Halloween certainly is about treats - but don't forget the tricks! Host a kids' haunted house party at your home to make the most of this fun and creative holiday.
Of course one of the easiest ways to create a haunted house is with decorations. It doesn't have to be expensive, just use a few items you have on hand to make your home into a haunt.
These tried-and-true haunted house decorations have lasted for a reason - they work! Transform your humble abode into a haunted habitat with:
Ghostly greeters: Stuff a flannel shirt and an old pair of pants with crumpled newspaper or hay. Set the 'body' in a chair on your porch or lawn. Carve a pumpkin into a jack o" lantern face and cradle it in the arms of your greeter to give your guests a ghoulish surprise.
Atmosphere: The spookiness should continue once your young guests enter your house. Use low lights, black lights or colored lamp bulbs to cast an eerie glow. Spooky music, plenty of cobwebs, and hanging creepers and critters will complete your look.
Blindfolded walks: This is a classic Halloween activity. Prepare a couple of rooms through which to lead children with bowls of peeled grapes (eyeballs), oiled spaghetti (guts), hot dogs (fingers), hunks of tofu (brains) and anything else you can think of. Then, blindfold the children and take them into the rooms one at a time. As they place their hands in the bowls, inform them of the ghastly things they're touching.
Use your creativity to turn your home into a frighteningly fun haunted house.
Of course one of the easiest ways to create a haunted house is with decorations. It doesn't have to be expensive, just use a few items you have on hand to make your home into a haunt.
These tried-and-true haunted house decorations have lasted for a reason - they work! Transform your humble abode into a haunted habitat with:
Ghostly greeters: Stuff a flannel shirt and an old pair of pants with crumpled newspaper or hay. Set the 'body' in a chair on your porch or lawn. Carve a pumpkin into a jack o" lantern face and cradle it in the arms of your greeter to give your guests a ghoulish surprise.
Atmosphere: The spookiness should continue once your young guests enter your house. Use low lights, black lights or colored lamp bulbs to cast an eerie glow. Spooky music, plenty of cobwebs, and hanging creepers and critters will complete your look.
Blindfolded walks: This is a classic Halloween activity. Prepare a couple of rooms through which to lead children with bowls of peeled grapes (eyeballs), oiled spaghetti (guts), hot dogs (fingers), hunks of tofu (brains) and anything else you can think of. Then, blindfold the children and take them into the rooms one at a time. As they place their hands in the bowls, inform them of the ghastly things they're touching.
Use your creativity to turn your home into a frighteningly fun haunted house.
