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Halloween Projects

Jennifer — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:48:13 +0000

As soon as September rolls in, our family gets busy making Halloween crafts, treats, and other fun & spooky projects. If you’re looking for some Halloween project ideas to try out, check out this massive list of great Halloween activities:

Party Favors & Halloween Bags:

Crochet & Quilts

Jack o’ Lanterns, Candles & Lights:

Halloween Birdhouses:

Halloween Treats & Party Ideas:

Halloween Decor:

More Halloween Craft Projects:

Halloween Crafts – find loads of crafts to do including making a pumpkin tree, a scarecrow, a glass pumpkin candle, hanging ghosts, costumes, games, and more.

Halloween Crafts for Kids – lots of fun and easy crafts for kids of all ages, perfect for school projects or for doing with the family.

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Halloween Tree

Jennifer — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:22:43 +0000

Creating a Halloween tree is a great way to add some festive Halloween decor to your home, and it can be a great project for the family to work on together. The trend for decorating a Halloween tree in the home has been growing ever since Disney honored Ray Bradbury (and his book, The Halloween Tree) with his very own Halloween tree in Disneyland.

Since these are becoming more popular, you can now easily find Halloween trees to decorate in most local home/hardware stores. Thinking of decorating your own? Here are five spooky ideas for decorating a Halloween tree:

1. Lights – a must! Nothing makes a holiday tree sparkle as much as twinkling lights, and a Halloween tree is no exception. Most that are for sale already come with lights, but if you find a tree that you want that doesn’t come with lights, fear not, Halloween lights are affordable and abundant in stores. Glowing oranges and purples will set the mood like nothing else!

2. Handmade Halloween decorations. This is what will make your tree unique and special, and you can easily make cute decorations like the following without spending a bundle:

Ghostie

To make this little guy, simply take one tissue and ball it up (for the head), and then cover the ball with another tissue. Then take one white pipe cleaner and bend it around the neck and bend the ends to make hands. Take a black marker for eyes and a mouth, and voila! You now have a ghostie to hang on your tree. Take a needle and thread and sew it through the top to create a loop for hanging.

3. Popcorn/candy corn garland. String together some popcorn and/or candy corn for use as an autumnal garland.

4. More Halloween garlands. There are lots of cool Halloween garlands available in stores that are affordable as well as attractive. Don’t be afraid to wrap one around your tree.

5. Halloween ornaments. You can now find collectible Halloween ornaments for sale at Hallmark and other stores, if you love Halloween, then slowly building a Halloween ornament collection can become a great hobby and make for a beautiful Halloween tree!

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Halloween Pictures of the Week – Halloween Decorations

Jennifer — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:09:23 +0000

This week we’re looking at some great Halloween decorating on flickr – we hope you enjoy and get some creative ideas for next Halloween!

Create a spooky graveyard in your own front yard!

photo credit: Tammra

A few broomsticks and some Halloween lights and/or trim can really spruce up a driveway:

photo credit: Ben+Sam

And I find that lights work for any holiday!

photo credit: Wonderlane

photo credit: alicia rae