Outdoor halloween decorations: 2013

4 Easy Ideas For Halloween Decorations For Your Yard

Some communities are rather dull and drab during the holidays, while others go all out and decorate with style. This occurs at Halloween time as well as other holidays. Here are some easy ideas I have seen over the years that will transform your yard on October 31st:

Jack-O-Lanterns - These are still the best yard decorations, as they can be done by adults and children together. Kids love scooping out all that goopy mess inside, while adults like the illuminated finished product. Don't forget to go online and look for cut-out stencils. Instead of carving out a face this year, you can carve a hissing black cat with his back arched or a witch in front of a moon.

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Cardboard Cut-Out Headstones - These are so simple! All you have to do is cut out headstone shapes from an old box and paint them with a glittery or flat gray paint. If you want to get really crafty, you can add names of friends you are sure will be stopping by to the stones, along with a rhyming cause of death. The popular example I remember goes: "Here lies good ol' Fred. A great big rock fell on his head." Not only will they make the yard look great, but they will be a conversation piece, as well.

4 Easy Ideas For Halloween Decorations For Your Yard

Hanging Bats and Spiders - Craft stores everywhere carry plastic bats and spiders during the Halloween season. If you have trees in your front yard anywhere, hang these decorations all over them with clear fishing line. You can add an extra touch to the spiders by putting a bunch of the spider web decorations in the tree branches along with the spiders. You can also find strings of bat and spider lights, which are exactly like Christmas lights. These make fun additions to your decoration repertoire.

Illumination Bags - Not only are these great decorations, but they keep the trick-or-treaters safe. Bags with little lights or candles inside will light the way to your front yard, helping the eager kids avoid falls. Look for safe instructions to make your own or buy them in bulk to line your driveway and sidewalk.

How you decorate and what you decorate with are really up to you. You don't have to spend a lot of money to make your front area attractive to those trick-or-treaters who might be visiting.

4 Easy Ideas For Halloween Decorations For Your Yard

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The Best Haunted House Props to Make a House Terrifying

Turning an ordinary house into a haunted house is not an easy thing to do. You need to plan everything and make sure that the theme will be real terrifying especially if this is for Halloween. The decorations and props have to match in order to be successful in achieving your desired theme.

You don't have to worry about making the props yourself because there are many haunted house props that are for sale at very cheap prices. Just make sure to match these props in order to avoid a tacky haunted house as a result.

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The Best Haunted House Props to Make a House Terrifying

Gore props and animatronics

These are two of the best props available that will create a very scary atmosphere. These props cost a little more than others but will surely terrify most people especially kids. These props can be placed in different areas inside and outside of the house. Gore props are very eerie and can scare even adults.

These props usually come in bloody body part designs and corpses. Animatronics are a lot scarier because these props move suddenly which this scares and surprises most people. These props combined with other decorations will really help in creating a haunted house for Halloween or any party.

Music and Sound Effects

Getting a particular CD that goes with the theme of the house is very important in order to have an overall terrifying impact on neighbors and visitors. These can also be programmed to play when someone is near a particular prop in order to surprise the person/s.

Screams and scary laughter are the most common sound effects for the scariest of houses. Music is also helpful in creating a scary atmosphere. Orchestral music for horror scenes in movies can be very useful in achieving this and making the overall impact terrifying.

Ghost illusions props are probably the best props that will create a scary atmosphere at any house. These can be made with the use of a guide online or a DVD. Ready-made ghost illusions are also for sale but the price is a little steep. You can also buy DVDs that can be projected to walls and special screens for a great ghost illusion. This is commonly used for high-end parties and events.

Spiders and Spider Webs

Spiders and spider webs are also good haunted house props. It is very important to use these props properly and make them look authentic or else these will just look cheap and tacky. These can be placed in different areas inside and outside the house. There are many kinds of spider web props from glow in the dark webs to authentic-looking webs. It is very important that these props properly go with the theme of the haunted house for the best overall results.

