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he Hello Kitty Mega Monster Mash’Ems, from Sanrio, put a scary twist on the cute cat. The collection includes classic Hello Kitty, as well as mummy, skeleton, zombie, Frankenstein, and ghost-inspired versions. Products include a foil pack, a twopack, and a style pack complete with Mash’Em clothing to dress up the squishy Hello Kitty figures.
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orrible Hauntings: An Augmented Reality Collection of Ghosts and Ghouls, from Goosebottom Books LLC, brings 10 famous historical hauntings to life. Vivid illustrations of famous hauntings introduce readers to some of the most notorious and chilling ghosts throughout the ages. The Headless Horseman, the Flying Dutchman, Bloody Mary, the Amherst Poltergeist, and the Princes in the Tower are some of the eerie apparitions that inhabit the book in a new way as readers interact with the illustrations. Using interactive augmented reality to enhance the images on the physical pages, readers can download a free app that coincides with the images and text in the book. Users are able to see and interact with 3-D ghosts, which appear to come alive and can be manipulated by the viewer.
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The Halloween Insider
olden Records Spooky Halloween Hits, from Verse Music Group, is packed with 20 fun and spooky remastered Golden originals to get children into the Halloween spirit. This CD will jazz up any Halloween party and includes favorites such as “Halloween Dance,” “My Friend the Ghost,” and the Wae Denning and Kay Lande classic, “Halloween Macabre.” The songs are upbeat and vary in composition, helping to create a fun atmosphere for young children.
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rowing Skulls, from DuneCraft, grow to more than 1,000 times their original size in less than a day. Just add water, and let time and the polymers do the rest. The skulls can be squeezed and squished, and they splatter when thrown in the air. If sung to, the skulls jiggle to the beat. Glow-in-the-Dark Spit Balls take the madness of spit balling to a whole new level. They will glow for hours in the dark and when put under a black light. DuneCraft’s reusable Spit Balls have a slimy texture and bounce before exploding on the target. They grow more than 200 times their size. The skulls and the spit balls are for children ages 3 and older.
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Winter 2013