By Theresa
A twenty-something Chinese man from Hong Kong made headlines in October 2010 when he donned a mask which made him look like an elderly Caucasian man to sneak into Canada. The fact that a simple mask and disguise were enough to fool airport authorities seemed baffling at first, but new reports say he had help as eight people have been arrested, including one airport employee and two former employees. Still, that scene from Mission Impossible where Tom Cruise peels off a mask to show his true identity seems not too far away.
SPFX Masks, the company that produces the silicone mask to make his transatlantic trip makes a bunch of seriously creepy and realistic masks. Deception doesn’t come cheap – the masks range in price from approximately USD $500 to over $1000 depending on if you want eyebrows and hair included. SPFX’s handcrafted masks apparently “behave like real flesh and muscle” and are used by serious haunted house professionals (and those looking to sneak into different countries).
By Theresa
I hope everyone had a Happy Halloween yesterday!
It was Ayla’s first time trick-or-treating (last year she was just three months old and a little young to go door-to-door in the chilly weather). My mom called me up excitedly a few weeks ago and said she had found a great black and white “raccoon” costume for Ayla. Apparently my mom isn’t very familiar with raccoons — the costume turned out to be a black and white panda…what a tricker she is.
Anyway, I was hoping that my chubby little panda bear would have been walking by Halloween but she’s one of those children I’m discovering that won’t do anything until she’s good and ready (although she did take her very first steps this weekend!). So our red wagon came in handy transporting our 25 lbs. trick-or-treater door to door.
By Theresa
Move aside jack o lanterns and cotton spider webs! If you want your house to display an original decoration this Halloween, try making an intestine wreath. My husband was inspired by a posting on BoingBoing which described how to use your standard “crack filler goop” to make realistic intestines rupturing from a dummy. We decided to skip the dummy and make a wreath complete with eyeballs purchased from any Halloween aisle. This project is definitely messy. (Note to self – next time, remember to wear rubber gloves when using the crack filler! That stuff stayed on for days.)
