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Ghost, ghouls and things that go bump in the night — all hallmarks of a spectacular Halloween. But instead of parting ways after the trick or treating ends, host a Halloween sleepover for the kids with décor and menu tips from Celebrations.com’s Yelena Johnson.
Haunted Halloween Decorations
If the weather is fair, create an eerie cemetery scene in the backyard. It’s the perfect setting for ghost stories.
How To Create Your Own Spooky Graveyard Scene:
1. To create the graves, glue black garden stakes to the back of large cereal boxes painted gray. Use a black paint pen to write on the tombstones. Or, buy pre-made graves.
2. Scatter fake bones throughout the graveyard, and add moss and cobwebs around the base and top of the graves for an old, authentic cemetery look.
3. If you have a gate that guests use to enter the yard, create a cemetery sign to hang for the evening. Print the sign on gray paper and affix it to a black foam core board for sturdiness.
4. Add a few piles of dirt in front of a grave or two, and place a bony skeleton hand reaching up our of the center of the dirt pile to mimic the dead trying to escape. Place a shovel nearby the grave’s dirt for an authentic look.
5. Add a fog machine to the graveyard area to create a spooky rolling mist.
Indoor Halloween Decor: Haunted Candy Bar
Supplement everyone’s trick or treating loot with an impressive haunted candy table that includes ghost pops, a gory red chocolate fountain and festive Halloween cupcakes.
Haunted Candy Bar Setup:
- Set a dining room table or buffet with a long black tablecloth for a dramatic backdrop. Create two tall ghost pop ‘trees’ by spray painting styrofoam floral cones black.
- Create ghost pops by cutting a 7″ square from white fabric. Place the center of the square over a round lollipop (charms bubble pops work well). Tie a white string around the base of the lollipop to create a ghost head. Use a black sharpie to draw on vacant black eyes and a howling mouth.
- To create a bloody chocolate fountain, add red food dye to white chocolate. Set out black bowls or trays filled with pretzels, marshmallows, strawberries and red apples.
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