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Scary Halloween Invitation Cards and Party Halloween Invitations For Your Spooky Party Celebrations

Many of the Halloween invitations available today include images of monsters and scary creatures that have come to be synonymous with October 31st. These images are great choices for almost any Halloween invitation but where did they come from? Do these frightening designs have any basis in reality? And, if they do, wouldn't that be a great story for the party host to share with the recipients of these Halloween party invitations? Below is some interesting information and facts about some of these Halloween creatures.

Halloween Invitations & Ghosts

The most frequently seen image that goes well with printable Halloween invitations are ghosts. Many years ago the Halloween holiday got its start from the Celt, they believed it was the one true night, where the living and the dead crossed paths. They believed that the dead was able to revisit the living to scare them. However, somewhere along the way these ghostly, creature images found their way onto free printable Halloween invitations from years past. China was one of many places to first have a documented account of ghosts. When King Hsuan in 783 BC ordered that his own minister be killed, his wrongful death was said to resurrect his spirit to seek revenge and kill the king. Presently, Individuals globally have beliefs creatures and ghosts are real and among us. No matter what you believe, it doesn't keep these images from appearing as excellent Halloween invitations ideas.

A Vampire for the Halloween Invitation

One of the most well known images on invitations for Halloween is that of the Vampire. Imprinting this image onto invitations for Halloween for parties may bring in more for attendance, especially females. Vampires have been around for a long time and are very popular. Individuals have believed in creatures, especially vampires since the human race begin. A large amount of scary Halloween invitations use the image of the vampire and its Eastern European background developed many of its tales of the creature during the 18th century. Our origin and race did not adopt the more alluring and enticing persona of the vampire until the early 1800's and it stemmed many movies from then they're on. Some movies like Dracula was fashioned after the man who was named Vlad the Impaler. He was a real individual whose Transylvanian roots earned him the title of someone who inflicted great fear by his acts.

Halloween Party Invitations for the Living Dead

Zombie images are not usually the right image to use for kids Halloween invitations because they are so scary. They are very popular with us though, due to George Romero. He made the early 60's movie, Night of the Living Dead and hence zombies were popular. Studies have been actually conducted on them. Most Halloween inspired creatures are more fictional than zombies and are ideal also for Halloween invitation ideas. Zombies were a very real part of many acts of voodoo. The dead would rise and walk about on the earth at night. The studies show that zombies may have been real due to the fact of practices of powerful dual drugs that caused a person to behave as if dead. The person would rise up out of the grave, when the drugs effects had disappeared. They usually always suffered permanent damage.

The Mummy & the Free Halloween Invitations

Mummies are not as popular as they once were, but are still found as decorations on some unique Halloween invitations sometimes. They have their basing on Egypt and the Egyptian practices. In Egypt, mummification was once a very common practice and hence the fear was born. Some studies sparked the fear of being buried while still alive. The early 20's, King Tut's grave was located and inspired many fears of mummification. Directors and Hollywood producers used the ideal in their movies, therefore spreading the fear of mummies. Although a Halloween invite depicting a mummy may not be as scary, but can still be found printed on them many times and also as Halloween costumes.

Halloween Party Invitation for the Witch

Like ghosts, witches are very commonly associated with Halloween ideas, including costumes. Witches, like ghosts and vampires, have a long history with the human race, even pre-dating the ancient celebrations of this holiday. Witches are a complex subject because the term can refer to the people wrongly accused of the crime then tortured or killed during witch hunts like the ones in Salem and all over the world, to folk medicine practitioners who used herbal medicine to heal people as if by magic, to pagan nature worshippers, or to people who use magic and spells to control people, the environment, and the world. Although witches have been depicted in many ways throughout different cultures, the modern Western view likely to appear on Halloween invitations was probably shaped by the appearance of the Wicked Witch of the West in the Wizard of Oz film from 1939.

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Spooky Halloween Superstitions

There's so much more to a Halloween superstitions than just trick or treating and Halloween snacks! Halloween started with a long history of superstitions, goblins and witches, and folklore and fantasy.