You also need some other scary decorations like dolls and inflatables so you can get a real terrifying haunted house look. Life-sized scary posters of characters from horror movies can also be helpful in achieving a scary look when used correctly. Halloween lights are also very useful in creating a spooky haunted house atmosphere. Fog machines can also be used to get that extra terrifying effect.

The Best Haunted House Props to Make a House Terrifying

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Creepy Halloween Party Decorations For an Adult Halloween Party

When done right, good Halloween party decorations and props can give your adult guests genuine chills they'll remember long after the party. One of the most effective ways to give your decor more psychological impact is to choose a theme. A coherent theme helps set the mood better than a collection of random decorations.

Straight Out of a Horror Movie

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If you're a movie buff, this theme will be easy to create. Say your favorite scary movie is Psycho. Set up your entry way to look like the lobby of the Bates motel, complete with guest book. In the living room, dress up a corpse or skeleton prop as the late Mrs. Bates. And don't forget to put the remains of poor Marion Crane in the shower. With the horror movie set theme, details really help. Using the Psycho theme as an example, you might hang a lenticular changing portrait in your living room and label it "Mother."

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Haunting Ghosts

Even those who claim they "don't believe in ghosts" still get a little spooked by seemingly paranormal activity when the mood is right. To really rock the ghost theme, don't skimp on your ghost decorations and props. Hanging bed sheets won't cut it. What you want, at least for your most visible ghosts, are specters that look like they used to be human. It's the twisted faces, pale skin and hollow eyes that really creep people out. If you have some room in your Halloween decorations budget, look into a ghost illusion prop. These project semi-transparent, 3-D figures that look disturbingly realistic. Ghost illusion DVDs will get you a similar effect cheaper.

A Night with the Devil

This is another theme that's more about chills than gore. To get the most out of this theme, set up a devil prop that's as life-like as you can find. Place him where your guests will be spending most of their time, whether that's in the living room or outside around a bonfire. To compliment your devil, pick up some ghouls and demons. Decent motion- or sound-activated animated demons can be found for less than . Hang up a few winged demons and leave standing ones lurking in dark corners. Placing one outside on a window ledge looking in also creates a nice creepy effect.

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Out on a Limb on Halloween - Using Tree Branches For the Best, Spookiest, Cheapest Decorations Ever!

This is one of the most overlooked Halloween decorations you can do...for FREE! And, you might just find it in your own backyard! Forget the expensive paper, plastic, and styrofoam junk from the stores. If you want a lot of boo-per-buck, go find some dead tree branches!

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Skill level: Super Easy.

Out on a Limb on Halloween - Using Tree Branches For the Best, Spookiest, Cheapest Decorations Ever!

Time needed: 30 minutes - 1 hour.

Expense: TOTALLY FREE!

"Trees are NOT just for Christmas!"

Hit the streets and look for branches that have fallen off of the trees. For indoor centerpieces or "trim", gather up a lot of twigs and small branches. I live in Los Angeles (very urban... not a rural country road), and I see branches and limbs on the ground every single day on the streets and sidewalks. These are yours for the taking, and they will give you the biggest bang for "no bucks!" For outdoor decorations, the size of the branches are merely limited to what you can carry or haul away. I head out in my car and carry a battery operated saw so that I can trim down massive limbs to fit into the back of my car.

The awesome thing about dead tree branches is that they are typically "made to order" perfect for Halloween. Obviously, look for the more "spooky" ones with some density and a lot of "branching" because this may come in extra handy if you want to add spider webbing.

Use rope and/or bungie cords to fasten the branches to pillars, posts, mailboxes, entry ways...wherever you can find a sturdy place to support the weight. Use some extra awareness regarding your Halloween visitors: Make sure there are no (sharp) branches pointing out at eye-level (both adults' and kids' eye level.) Make sure there's no way a heavy branch can easily be pulled down by a child or slip off of its mount. Safety with huge "props" is a paramount concern.

