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bulletHaunt and Scare website directories for around California and the Country
bulletLocal Los Angeles Area Events
bulletdaCat's Favorite Resource Links for Costumes
bulletMore links for Halloween fun

Haunted House Searches

Check out these haunted search engines for activities around the country.  They have haunted houses, chat, costume tips and more...

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Haunt World - http://www.hauntworld.com/
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Amazing collection of links to haunted houses all over the country

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Also list the top haunts in the country

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Dark Side of the Net: Halloween
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http://www.darklinks.com/dhaunthouse.html

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Nice collection of Haunts.  Also check out their other Halloween links for Jack o-Lanterns, costumes, decor, history and more

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Horror Find
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http://www.horrorfind.com/

How to Haunt-it-yourself

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Monster List of Halloween Projects
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http://www.halloweenmonsterlist.info/

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Haunt Project - Visual source for Haunting How-To
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http://www.hauntproject.com/

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Jackson Manor - painting, foam & lighting tips
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http://www.jacksonmanor.net/manor.php?page=thelab

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Halloween Yard Haunter - tips for props and lighting
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http://www.yardhaunter.com

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Cal Haunts - California Hanuters Society
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http://www.calhaunts.com/

Pumpkin Patches and Hay Rides

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Southern California pumpkin patches & farm events
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http://www.pumpkinpatchesandmore.org/CApla.php

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Or for all over the country: http://www.pumpkinpatchesandmore.org/

Finding more Los Angeles Events

Use city specific search engines for events around Los Angeles. Note: no search engines have everything, so dig for info.

General Calendars

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Check out AOL's City Guide for Los Angeles.  Search by Key Word and narrow down you choice by area or category.  They have a special Halloween section with events broken down by category, including a kid friendly section.  They also have photo tours of haunted hotels and other fun stuff to get you in the mood.

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Los Angeles Almanac list a lot of family friendly activities for October  including street fairs, harvest festivals and museum days.
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They list the events by month now, so you'll need to check the dates yourself.

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The Los Angeles Times' CalendarLive.com has a long list of children's happenings and costume contests - most on the Saturday and Sunday before Halloween. 

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At-LA.com is a nice directory of many event links and other directories,   Halloween just being one of them.

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Metroblogging LA  covers events throughout the city.  Look for info and comments.

Halloween & Horror events & blog sites for the Los Angeles area

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Creepy LA - http://creepyla.com/blog/
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Brian has a special seasonal blog just for all the weird and wonderful stuff that goes on in this town during the fall...

bulletHollywood Gothique
bulletReviews of haunts, interview clips and news of Halloween and Fantasy events around the Los Angeles area.

Clubs

Looking for more club events, especially on the west side? Check out...
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Alex's In LA's Halloween page:
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 http://alexatucla.tripod.com/halloween/

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This website is a major site for LA Club news anytime of the year.

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Also club and bar contests will be listed in the LA weekly and LA.com.

Day of the Dead and related activity calendars

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Plume Norie's Day of the Dead in LA  has a large list of festivals from all around SoCal.
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 http://www.plume-noire.com/feature/halloween/dayofthedeadlosangeles.html

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LA's city calendar for Latino Heritage
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http://www.latinoslacity.org/calander.htm , select October, and go to the end of the month.  Check November too. (Link is dead, looking for the new address, if there is one.)

Costume Resource Links

Some of da Cat's favorites Costume Links.

Costuming links and resources on AlleyCatScratch.com

bulletLord of the Rings Costume
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Want to research a costume from one of the most popular movie series ever???  We got over 700 web pages in this one section.  Come play with us at Alley Cat Scratch's  LOTR Costume.

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Looking for quick LOTR Costume ideas???

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We've also got lots of other tips for how to make costumes, search our site and check us out.

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Movie Costume Study
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This a a launch point for lots more costume research links

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Check out Making 'Em for techniques and tips

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Come talk to use about making Fantasy, Science Fiction and Movie costumes on F-Costume

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King Kong Costume
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Easy costumes with a vintage flare

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Future Fashion Design
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Ever have an idea about what folks will wear in the future???  Then this section is for you.   We keep you updated on the latest future fashion contests and future fashion shows.

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We've also got a selection of fashion figure to use to help you create your own designs.

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da Cat's favorite collection of costume links sites
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Includes lot of great costume reference link sites, costume groups, local calendars for costuming group so you can continue to play all year long.

Costume Sites, great stops in the internet super-highway....

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The Costumer's Manifesto - www.costumes.org
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Links to just about everything costume on the web you can think about, and some things you probably would never dream up.

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The Costume Site - http://www.milieux.com/costume/

Costume Ideas...

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Knowledge Hound's Costume Links - all kinds of ideas and links including...
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inexpensive costumes

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costumes for those with disabilities

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kids and babies

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cat costumes  & other animal costumes

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Costume Idea Zone
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Costumes idea with a "punch line".

More Links for Halloween Fun

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Caryln's Haunted Playhouse
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You have to wind your way though a lot of adds, but there are fun links and original info like 'A Victorian Halloween'.  Fun stuff.

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