halloween

ANNOUNCING: Inhabitat’s 2012 Green Halloween Costume Contest Winners!

ANNOUNCING: Inhabitat’s 2012 Green Halloween Costume Contest Winners!

Inhabitat's Green Halloween Costume Contest received hundreds of incredibly crafted costumes - and after an intense bout of online voting we're thrilled to announce our winners! From a ghastly Two-Face

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LAST CHANCE TO VOTE for Your Favorite Finalists in Inhabitat’s 2012 Green Halloween Costume Contest – POLLS CLOSE TONIGHT!

LAST CHANCE TO VOTE for Your Favorite Finalists in Inhabitat’s 2012 Green Halloween Costume Contest – POLLS CLOSE TONIGHT!

This is your last chance to vote for your favorite Green Halloween Costume Contest finalists! Hey Inhabireaders! Today is the last day to vote in our annual Green Halloween Costume Contest. We

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LAST CHANCE TO VOTE for Your Favorite Costumed Cutie In Inhabitots’ Green Halloween Contest!

LAST CHANCE TO VOTE for Your Favorite Costumed Cutie In Inhabitots’ Green Halloween Contest!

Today is the LAST DAY to vote for your finalists in Inhabitots Green Halloween Costume Contest! We're pretty certain there's no other competition on earth in which Baby Marty McFly and his DeLorean

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HOW TO: Locate A Halloween Candy Buy-Back Program

HOW TO: Locate A Halloween Candy Buy-Back Program

Put down the fun-size Snickers bar and step awaaaay from your kid's trick-or-treat bag. Do everyone in your house a favor and clear out those lingering stashes of Halloween candy by exchanging the sweets

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Maniac Pumpkin Carvers Elevate Pumpkin Carving to an Art Form in NYC

Maniac Pumpkin Carvers Elevate Pumpkin Carving to an Art Form in NYC

Brooklyn-based illustrators Marc Evan and Chris Soria have some serious skills when it comes to carving Jack-o'-lanterns. The artists have formed a creative team known as Maniac Pumpkin Carvers and take

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And Vinyly Turns Your Remains Into a Vinyl Record When You Die!

And Vinyly Turns Your Remains Into a Vinyl Record When You Die!

“Dig into the groove!” If you want to be spinning jams into the afterlife, get your ashes pressed into a vinyl record. As an alternative to anaerobic decomposition, UK-based company And Vinyly

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8 DIY Cardboard Costumes That Will Make Your Kid the Talk of the Town (In a Good Way)

8 DIY Cardboard Costumes That Will Make Your Kid the Talk of the Town (In a Good Way)

Kids often accuse their eco-minded parents of taking recycling and DIY projects to a level that is socially suicidal, especially during holidays like Halloween. So we put together a series of awesome

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HOW TO: Make Organic Pumpkin Pancakes With Homemade Honey Butter

HOW TO: Make Organic Pumpkin Pancakes With Homemade Honey Butter

Everyone loves pancakes! The breakfast standby is one of the most universally appealing foods. But if you're ready for a delicious twist on your trusty flapjacks, you must try these organic pumpkin

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Spooky Gue(ho)st House Draped in a Melted White Veil Opens in France

Spooky Gue(ho)st House Draped in a Melted White Veil Opens in France

The sculptural Gue(ho)st House building is situated adjacent to the Delme Contemporary Art Center, which is housed in a former Synagogue located in a small town in the far northeastern corner of France.

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7 Last-Minute DIY Halloween Costumes Haunting Your Closet!

7 Last-Minute DIY Halloween Costumes Haunting Your Closet!

Not sure what to dress up as for Halloween? Or perhaps you're on a bit of a budget? If you're looking for an eco- and wallet-friendly costume that will still garner lots of oohs and ahhs, then look no

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7 Fabulous Halloween Costumes You Can Fashion From Your Own Closet

7 Fabulous Halloween Costumes You Can Fashion From Your Own Closet

One of the scariest things about Halloween is that 85% of the textiles sold to more than 170 million Americans who celebrate the frightful night, meet their demise in a landfill. You can still dress-up

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Katie Mello Creates Hilarious Star Wars AT-AT Costume for Dogs

Katie Mello Creates Hilarious Star Wars AT-AT Costume for Dogs

Do you love making Halloween costumes but lack humans to model your creations?  Or maybe your pooch just happens to love getting dolled up?  Either way, Katie Mello, an artist and Star Wars enthusiast

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How To Make Reusable Halloween Window Decals

How To Make Reusable Halloween Window Decals

Halloween can be among the most wasteful holidays if you only buy store-bought, disposable decorations, but it doesn't have to be! One sure way to lower your Halloween eco-footprint is to make your own

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Green Halloween’s National Costume Swap Takes Place On October 13th, 2012

Green Halloween’s National Costume Swap Takes Place On October 13th, 2012

Halloween - Image from Shutterstock Mark your calendars: Green Halloween's 3rd annual National Costume Swap is coming to a town near you on Saturday, October 13th, 2012. This year, over 100 cities

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DIY: How to Make a Last Minute Salvador Dali Lobster Telephone Costume in Just 30 Minutes!

