Wednesday, 22 September 2010

Jumbo Size White Spider Web

Jumbo Size White Spider Web1/Pkg - Measures 18"x30' - all-weather.

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Paper Magic Group Spooky Home Decor, Lighted Ground Breakers Skeleton Body Parts

Yep, another skydiving accident..about 100 years ago. No bones about it, this skeleton is ready to entertain. Stick him in the ground and create a spooky graveyard scene. Skeleton is battery operated and will light up your yard. Head measures 5 1/2" x 6". Legs 11" and arms 15".

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DELUXE PUMPKIN VINE HALLOWEEN LIGHT KIT DECOR SET W/LIGHTS!

Deluxe Pumpkin Decor Set: Includes 3 Five Foot Sections of Vine with Leaves! One 5 foot Large Vine w/Leaves, One 5 foot Medium Vine w/Leaves, and One 5 foot Small Vine w/Leaves. Includes 2 Large Pumpkins and 2 Small Pumpkins. Bonus: Orange light set included! Easily wraps around doorways, or banisters! A true Halloween Decor favorite - NOT A TOY.



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Rocking Bat - Black (25.0")

Rocking bat is made of latex, measures 10.25" long x 8.75" wide x 19.75" high, rocks back and forth violently and it's eyes glow red.



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Tuesday, 21 September 2010

The Halloween Graveyard is One of the Best Outdoor Halloween Decoration Ideas For This Time of Year

Building the spooky Halloween graveyard is a task that many individuals want to do successfully this fall. You can create many different types of graveyard scenes this Halloween. You may choose to create a super scary one, or one that is on the funny side. You may even want to create one that is designed especially for young trick or treaters. The choice is yours!

This is definitely a decorating endeavor that requires some special planning, supplies, and time. The first thing that you will want to do is decide what age group that you are trying to target with your design scheme. The next thing you will want to do is designate a certain area for the graveyard scene. Here, I will provide some essential information on how to finish your Halloween graveyard.
If you are trying to build a Halloween graveyard, the first thing that you will want to research is how to create your own tombstones. In many instances, you can purchase Halloween decorations that are tombstone replicas. However, you can use simple Styrofoam and plywood to create your own tombstones as well.

This can assist in the area of creating unique and unusual tombstones that can be very attractive to the individual looking to get a little frightened on Halloween night. If you are looking for unique epitaphs, you can visit websites like "Eerie Epitaphs" and similar websites in order to get some great ideas on what to put on your fake tombstone decorations.

Now, when gearing up to create your Halloween graveyard decoration, you may want to rope off a certain area of your yard. Once this is done, avoid the temptation to mow it. You want to make sure that the area looks a little on the neglected side. You will want to let the grass grow, throw some leaves around, and possibly put some branches on the ground - just be sure that they are where they can be seen if you are going to allow visitors to walk through the "graveyard".
Now, you should get some battery operated lanterns and place them in various places in the graveyard. You may want to purchase some skeleton pieces from your local Halloween shop. There is a lot of room for creativity when it comes to making your very own Halloween graveyard! This serves as a simple guide to help you on your way to success in this decorating endeavor!







Daryl Plaza is a regular contributor to www.spookynite.com supplying you with all the information and resources you need to know about Halloween costumes, Halloween food recipes, Halloween party ideas

Halloween Decorations: Make It Spiffy Not Spooky On All Hallows Eve


Are your Halloween decorations going to be tasteful or trashy this year? For some people, Halloween means an opportunity to go garish. But while it's true that many people enjoy the jokey scariness and prank-filled atmosphere of this ancient festival, some just aren't that into the whole horror theme that seems to dominate the season.

Fortunately, there's plenty of color in the autumn palette to characterize your home Halloween decor if you don't feel like resorting to the macabre. The fall brings a wide variety of gorgeous colors and fruits to inspire homemade decorations and provide materials for your craft projects and household designs.

After all, the holiday has its roots in an ancient festival to celebrate the transition of the seasons. So there are plenty of good looking harvest time themes to celebrate this time of year, with decoration ideas and recipes that evoke time-honored customs and rituals.