The bigger the branches and the more branches that you use outside, the more decrepit and awesome your haunted castle will be. Aside from "filling in the vacant holes" in between your store-bought or home-made props, it adds to the ambiance. I say "no home haunting is complete without 'em!"

Another great thing to do is to add decorations to the branches! ('sounds familiar! But don't pull out any Christmas ornaments!) The best thing is to add the readily available Halloween spider webbing to the branches. You can do this on small interior centerpieces or the massive exterior haunted trees. The webbing is extremely easy to work with on tree branches because you can easily spin, pull, and threat strands from branch to branch. A quick "side bar" on webbing: If ever there was a Halloween Decorations decorating "offense" that people should be ticketed for, it's blobby webbing on bushes and walls. What the heck? Webbing is just that: WEBBING. NOT BLOBBING! A spider web should have taught strands and look like...uh...webs! --not clumps of cotton! The trick is to work the bag-o-webs down to little clumps and then pull them long and far into strands from branch to branch. Put a little time and art into this. Would you throw a pile of garland onto a Christmas tree? (Don't answer that... I have a feeling the same offenders might do just that!)

If you are using any of the black-light tricks and the tree limbs will be near the lights, you might consider spray painting the limbs with fluorescent paint. You can either coat 'em, or lightly dapple them.

One last totally free "trick" that's overlooked is leaves! If you are "lucky enough" to have them already on the lawn...leave them there over Halloween. If, like me here in Los Angeles, you don't have any on the lawn, just go looking for a pile somewhere. Again, even though we live in a warm climate here, there are many, many trees that lose their leaves. I take a garbage bag, hunt some down, and bring them home to sprinkle on the lawn. It's especially great to put them around tombstones and such. There's nothing more "half decorated" than a bunch of "scary tombstones" on top of a well manicured lawn. For Halloween...messier is better!

Without a doubt, these "nature's freebies" are the best, easiest, cheapest, biggest tricks to add to your Halloween Decoration displays.

Out on a Limb on Halloween - Using Tree Branches For the Best, Spookiest, Cheapest Decorations Ever!

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Why Do We Celebrate Halloween - The Spookiest Holiday Of The Year

Halloween is full of costumes and candy, trick-or-treating and terrifying haunted houses, pumpkins and black cats. But just where did Halloween come from? Why are we celebrating?

The history of Halloween goes back 2000 years. Many believe that Halloween's origins are found in the Celtic festival of Samhain. The Celts, who were located in Ireland, the UK and the northern parts of France, celebrated their New Year on the first of November. Samhain was celebrated the night before the New Year.

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The New Year, Celts believed, marked summer's end, harvest time, and the start of dark, cold winter months. Those winter months were associated with death by these people. On October 31, the night before the New Year, the Celts celebrated Samhain. This day, they believed, was when the ghosts of the deceased returned to earth because the boundaries between the living world and the dead world blurred.

Why Do We Celebrate Halloween - The Spookiest Holiday Of The Year

When we think of "Trick-Or-Treating", the origins can probably be found in the English All Souls' Day parades. During these celebrations, the poor would come out and beg for food from the more wealthy families. When the families gave them pastries called "soul cakes", they asked for the poor to pray for their relatives that had passed away.

Another possibility that may have grown into "Trick-Or-Treating" is the tradition of people leaving bowls of food in front of their homes. They did this to keep the ghosts that were wandering the earth from entering.

Dressing in costumes has a couple possible origins. European and Celtic people both felt winter was a frightening time. It was cold, it was darker, and the possibility of running out of food was great. When they reached the time when they thought the dead returned, they thought they might encounter these ghosts whenever they left their houses. The wearing of masks and costumes grew from these people donning masks so the ghosts would not recognize them!

This holiday was brought to the US by Scotch and Irish immigrants in the 1800s. At that time, much of the "spookiness" of the holiday was removed and a sense of community and fun were added. Although scary themes are still the focus of many Halloween celebrations, that scariness is done for fun, not because of actual fear.

Halloween is currently the 2nd largest commercial holiday!