DIY: How to Make a Last Minute Salvador Dali Lobster Telephone Costume in Just 30 Minutes!

MATERIALS: -       Old black dress or shirt -       One yard red felt -       White and black felt or material -       Black marker -       Hot glue

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7 Last-Minute Halloween Costumes Hiding in Your Closet

7 Last-Minute Halloween Costumes Hiding in Your Closet

Waiting until the 11th hour to put together this year's Halloween costume? You are not alone. But instead of panicking and making a mad dash to the costume shop, take a peek in your closet and try

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DIY: How to Make an Adorable Chia Pet Dog Costume for Halloween

DIY: How to Make an Adorable Chia Pet Dog Costume for Halloween

MATERIALS: - Dog sweater - Plastic aquarium plants (which will enable you to recycle this costume next year or give it to a friend) or freshly picked clovers from your lawn - Orange felt fabric -

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DIY: How to Make a Bodacious Bodega Costume for Halloween

DIY: How to Make a Bodacious Bodega Costume for Halloween

MATERIALS - An empty pizza box - Bags of chips, gum, condoms, Advil - whatever small items you would find at your local bodega. Feel free to use healthier options too! - Safety pins - A printer (or

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Think Outside the Box With These DIY Cardboard Costumes

Think Outside the Box With These DIY Cardboard Costumes

Want to make sure your kid has the coolest costume on the block when you take them trick-or-treating? Then forget those conventional, store-bought Halloween costumes, and construct your own custom costume

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6 Unique Handmade Halloween Costumes from Etsy

6 Unique Handmade Halloween Costumes from Etsy

Making a DIY Halloween costume is great, but if you don't have a crafty bone in your body it could be disastrous. However! That's no excuse for sending your kid out in a store-bought costume. You can suit

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9 Eco-Friendly Thrift-Store Halloween Costumes for Under $15

9 Eco-Friendly Thrift-Store Halloween Costumes for Under $15

Across the country, the leaves are changing and the air is turning crisp. It can only mean one thing: Time to get your Halloween plans in order. We love dressing up for Halloween just as much as the next

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This Thigh Bone’s Connected to Your Lampshade

This Thigh Bone’s Connected to Your Lampshade

Have you ever broken a bone, had an x-ray, and thought the photo was actually quite cool? Swedish design students Sture Pallarp, Elin Hedlund and Emmelie Karlström, took the x-ray aesthetic to a whole

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LAST CHANCE to enter our Green Halloween Costume Contest!

LAST CHANCE to enter our Green Halloween Costume Contest!

LAST DAY TO ENTER OUR HALLOWEEN COSTUME CONTEST! The fun and frenzy of Halloween are officially over, but you still have one LAST CHANCE to submit your creative homemade costumes in our Green Halloween

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Zombie Chair Ressurected By Hongtao Zhou

Zombie Chair Ressurected By Hongtao Zhou

Zombie chair! Out for your wood scraps! Oozing sawdust and pure carnage! Designer Hongtao Zhou, who we found  playing with ice, decided to get Holiday on a broken, abandoned chair he found on the

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Links Roundup of the Week: Almost Halloween!

Links Roundup of the Week: Almost Halloween!

As the trees begin to lose their leaves, once full and leafy branches grow increasingly bare to create suddenly spooky shadows in our windows -- just in time for Halloween. Halloween is tomorrow and we've

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Links Roundup of the Week: A Green Halloween

Links Roundup of the Week: A Green Halloween

Halloween is almost upon us -- and we hope that your's will be as ghoulishy green as it is delightful. Not sure how? Well then, check out some of the best in green goodies for this Halloween featured on

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Green Your Halloween With Wildlife Inspired Knits!

Green Your Halloween With Wildlife Inspired Knits!

Halloween is just around the corner and if you've got any little ones in your life, you're probably racking your brain for cute and clever Halloween costume ideas. If you're on the verge of giving in to

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