Seasonal
Suggestion
 Are
you too busy to even think about decorating for Halloween?
If spending a few hours to carve a jack-o’-lantern
seems daunting, try these quick and spooky decorating
ideas:
• Instant haunted house
– Create your own haunted house quickly by taking
several white sheets and draping them over furniture
to create an abandoned effect. You can even remove a
few pieces from a room to make it seem less lived in.
Create instant dust (or leave the dust that’s
already accumulated) by sprinkling talcum powder or
baking soda on surfaces. You can also quickly add some
synthetic spider webs in choice places.
• Quick ghosts – To make
a ghost, simply blow up a balloon and center and drape
a white sheet over it. If you place the tied end of
the balloon at the top, you can insert a safety pin
through the sheet and the tie and suspend the ghost
from the ceiling.
• Easy luminaries – You
don’t have to spend a lot of money or spend hours
at the craft table to make funky luminaries. Take a
few plain paper lunch bags and write Halloween words
like “Boo!” or “Eek!” on them
with black marker. You can also stamp them with Halloween
stamps. Add sand in the bottom and place a votive candle
in the center and you’re ready to go!
• Simple gross anatomy –
Make an accent everyone is sure to talk about! Fill
a clear jar with water and add a few drops of green
food coloring. Place a novelty Halloween item in it,
such as a fake eyeball or rubber bat.
• Effortless pumpkin display
– Carving a pumpkin can be quite time-consuming,
so here is an easy substitute. Take a garden urn or
a flowerpot and stack two or three pumpkins, one on
top of another. Instant pumpkin topiary! Cut off the
stems and hot glue the pumpkins together to create more
stability.
Source: Holiday Decorating for
Dummies by Kelley Taylor, Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2003.
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