DRIVING SKELETON
Park your car so that your trick or treaters will have to pass by it
when approaching your house. Now, place a skeleton in the drivers
seat behind the steering wheel, so that when visitors pass by they
will think he's the driver. Use twist-ties to secure his hands to
the steering wheel. You can even buy a chauffeur's cap for him to
wear. We
place a "Artificial
Candle Pumpkin Light" from
PumpkinLights.com on the floor of
the car to give the interior a flicker light effect. Obviously the car should not be running
or have the keys in it!
BARREL OF BONES
This makes a creepy display to set on your front pouch. Fill a split
whiskey barrel with mixed bones and skulls. Split whiskey barrels
are real wooden barrels that were used once to age whiskey in and
are then resold as planters. They can be bought or ordered through
your local nursery and sometimes found in the garden section of
department stores. If you want to add an extra gruesome effect, you
can dribble, squirt and drip blood red colored craft paint over the
bones and let the paint dry. Just be sure that the barrel you use
will only used for this purpose, because it will get red paint all
over it.
FRONT GATE
GREETER
A wonderful way to greet your trick or treaters is to secure a Bucky skeleton
to your front gate holding a spooky Halloween sign between his boney
hands.
Depending on the type of gate you have, you can use twist-ties,
plastic cable ties or nails to securely attach the skeleton to the gate.
Since the Bucky skeleton is fairly heavy at seventeen pounds, you'll want to
make sure that you secure it to the gate well. Once you have him
attached to the gate, secure a Halloween sign between his hands. Be sure to add either
our glowing or flickering eyes effect for that very special touch.
SHALLOW GRAVE
If you plan on building a graveyard for your Halloween haunt, dig a
shallow grave directly in front of one or more of the tombstones and lay a skeleton
down in it face up. Add some dirt over and around the
skeleton until he is about fifty to seventy percent exposed. Now,
scatter some dried leaves around the grave. This will give the
impression that time has worn away the dirt covering the grave
exposing the skeleton. You
can add a
couple of green light sticks under the leaves and in the skeleton to
create an eerie glow effect.
PUMPKIN SKULL
A creepy effect inspired by the original "Halloween"
movie is a skull inside of a pumpkin. First, you will need to cut a
large opening in the front of a pumpkin. It can be circular or
irregular shaped like the one show to the right. Now cut the top of
the pumpkin as you would when carving a regular Jack O' Lantern.
Lower a skull inside of the pumpkin and face it towards the opening.
Place a Pumpkin Light or
other lighting device inside the skull to illuminate it with a
flickering light. Lastly add a light layer of
cob webs over the skull
and inside the pumpkin. Don't use to much cob webs or you won't be
able to see the skull. Place the top of the pumpkin back on and you
have a very creepy Halloween effect.
HALLOWEEN CENTERPIECE
As a centerpiece for your Halloween party banquet table, place a
pile of mixed bones and skulls on a large serving platter. Next,
dribble, squirt and drip blood red colored craft paint over the
bones and let the paint dry. Just be sure that the serving platter
you use is either disposable or one that you will only use for this
purpose, because it will get paint all over it. This makes a great
table display.
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