Posts Tagged ‘Halloween’

Synopsis: Casper is the most famous ghost on earth, but unlike his spooky brethren, he doesn’t like to haunt or scare — He spends his time looking to make friends. In the original Paramount cartoons, Casper would often frighten some unsuspecting grown-up while befriending “Little Billy” or a small animal, but he’d then rescue one of them from a perilous predicament to become a local hero. In the Harvey comics, Casper would explore an enchanted forest, while the antagonizing Ghostly Trio would tease and heckle. Friends like cousin Spooky, Wendy the Good Witch and Nightmare the Ghostly Horse round out Casper’s supporting cast.

I’m excited that this 3 DVD collection will be available to purchase for everyone else next Tuesday! I remember watching quite of few of these episodes when I was a child. They were all reruns of course because when this collection was out I wasn’t born yet. I love this collection and that I can re-watch and share with my family all 80 classic episodes. In total there are 7 hours worth of content in entirety! I can’t help but think how wonderful this collection would be great for Casper cartoon marathon during the month of October, though not limited to of course!

My daughter has been seeing all the Halloween things out and about. Some friendly and some much scarier. I like to make Halloween more fun than spooky and frightening so the Casper collection has been fun in getting that message across. My three year old daughter been pretty taken with Casper. He’s a fun friendly ghost that does his best to help those around him. I like the rich music, the fun message, and cute story lines in each of the shorts!

The DVD collection has lots of fun extras which include commentaries with Casper expert/writer Mark Arnold of the book The Harveyville Fun Times, an interview with voice actor Bradley Bolke, a gallery of comic book covers and more.

Also there’s an included 20-page full-color booklet crammed with tons of information including where every episode appears in comic books. It’s a totally blast from the past and I know I enjoyed all the rich history of this lovable character!

Overall, I think this is a collection that most shouldn’t pass up! Pre-order or make sure you pick up your copy when released on October 11th! I guarantee you’ll love the original Casper cartoons!

You can purchase Casper the Friendly Ghost: The Complete Collection (1945) for $20.99 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping at Amazon.com!

Disclaimer: I was sent the above product mentioned for review. This review is 100% my opinion and has not been edited or reviewed by anyone. I was not compensated in any other way for this product review.

Halloween is only a couple of weeks away! And if you haven’t gotten a costume for yourself or your kids yet I would urge you to start looking now before there’s not much left to choose from! A great place to look online with huge selection of costumes is the Costume Supercenter!

I like that I can find every costume and coordinating accessories for adult, teen pet, child, baby, and infant costumes in one place and very easily! I really am happy with the customer service, the easy to navigate categories, and the simple check out process!

This will be Owen’s first Halloween and I wanted to dress him up in something really cute. You know, before he’ll want to dress up like a zombie, ninja, and wear masks that have oozing gooey things. So completely taking advantage of my son being 9 months old, I choose an adorable get up from the  animal Halloween costumes category.

The Lovable Lion Costume was my pick for my son! This costume is wonderful for a infant to toddler being available in size small (6-12 months), medium (12-18months) and large (18 months-2t). It has snaps for easy diaper changes and has skid resistant feet which is wonderful for little ones still learning how to walk confidently. The hood is attached with velcro so if your little one is likely to just rip hats off and what not, take note of that. Though when my son is out and about he totally forgets anything on his head. So that won’t be an issue when out trick or treating and attending friends parties. And I like that it will keep his head warm when it’s chilly out parading through the neighborhood.

This costume is made with 100% polyester so it’s recommended to machine wash cold and hang to dry to keep it looking good. I like the material that is used won’t over heat my child. It’s good to keep your little one comfortable. So I’d recommend just dressing your child accordingly depending on the climate your child will be in.  Overall this costume is really cute and quite affordable at only 29.99!

Hurry on over to check out the costumes today! Time is ticking away! Don’t forget to take advantage of the  special promotional running right now at Costume Supercenter!

**This pattern will fit a infant/child. Feel free to adjust hat sizing to your desired length.**

Materials Needed

Round Green Knifty Knitter Loom or any other large gauge loom with approx 36 pegs)

Your choice of worsted weight or bulky yarn (4 held as two, or a single strand of 5 or 6 bulky yarn). **The yarn used in this pattern is WW Red Heart Yarn.  You can use any Yellow, Orange, and White Yarn of your choice.

Stitch Markers (optional but helpful to use) when knitting your brim.

Yarn needle for bind off

Hat Pattern

Chain Cast On

Standard Rib Knit (Knit 2 pegs and Purl 2 pegs) for 1.5-2inches. I knit 10 rows in Yellow for the brim.

When ribbed brim is finished, knit 7 rows in yellow. Change color to orange and knit 15 rows.

Next change color to white. Knit 18 rows of white and follow with a gathered cast off. In total 50 rows will be knit.

*If interested in purchasing a Candy Corn Colored Ribbed Brim Hat, E-mail me at erinlowmaster@gmail dot com for more details!**

Candy Corn Loom Knit Hat Pattern by Erin Lowmaster is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at connected2christ.com.