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Creative Halloween costumes
Broadcast Date: Oct. 30, 1985
A swath of red paper becomes Superman's cape, a mass of yellow crepe paper is a lion's mane and puffy white fibrefill is Santa's beard, of course. With a little inspiration, almost anything can become part of a homemade Halloween costume. With just one day to go before Halloween 1985, most kids visiting the Imagination Workshop in Vancouver already know how they'll be dressing up. And, as this clip from CBC-TV's Midday shows, they're still full of creative ideas for using odds and ends to make Halloween costumes.Creative Halloween costumes
• Ready-made Halloween costumes have been around since at least 1958, when Hi-C, a brand of orange drink, advertised a "Halloween spook suit" with spooky colourful designs in exchange for two labels. The suit was adjustable to fit any child aged four to 14.• A 1962 article on Halloween costumes in the Globe and Mail noted that "Children and mothers used to make their own. Now many are made of paper and bought in a store. Most popular, says a department store representative, are ghosts, devils, Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella ... Ready-made shellout bags [for trick-or-treating] are on the market."
• In 2007 the Retail Council of Canada estimated Halloween spending in Canada at $1.5 billion for costumes, candy and decorations.
Creative Halloween costumes
Medium: Television
Program: Midday
Broadcast Date: Oct. 30, 1985
Host: Valerie Pringle
Reporter: Ann Garber
Duration: 3:40
Last updated:
Sept. 29, 2009
Creative Halloween costumes.
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Last updated: Sept. 29, 2009.
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