Why Do We Celebrate Halloween - The Spookiest Holiday Of The Year

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Easy Halloween Games For Kids

Your Halloween celebration can include much more than just costumes and trick-or-treating. These easy Halloween games for kids will help you host the best Halloween party ever!

Find the Pumpkin Halloween Game

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Supplies:

Ten pieces of white paper
Five pieces of yellow paper
Five pieces of orange paper
A crayon
Scissors

How to play this easy Halloween games for kids:

Draw ten white pumpkins, five yellow pumpkins, and five orange pumpkins.
Cut out all the pumpkins.
Decorate each pumpkin with a funny face.
Write the number 1 on the backs of the white pumpkins.
Write the number 5 on the backs of the yellow pumpkins.
Write the number 10 on the backs of the orange pumpkins.
Have a grownup hide all of the pumpkins.
You and your friends will try to find as many pumpkins as you can before the grownup says "Stop!"
Players will add up the numbers on the pumpkins each of them found.
The player with the most points wins!

Pass the Pumpkin

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Get everybody to sit in a circle.
Provide a plastic pumpkin for children to pass around while the teacher beats on a drum or plays some music.
The children should try and pass the pumpkin to the tempo of the music.
Alternate between fast and slow.
When the music stops the child who has the pumpkin stands and takes a bow.
Continue playing this easy Halloween games for kids.

Pumpkin Golf

Object of this game: Hit the golf ball into a pumpkin.

Preparation:

Carve out a pumpkin. Make the mouth extra large.
Build a cardboard ramp about one to two feet side from the ground to the bottom of the pumpkin's mouth.
You will probably need some support under the cardboard.
Tape the ramp to the floor for stability.
Mark a starting point a few feet from the start of the ramp. The older the kids, the farther away

Playing the Game:

Each player gets to hit a golf ball three times.
Each time the ball goes into the pumpkin, the player wins a piece of candy.

Easy Halloween Games For Kids

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Flickering, Sputtering, Fluttering Fire Lighting to Illuminate Your Halloween Decorations and House!

Haunted houses, burning buildings, and old time electrical lighting running off of a sputtering generator all have one thing in common: flickering and fluttering lights. If you've gone to Disney's Haunted Mansion or the Indiana Jones ride, you'll see this effect in action. There are pricey devices out there that you can use, but you can make a flickering power unit for around fifteen bucks.

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Skill level: Super Easy.
Time needed: 10 minutes
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Flickering, Sputtering, Fluttering Fire Lighting to Illuminate Your Halloween Decorations and House!

Ingredients:

1) c7 "flicker flame" chandelier or candelabra bulb
2) c7 nightlight socket
3) 3 extension cords
4) photo-sensor outlet
5) Enclosure (like a shoebox)

The photo-sensor turns on the power to its outlet whenever there is no light hitting the sensor. (These devices are usually used to turn lights on after dark.) If we use the flicker/chandelier bulb near the sensor and put this combination in a light-tight box, the fluttering chandelier bulb will make anything pulled into the photsensor also flutter. That's all there is to it. You will need to experiment with the distance between the photo-sensor and the chandelier bulb.

A) Plug the photo-sensor into extension cord 1.

B) Screw the c7 chandelier bulb into the nightlight socket.

C) Plug the nightlight unit into the OTHER extension cord.

D) Plug both cords into a power supply (the 110v wall outlet.)

E) Plug a third extension cord INTO the photo-sensor unit. This will be the cord that you plug the lights you wish to flicker into. Let's call this the FLICKER CORD.

F) Run the extension cords with the devices into an enclosure like a shoe box. The enclosure must be light-tight. If you will be placing this "controller" outside, make sure the box is weather-proof. We recommend keeping this controller indoors and simply running an extension cord out to your outdoor lights.

G) Plug at least one light into the extension cord (FLICKER CORD) which is plugged into the sensor outlet so that you can adjust the flicker unit.

