Hurry! Halloween is coming and we’re Giving Away the Most INSPIRING costumes…

October 3, 2008 by Susan

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We’re having a HUGE costume giveaway… but it is going to have a quick entry deadline — we’ll be announcing the winners on Wednesday, October 8th — so read on and link up quickly.

This Halloween let your child’s costume inspire instead of scare.

Playing dress up is a wonderful year round game for kids, but on Halloween the game is elevated to a most exciting status.

It’s no wonder kids go crazy for Halloween. All rules go out the door.

Grown ups get involved. Children pick out new costumes. Instead of bath-time, book-time and bed-time, children are escorted into the dark of night to collect candy from strangers!!!

As a child I loved Halloween as much as the next kid, but as I grew older the holiday grew less appealing. The celebration’s evil beginnings and the ever-growing dangers from unsupervised teenagers frustrated me.

Now as a mother of a 3 year old I try to forget about any evil and just focus on the fun.

One way we as parents can help to keep Halloween as good, clean fun is to encourage our children to dress up in inspiring, unique costumes.

Instead of dracula, a witch or yet another spiderman, this year let your child turn into an Astronaut, a Fire Fighter, a Race Car Driver or another REAL-LIFE Super Hero!!!

And instead of their Halloween costumes being worn once and tossed in the back of the closet, your children can continue to dress up and play pretend all year round.

These dress-up costumes are also perfect Christmas presents!

We’ve been offering these fantastic costumes in our Pedal Cars and Retro Collectibles store for the last three years and have had awesome feedback. Customers love the quality and realistic look. And during the last year we have only had a handful of returned items because customers ordered the wrong size. So, when we were reviewing our inventory, we decided we’d GIVE these costumes to you our loyal readers. They are all in perfect, brand new condition, but just the packages have been opened once.

How To Win

Here’s how this special giveaway will work. We’ll show below the costumes and sizes we have available as prizes. (ALL costumes and sizes are ALSO available for purchase at our store.)

Write a post on your blog telling us which costume and size you’d like to win. (You can list a few of your top picks.) Also please remember to link to this post AND the costume you’d like to win. If you’re not a blogger, please leave your preference in the comments.

Which Costume Would You Like To Win?

	Junior Astronaut Space Suit Sizes Available For Giveaway: Size 6-8 in White Size 8-10 in White Size 12-14 in White
	Junior Fire Fighter Suit with Helmet Sizes Available For Giveaway: Size 2-3 in Black
	Junior Cowgirl Dress Up Outfit Size Available For Giveaway: Size 8-10
	Jr Air Force Pilot Suit & Helmet Size Available For Giveaway: Size 12-14
	Jr Champion Racing Suit & Cap Size Available For Giveaway: Size 8-10
$Junior Police Officer\'s Uniform$	Junior Police Officer’s Uniform Size Available For Giveaway: Size 12-14
	Junior Doctor Uniform Size Available For Giveaway: Size 8-10

Okay, again… Here’s How To Win

Pick the costumes you’d like to win.
Write a post on your blog linking to this post and the costumes you want to win. You can even list out your top 5 choices.
Leave a comment on this post telling us that you’ve posted.

If you’re not a blogger, please leave your preference in the comments.

On Wednesday, October 8th, we’ll draw winners and assign costumes based on what the winners’ listed in their post or comment.

And remember, ALL costumes are available for purchase on our site.

We hope you have a fun and INSPIRING Halloween!

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Susan Carraretto and her identical twin, Janice Croze, created 5 Minutes for Mom in 2006. Susan loves all social media, but her top addiction these days is Pinterest.