Category: Fun
Add a little more joy to your weekday with posts designed to bring out the fun in your life, featuring things to do, easy party ideas, games and more
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Eras Tour Outfit Ideas: All the Taylor Swift-Inspired Costumes We’ve Featured Over the Past 10 Years
As Taylor Swift geared up for her first tour in years—which kicked off on Friday, March 17, aka St. Patrick’s Day—we saw a surprising jump in our Swift-inspired costumes from #13DaysofHalloween past. Turns out, if you’ve gotten a coveted ticket to one of her shows, you might be wondering what to wear. Aside from paying…
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We Asked ChatGPT to Manage Our Rental—And Its Advice Was Alarmingly Good
Oh, ChatGPT. You’re our future robot overlord, aren’t you? From writing haikus on the fly to helping people create meal plans and fine-tune their resumes, you’ve offered no shortage of ways to help people streamline their lives (and, perhaps, make them fear for their jobs). With a down-ish economy, back-to-office mandates up and way more…
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Wednesday Addams-Inspired Costume Ideas
Even though Netflix’s series, Wednesday, didn’t premiere until a month after Thanksgiving, it was already generating tons of buzz as a Halloween costume (with searches up 120 percent then). Since then, interest in Wednesday Addams’s looks have only snowballed, inspiring the whole “soft goth” trend (aka a muted smoky eye and lip). A black collared…
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How to Make a Wreath for Beginners (And for $6 or Less!)
When it comes to making holiday decor, I’ve always been intimidated by wreaths. Lush ones featuring real greenery can get pricey, fast—but it turns out that learning how to make a wreath doesn’t have to be super complicated or expensive. Between a trip to the tree farm and the Dollar Tree, I was able to…
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White Elephant Gift Ideas Under $10, $25 & $50
Coming up with solid white elephant gift ideas is not easy—especially ones under $10, $25 or whatever your budget may be. That’s where we come in. After scouring what’s trending online and chatting with friends and editors about the top gifts they’ve given (and received) during these parties, we’ve broken down our top 2022 gift…
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A Cozy Look Inspired by ‘Folklore’-Era Taylor Swift
With the release of Midnights, Taylor Swift is everywhere. And while you could throw on a gray floral sheet, sunglasses and cat ears and call yourself an “Anti-hero” ghost, there’s another low-effort—and equally cozy—last-minute costume to consider: A throwback to Swift’s Folklore era. While Taylor Swift once sold a sweater that looked just like the…
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All Rise, Halloween is in Session with Aaron Judge
Aaron Judge is arguably the biggest name in baseball right now, and here’s a great costume idea for Halloween that will get everyone to rise to their feet. Judge became the eighth player in Yankees history with at least 100 runs, 100 RBIs and 100 walks in a season, and the second rookie in major…
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An Easy (Yet Spot-on) Avril Lavigne-Inspired Costume Idea
“Sk8r Boi” and “Complicated” are 20 years old?! Yeah, that made us feel old too. Whether it’s Avril Lavigne’s anniversary of hitting the TRL charts—or her meteoric rise on TikTok—I was surprised to learn from my colleagues at PureWow that Avril Lavigne costume ideas are one of the top searches this Halloween. For some, you…
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It’s Time to #FreetheNipple Light (AKA how to change a flush-mount light)
Once it’s first pointed out, you can’t unsee it: the “boob” light. Sure, they’re not officially called that, but these flush-mount lights with their domed glass covers—found in just about any apartment or quick-flip house these days—look a heck of a lot like a lone robot breast, just dangling from your ceiling. When we bought…
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‘Umbrella Academy’ Costume Ideas: Are You a Klaus, Five or…?
Oh, Umbrella Academy, how you mess with our heads: What’s the deal with Hargreeves?(Nobody knows.) Wait, is Cha Cha played by Mary J. Blige? (Sure is.) And is this whole show based on a graphic novel by…the lead singer of My Chemical Romance? (Indeed.) In honor of the third season’s release earlier this year, you’re…
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An Easy Taylor Swift ‘Midnights’-Inspired Outfit to Try
Midnights may not be released until just before Halloween—October 21, to be exact—but that’s still plenty of time to learn every lyric by heart. And capture a look from Taylor Swift’s Midnights era ahead of any Halloween parties you head to (or, you know, should you hit up a concert down the road). Swift’s ’70s-glam-inspired…
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Hey Britney Fans, Don’t Miss This ‘Oops…I Did It Again’-Inspired Halloween Costume
When it comes to throwback Britney Spears Halloween costumes, the ‘Baby One More Time’ schoolgirl look has been done. And done. And done. You could hunt down—or DIY—a denim gown and convince someone to be your Justin for one seriously good couples costume, but if the Texas Tuxedo look is too much for you, there’s…
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