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Aleksandra Sobic
Aleksandra Sobic

Aleksandra is HalloweenCostumes.com’s brand manager and senior Mario consultant. She believes that her stature, hair, passion for pink, and reverence of cake, make her the ideal candidate to play Princess Peach on Broadway. Some additional interests include crafting, wine, correcting people’s grammar, obsessing over Jurassic Park (remember, women inherit the earth!), and brainstorming ways to make sexy costume representations of typically un-sexy pop culture characters. Donkey Kong was a breeze but Jabba the Hutt is proving formidable.

6 Printable Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Paper Dolls

by |September 10, 2015

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Paper Dolls

 

"I looked at my kingdom, I was finally there, to sit on my throne, as the Prince of my desk chair." If you've been perusing the internet from your cubicle at all today, you've probably heard some news that will make you feel a little old: today marks the 25th anniversary of the first episode of the treasured American sitcom, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air! Yes, it has been TWENTY-FIVE years since you coveted Hilary's wardrobe, practiced doing "The Carlton" in front of your mirror, snickered at Uncle Phil's sassy comebacks, and rapped along with Jazzy Jeff's catchy opening theme song. To celebrate, we created printable paper dolls modeled after 6 of the show's most famous and fashion-forward characters. Why? Why not! Without further ado, we'd like to take a moment, just sit right there, we'll tell you how we made these paper fresh dolls of the Banks...

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Making Mario: The Creation and Evolution of Mario [Infographic]

The Evolution of Mario

Mario has a lot to brag about - appearing in more than 200 video games, being the titular character of the bestselling video game franchise of all time, not to mention sporting a killer mustache "before it was cool." The latest feather in Mario's cap will be the release of his newest game, Super Mario Maker, which is set to be released this Friday, September 11! But was Mario always the king of the gaming scene? Was there a time he didn't wear that signature red cap? What does a Mario evolution look like? What was with that one time he was a Doctor - does he even have a license to practice medicine?

We could take a stab at answering these questions ourselves, but why, when Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto himself has been so forthcoming with information! In his own words, with our own illustrations, here is the story behind your favorite...

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Jurassic Pup: Puppies Replace Raptors in 6 Movie Scenes

by |June 10, 2015
Categories: Humor, Mashup, Movies

Jurassic Pup

 

Typical weekday you = At work. Bored. Scroll through go-to blogs in search of fun article to chase away doldrums. Find one! Fluffy puppies! Find second one! Behind-the-scenes info about cool upcoming movie! SHOOT. Only have time for one before important spreadsheet is due. CAN'T PICK BETWEEN PUPPIES AND MOVIES!! SHAKE FIST AND WONDER WHY WORLD IS SO CRUEL!!

Okay deep breaths. That...

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Jurassic Wars: 12 Star Wars-Inspired Dinosaurs

by |June 8, 2015

Jurassic Wars Star Wars Inspired Dinosaurs

 

What do you get when you mash up two of 2015's (but more like the 21st century's) most highly anticipated blockbuster films? You get Jurassic Wars: An intergalactic adventure 65 million years in the making. In an unprecedented collision between a galaxy far, far, away, and creatures from a time long, long, ago, we bring you 12 completely new dinosaur species, inspired by 12 of the most...

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Eggvengers: Age of Yolktron - Printable Easter Egg Costumes [Printables]

by |March 19, 2015

Avengers Age of Ultron Easter Eggs

 

If you thought that The Avengers: Age of Ultron premiere was the only Avengers related release you had to look forward to in the next few weeks, boyyyy were you wrong- or should we say mistEGGen! We have something arguably more eggscelent, more eggstravagant, more eggsceptional! Did you guess that it's egg-related? Well you must be an egghead because you're right! We created a dozen printable Avenger Easter Egg costumes that are simply...to dye for. We have dubbed this collection Eggvengers: Age of Yolktron. Get ready for some ova-the-top egg puns, and...

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10 Free Costume Award Certificates! [Printables]

by |October 30, 2014
Categories: Printables

Printable Costume Award Certificates

Halloween trophies can get expensive, so for the Halloween hostess with the mostest, we have created 10 free printable award certificates to pass out at your party this weekend! The awards print as 8x10s, so the proud winners of each category can take them home and frame them up nice and pretty....

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