Celebrate It - Ireland's Largest Party Supplies, Fancy Costumes & Decorations

Irish people love to dress up that’s for sure! There are huge fancy dress parades in every town in Ireland on St Patrick’s Day, local mummers and wren boys dress and perform after Christmas and during All Hallows. There are numerous parties and events leading up to and during Halloween where they dress as witches, ghouls, ghosts, and creatures of the ‘other world. 

Christmas is all about the Nativity and schools all around the country stage stories from the bible with children as the actors. This is an enjoyable means of helping them to interactively learn and understand the stories of the bible. They begin learning the stories and as they are assigned a roll in the play, they begin to learn their lines. Rehearsals begin just after the mid-term break and they are usually ready to stage the show a week or two before their Christmas holidays.

Finding a good costume shop is the first step to getting the best, most glamorous, most grotesque, cutest and sexiest fancy dress outfits for adults and the most topical, fairytale and seasonal costumes for kids. The following are my 12 points on how to choose the perfect costume shop : - Specialised Shop - Outfits for Men, Women and Kids - Large range of outfits in various sizes - Complete range of costume accessories - Fitting rooms - Helpful staff - Easy to locate - Easy parking - Website with images & prices - Contact – phone, email - Order Online - Reasonable delivery charges for online orders Costume shops are specialist outlets and although you may find an occasional costume in supermarkets and other discount type stores; these are very ‘hit & miss’.   Reputable costume retailers have outfits months before seasonal events so you don’t have to leave your shopping until the last week.  Give yourself choices - loo...

Good costume shops must carry stock for seasonal festivities, theatrical costumes and the random needs of themed party-goers. The best costume shop is the one that is most accessible, has the best prices and the widest range of costume stock including accessories etc. Let’s examine each of these more closely. Seasonal Festivities Every festival has its own character and theme; for example… Halloween is black / orange with ‘Otherworld’ characters, ghouls and witches.   Christmas is red / white, religious and non-religious, with Santa, Snow, Nativity, sparkle and glisten Valentine’s Day is red and sexy with Hearts and Playful Costumes St Patrick’s Day is green with Shamrocks and Leprechauns  Easter is yellow with Chickens, Rabbits and chocolate Intertwined with these festivals there are many cultural festivals of ethnical origins such as French Bastille Day on July 14th, US Independence Day July 4th and the Chinese New Year to name but a few. Theatrical ...