This Halloween we got our costumes at Spirit Halloween, a huge Halloween retailer with locations everywhere (over 1,000 stores during the season). We used to shop with them in Atlanta and were thrilled to find them in Orlando as well. Come to find out – they are everywhere including online. The shopping experience was so much better than stepping into the local department store because it was an experience, not just four aisles of costumes and decorations.
Top Costumes 2012
You can find the largest selection of costumes at Spirit Halloween than anywhere I do believe, but these are the top sellers for 2012:
- The Avengers
- Adventure Time
- Monster High
- Power Rangers
- Batman
- Spiderman
- Hunger Games
- Ted
- Angry Birds
- Zombies
Spirit of Children
Child Life focuses on the emotional and psychological well-being of hospitalized children while doctors and nurses focus on their medical needs. Money collected and donated to the Child Life departments in partner hospitals support everything from music and art therapy programs, which help children communicate and express the emotions they are feeling while in the hospital, to games and toys that serve as distractions for children while undergoing treatment thus limiting the need for painkillers and anesthesia, to additional Child Life Specialists that enable playrooms to be kept open on weekends so kids can leave their room and escape their reality.
About Spirit Halloween
Spirit Halloween (www.SpiritHalloween.com) is the largest Halloween specialty retailer in the country with almost 1,000 locations in strip centers and malls across North America. The authority on all things Halloween, Spirit has offered one-stop shopping – ranging from costumes to décor and party goods to accessories – for nearly 30 years. In addition to being a fun and interactive event for shoppers, Spirit stores offer complete selections of costumes and accessories for infants/toddlers, children, ‘tweens, teens, and adults along with exclusive décor you won’t find anywhere else. At the heart of Spirit Halloween is Spirit of Children (www.spiritofchildren.com), a program which focuses on making hospitals less scary for kids and their families. For the 2012 Halloween season, Spirit of Children’s goal is to raise $3.5 million, bringing its total contribution to more than $10 million since its inception in 2006.
Disclosure: We visited our local Spirit Halloween store in Orlando, FL and used a gift card to purchase our Halloween Costume! It was a great experience and we were happy to donate our own personal monies toward Spirit of Children while we were there.
James looks very scary…..