Posts for August, 2010
Cute Halloween Decorations
Great Ideas for Cuddly and Cute Halloween Decorations
Decorating your home for Halloween shouldn’t be stressful nor should it be expensive. There are many cute Halloween decorations that can be found at dollar and discount stores, and yard sales. There are also a lot of natural things you can use when creating your own cute Halloween decorations and many inexpensive crafts that you can created in just a few minutes.
Natural Items You Can Use to Create Cute Halloween Decorations
Tree limbs, acorns, pumpkins, gourds, and corn stalks can all be used to help you create some really cute Halloween decorations. Tying several corn stalks together with a bright Orange or a black ribbon, placing a few pumpkins around the bottom of stalks and a wood cut black cat and you have a simple and inexpensive Halloween decoration to place by your door or on your deck.
Small dead tree limbs can be placed in a vase and acorns painted and made up like mini jack-o-lanterns can be glued to the branches making a cute and inexpensive Jack-o-Lantern tree. Gourds can be used in a number of ways to add to your Halloween decorations both indoors and outdoors.
Shopping for Cute Halloween Decorations
Looking for cute little ghost, witch, and scarecrow figurines, and picking up silk fall leaves on sale can add a little spice to your Halloween and help you create cute Halloween decorations by simply combining a few inexpensive items together in an interesting new way.
Orange and yellow mums, orange and black candles, and other small items can be added to created ambiance and charm to your cute Halloween decorating. Be sure to check out the craft stores. Many times craft shops will have simple kits, or ideas that are inexpensive and make great decorations.
Don’t Overlook The Obvious
Whatever you do don’t overlook the obvious in creating your cute Halloween decorations. Orange and black crepe paper can look really great hung and twisted across doorways or even hanging down a wall. Latex gloves, candy corn, and plain old pop corn can be used to create some scary looking hands that can be spaced around in various places or even used as part of your table decorations. Black plastic table cloths can be laid over with cheap spider webs to cover stands or even serve as Halloween table cloths. White and black garbage bags can be used to create ghost and black cat windsocks or wall decorations. Orange and Black balloons can be used as well to fill in empty corners and spaces or hang from the ceiling.
With Halloween being such a big holiday especially in the U.S. and now in Australia finding cute Halloween decorations is really a simply matter. By starting a little early shopping both online and locally, using things from nature, and your imagination you can create and display wonderful Halloween decorations. You can even have your children help with various crafts and decorating themes making for an even more fun filled holiday.
There are cute Halloween decorations abound so go ahead, look around, and let those creative juices flow, you will be glad you did when you see the wonderful decorations that spring from your ideas.
Funny Halloween Decorations
Hilariously Funny Halloween Decoration Ideas
While some people definitely get into the frightening side of Halloween decorations, others see this holiday as a way to get together, have a good time, and let their sense of humor shine through. Finding and choosing funny Halloween decorations to make your party fun rather than fearful isn’t as hard as you may think. All you need is an active imagination, a great sense of humor and some hints like these to get the ball rolling.
The Laughing Dead Zone
For those with a quirky sense of humor turning a portion of your yard into a humorous cemetery can be loads of fun. All you need is a few well made tombstones with hilarious names like “Ima Goner or Mysra Mains” and some funny epitaphs to add for effect. A simple search of the Internet can give you both names and epitaphs that will have your guests laughing or at least cracking a grin or two. To add a little character why not have a few ghosts dressed in hats, scarves, and brightly colored neckties with silly looks and grins on their faces. You can also give your ghosts their own names and personalities such as making a fat little round ghost and naming him “boo berry” a crying ghost named “Boo Who” and a ghost covered in bandages named “Boo Boo” You can also use “Peek a Boo, Boo T Ful, and Little boy Boo.
My Funny Jack-O-Lantern
Who says Jack-O lanterns have to be scary? Why not make a decorative display of funny Jack-o Lanterns with unusual looks on their faces. One of the funniest Jack-o-lantern displays of all time featured a Jack-o-lantern literally throwing up his insides. The squinting look on his face complete with the mess pouring from his mouth and on the ground may startled people at first but, in no time at all will have them laughing. Or why not use other vegetables such as carrots, potatoes, green peppers and the such to create a pumpkin version of Mr. Potato head designs.
Make Your Own Funny Decorations
Anyone with a sense of humor can turn ordinary things into funny Halloween decorations. Why not put those yard ornament animals into their own costumes, Use a small glass bowl and water with a set of Dracula teeth to set on the mantle or guest room stand. Place a small stuffed cat under a chair or sofa with only the tip of his paws and his eyes staring out.
Make Yourself Part of Your Halloween Décor
Don’t forget that you and the costume you choose for your Halloween party also becomes part of the décor. Let your imagination soar and devise or purchase a funny costume that is in keeping with the atmosphere you are trying to create.
Just remember the real key to finding and creating funny Halloween decorations is for you to let your imagination have free reign, gather ideas from any source you may find, and enjoy the little world you are creating for you and your guests.