H) In a relatively dark room, experiment with the distance needed between the photo-sensor and the chandelier flicker bulb. Tape each down when optimum flickering is reached. Adjusting the distance will change how much or how little the lights stay on or off.

I) Tape down the lid on the enclosure and you're ready to rock!

This delivers a lighting trick that is used in almost every movie fire you've ever seen. The actors are lit with fluttering orange light. (Using orange color spot or flood lamps in the flicker device are common.) "Faulty" or sputtering electrical lighting is also created by running the lights into this sort of flicker device. Remember the the photo-sensor you are using can supply as MAXIMUM of 300 watts of power. If you need more juice, just make more units!

Flickering, Sputtering, Fluttering Fire Lighting to Illuminate Your Halloween Decorations and House!

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Halloween Outdoor Decorations

A lot of people enjoy going to Halloween parties. During this time of the year, we get to dress up and wear weird costumes that we do not usually wear everyday. Halloween decorations such as spider webs, tombstones, ghoulish figures, pumpkins and bats are scattered inside and outside our houses, so as to create a really spooky atmosphere.

If you are thinking of transforming your house into a haunted house this October 31st, you might want to know some tips on how to successfully do the job. Everything should not be too expensive. As long as you know how and where to look for resources and materials, your pockets would remain safe and secure.

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Let me start by suggesting a few Halloween outdoor decorations. If you have a lawn or a front yard, it is best to put up at least a couple of tombstones to welcome your guests. You could use one of those big boxes you can get from grocery stores or used cardboard pieces from your children's school projects the previous years. You could then use crayons or pens to write the epitaph and make up the deceased's personal information.

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Next, place big and small pumpkins all over your porch and yard. Using spray paint, you could draw eyes and creepy mouths on the pumpkins. You could also draw other styles of intricate patterns. If you have carved pumpkins available, you could light up a candle and put it inside to give off a spooky-looking light.

Get some pieces of old cloth and paper bags. You could create scarecrows, ghost figures and other supernatural creatures from these materials. You could look for a pattern online so that you would have a guide on how to cut and assemble these props. When you are done, you could hand them from the ceiling or the tree branches outside.

Finally, do not forget the lights. You could use your old Christmas lights to illuminate your porch and yard. You might have stored them in the attic or in the basement, so start looking for them now. These lights would be best kept in the bushes to make it appear like they are the glaring red eyes of the devil or some witch looking for her next victim.

Halloween outdoor decorations play a big role in making your Halloween a scary and frightening one. Do not forget to learn from these tips and use them for your next Halloween plans!

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Halloween Decorations - How to Set Your Dinner Table

You've sent out the invites for a fun-filled Halloween dinner. You've got fun, dark and scary décor throughout your house. Now it's time to go all out with the table setting. This is the one table setting that should entertain, scare and make the meal memorable. A typical tabletop with seasonal pumpkins and gourds just won't do. No, for this tabletop you need to bring a little fright to the night.

Let's start with the beverages and how to serve them. Dry ice is your friend on Halloween. Almost regardless of what you are serving it can be poured into a low bowl with dry ice on the bottom. The dry ice will keep things cold but it will also provide a nice bit of fog flowing over your table. For the bowl, try and find something dark, ceramic and mysterious. People should wonder what the heck they are about to drink. Be sure and provide a ladle in the bowl for serving.

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Half the battle for setting the mood is the lighting and for Halloween the darker the better. Colored light bulbs or colored lamp shades work well. Use a table lamp or two placed on your dining table and either deeply dim or turn off any ceiling lights. Remember, you never saw recessed cans in a horror movie. Using just candles can also be very effective. Deep purple and brown hues will complement the scary mood.

Halloween Decorations - How to Set Your Dinner Table

For mood music, be sure to get some old classic thriller songs with lots of pipe organs and dramatic sounds. If you want to have some real fun, attach a player under your table and have it play some screams, groans, cats fighting, wind rustling trees or wolves howling. Your guests will be surprised when they hear those strange noises coming from their dinner table.

