Ballerina Dog Costumes

Children's notebook: All togged up

ALL TOGGED UP You are a four–year–old girl. The sun is out and you want to run around on the beach all day in your swimming things. What you need is a pretty, one–piece costume with straps that won't fall down so that you can get on with the serious business of building sandcastles. Vintage Kit has a charming cotton ballerina–style costume with ruched sides (12 months–6 years, £18.75, vintagekit.com). Or try the classic striped one–piece from Papo D'Anjo (1–10 years, £38, papodanjo.com), or Lands' End's Tugless costume (4–6 years, £13, landsend.co.uk), designed to stay put and dry fast.

THINGS TO DO IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT 1 Screaming pre–teen girls and their older sisters will be exhilarated by the nightly ghost walks led by Marc Tuckey, who takes them to sites of reputed hauntings and historical locations of dreadful deeds. The tours, which have been running for 18 years, are based on 'true' ghost stories from the Ghost Island series of books by the paranormal author Gay Baldwin. Adults £7, children £5; no need to book: visit ghostisland.com for details. 2 Equally exciting, but not nearly so scary, are the daily owl and falconry displays (at 11am, 1pm and 3pm) at Appuldurcombe House, one of the grandest statelies on the island. Here you will also find a cafe, playground and indoor soft play centre, if ducking as birds of prey swoop overhead is not your thing. Adults £6.50, children £4.50; appuldurcombe.co.uk. 3 Finally, meet the donkeys at the fairytale Carisbrooke Castle, the ruined site of Charles I's imprisonment. Watch as the donkeys work the 16th–century treadwheel to draw water up to the castle, then explore the castle's enchanting grounds. Open 10am–5pm; adults £7.30, children £4.40, english–heritage.org.uk. Next week: East Sussex

GOOD CATCH Crab hooks always seem like such a good idea at the beach, but they can be stinky and lethal after a single use, and their cheap orange handles are easily stamped on and shattered between car–park and rock pool. The Reefer Sail Company makes this lovely weighted crab net with a hook–free spring–release bail trap at its centre, attached to 10m of brown line with a sturdy wooden winder. It comes in a dinky storage bag made from recycled sail fabric, and should outlive your child's desire to torture crabs in small plastic buckets. £24.95 (01404–831333; reefersails.com).

Doing Halloween Doggy Style? | Halloween-Supreme

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Throw Fido a bone this year with a hysterical Halloween costume of his own to trick or treat in. Dog Halloween costumes are all the rage this year according to http://www.ExtremeHalloween.com, a complete resource of Halloween costumes for people, and pets, on the web.

“Dogs become one of the family so their owners want to take them out trick-or-treating in Halloween dog costumes,” said Harold Maxwell, president of http://www.extremehalloween.com. “According to our online survey, nearly 50 percent of respondents will be trick or treating, and 29 percent will be at a party, so Fido isn’t going to want to stay home alone.”

Your doggie will look just like one of the family in his Yoda Dog Star Wars costume, the Number One Halloween dog costume voted by 26.9% of the more than 2,200 humans that have voted on the ExtremeHalloween.com site to date.

Next in popularity is SuperDog for your pooch. That received 23.9%; followed by 19.6% for PirateCat (yes kittens are also a sight full on this frightful night in their own Halloween pet costumes like Witchie Poo and Cat King Cole.

Don’t forget to have a look at the elegant dog in his Top Dog Tux, which ranked high with 11.4% of the Extreme Halloween survey takers. This satin black-and-white get-up will have the fair-maiden poodles prancing beside.

And all paws raised as a tribute to our protectors with Fido as the Fireman Dog, which came in at a solid 10.6%, followed by Giddyup the CowGirl and Buzz Lightyear pet costumes, which shared the spotlight at 7.7%

More than 50 Halloween pet costumes from ExtremeHalloween.com will adorn dogs and cats this year, made with deluxe materials and great creativity. Prices for the 2005 Pet Halloween Costumes Collection range from $ 8.95 to $ 69.95, with most being under $ 19.95.

Even with kids and parents keen on getting from door to door in their costumes, they should keep their pets on a leash, held securely says Extreme Halloween, since these furry friends look so adorably friendly and funny.

“These pet costumes make our adored pets look irresistible, yet comical,” said Shari Maxwell, Vice President of leading Halloween costume retailer for dogs and cats http://www.spoiledrottendoggies.com and http://www.spoiledrottenkitties.com “Whether adorned in a French Maid costume, Ballerina, or Elvis Hound Dog, Biker Dog, Li’l Bandito, or Pimp Dog, these pets are such a hit that people can’t wait to dress their pets up for Christmas as Santa Claws Dog or Li’l Angel.

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