Out with the old and in with the New Year!! Well that applies to novelties as well. This year when you celebrate the ball dropping, do it in style with one of our festive 2009 New Years Glasses. We have tons to choose from, including our Silver Glitter Glasses, Gold Glitter Glasses, and even LIGHT UP GLASSES! They’re totally cool.
Looking for something else to really spice up your party and mark it as different compared to all the others? Well how bout light up balloons (we call them our Lumi-loons)
Halloween is a fun time, as you can probably tell its a big time of the year for me (just look at all the posts related to it here) I love the fun nature of the holiday and the fact that everyone can act like a kid.
But… there are safe ways to play and not safe ways to play.
Putting a candle in a pumpkin and letting it burn through the night? NOT SAFE!
Walking around in a dark costume so that no one can see you? NOT SAFE
Luckily these are two dangers that can be easily avoided. For the pumpkin simply use one of our LED candles to illuminate it, they look like real candles and flicker like it too. And for the dark outfits, just bring a couple of glow sticks with you to make sure that you’re easily seen.
A few other safety notes:
only trick or treat in areas you are familiar with
never go off on your own
abide by your local rules regulating trick or treat hours
INSPECT ALL CANDY BEFORE EATING ANY
Have fun and don’t ruin the time for you or anyone else.
Everyone loves to get an award, so why not incorporate that into your next Halloween or dress up party? Some saucy minx find a costume too irresistible to ignore? Well then award her with the Sexiest Costume award.
someone go above and beyond the call and really sever their hand to be the most real looking zombie victim? Or do they look so much like Richard Nixon that you really are afraid that you might be wire tapped? Then award them with the Headless Halloween Award.
Having a more family orientated party and don’t want to scare the begeebers out of an adorable child with a skeleton award, but want them to know how awesome they look? Well then we have the perfect Best Costume Award.
Tie-dye shirts are way in right now. Whether they be used as party giveaways or just to help your group find eachother in a crowd. It seems like they’re more popular now then back when Hendrix wasn’t known and Denver was only a city’s name… Oh the good old days…
But I digress, tie-dye is a great memorable goody-bag item that leaves a lasting impression to everyone who came to your event!
I’m sorry to be the one to tell you this… but your hair just isn’t up to Halloween standards. It’s not scary, or funky, or even different; it’s just the same it has always been… blah.
But that doesn’t have to be the case! No, you can spice up your hair with little effort on you! Two awesome products can completely save your hair from a social faux pas at the next Halloween or dress up party.
Quick easy application (you literaly shake, open, and spray)
Mulitple color options (Silver, Purple, Red, Blue, Green, and Orange)
You can use the same spray over and over or share with friends
Drawbacks:
If you’re in a dark place it won’t show up well
Not the newest thing, don’t expect to be the only one with colored hair
Next up iGlow hair gel. A quick explanation: iGlow is the a hair gel that glows in the dark, it doesn’t need light, or blacklights or anything like that, its literally like a glowstick version of gel, it glows bright on its own for about 6-8 hours!
Benefits:
Extremely cool effect of walking around with glowing hair
New, you’re not going to see anyone else with this!
Comes in GREEN,BLUE,RED,YELLOW, PURPLE,ORANGE and WHITE
You can use some of it now, and some of it later (so long as you only mix what you plan on using for that evening
If you’re a Halloween or party shop you can also purchase them in retail displays!
Drawbacks:
You will get tons of looks, so only use if you like being the center of attention or being the cool kid at the party.
A little bit more expensive then spray
Takes more time to apply (about 5-8 minutes, depending on how much you like to style your hair)
Introducing the new iGlow™hair gel. It’s actual hair gel that glows in the dark!!! (image a glow stick in your hair).
Simply mix the two packages together to get an amazingly bright styling gel that you simply run through your hair.
No Blacklights, no neon flourescents, just honest to goodness GLOW. The process is simple: 1. Open the Package 2. Read the directions 3. Combine and mix the ingredients in the two packages *(note you don’t have to mix all of the chemicals at once, you can keep some in the pouches for later use) 4. Apply small amounts of the gel to your hair to do a layering affect 5. Go out and party!!!
This item is intended for those 13 and over. As with all chemical products please use this with adult supervision. I once put colored hair spray in my hair without them knowing and they nearly blew their lids!
But to really spice it up try one of our interactive EL shirts.
Interactive you ask? Yes Intereactive EL shirts. We have two new exciting models, the first is an EL clock that is made right into your shirt! You would litteraly have a clock ticking the entire time you wear this shirt. Not a fan of being a walking time piece? How bout when you want to show people just how loud they truly are? Then try our sound reactive shirt, with every noise you make the colored bars react just like a sound board. Whats also great is that there are two settings on this shirt for quiet or loud environments.
Curious what makes an EL shirt work? Click here to view the Wikipedia article on EL
What little girl doesn’t love being a princess? But as we all know even the best princess needs to outfit herself with the coolest party items and accessories. For the laundry list of our Princess Party Novelties click here, otherwise below is a list of some of our more regal princess items
Below are items that I’ve selected, but if you’d rather see our full collection of crowns, sceptors etc. just click on the words before the images.
Children love to dress up and pretend (the benefits of which can be read about here), sometimes even taking some of their Mom’s jewelry or make up to help their imaginations. And this is great, except for the fact that sometimes you don’t want them playing with your heirloom ring or even your own costume jewelry because it could hurt them.
Well what if you could give them light-up jewelry that not only lets them make pretend, but also is a cool accessory for just going out with the other kids? Well now you can!
Windy City Novelties, Inc. has tons of great LED light up items in the form of rings, necklaces, bracelets, hair pins and much much more. Its always amazing to me when I see the local neighborhood children running around at night with our light up jewelry adorned everywhere.
And don’t think these are just for little kids, teens and even college aged love light up jewelry too, they wear it for parties, to the club, or even just when its the girls going out!
Ever wondered how and LED works? Click here to read an article on just that!
Okay so its 9:45 pm Friday night and you’re about to leave for that killer party down the street, but you don’t have any costume to wear. An easy, quick, and fantastic solution is to put on a Party Wig!
Instantly transform yourself from who you are to who you want to be for the night with a simple novelty wig… And the best part is that they go with any outfit. Want to imitate Pink for the evening? DONE!
Really want to be striking and make a scene at the next outing? Then try one of our light up wigs. These complete with synthetic hair, LED’s, and batteries all designed to make you light up at the party (pun intended).
To see a youtube clip of how our current hair options can change the look of one innocent bystander click below.
Windy City Novelties, Inc. can be found online at http://www.windycitynovelties.com.
You can also reach us by phone at 1-800-442-9722 between the hours of 8:30 am - 5:30 pm CST.
We are located in the Chicago area.
