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Haunted House Mini Room Box
Doubles as a Year Around Halloween CD Storage Rack Ok groovy gang, you’re going to love this! It is our dream as Halloweeners to increase storage no matter how we decorate or celebrate our holiday, and my storage got a boost on my latest trip to Michaels. I spotted an unfinished House CD Holder for just $5.99! Gang, I got ya covered with this dual-purpose haunted house display case that turns into a Halloween Music/Soundtrack/Roomscape holder ...Big Halloween Displays in Small Spaces
I love Department 56 and Spooky Town collectables, but I don’t have room for all the different houses and building in the collections. So over the years I’ve bought several pieces that I couldn’t live without, but I couldn’t display them either because of no room and to protect them from my two cats. You know what I mean - small collectables make great cat toys! The first thing I thought of was to get ...Wall Hutches - Unusual Folk Art For Halloween Goodies
We have all collected trinkets and other small objects at this time of the year but have no way of showing them off. I, too, have many small Halloween treasures that I wanted to display, but I had to find a way to do it without making new toys for the cats or toddlers. Anyone with either knows what I’m talking about! At that moment of despair, I came up with a fun way to ...Halloween Shadow boxes
A Fun Way For Your Jewelry to Make New Shadows this Halloween Season, or Year Round Every Halloween I can’t wait to get out my massive Halloween jewelery pile and sit on the bed to marvel at some of my better pieces. Each piece is a work of art in my eyes, and I can’t help thinking how neat it would be to have a way of showing it off when I’m not wearing it. I ...Get A Leg Up on Halloween
Ghouls, our prayers have been answered! How many of us know about the famous leg-shaped lamp featured proudly in A Christmas Story? You know, the one that accidentally gets broken? Well, wait until you see the Halloween version! It will be the perfect addition to any Halloween abode all year long and will be such a fun conversation piece as your Halloween guests trick-or-treat or come to your party. Check this wonderful lamp ...Halloween Money Club: Greenbacks for Ghouls
Ah, another glorious Halloween season has come and gone. I've wiped the drool off my after-Halloween sale items, packed away my tattered ghosts, vultures and other props back into their yearlong resting places, sadly making my house and driveway look like everyone else’s on my street - sickeningly normal. I grab the stack of photos from this last year's Halloween yard decorations I had processed almost seconds after taking them. I lay back in ...Trick or Treat Mummy Candy Bone
What kid doesn’t love getting treats at Halloween time? For most kids, the creepiest treats are always the best. These look like mummy bones, but are actually candy bars. Make a whole batch of these and give them out to your trick or treaters or to your child’s class at school. They are easy to make and will sure to be a big hit. Young children can easily help with this quick project. Let ...Quick and Fantastic Halloween Party Favors
Every time I had a party for my daughter, either at school or at home, I would rack my brains trying to come up with some simple yet clever party favors to give the kids. Hundreds, if not thousands of ideas exist on the web, but they were either too costly, too hard to find the supplies, or I had to be a full-time artist to make the items they called "simple and cheap." Time ...Halloween Party Favors - Why Let the Spiders Have All the Fun? (With Webs!)
Halloween party favors are so much fun to make, except when the directions are hard and it almost kills me to get them done. As usual, a teacher asked to put some favors together on short notice, and I was all out of ideas. Later that day, I sat on the front porch looking at a pile of goodies and craft supplies, trying to divine a new idea that would jump out from my piles ...Haunting Music on iTunes
Halloween comes but once a year if you're a non-haunter, but that's not us! We love to listen to our beloved Terror Syndicate CDs all year and for every occasion - unless my family threatens to put me into one of my own coffins. One day I got to thinking - were there other types of Halloween or haunting music I might be missing? Was there better party music for my next ...Building A Buffet Table - Think Up!
Present a Professional, Stylish Buffet Table Your Guests Will Flock To You've made a list of ghoulish goodies you want to make, grabbed Halloween decorations to use on the table, and set it all up. You stand back smiling at your handywork, thinking the table will look great. Then you see it finished. Suddenly, it hits you. Your food and decorations just don't look like the cool presentations you see in magazines and on tv. Your decorations look mountainous, ...Haunted Duck Pond
How to Create a Haunted Duck Pond Game Supplies needed: Floating ducks or other Halloween items that can float Black sharpie marker Snow saucer or other wide, shallow container that holds water Black plastic or black garbage bags Hot glue gun Outdoor table Water Two prize containers (#1 toys and #2 candy) If you have a lot of pre-schoolers, you have to do a Haunted Duck Pond! It is so easy and takes very little time to pull one together. Take a snow disc or ...Demented Dime Toss
How to Make a Demented Dime Toss Game Supplies Needed: White foam core, about 18 inches by 18 inches - available at any craft or art store (or snag a foam board used as packing if a friend bought a new appliance!) Sharpie markers (several different colors) Pencil Colored Duct Tape Bulletin board border (in fall or Halloween design) A roll or two of dimes Two prize containers (one for candy and one for prizes) A t-square optional: 1/2 inch number stickers (how many depends ...Host a Halloween Block Party
In many neighborhoods around the country, people don't know their neighbors or are new and looking for ways to meet them. I don't think anyone would disagree that knowing your neighbors is a good thing, especially if you have kids or for everyone's general safety. In our hustle and bustle world, it's getting harder to get to know your neighbors with all the crazy work schedules and children's extra curicular activities, not to mention both ...Halloween Books that Are Long on Ideas
We all have a few favorite Halloween books, the ones we keep out all year on our coffee table or next to our easy chair, and would grab if the house caught on fire. These books, for whatever reason, fuel our imaginations and get us motivated to dream our next year's decorations for houses and yards. I keep some books just to look at, knowing full well I may never get around to making one ...Scary Stump Lizard Toss
How to Create a Scary Stump Lizard Toss Game Supplies needed: White bucket or popcorn tin A stack of paper double thickness freezer bags you get from the frozen food aisle at grocery store or several packages of small brown lunch bags) 2 cans of spay paint (one brown and one red brown) Many bottles of Elmer’s school Glue A bag of moss from a craft store Hot glue gun Rubber ants or spiders Bag of fall leaves Mini strobe light Duct tape I used my ...Witch Hat Ring Toss
How to Make a Witch Hat Ring Toss Game Supplies needed: Three or six tall black witch hats Three or six 2 liter bottles, full of your favorite beverage Decorations for the hats (ribbon, sequins or yarn) Sacks or felt to temporarily cover the bottles Jumbo pipe cleaners (several packs) Halloween vinyl table cloth to set the game up on Simple black witch hats, full bottles and seasonal trim make this a fast game to make, and the kids love it! Decorate the ...Snake Toss
How to Make a Snake Toss Game Supplies needed: Three to five rubber snakes Three to five interesting containers (Open top skulls, goblets or any Halloween container - the spookier the better). Soda flat (cardboard box) to set the game in and decorate if you want to. Get a handful of rubber snakes and any unusual kind of container for the kids to toss the snakes in. Here are a few suggestions for creepy containers: Open-topped skulls, baskets, and/or goblets ...Coffin Toss
How to Make an Easy Coffin Toss Game Supply list: 1/4 inch sheet of plywood to cut into coffin pieces - top and sides Piece of plywood or Masonite for the bottom bunch of nails, or wood screws Cheap, blow-molded bones - available at party stores A can of black spray paint Two hinges This is a really easy project and actually pretty fast to put together. You can make a toe pincher coffin at your local home building store. Our Lowe’s is ...
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