Top 30 Halloween Trends & Inspirations (SUPER GALLERY)

In celebration of Halloween, we’ve collected some of the hottest Halloween trends and inspirations.

Spice up your yard with a simulated plane crash or get your pet a costume.  But whatever you do, don’t let this spooky day be boring.  There are a lot of unique costumes, pumpkins and haunted houses in the world, so we wanted to share a couple ideas.

Enjoy!

Fun With Pumpkins

Pumpking Pudding Mouthwash - Sweet Tooth Breath Palette (GALLERY)

Most people pop a mint after breakfast to get rid of coffee breath, but it turns out some people actually like food-inspired oral odors. The Sweet Tooth breath palette features a series of bizarre-flavoured mini mouthwash bottles. The Sweet Tooth package includes Sweet Almond, Darjeeling Tea, Carame… [More]

Giant Pumpkin Growing - The Next Hip Hobby?

It’s the Giant Pumpkin Charlie Brown! Only serious pumpkin growers should attempt this one. You just can’t grow a 400 pound pumpkin in a tiny apartment in the middle of New York City! Where would you put your couch? You’d have to get rid of your prized DVD collection just to make room for your Big O… [More]

The Danger of Giant Pumpkins - 691kg Beast Squashes Opposition (Halloween Special) (VIDEO)

It’s Halloween / Samhain so what a perfect pumpkin trend to post - oh yes its time for the World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off. It was held in Half Moon Bay in California, a coastal town which was invaded by pumpkin lovers and saw scores of pick-up trucks lining the streets all laden with the fruit… [More]

Water-Powered Pumpkin Eater - Fluidcut Waterjet (GALLERY)

Fluidcut in Fraser, MI specializes in waterjet cutting. This is where pressurized water is used to cut ... well, anything. They cut soft items such as foam, fragile items such as glass, and hard items such as metal. This is what they do and this is what they’re known for. As a bit of holiday marketi… [More]

Extreme Pumpkins - Coolest Carvings & Contests (VIDEO)

Halloween is just around the corner, so if you haven’t gone out to fetch your pumpkin yet, you better start thinking about it soon.  Carving jack-o-lanterns is a time honoured tradition of fright night. To show their appreciate for the craft, ExtremePumkins.com gives a virtual display of some of th… [More]

Big Mac Pumpkin

Halloween is almost here and you’re probably thinking of how you can transform your pumpkin from something round and dull to something more exciting. 

Forget about the regular Jack-o-Lantern and make a McPumpkin! [More]

Dremel Cordless Pumpkin Carver (GALLERY)

As much as we’d like to fool ourselves, there’s no denying that fall is just around the corner. Just in time for autumn comes the Dremel Cordless Pumpkin Carving Tool to make all your Halloween dreams come true. The gizmo is powered by AA alkaline batteries so you can do your messy squash butchering… [More]

Turkey in a Box - A Thanksgiving Pumpkin

The Turkey in a Box is a kit that helps you convert your rotting Halloween pumpkin into a festive Thanksgiving Turkey Pumpkin (aka conversation piece).  The kit includes tail feathers, wings and a pilgrim’s hat.  Plumparty sells the Turkey in a Box kit for $15, but they’re sold out for this year.  M… [More]

Costume Trends

Hollywood Halloween Costumes - Creative Costumes Ideas for 2007 (VIDEO)

Halloween is only a month away, so if you’re planning on going out that night, better start planning now. If you’re going to put in the effort to dress up, you want to make sure your costume is unique, clever and gets a lot of attention. To help you out, we scouted out some creative costume ideas fo… [More]

Pirates 3 Influences Fashion (VIDEO)

In only six days, the sea faring scavengers of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End collected more gold than any other silver screen characters before them. The third movie in Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean series earned $301 million in its first six days at the box office. Record revenu… [More]

New Mummy Hoody Available in July

Halloween costume in July? No. GRN

Appletree Mummy Hoody is made of 30 individual strips of fabric to create this unique new garment. [More]

Wigs For Dogs (Follow Up) (GALLERY)

Last year, Trend Hunter brought your Wigs For Dogs, and now it’s time to revisit because there are a lot more options, brought to you by Wiggles! Fur the love of dogs, what will they think of next? As if the pet-pampering trends weren’t ridiculous enough, a Florida company has found its own niche i… [More]

Pet Costumes - Star Wars Dog Costume

It’s almost Halloween, which means it’s time to dream up a costume for yourself… and your pet!  Pet Costumes are taking off and you can now order pet costumes from almost every online costume shop.  At Buy Costumes, they have a number of cool outfits for your cats and dogs including the new Star W… [More]

Disney to Offer Princess Wedding Gown Line

Just when you thought Disney had “cornered the market on just about everything” along comes this. Wedding dresses by Disney for grown women. Where do I sign-up? Maybe I’ll divorce my husband and re-marry just for the sake of being able to do it in a Disney creation. Disney Princesses, are definit… [More]

Ghoulish Fall Fashion - Drape Yourself In Body Parts (VIDEO)