So if you love Halloween but don't fancy jumping on the blood-curdling bandwagon of scary Halloween decorations, why not deck your house with seasonal trimmings and flourishes instead? Here are some suggestions for decorations and ornaments to keep you in the holiday spirit:



Pumpkin decorating ideas: carve them if you want -- but they'll probably last longer if you leave them intact and decorate them instead. Try painting funny faces and giving your pumpkin characters extra personality with a hat and scarf, or perhaps even some trendy shades for a 'cool dude' look.


Seasonal collections of fruits and gourds: these look great when artfully arranged as a mantelpiece or table display.


House decor: anticipate some of the elegant Christmas trimmings by putting up a garland or front door wreath that uses autumn colors.


Make a Corn Dolly: this old tradition stems from a time when farmers wished to honor the spirits of the harvest and encourage them to return the following year to provide good crops. These figures, made from bundles of wheat, can be as simple or elaborate as you wish and can form part of a centerpiece or an outdoor decoration.

Even if you prefer to give the spooky side of Halloween a miss, you can still take the opportunity to celebrate the autumnal traditions that are traditionally associated with the festival.








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Halloween Decorating Tips - Spooky Fun and a Tree for Halloween?

Halloween is a time when anyone can be a kid at heart. You can celebrate the spookiest holiday of them all to your heart's content without having to break the bank in the process. With a little thought, you can create great-looking Halloween decorations. You're limited only by your imagination.

Spooky Halloween Decorating Tips
Halloween can be a wonderful time for decorating, since it's so different from any other holiday, and it has really taken off as a chance to let people's imaginations run wild over the past few years. Here are a few ideas for adding some spooky Halloween spirit to your home:









  • You can easily make a very attractive display by carving holes in apples the size of votive candles and then allowing the candles to float in a large glass punch bowl, galvanized metal bucket, or tub. It can be especially effective when all the lights are dimmed.
  • If you're having a Halloween get-together, you can keep the punch cold by freezing water in a rubber glove and then adding it to the punch bowl. It will effectively keep the punch from getting too warm while adding a wonderfully macabre touch to your table decorations.
  • Another fun thing you can do to dress up your punch bowl is to add plastic spiders and other creepy crawly things to your ice cubes by simply adding them to the water when you put your ice cube trays in the refrigerator. They'll add a nice eerie touch of holiday spookiness to your Halloween party.
  • On the outside of your home, make sure to add plenty of dry leaves around the porch. Their crunch and dead looks will make your Halloween decorations even more convincing, lending a haunted-house look to your holiday décor.

A Tree for Halloween?
Another unusual, but effective decoration is a Halloween tree. Manufacturers turn out strings of outdoor lights for almost every holiday nowadays, so it won't be hard to find orange lights and other spooky decorations for your tree. Just check your local home improvement center or large department store. Your kids will also have a wonderful time helping to create skeletons, bats, witches, and all the other assorted characters that have a special place at Halloween time to hang on your tree. Take a standard artificial Christmas tree as your starting point and then let your imagination run wild.
If you have railings on your porch, you can also find Halloween-colored garland to thread through the rails at the same store where you found your Halloween lights for the tree. It can be especially potent when combined with your spookily decorated Halloween tree.
There's an ever increasing variety of Halloween-related decorating choices to add spookiness to your holiday décor. You can put a special welcome mat in front of your door, you can get stick-on figures for your windows, you can get motion sensitive manikins that will make scary noises and move around when someone gets too close, and you can even buy fog machines to turn your front porch into one of the spookiest places in town on Halloween night.

Your decorations don't need to be expensive, however. Even small touches like painting river rocks along your walkway orange and adding figures or phrases like "boo" can help add to the overall ambience of your Halloween decorating. If you have a tall tree branch hanging in your garden, hang a stuffed sheet "ghost" and attach it to a hidden rope. Have someone hide and pull the rope back and forth to make the ghost move.
The bottom line: have fun with it. Halloween may be thought of as a children's holiday, but it can make for some of the most fun decorating that an adult can do every year!







Jeanette Fisher helps home makers have fun decorating their homes. Free holiday decorating tips
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