Halloween as we know it today, originated from a very specific history. Many countries celebrate some form of Halloween - it's simply not just a Hallmark holiday that the States came up with.

One such Halloween superstition is that in the olden days (very olden days) a woman looking for a husband would put a sprig of rosemary and a sixpence under her pillow on Halloween night. The superstition was that she would dream of her future husband that night!

What about other Halloween superstitions? Here are a few that are interesting and fun to read about (13 superstitions to be exact!)

1. Cats You know that old Halloween superstition that says black cats are bad luck? Well, once it was believed that all cats with a black coat were actually the devil, or eaten up by evil spirits.

In the middle ages, black cats were hunted and burned on Easter. (poor little kitties!) But, today, lots of families have black cats as pets and don't give it a second thought. I guess we outgrew that superstition! Good thing too, my little kitty is black and I'd move mountains before I'd let someone come and try and hunt her down!

Here's just the opposite of the black cat halloween superstition: in Britain, they believe white cats are bad luck!

2. Nuts Another old British Halloween superstition is, people at one time believed that Satan was a nut-gatherer, so, on Halloween night, nuts were used as magic charms.

3. Candles An old saying was, if the flame on a candle goes out and it happens to be Halloween, then you have a ghost visiting you! I bet that was a great tactic for keeping kids "scared straight!"

4. Witches This Halloween superstition is about those ugly witches! Here's how it goes: some people claimed that if you put your clothes on inside out and then walked backwards on the night of Halloween, then at midnight, you would see a witch riding through the sky.

Witches have such an interesting and long history, that would take a whole other website to talk about them, but some people believed that witches were the devil. Tests were devised to see if a woman was a witch or not.

Fearful crowds would throw a woman suspected of being a witch by throwing her in a body of water. If she floated, she was definitely a witch (YIKES! I guess nobody knew back then that women NATURALLY float better than men!) If she died, she was not a witch (sheesh! not a great scenario for these poor women!)

5. Bells When you ring a bell on Halloween, all the scary, evil spirits will fly away. Does that include doorbells? Think how many get rung on Halloween night!

6. Owls Owls hooting used to scare a lot of people. Some people believed that on Halloween, owls would dive down and eat the souls of anyone dying that night. So, if you heard a hooting owl, quickly pull your pocket out and leave it hanging. Then you'd be safe from the diving owls. (What imagination!)

7. Celtic custom Here's a really good ol' superstition... On Halloween, a bonfire was built and watched until it went out. Then the ashes were used to make a huge circle where every family in the village would place a stone just inside the circle. the next day, if any stone was moved or damaged, then that meant someone in that family was going to die within the next year.

8. Bats If a bat flies into your house, beware! You may have some ghosts or spirits visiting!

9. More about bats Or, on Halloween night, if you see a bat flitting around early in the evening, then you'll have good weather the next day.

10. And a little more about bats And, last, but spookily not least, if bats fly around your house on Halloween night 3 times, death is inevitable.

11. Warding off evil spirits Want to rid yourself of all evil? Just walk backwards around your house three times before the sun set on halloween and that would banish all evil. (if only it were that simple!)

12. More warding... You can bury animal bones in your front yard (I think that's against the law now!). Or, put a picture of an animal outside near your front door.

13. SPIDERS! If you happen to see a spider on Halloween (what are the chances?) then the spirit of a loved one is watching over you. (this is my favorite superstition...)

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New! Halloween Costume Ideas that can Find a Halloween Mask or Funny Halloween Costume Easily

Halloween costumes are what make Halloween a special scary night of horror and fun. Any child will wake up the next morning after Halloween night and the first question that will be on their mind, where's my Halloween candy? And what kind of Halloween costume do I want to have next year? The ability to wear a Halloween mask and transform yourself into something or someone else is the excitement of dressing up on Halloween night. Changing yourself into a scarecrow, monster, vampire, or some other new Halloween costume idea this is the most exciting part of Halloween night that you can enjoy and the most outrageous type of Halloween costume is better.