Now let's get creative with the linens. A black or dark brown or deep purple tablecloth is fine but how about some old burlap sacks strewn on the table for more of a warehouse look? If you have an old sailboat sail try draping it over your table. Or even an old canvas tarp will do the trick. Whatever you use, the darker, older and dirtier it is the better.

The centerpiece is where you can tie together the party theme with the dinner table and make the evening really pop. This is where you want to do something dramatic. Perhaps a dead alien on the table? How about a small coffin with a vampire inside? How about a dead werewolf with a wooden stake in his heart on the table? Use your imagination and put lots of detail into it. If it is done well people will talk about it for years. Go ahead and let your creepy side out.

Halloween Decorations - How to Set Your Dinner Table

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Why We Celebrate Holidays

Most of us celebrate holidays - Christmas, Halloween, Valentine's Day - but why?

Of course, we celebrate some holidays because of our religious beliefs. However, there are other reasons why we hold to these joyous occasions. These holidays break up the flow of the year and bind us together as families and communities.

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We celebrate holidays because we want to have fun. We want a break from our regular schedules, jobs, etc. Without holidays our weeks would run together into years of humdrum mediocrity. What is October without children ringing our doorbells asking for candy? What is November without turkey on the table and family around it? What is February with no heart-shaped boxes adorning the kitchen counter? The answer: boring months, I say.

Why We Celebrate Holidays

We also celebrate holidays because they are reasons to reconnect with family and long lost friends. Although we can make the effort to see family and close friends anytime, many people do not. Many people make holidays the times they reach out to other people. And not only is it important to us to feel the warmth of family, we enjoy holidays because they bring out a sense of community. The bright red hearts decorating department stores in February, the blinking lights strung on lamp posts in December, these help us feel connected to something larger than ourselves.

In a world where get-togethers and barbecues do not happen as much as they used to in decades past. In a world where no one borrows sugar from his or her neighbor any longer or bakes a cake when someone moves on to the block, holidays tie us together.

I urge everyone to not throw holidays to the side of the street. Get out and decorate your home at Christmastime. Surprise your spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend with a Valentine's Day gift. And definitely have fun at Halloween. Even if you do not enjoy Halloween, I guarantee the children in your neighborhood will appreciate you dressing up, putting a graveyard in your front yard and passing out candy.

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Make Your Halloween Party A Hit - Games For Adults

No party is complete without party games; even an adult Halloween party. The games need to be exciting and entertaining in order for you to have a successful fun filled Halloween party. A few ideas that are sure to appeal to adults of all ages are listed below.

Shooting hoop - You can not go wrong when you have this game at your Halloween party. Everyone loves to test their skill to see just how many times they can make the basket. It's fun and exhilarating.

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Pumpkin carving contest - This is a great way for your guest to test their skills against each other to see how they measure up on carving a pumpkin or jack-o-lantern.

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Throwing darts - Throwing darts is a great game of skill. It will keep your guest busy for hours. You just want to make sure that it is located in a safe place where you won't have to worry about any accidents occurring.

Karaoke - Karaoke is a favorite of many adults. They love to show off their singing talent in front of an audience. Even if you prefer to not join in on the actually singing, who don't like listening to others perform their songs? It's very entertaining and you can even offer a prize for the one voted the best from the response of audience.

Tug of war - Tug of War is a great game of strength that is a Halloween hit. Both men and women alike love to show how tough they are. What better way to do this than by participating in a nice game of tug a war. You can have couple match or divide the men and women into two groups and have them compete against each other. The guest can form their own teams and compete against each other to see who is the strongest.

If you still feel like you need a little extra to keep your party exciting, how about a dance contest? Many couples love to show off their dancing skills and this would give them the perfect opportunity. When you include these ideas in your Halloween party you will have something for everyone to enjoy.

Make Your Halloween Party A Hit - Games For Adults

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How to Make Halloween Decorations Extra Scary

For people who don't like to spend a lot of time making Halloween decorations, whether it's just for the front porch or your entire house for a Halloween party, there are easier ways to make scarier decorations. You can use some simple techniques to give a whole new look to a jack o' lantern or the paper bats.

