Glow in the Dark Costumes and Masks
Halloween
costumes
and masks that have glow-in-the-dark or fluorescent properties make a great addition to
your black light haunt. One of the best examples of this is the "Totally
Skele-Bones" costume. This Halloween costume has
very realistic looking sculpted bones that glow in the dark, which makes them perfect for
use under black lights. Unlike most skeleton style costumes that have the
skeletal figure simply painted onto the fabric, this
costume has sculpted latex bones actually
attached to the costume, making them really stand out and look very
realistic. The "Ghost Face" Halloween mask from the
"Scream" movies
is also made in a glow-in-the-dark version.
These costumes are
currently available from the
Fright Catalog.
Glow in the Dark Makeup
Black light
reactive makeup, like the two makeup kits shown to the right,
light up when exposed to an ultraviolet light source
and are great at a Halloween party where you really
want to outshine everyone else. These
types of kits are available with several different
colors including blue, orange, yellow, purple and
green. They most commonly come as either black light
make-up pencils or grease paint like makeup. This
type of makeup is usually water washable and nontoxic.
Just be
sure to read any manufacturer warnings on the package
before using it on your skin. You can also paint your fingernails
with glow-in-the-dark nail polish.
Glow
in the Dark Halloween Wigs
There
are a number of Halloween costume wigs that are made
with UV reactive materials allowing them to glow
brightly under black light. This is a cool effect
and works particularly well at a Halloween party
where black lights will be used. These types of
Halloween costume wigs tend to be very affordable.
Don't
expect a costume wig to look how you want it to straight out of the
package. Some styling of the wig will probably be necessary for the
particular look you want. You will want to use a soft brush and
comb to carefully shape the wig's hair into the style that you want. Once you have the look, use hair spray to set the style.
One
thing is for sure, you will really stand out in the
crowd.
Glowing-in-the-Dark
Halloween Decorations
There are a fair amount of Halloween
decorations available that are made to glow in the dark such as the
five foot tall "Glow in the
Dark Lab Skeleton" or the
"Mr. Glow N Bones" wall
decoration, both of which make spooky Halloween
blacklight decorations. Both of
these and more glow-in-the-dark products are
available from the
Fright Catalog. Glow in the dark bats or other creepy
critters can be hung with
black or clear thread from the ceiling inside your
house or from the roof of your porch and from tree
limbs outdoors and illuminated with ultraviolet
light.
Glowing Tombstones
The Black Light
Hair Spray
made by Fun World sprayed over the
front and side surfaces of a Halloween tombstone shows up very eerily under
a
black light. We found that spraying the tombstone in the dark with
a
black light turned on works best to get an even coating all over
the tombstone.
One can of the Black Light Hair
Spray can usually paint between three and five tombstones depending on
their size. You can also use glow-in-the-dark
paint to make the epitaph's on a Halloween tombstone glow by painting over
them or within them if they are embossed in the
tombstone its self with transparent
fluorescent
paint. For more information on making and using Halloween Tombstones
visit
HalloweenTombstones.com
Black Light Ghost
Ghostly
apparitions are always welcome visitors on Halloween
night and the
"Super Ghost" Halloween prop is a spooky phantom
that will spook your guests and is a great addition
to any Halloween haunt. This white ghost Halloween
prop measures fifty inches tall and will glow
bluish-white under
a blacklight source. You can hang this ghost prop from the ceiling, your
front porch, a tree limb or anywhere you want to
display it. As an added effect, we hide a small
oscillating fan a few feet behind the ghost to cause it to
gently move in the air. If AC power is not available or
practical were you want to place the ghost, you can use a
battery powered fan just as easily. The Super Ghost Halloween decoration is
available from the
Fright Catalog.
