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[H43]Halloween Decorations To Make

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Halloween Decorations could be as simple as decorating the house with candles and tea light holders to give it that ancient feel. You can decorate the outside of your home with jack o' lanterns that project an eerie ray of light most especially when it is stark dark outside. You can also decorate your porches with hangings or pictures of skeletons, witches and ghosts. If you want to go all out you can create ghostlike images with the use of white cloth (if you have an extra one that is no longer going to be used). You can dress up a dummy with an old costume that nobody wants to wear or use and you can even create a mummy on a coffin with some paper mache. You can even turn your very own front lawn into a graveyard with tombstones made of cardboard scantily scattered on your front yard.

For the indoors you can adorn your tables and furniture with Halloween knick knacks and articles. You can always find materials at your local craft shop to create spider webs to give your home a haunted look. This can also be a perfect time to take out those antique candle holders that could be placed conspicuously to give that ancient and creepy feel as well. Halloween pumpkins and accessories can give accent to the overall ghostly appeal. If you have old ribbons in Halloween colors such as orange and black, you can use this to adorn as well the interior of your home. You can tie them on your curtains, on your chairs and you can even incorporate them unto your specially made Halloween invitation for your All Hallow's Eve soiree.

Scatter synthetic spiders and worms on the floor or even on the pica food for a nice touch. Create a menu that'll spook your guests like finger pizzas (really shaped like cut fingers), brain mixture (with the help of good old gelatin and some cream cheese) and others. Just be creative and unique and you'll definitely have your guests talking and raving about your party.

Let your imagination run wild and you'll have one memorable Halloween.

Designate a special color marker, such as the Halloween color orange, to use when labeling the outside of your Halloween decoration storage boxes and containers. This color-coding technique will make them easier to locate.

When you buy plastic storage containers for storing Halloween decorations, ornaments or costumes, make sure that either the lids or the entire container is a Halloween color (usually orange, purple, black or grey). That's another easy way to find your Halloween items at a glance in your garage, closet or attic. Obviously, you'll mostly find these colors at walk-in retailers sometime between September and November. But if you look around, you can problem find them at some online retailers year-round.

Original boxes and containers, including the custom shaped Styrofoam, work best for storing Halloween decorations. But if you don't have these, you can still wrap items in newspaper, tissue or even soft paper towels. Store the really fragile or breakable Halloween decorations in smaller storage boxes and tins for extra protection. Then put those smaller boxes into your larger plastic container.

Store candles in a box with a lid in a cool, dark, dry environment so they don't fade or melt. Store long, tapered candles on their sides so they don't warp.

Halloween decorations that normally hang by cords, including fragile ones like thin cardboard scarecrows or even bulky ones, can hang from a wall hook in your garage. You can hang these decorations one in front of another. That will take less room because you'll be hanging several on the same "large" wall hook (such as a hook used to hold bikes, ladders or hoses). Cover these hanging Halloween decorations with old pillow cases and plastic trash bags.

If you're storing Halloween masks (or some Halloween costumes) that you plan to keep for a long time or that have sentimental value, be sure to check their care instructions or ask the store where you purchase them about this. If you don't do this, next Halloween you may be surprised to find your Halloween mask crumpled and cracked due to improper storage.

You may want to put all Halloween decoration hardware such as wreath hangers or other special Halloween ornament fasteners in one small box (that goes into one of your larger containers). Put it near the top for easy access and label it "Halloween Hardware--Open First". That way you can get started right away next year with your Halloween decorating.

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