Jack o' lanterns are not only the most popular traditional Halloween decorations but they're also one of the easiest to make and customize. You can create lots of different faces in your pumpkin carvings by simply changing how you carve the eyes. Make jagged edge ones, narrow snake like slits or carve them so that they're wider on the outside and narrow at the back (like a funnel). Other than the eyes, you can make slashes in the face or change how you carve the mouth. To make these Halloween arrangements stand out even more, put red marbles in the eye sockets or in the mouth. When you add the candle, it will give a glowing red effect.

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Take ordinary masks, and paint them to look scary. Clown masks are the easiest to work with, but you can use other masks too like a cupid (the same that was in the movie Valentine) or just use a hockey mask and reminisce in the horror of Friday the Thirteenth. You can take ordinary masks and add a tangled dirty wig to look like Mike Meyers from Halloween.

How to Make Halloween Decorations Extra Scary

Don't forget to make a good impression with the food, pumpkin cookies and gummy worms aside, don't forget all the great Halloween treats that come out of Halloween gift baskets or try Halloween fruit baskets and fruit bouquets that come in pumpkin shaped containers.

How to Make Halloween Decorations Extra Scary

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How to Decorate Your Home For Halloween

Halloween is one of the most thrilling holidays of the year for many children as well as fun-loving adults. One of the most ultimate joys for young and old is decorating your home for Halloween. You can do it easily, by allowing your imagination lead the way and a good deal can be created within a tight budget, if needed. Pay close attention on how to decorate for the ultimate Halloween.

When you have children, you can use all those class Halloween projects. You can simply hang them about or even make a Halloween tree, similar to a Christmas or Easter tree. You can use construction paper for making jack-o-lanterns, bats, cats, witches, spiders and other ghoulish decorations to place around the house. Once they have created their paper decorations, use tape and sting to attach them for hanging.

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Spooky sounds are wonderful for setting the mood. You might want to purchase a Halloween CD or make your own, using a tape recorder.

How to Decorate Your Home For Halloween

Lighting is essential for setting a Halloween atmosphere. You can use candles and jack-o-lanterns, however, do be sure to practice fire safety. You can use some of those plastic Christmas candles, either using the orange bulbs, or other colored lights, you can always cover the bottom with construction paper, aluminum foil or paint them. Black lights strategically placed adds an eerie feeling.

Making a Halloween dummy is simple and fun, by using some old clothes, boots a hat and some stuffing. Pose the dummy inside or out for the trick or treating children to see, they love taking a close up peek at such Halloween decorations. You might also consider some spider webs and spiders to hang out at your home as well during Halloween.

When decorating your yard for Halloween, you might want to consider allowing the grass to grow which will add to the appearance of the house being abandoned, then gather up some old looking wooden planks write some scary names upon them and then place them around the yard as grave markers. While preparing the graves, you might like to place a bit of dirt there as well to give it more of an appearance of being a grave, some people may consider using fertilizer to do this, however, fertilizer will actually burn the grass beneath it when there it is more than the grass actually needs.

Another interesting idea, if you have enough yard space, is to plant a corn maze, when the time is right, and then allow the corn to stand in place during Halloween, when the corn should already have begun to dry out, which provides a very scary appearance, not to mention that the rustling of the dried cornstalks when the wind blows adds that extra creepy sounds while traveling through a corn maze. If you decide to plant a corn maze to use during Halloween, you might consider also planting some well placed costumed individuals to hide within the maze, to scare some of the people traveling through the maze. However, you may want to try to be too scary when entertaining children and older people, so as not to upset anyone to badly.

Another great idea for decorating your yard for a Halloween party is to set up a bonfire and perhaps an effigy or two. Imagine tossing Freddie Kruger into the fire, or perhaps Jason or Michael. It's all in fun and it is the season! Have a blast getting ready for your Ultimate Halloween.

How to Decorate Your Home For Halloween

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