Oct 6
Admittedly I have yet to try this one out but I am sure it will work a treat.
To make floating ghosts you need
* Large Helium Balloon
* Some lightweight white fabric like voile or even large white bin bags will also do the trick
* Small glow sticks
* String
* Black card & glue
Very simple, tie the glow stick to the helium balloon and place the fabric over it. If using white bin bags, you will have to cut open the bin bag first and then maybe tie it around the balloon so it doesn't slip off.
Then with the black card, cut out some ghoulish eye and mouth shapes and stick to the fabric.
The floating ghosts will float around the room, especially if there is a fan to create a breeze and will have a spooky eerie glow from the glow sticks.
Oct 2
Today's Halloween tip is absolutely free! perfect for a party on a budget!
This is idea for both kids Halloween parties as well as adult Halloween themed parties.
You can then either burn some a CD or play through your mp3 player.
My recommendation is to compile music & sound effects together and mix them randomly so you get the sound effects in between tracks. It really does make people jump.
If music maketh the party, then the Halloween sound effects really will be the icing on the cake!
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Sep 30
These little faces, made from dried apples, can look really nasty and sinister -- the perfect thing to decorate a Halloween party. Tuck them in among the food at your Halloween Buffet.
Once dried, they last and last for years.
apples
whole cloves
a few grains of rice
1/2 cup lemon juice
2 teaspoons salt
Instructions:
Peel a large apple and coat with mixture of lemon juice and 2 teaspoons of salt to prevent browning. With a potato peeler or small knife carve out eye sockets, a nose, mouth and ears. Don't worry about carving small details as they will be lost when the apple dries. Go for the big features and nature will take care of the rest.
Use whole cloves for eyes and raw rice grains for teeth (the faces also come out looking great without these extra props, just carve and let dry if you want to keep it simple). The photo below right shows the freshly carved apples used to make the apple heads in the photo above.
Sit apples on a wire rack in a warm, dry place for about 2 weeks. You can speed the drying process a little by drying in an oven set at the lowest temperature. However, the process will still take several days.
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