| If you're hosting a Halloween party, decorating | | | | you could make a stuffed dummy to prop in a |
| your home in a spooky but fun way is essential | | | | window or porch to scare trick-or-treaters and |
| for creating a creepy atmosphere. There are lots | | | | your party guests. Use old clothes and stuff them |
| of things you can do to add a frightening touch to | | | | with scrunched-up newspaper. For the head, you |
| your party decor and make your home feel like a | | | | could use a pumpkin with a scary face painted on, |
| haunted house. Here are some ideas for | | | | or a balloon wearing a Halloween mask. You could |
| Halloween party decorations. | | | | make a dummy to look like a witch, goblin, |
| Of course, no Halloween party is complete | | | | vampire or zombie, depending on what materials |
| without a jack-o-lantern. It's customary to place | | | | you have to hand. |
| one by your front door to welcome your guests, | | | | Other Halloween props that are easy to make |
| but you can also put them in other places around | | | | include gravestones for decorating your yard. You |
| your home and yard. Carved pumpkins can also | | | | could use large sheets of sturdy cardboard cut |
| be used for holding dishes of food or bowls of | | | | into tombstone shapes, or old pieces of wood. |
| punch. | | | | You can use tent pegs to fix them to your lawn |
| In addition to candlelight, or at a kids' party where | | | | and could place candles or tea-lights nearby to |
| you want to avoid having lit candles, an easy and | | | | draw attention to them. |
| effective way to provide spooky lighting is to | | | | You could buy or make scary pictures to hang on |
| replace your regular light bulbs with colored ones, | | | | your wall or stick over your mirrors. For example, |
| such as orange, red or green. | | | | you can buy sinister-looking portraits with eyes |
| Inside there are lots of crafts that kids can make | | | | that glow or flash. Illuminated skulls are another |
| that you can hang around your home, in | | | | option, which can work well placed in dark corners. |
| doorways, on picture frames or on curtain rails, | | | | For decorating your table and displaying the party |
| for instance. Things that fit with the Halloween | | | | food, you could get an old white sheet and make |
| theme include bats and spiders. You can also buy | | | | red handprints on it, or stencil Halloween shapes |
| cheap plastic versions that you can place in | | | | on to it. You could also make edible decorations |
| strategic places to add to the ambiance and make | | | | such as bloody finger biscuits. |
| your guests jump, such as a plastic spider in the | | | | Decorating your home and yard for Halloween |
| bathroom! | | | | can be a lot of fun and the whole family can help |
| To save some money, why not have a go at | | | | out. With a little advance planning and creativity, |
| making your own homemade Halloween | | | | your decorations can really add to the party |
| decorations? If you have children, then you could | | | | atmosphere. |
| get them involved in some projects. For example, | | | | |