Transform Your Home into an Halloween Haunted House

Halloween is not only for kids' entertainment... You also can have great fun if you do the Halloween celebration like a game or a challenge between friends, neighbors or relatives.
Challenge those trick or treaters by transforming your home into a Halloween haunted house!

Almost everyone enjoys some aspect of Halloween. Some adults don't get into costume parties and the general revelry. However, such individuals may still be kids at heart and prefer providing a truly scary environment for trick or treaters. Almost every neighborhood has someone whose Halloween pleasure comes in the form of creating a Halloween haunted house that scares the wits out of the successful trick or treater.

When my daughter was little, one neighborhood couple went all out every year to do just that. Their house even creeped me out. My brave little girl made it as far as the door. When the door opened, there was a Frankenstein like old man, very tall, dressed in tatters, covered in spiderwebs and holding a big basket of treats. He slowly and stiffly made his way towards her, proffering his basket. That was it for her. The candy wasn't worth it, but she did get her entertainment's worth! This was a genuine Halloween haunted house. I always wondered if his basket was still full at the end of the evening.

If this Halloween tradition appeals to you, here are a few tips on transforming your home into a Halloween haunted house. Spiderwebs are essential and can be purchased in bulk amounts at party stores and craft shops. There's something creepy about spiderwebs, especially when they're placed on shrubs or posts in a narrow walkway leading to the front door. This way, children may end up with spiderwebs clutching at your clothing as the hapless kids pass by.

Several Jack O'Lanterns provide just enough light for kids to safely navigate the path and help to set the mood. Strings of red or blue Christmas lights provide more dim, creepy lighting. You can set the lights to alternate on and off, with longer periods of off than on. The best Halloween haunted houses feature plenty of Jack O'Lanterns, carved in a variety of scary faces. You can line them up on the porch, just for fright's sake. It's also a good idea to turn all of the house lights off and place a pumpkin in the windows facing the street. Is anyone home? Of course, you tempt the trick or treaters with a couple of blue floodlights over the front door.

Spiderwebs should be plastered all over the entry way. Some are sure to find their way onto the kids, producing shrieks from the bravest. A scary sound tape is another must, filled with ghost-like sounds, the hoot of an owl and gusts of wind coming out of nowhere. Sound and movement activated props will give all the kids the creeps. What do you think the kids will do, when they're whispering and giggling and the empty rocking chair starts rocking? How about a cardboard skeleton dropping down as they step on the porch?

At this point, you open the door and sweetly offer your goodies. These kids have earned them!
This now your turn to have fun and demonstrate your unlimited imagination.

Halloween Decorations is not only for Haunted Houses

Your house or apartment deserve an Halloween decoration even if there's no ghost living in there... at the moment.
There's always that one house on the block that has gone all out with the

Halloween decorations

and you can not get enough of it. They've done things to their home that you'd not dream of, or perhaps did not have the inspiration to do on your own. You can change that if you get some good ideas, and if you know where to shop. What you've to keep in mind is that you're only going to have your decorations up for a short time. You can get them up early though, so that everyone can enjoy them. Just don’t leave them up too far into November. 1 month later you'll get the opportunity to show your Christmas Decorations.

For a very elegant but eerie look, you can go out and get some delicate lace, tons of fake spider web, and some white, twinkling lights for your Halloween decorations. You can place the lights where you'd like to decorate, and then cover them with the lace and the spider webs. You do want to be careful, as both the web and the lace can be flammable. Keep them a safe distance from the light. Don’t worry, these Halloween decorations are going to look very cool, even when you have been safe about placement. Keep an eye on them, and don’t have the lights on when you are not at home.

When thinking of

Halloween decorations

for the outdoors, you've got much more choice. There're some great lawn items that you can get, and then put away to use the next year and the year after that if you want. You can light up your walkway with some spooky lights, and have some interesting things hiding in the shadows. You can also use a fog machine to have the perfect effect for your Halloween decorations when you're expecting children to come by on Halloween night. Use lighting sparsely for the spooky look you hope to achieve.

There're, of course, the more expensive Halloween decorations. These are usually reserved for those that look forward to Halloween each year - mostly because they can be quite costly considering you only use them for a few days out of the year. These are often mechanical things that you may see in a haunted house at your favorite amusement part. There're coffins that pop open to surprise someone, along with all types of creepy, moving creatures. These

Halloween decorations

can be the most fun, so indulge a little when you find that you're really into the holiday spirit.