especially brightly coloured cupcakes. You can label some of the foods such as “eat me” or “drink me.” Also you must have the famous pots of tea and brightly coloured drinks or an alcoholic punch for the adults.

Consider having a theme cake for the occasion, perhaps in the shape of an oversized Portabella mushroom.

Pirates of the Caribbean

One of this year’s block buster films will undoubtedly be the latest in the Pirates of The Caribbean series starring Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean – On Stranger Tides, which has just been released.

With the release of the movie and the improved weather, The Pirates of the Caribbean will be a great theme for your forthcoming fancy dress party. We have a great choice of pirate fancy dress costumes and those all important accessories for the guys and gals – or should I say Pirates and Wenches!

Pirates Costume

This is a wonderful idea for a fancy dress party, whether it is just for the kids, guests of all ages or even adults only.

Jack Sparrow has become one of the most popular movie characters of the last decade and lots of people love to dress up as him and copy his cheeky pirate ways.

Here are some ideas for throwing a Pirates of the Caribbean party:

First of all, let’s set the scene; the Pirates hung out in the tropical sunshine islands of the Caribbean , surrounded by palm trees, so how about our 6ft high inflatable palm tree and, to add to the tropical theme, we have an inflatable Pineapple Drinks cooler too.

Marauders Wench costume

We have a large variety of pirate fancy dress costume ideas for this party for all pirates of all ages, male pirates, female pirates, and little kiddie pirates .

Pirates were famous for drinking rum, so think about making a rum-based punch for your adult guests and a non-alcoholic version for the kids and teetotallers.

Make sure there are plenty of snacks around and tease the kids into thinking they’re eating turtle burgers and seagull kebabs also don’t forget to get some Pirate Money.

This party idea is a lot of fun for people of all ages and is sure to go down well. Shiver me timbers!