Now here’s a cutesy little number just arrived at Party Britain.

The Royal Vampira fancy dress costume for kids is a striking long black gothic dress with net sleeves, puff shoulders and dramatic stand-up collar. You think your child is scary as it is? Wait ‘til she puts this on!

And hubby needn’t feel left out either with our adult male Transylvanian Vampire Costume. This involves an all-in-one waist coat/shirt (we love the waistcoat!) with a gold medallion on the end of a red ribbon and, of course, a long black cape complete with dramatic silky inner lining. The cape comes with a stand-up collar for added scary/dramatic effect.

Now ladies, don’t start girning – because we have an absolute stunner for you too. The Gothic Manor Vampiress has a bit of a bat tail going on. In fact you couldn’t miss it! We promise people will stare when you enter any fancy dress party adorned in this fancy dress outfit. The fishtail dress, long sexy red arm gloves and the amazing collar complete with gargoyle jewellery will get everyone talking – especially when your bat tail knocks over their drink or sinks into their guacamole dip.

Why not head out as a vampire family at your next dress up night and which, fittingly, will be that celebration night of ghouls and dreadful demons – Halloween.

Ole!! We’re just back from Andalucía in southern Spain and are still enthusing about the amazing Flamenco dancing we witnessed there.

So much so that we’ve had a rummage through the Party Britain wardrobe and found a Spanish Senorita fancy dress costume of a black dress detailed with bright red and yellow ruffle sleeves and skirt. It also has a saucy slit up one side of the skirt to ensure maximum audience captivation. Little yellow and red rosettes and a matching hair clip set it off all off very nicely.

The senor Flamenco fancy dress version has proven so popular we currently don’t have any in stock right now but if you want to go as a twosome we’ll be getting them back in very soon.

Alternatively, still on the Spanish theme, you could also dress up as a matador’s bull. This fancy dress outfit even has a tail and buttocks! Ok, it might not mean the same kudos but think of the attention you’ll receive in the event of bumping into any animal lovers.

And just a word of warning. Ladies – Flamenco dancing classes are gaining popularity in the UK right now so it might not be a bad idea to get your outfit in before the rush begins.

Last Friday saw pupils at Glynne Primary, Wordsley go crazy with their fancy dress imaginations for a mini beasts day. The kid’s fancy dress costumes were very well thought out and presented a colourful display of all sorts of garden creatures including snails and caterpillar fancy dress outfits. There were even flies and ladybird fancy dress costumes too.

The school has been taking part in a mini beasts week, which involved the children making mini beast biscuits and learning circus skills – how cool is that?! They finished off the week of fun with the children’s fancy dress costume day. There was plenty of fancy dress face paint used to finish off those all important insect looks!