If you’re searching for a costume that will suit your husband or little boy, take a look at the Prince of Thieves costume. It is a complete costume that includes the Medieval hooded tunic, pants, boot tops, and quiver.
You could purchase the prince of thieves wig and hat also. The bow and arrows are sold separately. The Prince of Thieves costume is also fun if you are looking for a great couples costume with your lady dressed as Maid Marian.
You could go as far as having a group of people dressed as Robin Hood and his Merry Men. Don’t forget Little John or the Friar Tuck in your band of brothers. Robin Hood and his band of merry men were portrayed as living in Sherwood Forest, in Nottinghamshire.
The Prince of Thieves was known for robbing from the rich and giving to the poor. Traditionally Robin Hood was depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes. This folklore figure started in medieval times and continued through to the modern day by films, television, and literature. In English folklore, Robin Hood is a heroic outlaw.
The prince of thieves costume can be worn if you are in a play that portrays someone in the medieval era. This can be a costume that will be used more than once. Have fun this Halloween season as your friends try to think of the most unique costume to wear.
With all the popular outfits available I am sure that the Prince of Thieves clothing is sure to rank as number one. Be unique and different than the usual monsters and villains. Children will not fear the outlaw and women will love the heroic look.
Robin Hood always showed forms of courtesy rather than modern ideals of equality. In the early ballads Robin’s men usually kneel before him in strict obedience. Their social status, as yeomen, is shown by their weapons which was usually swords instead of a quarter staff. The only character to use a quarterstaff in the early ballads is the potter, and Robin Hood does not take to a staff until the 18th century.
The political and social assumptions underlying the early Robin Hood ballads have long been controversial. Do not mistake Robin Hood as a figure of peasant revolt.
He is not a peasant but a yeoman, and his tales make no mention of the complaints of the peasants, such as oppressive taxes. His main concern was others. By the early 15th century at the latest, Robin Hood had become associated with May Day celebrations.
This much loved character would be great this Halloween as you go to a party or entertain at your house. Little ones love being Robin Hood and will look great trick or treating in the neighborhood. You can purchase a professional prince of thieves costume that can be used year after year.
If money is a concern, you could go as simple as a wearing green tights and a brown clothe and wear a prince of thieves mask. This heritage costume can be as simple or professional as you would like. Everyone will be impressed as you look so handsome in your medieval attire.
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I was taking pics around Frat Row at San Diego State, when all these cars suddenly pulled up. Suddenly, I was surrounded with sorority girls dressed up in slutty Halloween costumes. Needless to say, I grabbed my camera out as fast as possible. haha
One of the head girls challenged me and asked me what I was doing. I told her I was shooting in public legally and wasn’t going to put these up for commercial puposes. Needless to say, she didn’t seem too happy about this as the girls headed into the frat houses to surprise the frat boys.
Happy Halloween
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Happy Halloween, everyone. This is a Halloween remix of one of my favourite shots of Old John, a folly in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, UK. Thanks for all the Faves and Views of this one which I uploaded for Halloween 2007. I posted it to a few more groups before Halloween 2008 in case anyone would like to use it in their preparations. I’ve given the image a creative commons licence. If you do want to use it please consider making a donation to Vista, the local charity for Leicestershire and Rutland, which helps visually impaired people achieve their full potential. You can donate to Vista, or just learn more about our work, at www.vistablind.org.uk
It’s at over 10,000 views by Halloween 2009. Thanks!
Halloween 2006
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Pumpkins and a Scarecrow – Just a bit of the yard display. Cute is easier to pull off than scary during Halloween, unless you are really good at scary. Don’t want to frighten off the Trick or Treaters, especially the little ones. On the porch is a large cut-out wooden owl (very vintage looking) with big eyes and some witch luminaries that cackle when you pass by. That’s as scary as it gets. Oh yeah, a cool Dept. 56 fiber optic Halloween head that looks like a cross between a pumpkin and a ghost. Hard to photograph at night, so this will have to do.
Everything necessary to make the yard of your miniature village scene spooky and scary — a tombstone, jack o’ lanterns, black cats and bats. There are even some skeletal body parts! All items in this 22 piece set are made of resin. Designed and manufactured by Department 56.