Where did Halloween masks and Halloween costumes start?

The wearing of Halloween masks and costumes started a long time ago. The Celts believed Halloween night brought out the spirits of the dead that would roam free among the living on the earth. Some spirits were fun and good and humorous and then on the darker side there would be some resentful and hostile ghosts that did not enjoy seeing the living enjoying the bounty of life in the land that once belonged to them that have already past to the next world. The Celtics would wear masks and disguises to hide themselves from these dangerous spirits by painting the their faces with soot from which later evolved into the more distinguishable Halloween masks and costumes ideas of today's Halloween costumes. Not long after it also became custom that by imitating the spirits by dressing as skeletons or ghosts they would blend themselves in and not be seen by the bad spirits.

Halloween costume ideas and tips that can help

In this day and age there are hundreds of Halloween costumes to choose from there is a werewolf, vampire, Halloween witch, Halloween nurse or a mask and costume from the latest horror movie that is playing. Remember in the simplest form of all you need is a hockey mask and a knife or a scream mask to bring out the chills in anyone around. Remember how Michael Myers would make you wake up in the middle of the night with a sweat from the Halloween movie. Depending on who you want to be for Halloween might probably depend on two things firstly what character is your favorite and that you would like to portray and deciding how much are you willing to spend on your Halloween costume. If you research Halloween masks and costumes you will find simple inexpensive discount Halloween costumes, funny Halloween costumes or some very highly detailed costumes that you could spend hundreds of dollars on. If you'd like to keep it in the budget remember you can easily transform a regular discount Halloween costume with a little bit of Halloween makeup on your face with maybe some Halloween contact lenses to give that eerie appearance. If you're a creative person you can easily transform yourself with materials that are around your house which wouldn't take a lot of time and effort and cost you a lot less money. All you would need is a good Halloween costume idea some great effects can be caused with the everyday items are around you and some imaginative application of some Halloween makeup.

Advantages of using Halloween makeup for your Halloween costume

Depending on what you're trying to accomplishment Halloween makeup may allow you to transform yourself into another Halloween character better than buying a Halloween mask. By using makeup it can be less expensive and a lot safer for kids when Halloween trick-or-treating and not impairing their vision with a Halloween mask, also with the variety of Halloween makeup that is available you can create some fantastic Halloween affects. You can try Halloween makeup tips with some theatrical grease paint kits that have great colors that are very easily applied and can be removed at the end of the night hassle free. By using regular everyday makeup like eyeliner pencils, blush, lip liners, and eye shadows you can keep the cost down on your Halloween costume. If you are like some people and the last minute to decide on your Halloween costume and still don't know what you want to be for the Halloween evening here is a great tip, You can use some water-based paint with some cheap makeup application tools and some creative Halloween makeup ideas you will be able to paint your face that would be able to stand alone as a last-minute Halloween mask. You could paint your face green and goes the Incredible Hulk or maybe a Green goblin Halloween makeup idea that would work well even wearing your regular clothes.

Tips and ideas for Halloween masks

Makeup does not hold the magical power that a Halloween mask can. They have the ability that will transform you into another place and time whether you want to be a superhero or heroine. By starting with a Halloween costume idea you can be anybody or anything that you desire for one night of the year. From the beginning of time humans wore masks either to worship gods or spirits of the earth. With today's technology of the Internet you can search and see the variety of Halloween masks and that are available for your Halloween ideas from the Halloween witch and vampire to the ability to transfer yourself into a Halloween ballerina. If you want to try something very unique here is a trick for a Halloween masquerade mask that would be wonderful, take a every day plain mask a hot glue gun and beautiful things that you may find in nature like leaves or ferns, flower petals or maybe finding some beads that you would be able to put on it would make a wonderful mask.

Another regular item for this type a mask would be using bird feathers and creating a beak that would create a haunting bird mask. The Celtics would wear bird feathers at their annual samhaim festival and also by the Venetians in Venice Italy, make sure you do some research for your Halloween costume idea so that you can create a Halloween costume that will stand out from everyone else.