Updated: Thursday, 29 Oct 2009, 12:47 PM EDT
Published : Thursday, 29 Oct 2009, 12:46 PM EDT
For children and adults alike, halloween is a time to don costumes and become someone or something else for a night. While dressing up is fun, it can also be a fire hazard.
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission says costumes should be flame resistant. If the costume is flame resistant, if it comes in contact with fire, it should self-extinguish.
If you want to take an extra precaution to reduce the risk of your costume going up in flames, The Washington Hospital center has a recipe to make it more fire resistant: