Halloween Delivery Guaranteed!

It's not too late to order your Halloween costume online with us and get delivery in time for Halloween. We are running a special on Guaranteed Halloween Delivery Shipping for only $5.99 for delivery to addresses within the Continental US.

This flat rate $5.99 great shipping deal runs through this weekend and will end Monday at 3pm EST - so get your costume online now at AnniesCostumes.com!

Did you get your costume already? This is the perfect opportunity to get some great costume accessories, makeup, or Halloween decorations to finish off your Halloween look!

We still have lots of popular costumes in stock and ready for immediate shipping!
Order this weekend and still have it delivered by Thursday, October 29th - just in time for all your Halloween festivities on Halloween weekend!

See www.AnniesCostumes.com/order.htm for details!

The List is Out! See the top Halloween Costumes for 2009

The 6th Annual Extreme Halloween List of the Top Halloween Costumes is Out!

Each year Extreme Halloween features their picks for the most popular and favorite Halloween costumes in all categories. The Top Halloween Costume List for 2009 is now published and available at ExtremeHalloween.com.

Top Halloween costume categories include:
Baby Halloween Costumes
Girls' Halloween Costumes
Boys' Halloween Costumes
Women's Halloween Costumes
Sexy Halloween Costumes
Men's Halloween Costumes
Couples' Halloween Costumes
Plus Size Adult Halloween Costumes
Group Halloween Costumes
Pet Halloween Costumes

Did you favorites make the list? We always invite you to tell us what your favorite costumes are too! Take our 2009 Scary Halloween Survey! Its quick and fun and you can win prizes in our weekly prize drawings!

Gifts for Children who like to Dress Up

Thinking of the perfect gift for a child with all the imagination in the world? Do you know a kid who is always "playing pretend" and dressing up in characters' clothes?

Annie's Costumes has the perfect gift for children who like to dress up. Tons of our popular Halloween costumes are already at discounted prices and we have an entire page dedicated to little one's dress up gear.

Browse our selection of baby, toddler, child and teen costumes including animals, Disney characters, popular movie characters, superheroes and more.

New Halloween Hall of Fame Inductee! (drum roll, please)

Academy Award-nominated director is recognized for his contribution through movies that have promoted Halloween and inspired costumes over the years

The Halloween Hall of Fame, an organization dedicated to promoting Halloween by sharing fun facts and other information, recognizes those who have contributed through music, movies, designing Halloween costumes and much more. This year, they have selected Tim Burton to be the next inductee into their Hall of Fame. The Academy Award-nominated director is recognized for his spooky film work including, "Nightmare Before Christmas", “Edward Scissorhands”, “The Corpse Bride" and many others.

Mr. Burton has produced several multi-million dollar movies that have inspired top selling Halloween costumes like “Batman" and "Planet of the Apes". Mr. Burton is joined by the existing hall of famers who have contributed to promoting Halloween and include Vincent Price, Lon Chaney, Jr., Bobby (Boris) Picket, Bella Lugosi, Elvira and Fred Gwynne.

“Tim Burton’s movies have had such an impact on the inspiration of the next greatest Halloween costumes. Due to his amazing vision, each one of his movies sets off a frenzy of ideas and demand for the next Tim Burton movie-inspired Halloween costumes,” said Harold B. Maxwell, Founder of the Halloween Hall of Fame. "The fact is, Halloween is fun, and we are so pleased to include a film director who shares our love of Halloween."

Each year, the Halloween Hall of Fame board recommends nominees and a new member is then selected by the public. Each nominee is added to the Halloween Hall of Fame website where the public votes. Just before Halloween, the votes are tallied and the public is then informed of the winner. Tim Burton won this year by a 20% margin, with John Carpenter coming second.

About The Halloween Hall of Fame

The Halloween Hall of Fame is an organization dedicated to honoring people who have contributed to the popularity and fun of Halloween. In fact, the Halloween Hall of Fame provides the history behind Halloween, Halloween trivia, customs, traditions, safety tips and current trends. The Halloween Hall of Fame board of directors is made up of Halloween industry professionals and those who support the holiday of Halloween.

Sexy Princess Leia Costumes in High Demand This Year

According to a recent press release, one of the year's best selling Halloween costumes, following the sexy costume theme, is the Princess Leia Slave girl costume. Annie's Costumes is increasing stock of this sexy costume idea to keep up with the high demand. According to the release, the Princess Leia costume is joining the likes of Elvira, Batgirl, and the Wicked Witch as some of the most popular women's Halloween costumes in history.

To read more, see
http://www.anniescostumes.com/sexy_halloween_costumes.htm

Joker Halloween Costumes are Selling Out

It's just days before the traditional Labor Day Halloween season kick off but Joker costumes seem to have already flown off the shelves.

The passing of Health Ledger, paired with the success of The Dark Knight, made the Joker Halloween costume everyone's go to Halloween costume idea.

