Recipe for a vintage halloween
1/2 dozen vintage Outdoor Decorations, 1 or 2 strands vintage Lights, 1/2 dozen vintage Jack-O-Lanterns, 1 or 2 vintage Costumes, 1/2 dozen Paper or Cardboard Decorations, 1 or 2 vintage Tablecloths, 1/2 dozen pieces of vintage Party Accessories, 1 Fog Machine, 1 or 2 packages Dry Ice, 1/2 dozen Animated Figures, 1 dozen assorted Halloween Themed Treats and Goodies. Combine ingredients. Substitute as desired, sprinkle with love, and enjoy!
Vintage Halloween Accessories
Halloween is a much loved, and celebrated season! This year, why not treat yourself and the little ones, to a vintage halloween celebration! Decorate inside and outdoors! Create a "haunted house", in the basement or garage! Offer an assortment of halloween themed treats! Get creative, and show off your vintage style! Make this halloween spooktacular!
Just Jack-O-Lanterns
American made Jack-O-Lanterns of the 30's-50's, were made of pressed cardboard, or egg carton type cardboard, in a one piece construction.
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Creepy Crepe Paper
Choose a few of these, for a touch of vintage charm!
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Planning a party?
Include a costume parade! Judges should be appointed in advance to select outstanding costumes for awards. Prizes should be given for many types of costumes-most original, prettiest, funniest, etc.
Witchy Witches
A vintage halloween wouldn't be complete, without a witch or two! Vintage halloween decorations are made of many different types of materials; paper, plastic,cardboard, paper mache, crepe paper, pressed cardboard, and celluloid. Here are some examples...
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Postcards A Pleanty
Start a collection of vintage halloween postcards, for a nostalgic display!
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Planning a party?
Try and provide as many games as possible, with inexpensive prizes! With a little imagination, almost any game can be transformed into a Halloween game! Some game ideas; Ducking for apples, Pin the hat on the witch, Apple bowling, Penny pumpkin toss, Dime on pie pan toss, Balloon breaking!
Creative Candy Containers
Vintage halloween candy containers, are one of my favorites to collect! Here are some examples...
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Child's Costumes
Celebrate halloween in style with a great vintage costume, for that special little goblin, or for display!
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Planning a party?
Create a Halloween treasure hunt! Many small paper cutouts of witches, bats, brooms, cats, etc., have been hidden throughout the party area. Assign each cutout a point value. Let participants search for treasures only while music is played. When the music stops, the game is over, and prizes are awarded according to points!
Tin Toys
Tin halloween noisemakers, for the little goblins and ghouls!
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Ghoulish Gurley
Use a collection of halloween candles, for a display with vintage charm! Look for the gurley brand, these are my favorites!
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Planning a party?
Decorating ideas. Twisted branches cut from Black cardboard, with owls roosting on them...ghosts, goblins, witches, and skeletons, lurking in corners...bats and spiders hanging above windows and doors...a spider web stretched across a fireplace...keep lighting to a safe minimum!
Tempting Halloween Treats
Yes, you can once again enjoy those candies and treats, from a bygone era!
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Terriffic Textiles
Choose a few kitchen related, halloween accessories!
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Outdoor Decorations
Make your outdoor Halloween display the best ever!
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Awesome Accessories
Don't forget to include pleanty of halloween themed, treats and goodies!
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Vintage Halloween Twitters
Get more ideas about everything for a vintage halloween!
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OhMe wrote...
Great lens and ideas. Happy Halloween. 5* and LR
Starving_Artist wrote...
very nice vintage Halloween collection...really cool stuff!
KimGiancaterino wrote...
I love this lens. What a great collection of Halloween decorations and goodies!
CollectorsCottage wrote...
I love this lens - Halloween is a favorite of mine, probably because my birthday is Mischief Night! 5 star lens, and welcome to the Collector Clubs group!
Posted October 12, 2008
