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Everyone loves a house decorated for Halloween. Decorating for the holiday is both fun and easy – if you do it right and keep it simple. The easiest of decorations truly go a long way. Here is a checklist to make sure you have the scariest haunted house on the block!
1) Black Streamers – Leave no ceiling untouched!
2) Fake Spider Webs – Get these at any craft store, they are super easy to put up and really neat…cheap too. Scatter with plastic black spiders
3) Cardboard Graves (lots with R.I.P) paint cardboard grey stand up with ply wood
4) Bowls of candy corn, everywhere and anywhere
5) Corn husks, if you live by a farm great! If not you should be able to find some at craft stores
6) Lots of Jack-O-Lanterns (DUH)
7) White sheets over all furniture for a cool and creepy effect
8) Bug/Spider confetti for any and all surfaces (assuming you have a good vacume)
9) Caution tape around your front door
10) Orange Christmas lights… should be all over the place great way to enter a room. Easy to find this time of year
11) ‘13’ cut out black paper and paste ‘13’ on front door or 666...your choice
12) Black lights in at least some light bulbs (your friends’ costumes will look even cooler)
13) Dry ice in the punch bowl, pretty much a must for Halloween!
Use any combination of the above Halloween tips to create a cool and classic spooky house for your Halloween party or for your neighborhood trick-or-treaters .
Halloween Punch With A Punch
Halloween punch with a punch
If you’re planning a Halloween party don’t forget the essentials…the DRINKS! Make a creative Halloween punch and you’re guaranteed to make your party fun and happening! Here is my favorite recipe to loosen your guests up and get them mingling and having a great time!
Frankenstein’s Blood1 Part Apple Schnapps3 Parts Apple Vodka3 Parts Lime Sherbet
6 Part Sprite or alternative
Cool and Scary additions to your punch.
Frozen Hand. Take a plastic or latex glove and fill with water, make sure punch is SUPER cold before you stick hand in or it will melt right away (unfortunately it will still melt quickly but worth it the initial presentation).
Frozen Grapes: Eye Balls that keep things cool!
Dry Ice. Keep that sucker misting all night with a block of dry ice in the bottom of your punch, it doesn’t take much and it’s a super cool effect!
Gummy Worms. Freeze in ice cubes or just serve at the bottom of clear cups, yum!