Read more about this story and get your The Dark Knight costume soon, before they're seriously gone.

Sending Packages To the Military?

If you are sending a package to military personnel for Halloween, Annie's Costumes can help. They have began to ramp up efforts to prepare for the busy season and help ensure the Halloween costumes arrive on time.

One big note is, if you are sending Halloween costume packages to the military, the orders must be placed roughly 15 - 17 days before you want the package to arrive.

Sweet and Spooky Halloween Drink Recipes

This fun article on Halloween Drinks from Better Homes and Gardens magazine’s website will help you add spark to a Halloween party with some unusual punches and beverages.


Creepy concoctions include: Ghoul’s Punch (complete with floating frozen ‘hands’!), Haunting Hot Chocolate, Spritzed Fruit Drink with Wiggle Worm Ice, Blue Slime Sipper and more.


Check them all out here.


For great Halloween costumes and accessories, visit Anniescostumes.com, too.

Halloween is Awesome - The Video!

Announcing our new "Halloween is Awesome" video featuring 10 of the Top Halloween Costumes for 2007.



You can purchase all costumes seen here at www.AnniesCostumes.com

Dorothy Costume

Shrek Costume

Spiderman

Fairy Witch Costume

Batman Begins Costume

Pretty Pirate Princess Costume

Captain Jack Sparrow Costume

Princess Leia Costume

Anakin Skywalker Costume

To see Extreme Halloween's entire list of the Top Halloween Costumes, visit ExtremeHalloween.com. You will see the best selling and most popular costumes in all sizes and categories.

Thanks to HyperNonsense for supplying the awesome "Halloween is Awesome Music!"

Where Did Halloween Come From?

Every year millions of Americans celebrate Halloween. We decorate our houses and our yards to try to make them look as spooky as possible. In recent years the decorations have become more and more elaborate. It is almost as though people are getting into the Halloween decorating with as much fervor as they do at Christmas.

Our children, as well as a lot of adults, dress up in costumes that range from horribly scary to outright funny. Children look forward to Halloween because they love to go out Trick-or-Treating, roaming up and down the neighborhood streets knocking on doors and holding put their treat bags.

Did you ever wonder where the traditions we observe at Halloween came from? What is Halloween really all about? According to an article on the origins of Halloween, contrary to what some people may believe, there was never anything inherently evil about Halloween.

The ideas about witches, the devil and monsters being associated with Halloween are later additions to the holiday we celebrate late in October.

Halloween actually has its roots in the Celtic culture. Many of the traditions we observe today have come straight to us from the Irish. The Romans came along soon after the death of Christ and added their own influences on the already age-old traditions and celebrations. Over time the meanings and observances of Halloween have changed both in function and purpose.

If you'd like to learn more about the origins of this fascinating holiday, visit True Ghost Tales, where you’ll find lots of scary ghost stories and more on the history and origins of Halloween.

And to get in the Halloween spirit, start shopping for this year's costume from the amazing selection of Halloween costumes at http://www.anniescostumes.com/.

APO & FPO Early Shipping Special

If you are military stationed overseas, make sure to order your Halloween costumes as early as possible. For the month of August, we are having an APO and FPO special. You can receive free shipping (select ground shipping) and enter the coupon code APOFPO in the coupon field.

Coupon Rules: Cannot be combined with any other offer, minimum order to use coupon $50.00.

We ship our your order within 2 business days via USPS priority mail, however, we have no control over how long it takes for the military to forward on the packages to you, so allow 15 days for delivery. If you have any info for us on estimated delivery times to APO and FPO addresses, please let us know!

Top 100 Halloween Costumes for 2007!

See Our Costume Picks for Halloween 2007!

Visit ExtremeHalloween.com to see our picks for what costumes will be the most popular this Halloween. We have chosen the top 100 costumes in different categories and sizes. Not sure what you want to be this Halloween? Hopefully this will help narrow it down for you! It may only be July, but many of the most popular Halloween costumes are already in stock; make sure to get yours before its gone!

We make this list every year, so you can see links to the past years' lists. You can also take our Scary Halloween Survey and tell us what your favorite costumes are this year.

Visit Us On Myspace!

Introducing our fabulous new MySpace Page: www.myspace.com/anniescostumes

Please drop by and visit our page with flashy videos and fun costume & Halloween related topics. The site is changing daily as it is updated by Our Super Sophie.

Sophie is usually known as "Sophie Super Seller" since she is one of our senior customer service reps and she is great at helping customers with their orders. Since summer is a slow time for the phone, she has been working on Annies Costumes' MySpace page in between the phone calls. So, now that she has totally pimped out our MySpace Page, I have re-named her just plain: Super Sophie!

So, come and check it out, add us to your MySpace Friends list and keep checking back often for new items and special costume deals!