FREE HALLOWEEN CREDIT CRUNCH TIP #5 - DECORATIONS

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.

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HALLOWEEN CREDIT CRUNCH FREE TIP #3 - FOOD

Melonbrain

 

Today's free Halloween themed tip is this fantastic looking Melon Brain.

 

Its so simple - it's a no brainer (groan!)

 

Simply take a whole watermelon.

 

Peel off the outer green skin back to the white flesh (you may want to take a slice out of one side, so it sits easier on a plate)

 

With a knife, score deep grooves into the flesh until the red of the watermelon shows through.

 

You have just created a great Halloween themed food decoration suitable for both kids and adult parties.

 

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HALLOWEEN CREDIT CRUNCH FREE TIPS #2 - MUSIC

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.

Here is a huge selection of free Halloween themed music to download.  http://www.ilovewavs.com/Holidays/Halloween/Midis/HalloweenMidi.htm
http://www.ilovewavs.com/Holidays/Halloween/Music/HalloweenMusic.htm

Download your free halloween spooky sound effects here http://www.ilovewavs.com/Holidays/Halloween/SoundEffects/HalloweenSoundEffects.htm 

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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HALLOWEEN CREDIT CRUNCH TIP #1 - DECORATIONS

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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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