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Halloween Idea #31
Keep your pumpkin seeds when
gutting your pumpkin so you can roast them up later for a fun Halloween treat!
Not only is it a taste of nostalgia for you to give your kids but you'll
enjoy them yourself. Roasted pumpkin seeds have been a tradition for a
long, long time.
They are also nutritious, they
are high in fiber, oleic acid, the amino acids tryptophan and glutamate,
vitamin E, Niacin and essential minerals like copper, manganese,
potassium, calcium, iron, magnesium, zinc and selenium.
for the best ways to bake
pumpkin seeds check out the
instructions
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Halloween Idea #32
There are a ton of Halloween and
horror related fonts out there to use on your computer and many of them are shareware. Use
them to dress up invitations and make banners for your party. You can
also make count down calendars for Halloween. Even letters at Halloween
time can be written on Halloween border paper with Halloween fonts.
Try this
site for a great selection
for downloadable Halloween and scary fonts that can be used for all
types for projects. Let the kids help design the invitations for their
Halloween party using Scary fonts and Halloween clipart that you can
find at other sites or may already have on your computer. Some card
making programs, like Hallmark, have a great selection of Halloween
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Halloween Idea #33
Decorate yourself for
Halloween!! Paint Halloween nails in candy corn colors or black and
orange . It's easy to do even for a non-professional. Everything
you need, you can pick up at a local drug store or mass market retailers
like Wal-mart. You'll need French Tip strips, choose the straight ones
for toe nails. Choose an orange and black polish, for the candy corn,
add a white and yellow. make your strips diagonal or straight across.
You can
apply your own acrylic nails are have a set put on professionally. Long,
curvy ones look nice for Halloween but some people have a hard time
using them so you can use shorter nails. It basically depends on how you
like your nails. I like mine long and claw-like.
For more detailed info on how to do these nail
designs and where to find more ideas,
click
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Halloween Idea #34
There are many types of fake
blood and what better time of year to use them! You can make you own out
of a traditional recipe that's been used for years but tends to stain
anything it comes into contact with that's made from household items like Karo
syrup and food coloring.
It's
sticky and the food coloring stains unless you apply petroleum jelly to
any areas of flesh that it will cover and it will stain any clothing you
might splash it on. While it's an easy alternative to fake blood, there
are many types on the market that do not stain and come off easily with
cold cream or makeup remover. The choice is yours! The best retail blood
can be found at DearBloodyMary.com, a site owned by Hollywood makeup
artist Bobbie Weiner. The texture is nice, it isn't sticky and it
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Halloween Idea #35
You can now buy balloons that
contain a very small battery powered LED light inside. These typically
have three modes, slow blink, fast blink, and constant on, and stay lit
for up to ten hours. Filled with helium and tethered via fishing line,
the balloon will float over your house just about all night long. Plus,
the balloons are available in orange.
While this looks different from our Goblin Lights (idea #23), it is a
really cool looking effect! Check your local party supply store for this
type of balloon. For a do-it-yourself version, place a lighted glow
stick in a balloon before you fill it with helium and tie it off. Do the
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Halloween Idea #36
For a great
Halloween party game, get everyone to sit in a circle or a straight
line. The first person whispers a one line sentence like " The wicked
witch wore a black dress with a red hat and purple shoes to the Witch's
Ball." into the ear of the person next to them. Each person does the
same until you get to the last person, who repeats the line out loud.
Just listen to how much the
sentence has changed as it's gone from person to person. It seems that no one can
remember or repeat a sentence exactly like it was told to them. Oh, it
may happen once in a blue moon but it's much more fun to see how
distorted the sentence will be! "The mean witch had a red dress and
purple pants to go with her black ball." is more likely how the last person
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Halloween Idea #37
If you have porch steps, make
sure they are easy to navigate for your trick or treat guests. Use jack-o-lanterns to
light the stairs. Put a high intensity glow stick inside for light. Make
sure that your porch is well lit.
If you
have set up a display on your porch that needs to be more dark than
light, set up a spot light to hit the stairs to make them easy to
navigate. If you have a weatherproof runner on your porch steps, make
sure that it is nailed down properly. That last thing you want is
for someone to trip on the stairs and fall down. It may ruin everyone's
Halloween if someone gets hurt badly or they are into law suites. Safety
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Halloween Idea #38
While it might make a
great effect to use dry ice in a punch bowl, keep in mind just how
dangerous it can be! Any pieces or chips from a block of dry ice can get into
the drinks which can cause serious internal damage and severe
injury if ingested. Instead, make a
separate cauldron with dry ice in it for an effect
Make a separate bowl for punch or
anything that people will be drinking.
You can still do some cool effects using light from below the punch bowl.
By using a light source and a black base, you can light up a clear punch
bowl and it looks very cool! The color depends on what type of punch you
use. It's simple to do, just
click here for the instructions! |
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Halloween Idea #39
While most stories of
tainted Halloween treats are urban legends, you should instruct your children not to
eat any treats until they bring them home to be examined by you.
Some fire stations and hospitals offer X-raying for free to check for
foreign articles in candy, check with your local agencies. You can look
it over yourself and check for any rips, tears or pin holes that look
suspicious.
The very few incidents
that have happened took place around 15 to 20 years ago and were done by
family members in order to collect insurance money or to harm a child in
the family. Do search under newspaper articles to track down the real
events. You'll find that the few that did happen spawned a legend that
lives to this day. You never can be too careful, so do a candy check
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Halloween Idea #40
Halloween style flashlights make
a great addition to your child's costume and can add extra safety to a dark night, helping
to make your child more visible while trick or treating. You can find ghosts, skulls and
many more designs at low prices. Be sure to use long lasting batteries.
You can
also use glow sticks and glow jewelry to keep them visible. Reflective
tape in stripes on their back helps, too. Anything that you can do to
make your kids more visible helps. If you are taking a group of kids
out, why not have them all carry a battery powered Halloween lantern
that can be found at most places that sell Halloween decorations.
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