Friday, October 1, 2010
Halloween Decor Ideas-Simple Suggestions For A Spooky Home
Haunted houses, bats, spirits and goblins everywhere! Halloween is a fun time of the year for young children and adults alike. Do you need some tips for decorating your home for all hallows eve? Try these simple and fun and economical Halloween decor ideas.
Entry: The entryway to your residence is the first impression visitors get of your house. Too often we forget how much impact this can have when decorating for the seasons.
* Halloween Display. Make the most of it by designing a simple show of Halloween statuary set on a small table covered with a black or orange tablecloth. The 4 to six inch statuary are economical enough to even employ outside the house if you have enough room for a small table by your front door. On the inside, you can opt for this same concept, even adding spooky lights and garlands available at dollar and discount stores.
* Animated Items. Animated Halloween characters can add instant festivity to a uninteresting entry table. These objects can move, have sound, and some are even motion activated. A good way to help make your entry one to remember! With rising recognition, these items are now available in dollar and discount stores.
Living Room/Family Room: To dress up the rooms where your family spends the most time, use most of your Halloween decor ideas in these rooms.
* Figurine Display. Use your mantle, a wall shelf, of even your coffee table to show an assortment of inexpensive Halloween figurines. Mantles are normally ignored until Christmas, but fireplaces are a great staging area for many seasonal displays.
* Halloween Window Curtain Tie-Backs. To add a creepy hint to your room, add a garland of skeleton heads as tie-backs to your drapes. These garlands are available at most dollar stores and one garland can be cut into two pieces to use on a pair of curtains, you can use another garland across the top for a little added Halloween fun.
* Candy Containers. Halloween is all about candy. Display candy corn and other themed candy in bowls for a decorative and yummy touch.
Dining Room: turn any October meal into a Halloween party with fun and unusual seasonal touches.
* Spider Napkin Rings. Change any napkin ring into a Halloween hit by working with hot glue to place the spiders from inexpensive Halloween rings to a napkin ring. These are very economical and normally sold in bags at discount and dollar stores. A really small expense for a distinctive decorative touch.
* Placemats and Tablecloths. Get brave and buy either an orange or black tablecloth or placemats. This basic change brings immediate Halloween charm to any table.
* Scary Centerpiece. Add a touch of the unexpected with a large glass dish packed with small skulls. These are usually purchased either in a bag or attached to a garland that can be coiled inside the dish.
Outside: Only the Christmas season outshines Halloween when considering outside decorations. Be the talk of the community with decorations that rise above the expected pumpkins.
* Gravestones. Transform your yard into a graveyard with tombstones made from low-cost foam board and just a little paint. Thinner than the ones you are able to buy in shops, you could individualize these for your family (rather morbid), your favorite horror film characters, or with amusing inscriptions.
* Animated Products. Add a bit of the surprising with animated Halloween objects near your entry way. These characters can move or make noise, but remember that young children are often scared by these. Since gaining interest in recent years, these products are fairly cheap and accessible on the web and in most retail stores throughout the Halloween season.
* Window Decorations. Change your windows into Halloween highlights with ordinary black poster board and just a little ingenuity. Cut out designs of goblins, ghosts, and other Halloween designs (jack-o-lantern carving kits have outstanding templates) from a full sheet of poster board. Tape the sheet over the inside of your windows, when you turn your lamps on inside, they light the cut out to show your creepy designs to people going by.
These tips will help you get started off on your Halloween decorating, get your creative juices flowing and find out what spooky things you are able to design.
Entry: The entryway to your residence is the first impression visitors get of your house. Too often we forget how much impact this can have when decorating for the seasons.
* Halloween Display. Make the most of it by designing a simple show of Halloween statuary set on a small table covered with a black or orange tablecloth. The 4 to six inch statuary are economical enough to even employ outside the house if you have enough room for a small table by your front door. On the inside, you can opt for this same concept, even adding spooky lights and garlands available at dollar and discount stores.
* Animated Items. Animated Halloween characters can add instant festivity to a uninteresting entry table. These objects can move, have sound, and some are even motion activated. A good way to help make your entry one to remember! With rising recognition, these items are now available in dollar and discount stores.
Living Room/Family Room: To dress up the rooms where your family spends the most time, use most of your Halloween decor ideas in these rooms.
* Figurine Display. Use your mantle, a wall shelf, of even your coffee table to show an assortment of inexpensive Halloween figurines. Mantles are normally ignored until Christmas, but fireplaces are a great staging area for many seasonal displays.
* Halloween Window Curtain Tie-Backs. To add a creepy hint to your room, add a garland of skeleton heads as tie-backs to your drapes. These garlands are available at most dollar stores and one garland can be cut into two pieces to use on a pair of curtains, you can use another garland across the top for a little added Halloween fun.
* Candy Containers. Halloween is all about candy. Display candy corn and other themed candy in bowls for a decorative and yummy touch.
Dining Room: turn any October meal into a Halloween party with fun and unusual seasonal touches.
* Spider Napkin Rings. Change any napkin ring into a Halloween hit by working with hot glue to place the spiders from inexpensive Halloween rings to a napkin ring. These are very economical and normally sold in bags at discount and dollar stores. A really small expense for a distinctive decorative touch.
* Placemats and Tablecloths. Get brave and buy either an orange or black tablecloth or placemats. This basic change brings immediate Halloween charm to any table.
* Scary Centerpiece. Add a touch of the unexpected with a large glass dish packed with small skulls. These are usually purchased either in a bag or attached to a garland that can be coiled inside the dish.
Outside: Only the Christmas season outshines Halloween when considering outside decorations. Be the talk of the community with decorations that rise above the expected pumpkins.
* Gravestones. Transform your yard into a graveyard with tombstones made from low-cost foam board and just a little paint. Thinner than the ones you are able to buy in shops, you could individualize these for your family (rather morbid), your favorite horror film characters, or with amusing inscriptions.
* Animated Products. Add a bit of the surprising with animated Halloween objects near your entry way. These characters can move or make noise, but remember that young children are often scared by these. Since gaining interest in recent years, these products are fairly cheap and accessible on the web and in most retail stores throughout the Halloween season.
* Window Decorations. Change your windows into Halloween highlights with ordinary black poster board and just a little ingenuity. Cut out designs of goblins, ghosts, and other Halloween designs (jack-o-lantern carving kits have outstanding templates) from a full sheet of poster board. Tape the sheet over the inside of your windows, when you turn your lamps on inside, they light the cut out to show your creepy designs to people going by.
These tips will help you get started off on your Halloween decorating, get your creative juices flowing and find out what spooky things you are able to design.
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