OK, this is just creepy. Hallowe’en is still two months away (only?!?) so there’s no excuse to be parading such goulish outfits down a runway. This new “fashion” is all about draping yourself with fake human hands. A great trick-or-treat costume, but this style should be restricted to October 31st. … [More]

Performance Art- Unique costumes from household items

Well just in case you ever want to dress up as a squirrel, now’s your chance! I’m sorry, but I think I laughed for 5 mins straight at this picture. You have to check out the other gallery pictures from the University Of Art & Design Lausanne. [More]

Japanese Halloween - Dressing up in Tokyo (GALLERY)

Like many Western practices and traditions, Halloween has caught on in Asian countries including Japan. Regardless of time of year, Tokyoites in particular enjoy dressing up. The city is one of the best for unique street style or outrageous fashion spotting, so Halloween is an occasion they use to t… [More]

Self-Glow Hair and Body Gel (Update) - Voltage iGlow (VIDEO)

iGlow hair gel creates its own light source, letting it flow in total darkness, indoors or out, for four to six hours. The gel is entirely self illuminating, requiring no charging or UV, black light or other light source. Before iGlow, the only glow-in-the-dark products were glow sticks (toxic and… [More]

Halloween Innovations

Ghost Projector - New Spooky Lights for Halloween

This $89 projector lets you haunt your home with images of frightening ghosts.  Plus when Christmas comes around, you can switch the projector template to beam snowflakes. Available from Hammacher:
Instead of spending hours up a ladder attaching lights to your house, take a few minutes to set this … [More]

Halloween YouTube Contest - Miss Horrorfest 2007 (VIDEO)

Are you the queen of screams? If yes, you should consider entering the $50,000 Miss Horror Fest 2007 contest. The YouTube-hosted competition asks users to upload 90 second clips depicting why they should become this year’s Horrorfest spokeswoman. Hey, if Paris landed the role in House of Wax, surely… [More]

Haunted Houses Near You - Halloween Prep

Haunted House Magazine is a publication that helps the Halloween entertainment industry scare the heck out of thrill seekers and how to make some extra bucks doing it. The magazine also reviews popular haunted attractions. The web site features a haunted house directory so that you can find a fright… [More]

Simulated Plane Crash - Intense Halloween Decorations

An LA resident has created a very intense halloween decoration - a crashed plane!  The crash scene is invoking strong reactions from those in the neighbourhood and is also getting the attention of the LAPD.  One officer noted, “"It caught my eye. I thought a plane had crashed, and when I spoke to th… [More]

60 Acre Spider Web - Just on Time for Halloween (GALLERY)

Imagine a 60 Acre spider web!  The web was spun on a field near Prince George BC by tens of millions of tiny spiders.  This is perfect for Halloween week.  I’d encourage you to check out the full article. “A warning: If the thought of tens of millions of tiny spiders spinning a web 24 hectares - 60… [More]

History For Sale - Dracula’s Castle Up For Bids (GALLERY)

“Dracula’s Castle” in Transylvania went up for sale on Monday by an heir of Romania’s former royal family. The castle is perched on a cliff near Brasov in mountainous central Romania and was built in the 14th century as a fortress to protect against the invading Ottoman Turks. After being restored i… [More]

BowieBall - Bringing Glam Back

Hipsters, move over, there’s a new party in town. Well, maybe not new, but certianly improved. Parties like BowieBall, celebrating the living legend and rock god David Bowie, hints at the resurgance of paying proper homage to the people and decades that have had a major impact on the music, fashion,… [More]

Pear-Tree Lighting - Pick Your Light Off A Tree (GALLERY)

Autumn is coming, at least that’s what looking out the windows here feels like. Unless you’re lucky enough to be living in forever-summer-land, the rain and the lack of sunshine remind us that sunshine is a rare fruit after summer’s gone… unless we plant our own tree right now, designed by Nic… [More]

The “It’s Only Fun When Someone Loses an Eye” Pencil Sharpener (Halloween Special)

Remember when Halloween was about ghosts and gore and not kinky sexy mini skirts? This pencil sharpener takes me back to when times were creepier. The Sadie Pencil Sharpener from Living Dead Dolls will gross out all your friends and colleagues. Just jab little Sadie’s decapitated head in the eye wit… [More]

DIY Mexican Halloween - Day of the Dead Sugar Skulls (VIDEO)

This Halloween, take the opportunity to add a creative touch to your decoration with the DIY tips at this website. You will find a huge quantity of decorations based on the Mexican “Dia de los Muertos” celebration, everything with complete instructions to do it yourself.  The colorful results giv… [More]

Shot In The Dark - Glow-In-The-Dark Shot Glass (GALLERY)

Never lose your booze in the dark again! The fun glow-in-the-dark shot glasses from SUCK UK have a base that glows in dimly lit conditions. The 2oz glasses are sold in a set of four, so you can play drinking games with your friends… or just have a wildly good time by yourself!  Launching just in … [More]

A Green Halloween - Solar Fright Lights (VIDEO)

Be green and mean for Halloween and get yourself some solar powered Halloween themed lights. The beauty of using solar power is that you won’t have wires to string along to power sources. All you have to do is place them in a spot that’s not too shady so they can soak up rays to charge by day. [More]