With this is mind, we dressed six local kids as admirable people from history and photographed them ... Converse shoes, his own. Costume: E=MC2 wig and mustache, $14.99, HalloweenCostumes.com ...

The project required students to research their choice of historical figures and make that personality come alive with visual aids, costumes and ... "The kids were super," Gene Challancin said.

For adults, Halloween may entail over-the-top costumes ... If your kids are in school why not let them dress up as one of the historical characters they are learning about in class.

So, while all the other kids were ... colonial or historical figure easily and economically. Somehow, though, we haven’t been able to convince them to use our cobbled together costumes for ...

Her costumes range from prominent people ... and go against the norm," she said about these historical figures. "If I can do it to make some kids learn and a few adults, I'm happy." ...

Kids might think they know everything about vampires and witches thanks to movies and TV—but their favorite Halloween costume is likely rooted in much older global history. And learning a little ...

When creating a biographical drama of a historic figure, there’s a delicate balance between striving for historical accuracy ... testing their costume designers in different ways.