Unique Halloween Decorations
Everyone uses pumpkins and orange lights during Halloween, but that doesn't mean that you can't find unique Halloween decorations to use both inside and outside of your home. Sick of seeing every house on the street put up the "crashed witches" or huge garbage bag pumpkins? Here are some ideas to keep your neighbors talking about your neat decoration ideas!
Masks
Masks don't have to just be for your face-they can be some great Halloween decorations as well! Try lining and entryway with scary masks or even hanging one on your front door. This can also be an inexpensive way to decorate, since you've probably collected a number of masks over the years. Put a mask on your scarecrow, on your garden features like statues, and even your kids' dolls. If you'll be using the masks outdoors, make sure that they are weatherproof.
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Glass Vases
You can fill glass vases with almost anything! Orange, red, brown, and gold are the traditional colors of fall, and you can use strictly black and orange right around Halloween if you wish. Try filling vases with colored leaves, marbles, or orange and black candies. If you want to really get gruesome, you can also use unusual things like plastic bugs!
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Spider Webs
Most people use the fake spider webs outside, but they'll last longer inside as well. The added bonus? It's ok if they get a little dusty! Spider webs are supposed to be spooky, so put away your cleaning products for a few weeks! Make sure that you spray your spider webs with repellent to deter any live inhabitants from making a home! If you want a less scary, try spraying the webs with spray glitter for a pretty touch.
Murals
Let your kids go crazy by painting a huge Halloween mural or banner. Buy a large piece of white cloth or even a white bed sheet and allow them to use paint or markets to create something your can display along your wall or even in your front yard. Allow your kids to be creative or, if your children are still young, outline the words "Happy Halloween" or "Trick or Treat" in big, black letters so that you've created a big coloring book page for them to color.
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Glowing Floating Ghosts
You can create a glowing floating ghost quite easily. Simply bend a glow stick until it starts to glow and put the stick inside a balloon. Blow up the balloon with helium and cover it with an old pillow case with a spooky face drawn on it. Then simply let it go and you've got a glowing floating ghost!
Small Changes
You can really make a big impact with just a few small changes. Put up orange and black curtains. Use a Halloween-designed throw rug. Cover the pots of your indoor plants with plastic Halloween containers. These little changes can really make a big difference in your overall holiday spirit!
Summary
The bottom line is that Halloween decorations can really help you to enjoy the holiday. You don't have to go overboard or even spend a lot of money to decorate your house. Choose a few key items both inside and outside, and you should be well on your way to a great Halloween. Every year, add a few more items to really build up to a wonderfully decorated house.
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- nightcats nightcats Nov 5, 2008 @ 11:07 am
- Halloween is one of my fav holidays. People in Vancouver where I live really go all out on the decorations. Wish I had discovered your lens before Halloween.
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- Evelyn_Saenz Evelyn_Saenz Nov 5, 2008 @ 5:12 am
- Nice lens!
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- go206th go206th Nov 4, 2008 @ 6:20 pm
- Great ideas and a great lens. I go a little crazy decorating for Halloween. I am always looking for more unusual decorating ideas. Great job. 5*.. Thank you for joining my Homemade Halloween group. Please remember to visit the group site and support your fellow group members and vote for your favorite lenses.
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- Kleppins_Kitchen Kleppins_Kitchen Oct 5, 2008 @ 9:07 am
- Cool lens Collin. Congratulations.
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- CCGAL CCGAL Oct 5, 2008 @ 8:52 am
- Oh, I forgot to give you a Halloween decorating tip, I was so busy welcoming you to Squidoo. Sorry!
Here's mine: a beach ball or large balloon placed on the top of a tower shaped item (or even a vacuum cleaner would work) like a tall sound system speaker, then covered with a white cloth (I use a sheet) and tied with a bit of white string between the balloon/ball and the object makes a cool looking ghost. I used black construction paper circles for eyes.
One year I made a fake graveyard on my lawn using painted boxes, and set up 2 speakers outside dressed up as ghosts, and hid behind a screen watching the people approach the house. We had a microphone and said goofy things to the folks walking up, especially the ones who ventured off the path onto the fake graves to get a better look at the headstones. They invariably jumped when a weird little voice out of nowhere said something like, "get off my grave!" That was the most fun EVER on Halloween.
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