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Halloween Idea #51
To make the fog from your fog
machine lay on the ground, build an inexpensive fog chiller from PVC pipe and an old
cooler. It makes a great effect for your yard haunt and it's fairly
inexpensive to do. What happens is the warm fog is chilled on it's way
through the cooler which makes it lay on the ground and roll across the
area it is directed to.
If you
have a grave yard set up, you can use a long piece of perforated PVC
pipe and cover it with leaves. It makes it look like the fog is coming
up from the ground, through the dirt and leaves. It really gives your
haunted grave yard a creepy look!
To learn how to do it,
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Halloween Idea #52
What would Halloween be with a
skeleton hanging from the porch or a sitting under a tree? Bucky Skeletons are economical articulated adult size
hard plastic skeleton that are made by a medical company and sold as
factory seconds because of blemishes or imperfections. Other then
surface marks or a slightly bent bone, they are just fine and such fun
to use.
Unlike the paper or cheap plastic skeletons these look very real and you
can buy this time of the year. So, add a skeleton or two to your haunt or party.
Bucky's have been around for years and people love them! You can do so
many things with them to add some extra spice to your Halloween haunt or
decorations. You can
find these inexpensive medical seconds year round by
clicking
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Halloween Idea #53
Black lights
have been in use for decades for things like lighting up posters, used
in special effects at amusement parks and anywhere that wants to make
things really show up in bright colors. You can buy special UV paint
that glows under a black light to decorate your haunt and give it a 3-D
effect.
Anything
white will stand out on it's own under a black light. You can now find
makeup, nail polish, hair spray, clothing and many other things that are
made specifically to glow under a black light.
Liven up your black light
effects by using some florescent paint, cosmetics and material to show off the glow!
Some great effects can be created with some black paint and fluorescent
paint that will really impress your guests!
Click here to learn more about fun with black lights! |
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Halloween Idea #54
You can find all kinds of
collectable toys at this time of year from Mattel, McFarlane, Sideshow Toys and others!
If you are into collecting anything from horror film action figures to
Barbie dolls, you'll find special editions that come out around
Halloween time. Over the past 20 years a multitude of small companies
have come and gone, producing toys like "Living Dead Dolls", "Garbage
Pail Kids", reproductions of toys from the 50's and 60's like the "Big
Daddy Roth Rat Fink" collectables.
They all make great gifts for
that special someone in your life or for yourself if you collect them.
Some are no longer available and some can still be found but we found a
lot of childhood memories here to entertain us. |
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Halloween Idea #55
Hook a web cam up to your
computer and run it through the internet and set up a Halloween night
viewing site! You can do it for your Halloween party or at your front
door to let people see the trick-or-treaters that come to your house.
This is a great way to
let family members that may be scattered across the country to see you
and your family on Halloween night! You can also use services like Skype
to talk and see at the same time so grandparents can see their grandkids
in costume real time before you take them out for trick-or-treating.
With technology the way it is today, there's no reason that someone in
Bora Bora shouldn't be able to join in your Halloween fun in the U.S.
with the simple hook up of a web cam! |
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Halloween Idea #56
Set a boom-box
or portable stereo system on your roof and
play some spooky mood music! Many rock, theme and haunted sounds CD's can be found at this
time of year! Music can add the perfect mood to your haunt or party. Try some oldies hits,
some new mood music or sound effects.
Here's a few
examples!
It's a
great way to greet the kids that come to your door on Halloween night or
for your Halloween party guests to hear the rockin' sounds as they
arrive. You can use this if you are having an out door party in the back
yard as well, just set it in an out of the way place and let someone DJ
for the night. Whether you use a laptop and speakers or a stereo system,
enjoy the Halloween tunes! |
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Halloween Idea #57
Photographs
make memories to keep, something that you can look at and remember the
great times you've had. Take lots of Halloween photos of
your family, friends and party guests. If you have a party, leave disposable cameras around so everyone can catch
candid shots! Remember, digital isn't the only way to go!
People now
use their cell phones and digital cameras to take pictures more than any
other type of camera but film cameras do still exists and some people
prefer the look of film. Whatever type you use, post them online for
your friends and family to see that may not live in your area. It keeps
you in touch with loved ones, which is getting harder to do every day in
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Halloween Idea #58
Make your Halloween party a
theme party. Every one must dress as the theme, such as pirates, vampires, zombies, witches, etc.
When you decide what theme to do, send out invites explaining what your
party is all about. You can throw one every year and change the genre
each year. While you may want everyone to come as a pirate, it's
interesting to see the different costume ideas that your guests come up
with.
Have a Halloween costume contest at your party! Give prizes out for the best imagination
used, the silliest and the least Halloween themed costumes!
Click
here for the perfect Halloween party planning! You'll find all kinds
of ideas for adult and children's Halloween parties. |
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Halloween Idea #59
Have a pumpkin carving night
with your friends or family. Send out invitations, you can supply the
pumpkins or have it B.Y.O.P. (bring your own pumpkin). Have some
seasonal homemade treats ready for your group to enjoy when you all take
a carving break.
You can do
them free hand or use stencils, you'll want to have a good supply of
carving tools for everyone to use and a large area all set up for
gutting and carving the pumpkins. If you have nice weather, hold it in
the afternoon outside.
This is great for a kids party,
you can give prizes out to the most
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Halloween Idea #60
If you have a
plain door bell, why not spice it up for
Halloween by replacing it with a programmable one. You can use recorded music, a spooky voice or whatever
you want to set the mood! Anything from dogs barking to screams can be
recorded on to this battery operated door bell and ringer. No wires are
attached, just put in batteries and hang them up. You can find them in
hardware stores and online and they are so easy to install, there's no
reason why you shouldn't add one to use year round.
You can use any type of music
or sound so have your Halloween guests greeted with a scary voice,
chains rattling or screams. During other holidays you can change the
sound to Christmas carols, a turkey gobbling sound, what ever to fits
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