Happy Halloween!

Here at Zappos, we sort of have a long-standing tradition of trying to "outscare" and "outprank" each other. So we thought, what better time than Halloween to show you how to properly scare the daylights out of your friends for fun!

Make it a safe Halloween for your kids by inspecting their trick-or-treating haul first! Darren shows you how:

Here are just a few snapshots from all the Halloween fun we had yesterday! It was great to see all the funny and inventive costumes! We finished off the day with the Downtown Las Vegas Halloween Parade where the Zappos.com Halloween float won first place.

We hope you all had a great Halloween as well (with lots of candy, of course!).

Halloween costume contest at Zappos HQ.

Top: The Zappos Halloween 2011 float won first place!

Bottom: (Left)  Former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, (Right) The Zappos Halloween parade led by Maritza and Shannon

The Zappos Family would like to wish everyone a happy and safe Halloween!

Tell us what your costumes you and your family are wearing today on the comments section below!

1. San Diego Hat Company Kids' Pirate Cap, 2. Western Chief Kids Superman™ Raincoat, 3. Western Chief Kids Batman™ Raincoat, 4. Jeffries Socks Candy Cane Stripe Tights, 5. Jeffries Socks Seamless Organic Cotton Tights in Orange, 6. Sarah's Prints Kids Halloween Pajamas, 7. San Diego Hat Company Kids' Spider Beanie, 8.San Diego Hat Company Kids'Devil Horns Beanie, 9. San Diego Hat Company Kids'Pumpkin Beanie

One of our favorite things about fall ,besides pumpkin pie, is Halloween. What’s not to love? You get to dress up as whatever your heart desires! The sillier, the better. What’s even more fun is dressing up our little ones in cute Halloween outfits!

Check out some of our favorite Halloween accessories for your little trick or treaters. Don’t forget the candy bucket!

We celebrated Halloween a little early this year at Zappos. The day was full of festivities including a haunted house and a costume contest!

Looking for some no sew ideas that will take hardly any time and are budget-friendly too?  Here are a few Halloween costume ideas that will take little more than a few costume props, pins, cardboard, etc. that look very creative for Halloween this year:

Bunch of Grapes

Wear purple and green sweats or tights, etc.  Blow up purple and green balloons and attach all over your body with safety pins.  Wear matching makeup on hands and face to blend in.

Bubble Bath

Take a white laundry basket and cut out the bottom.  (Try to find one that does not have holes in it, otherwise tape a white cardboard piece to the inside of the laundry basket so as to show no holes.)  Attach two strips of material to each side of the laundry basket, connecting front and back for shoulder straps.  Blow up white, lavender, pink, and pearl colored balloons and safety pin them to the basket for your bubbles.  Wear all white underneath, and add a shower cap, slippers, and a washcloth or poof brush for added effect.

Mummy

Wrap white bandage gauze all around your kid, and add some moldy green paint splotches on to various areas of the gauze for the effect. Wrap tightly for a stiff gait!

Dresser

Take a large cardboard box and attach long flat boxes to the front and back and hot glue small balls on the front for pulls. Cut out holes for arms on the sides and hole on top for head.  Use a hot glue gun to attach foam to the inside of the box where your shoulders will rest to hold it up.  Paint the dresser and write on each drawer: sweaters, socks, underwear, shirts, etc. Use your hot glue gun to place dresser accessories on top, a hairbrush, baubles, hair clips, etc.  Complete the costume by hanging (again use the hot glue gun and use old stuff) socks, shirt, and sweaters out of the drawers.  Place a small lampshade on your head so your neck and face appear as the base of a lamp.

Static Cling

Wear all white or all black. Using safety pins and pin anything to yourself, i.e. socks, underwear, bounce sheets, T-shirt, etc.  Make sure to spray your hair straight up in the air too.

Window Box

Take a plastic window box and cut out the bottom.  Place rope suspenders on each side of the window box to wear over your shoulders.  Use plastic flowers placed in Styrofoam and Spanish moss attached to the inside (with a glue gun) of the window box for the flowers.  Make a flower head piece.  Cut out large petals from bright construction paper, and attach the pieces to a headband.

Here are some Halloween Treasure Hunt Clues for your upcoming Halloween Party that you can use regardless of where you hide subsequent clues. The trick: you must fill in the details based on where you hide your clues.

Happy Halloween To You! Get your glo-sticks to look for the clues, and don’t get scared when the ghosts go Boo!

Look under ______ for Clue #2!

Jump for glee when you find Clue #3. Under the _____
it will be!!

Are you ready to go outside the front door? Sitting on _____ is Clue #4

To the back yard we go, under the ____,
Let’s all look alive as we find Clue #5

Clue #6 is under ______ in the front yard. Don’t worry about finding it as
It really won’t be hard! Are you getting tired yet?

Clue #7 is under _______. Be careful when you look so you don’t bonk your head!

Finally, you must find the treasure itself, but first you must pass through the witches and ghosts!

Happy Halloween Hunting!