Whether at school or at home, book week is a wonderful excuse to wear fancy dress costumes depicting the most memorable literary characters. Costumes for book week range from the scariest of villains to the sweetest of fairy godmothers and everyone in between. The variety in kids costumes bring these stories alive during book week. With so many characters from so many wonderful books, its difficult to pick just one.

A Strawberry Shortcake costume is great costume idea for any 80's retro costume party, a letter "S" party and any kids costume or adult costume party. Costumes also make play time fun for little girls who are fans of Strawberry Shortcake and want to dress up like her. Additionally, for any girl having a Strawberry Shortcake themed birthday party, a fancy dress costume is the perfect way to enhance the theme!

Your child’s birthday party is one that you want them to remember for a lifetime. Because of this, children's party themes for birthdays are becoming a very popular way to throw a wonderful birthday party with kids costumes, decorations, food, games and more. Birthday party ideas are easy to come up with by using your imagination along with your child’s likings.

Fans around the globe are celebrating the return of the Caped Crusader in Warner Bros. blockbuster, The Dark Knight Rises. In the latest installment of the Dark Knight films we see Batman returning from exile to confront Bane, a ruthless terrorist bent on destroying the City of Gotham. Bane is also an associate of Selina Kyle, the notorious Catwoman. What better way to celebrate the new release than with a Batman themed party and your very own Batman Dark Knight costumes?

Letter dress up parties are becoming more and more popular these days because not only are they creative, but highly entertaining. These parties can be done a couple of ways. Guests can wear fandy dress costumes that start with the same letter as one of their initials. Letters can also be randomly chosen. The great thing about letter parties is that they allow guests to show their creativity and some letters offer a lot of costume choices that start with that particular letter. For instance if you are planning to throw a letter party for kids or adults there are many different letter T costume ideas to choose from.

Making plans for a kids pirate party is almost as fun as the party itself. When guests arrive, you can hand them red sashes they can wrap around their waist and homemade "pirate hooks" made from solo cups and aluminum foil. Pirate Eye patches can be handed out, or have the kids arrive already dressed in a Kids Pirate Costume.

Hosting a kids Monster High Party may seem like a lot of work, but it really isn't. There are some simple things you can do to make the party a memorable event for your child. The best part is that these things are very affordable.

Go dressed as your favourite “Champion,” which is part of the theme for Book Week 2012, August 18th – August 24th. Costumes for Book Week are not only worn by kids, but classroom teachers and librarians develop story telling competitions and fun while learning activities.

The Oz Comic Con will be held in Melbourne 30th June and 1st July 2012, so there is still plenty of time to prepare. One of the most sacred traditions of Comic Cons throughout the globe is dressing up. Comic Con costumes are vital to truly enjoy the Comic Con experience. Fancy Dress Costumes are designed to mimic characters in popular culture and is referred to by many fans as "cosplay." In fact, the Oz Comic Con has a cosplay competition, in which serious costume designers can show off their outfits and win some prizes.

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