Halloween Decorating Ideas


Defined Tag: Halloween Decorating.
The official start
of the holiday season isn’t until Thanksgiving, but before you know it,
ghosts, goblins and creepy creatures big and small will descend on a
neighborhood near you; and some of the places they plan to haunt will
be all decked out! According to the National Retail Federation,
Halloween is the second biggest decorating holiday of the year.


Want to make this the year your Halloween display takes the prize
for “Best in the Neighborhood?” If so, you’ll need to go way beyond the
usual cobwebs and skeletons and keep up with the latest Halloween
trends.


“This Halloween, voice and motion activated props for the home and
yard will take the level of decorating to a new height of fright,” says
Kim Boyd, vice president of marketing for Johnson Smith Company,
publisher of the “Things You Never Knew Existed” catalog and
www.thingsyouneverknew.com, the same company that brought us the
whoopie cushion, rubber chickens, x-ray spectacles and joy buzzers.


Imagine the screams of delight as the trick-or-treaters who dare to
come towards your house jump out of their skins, spooked by the props
you have set up. Position a pair of Lifelike Kicking Legs, upside down
in a garbage can or popping out of the bushes. The realistic-looking
legs flail about whenever there’s a loud noise. Place a
convenient-to-store Fold-Up Wooden Coffin amongst the leaves to add an
eerie effect. Set the Mr. Brains Fogger on top of your front step and
watch as fog comes out of his glowing brain.


Whether your theme is a haunted graveyard, monster house or
something even more sinister, make your front door the focal point.
Before the kids even get the chance to say, “Trick or treat,” play a
little trick on them. Have Dr. Shivers – a motion-activated mad
scientist – greet them at the door. The six-foot-tall “man” dressed in
a lab coat, white gloves and goggles, speaks and sings. “He’ll have the
kids doing double takes,” says Boyd. “Some may even think he’s real
until they see his eyes and beaker light up when he slowly turns his
head.”



“Other popular Halloween props this year include our
motion-activated Stranger at the Door Knocker with hand and forearm
that starts rapping at the door when someone approaches, and everyone
loves this one – the Motion-Activated Eyeball which groans horribly and
wiggles back and forth with lights flashing whenever someone comes near
it,” says Boyd.


For those who don’t plan to go all out, but still want decorations
that will get people talking, put up a set of Eerie Window Covers. The
posters, featuring a bright-eyed skeleton or a creepy cat will scare
passersby. Interior house lights illuminate the posters for a totally
haunting effect.


“If you love Halloween and want this to be the year your display
really shines, don’t wait until October to start planning. Order the
things you need now, or like the proverbial ghost, they will
disappear,” says Boyd.


Log on to www.thingsyouneverknew.com and click on the link that
says “Scary Things & Halloween” to check out this year’s offerings.



Courtesy of ARA Content