Halloween Games ? 7 Fun & Scary Games for Teens, Families, & Groups
So, it is true that Halloween unfortunately is associated with words such as: dark, scary, evil, spooky, etc. (we probably should throw the word ‘cavity’ in there also)! However, as strange as the holiday certainly is, Halloween must be viewed as more than just eating an excessive amount of sugar, visiting haunted houses, or attending costume parties. Halloween should also be an opportunity to spend time with family, friends, and neighbors participating in fun and wholesome entertainment. I realize that the word ‘wholesome’ and ‘Halloween’ are not exactly synonymous with each other, but the culture, traditions, and activities of the masses should not also dictate our actions! Halloween is thus the perfect opportunity to have good clean fun, create wonderful memories, help serve others, and most importantly – allow us the opportunity to spend time with family.
Below I have listed just 7 of the many fun Halloween games that are good, uplifting, wholesome … and extremely FUN!
1) Halloween Scavenger Hunt: Divide everyone playing into teams of 2-3 players each. Each team will need a car, camera, and copy of the tasks to be completed. The goal is to either be the first to complete all the tasks and get back to the house first, or be the one who completes the most after an hour. (For smaller children, adapt the tasks to things to do/find around the house). Examples of random items to get and tasks to do may include: trick or treat 5 houses, buy a pumpkin and carve a face, give a candy to 3 random kids, go to the video store and find the date a Halloween movie was made, go to the grocery store and find out how much a pumpkin costs, go to a grave yard and write the name of one of the tomb stones, knock on a random door and ask for a roll of toilet paper and then wrap another teammate like a mummy, etc. They can be anything … but to prove you did it, take a photo for each task.
2) Halloween Charades: Each guest at the Halloween party will take 3 slips of paper and write down random acts (ideally related to Halloween) that can be acted out. Examples might include: trick or treating, carving pumpkins, eating candy and feeling sick, flying on a broomstick, visiting a scary graveyard, walking like a mummy, crossing paths of a black cat, attending a dress up party, etc. Place all the slips into a bowl and then divide everyone into two teams. Team 1 will start and send one person to the front, who will have one minute to act out as many scenes as possible. The team will guess, and the teammate acting can’t move on to the next word until it is correctly guessed. After a minute, that team gets one point for every correctly guessed acted scene. Then, team 2 will take a turn. The first team to 20 points wins!
3) Pumpkin Quarter Toss: In preparation, carve the middle out of 5 pumpkins. Then, place them at varying distances (each a few feet away from each other). Then designate a throwing line that player will toss from, and divide everyone into two teams. For each turn, every person on the team will get one toss. If the quarter lands in the closest pumpkin, it is worth 1 point; if it lands in the next farthest pumpkin it is worth 2 points; etc. up to 5 points. The first team to score 50 points is the winner!
4) Scary Story Succession: After the trick or treating is done and the party has died down, sit around the family room and turn the lights off. One person will start and take about 30 seconds telling a scary story. At the 30 second mark, they will leave the story hanging and call someone else’s name, who will then continue the story making up new twists. After 30 seconds, they will call someone else’s name, and this continues – and get’s very funny. Otherwise, have one person start and tell a story for about a minute. Then, everyone will take 30 seconds and make up their own ending to that story. Each person takes a turn telling their version of the ending, and everyone will vote as to which one they like the best. Players can’t vote for their own story’s ending, but a person receives a point for everyone who voted for their ending. Start again with a new person starting a story, and the person who scores 10 points first wins!
5) Halloween Pumpkin Hunt: This game takes a little preparation, but is extremely fun. Hide pumpkins around the yard – or for older teens, hide pumpkins randomly around the town. Then, write down clues that will lead teams from one pumpkin to the next. Divide everyone into two teams or teams of 3-4 people each (thus there pumpkins hidden for each team). The first team to find and retrieve all the pumpkins and get back to the house first is the winner.
6) Pumpkin Bocce: Set a large pumpkin in the middle of the yard (park or open field). Then, each player will need their own smaller pumpkin. Standing about 30 feet away, each player will take a turn rolling their small pumpkin and trying to get it closest to the large pumpkin. The closest player receives 3 points, and the next closest receives 1 point. Then, the person who was closest chooses another spot (but can choose to be close or far away from the main pumpkin), and this repeats. The first person to score 20 points is the winner!
