Your Very Own Haunted House

Well, as the weeks wind toward Halloween, perhaps your family would like to make its own spooky house this holiday season. Perhaps it will be for the trick or treaters to take a tour before they receive their treats (or tricks?) or to spook up some holiday fun the weekend before the big night in the neighborhood. Whatever your motivation, here are a few tips to bring the the kid-friendly haunts alive:

• Decide on the space you want to use. This could be your yard, your home or just one area of your house, like the basement.
• Plan your entrance and exit and think through what types of spooks and scares you want to include in your plan.
• Get help — to not only transform the Haunted House, but to participate in spooking it as well.
• Don’t forget to add eerie lighting, scary sounds, and darkness. Throw dark sheets or black garbage bags over the windows so no light will be able to get through.

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