7) Halloween Relay: Begin by dividing everyone playing into two equal teams, and make sure you have a lot of pumpkins because some will break. This relay has many legs/stages. For stage one: line up as a team and the first person will pass the team pumpkin over their head to the person behind who will pass it under their legs to the next teammate, etc. Once the last person gets it, they will run to the front of the line and repeat this. The team that gets the first person who started back to the front of the line first wins that leg and gets a point. For leg two: first team to gut and clean 3 pumpkins first. Leg three: designate a starting line and middle line about 30 feet away. The first person must roll the team pumpkin to the middle line and back, tag the next teammate, and then they must do the same. The first team to finish gets a point. Be creative and make up many more legs – the first team to 5 points wins!
Have Fun!
Matt is the founder of http://www.Tips4Families.com/ – a website full of helpful parenting advice, fun games and activities, traditions and holiday ideas, and tips and articles for families everywhere. Matt is also the author of: “Great Games! 175 Games & Activities for Families, Groups, & Children.” To view the book and learn more, visit: http://www.GreatGamesBook.com/
Me and family playing random games on Halloween.Good times =D Video Rating: 5 / 5
The Adventures of Robin Hood is a 1938 American swashbuckler film directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley. Filmed in Technicolor, the picture stars Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Patric Knowles, Eugene Pallette, and Alan Hale. Errol Flynn – (Robin Hood) Olivia de Havilland – (Maid Marian) Basil Rathbone – (Sir Guy of Gisbourne) Claude Rains – (Prince John) Patric Knowles – (Will Scarlett) Eugene Pallette – (Friar Tuck) Alan Hale – (Little John) Melville Cooper – (Sheriff of Nottingham) Ian Hunter – (Richard I the Lionheart) Una O’Connor – (Bess) Herbert Mundin – (Much-the-Miller’s-son) Montagu Love – (Bishop of the Black Cannons) Leonard Willey – (Sir Essex) Robert Noble – (Sir Ralf) Kenneth Hunter – (Sir Mortimer) Robert Warwick – (Sir Geoffrey) Colin Kenny – (Sir Baldwin) Lester Matthews – (Sir Ivor) Harry Cording – (Dickon Malbete) Howard Hill – (Captain of Archers) Ivan Simpson – (Proprietor of the Kent Road Tavern) James Baker – (Philip of Arras) Lionel Belmore – (Humility Prin) Herbert Evans – (Seneschal) Austin Fairman – (Sir Nigel) Alec Harford – (Outlaw) Holmes Herbert – (Archery Referee) Peter Hobbes – (Outlaw) Leyland Hodgson – (Norman Officer) Olaf Hytten – (Outlaw) Crauford Kent – (Sir Norbert) Marten Lamont – (Sir Guy’s Squire) Wilfred Lucas – (Archery Official) Charles McNaughton – (Crippen) Leonard Mudie – (Town Crier) Janet Shaw – (Humility’s Daughter) Reginald Sheffield – (Herald at Archery Toumament) John Sutton … Video Rating: 4 / 5
My front yard decorated for Halloween. I will be putting up the strobes and fog machines later in the month.
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A friend of mine decided he was going to make his own Halloween costume this year. I don’t think I would call the attempt a complete success, but it was good for some laughs.
Halloween is the perfect time to get creative and turn your kitchen into a creepy cooking laboratory! Check out our fun and easy ideas for making Spider Cupcakes and other eerie treats for your family or party guests this Halloween – www.orientaltrading.com Video Rating: 5 / 5
I found this toy crawling zombie at Walgreens. It crawls along the floor and says “I can’t feel my legs” among other things. Watch the 2nd video, part 2, taken four years later: www.youtube.com This is one of my favorite halloween decorations and one of my son’s favorite props too. zombie,…
Question by Amy D: halloween?
i need a good idea for a halloween costume because i refuse to pay 40 dollars for one. im 16 and a girl. and boo hoo if you say im too old i dont care dont wanna hear it. but can anyone think of something funny or something cool to be other than like a fairy or really anything involving a dress. thank you! =]
Best answer:
Answer by carly ♥ biker chick .. if you dress it up as much as possible & make your eyes dark . It will totally rock
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