Friday, October 09, 2009
It's going to be a big, bad blow-out this Halloween, being our 25th wedding anniversary, too! We have people coming in from out of town for the week-end so we'll have a full house which is fine. The more, the scarier! Since Halloween is on Saturday this year we can have Halloween fun starting Friday night and go right through until Sunday morning.
Friday night schedule is a dinner party, a fancy costumed dance and cocktails. Not is that order, but cocktails, dinner and then a party and dance. We are setting up an 18 foot tent in the back yard with a complete sound system and computerized DJ. We want formal style costumes, fancy vampires, Gothy stuff. This one is just for our out of town friends, family and closest local friends.
Saturday night we will be all taking turns milling around the yard haunt, handing out candy and spooking the trick-or-treaters. When we finally send the last kid packing, we'll go back out to the tent for the big party for all friends, family and anyone else that drops by with an invite. We'll decorate the tent with gross, gory Halloween stuff and the costumes are whatever people want as long as they are wearing a costume.
Sunday morning will be a breakfast party for anyone still at the house. We'll do a big breakfast but on a Halloween theme starting with Bloody Marys, both virgin and non. Now we just have to start pulling all this together!!
I'm getting ideas for food, music and more at the following sites:
Halloween Music: Halloween Music 101
Halloween Food: Halloween Recipes 101
Halloween Decorations: Halloween Online Decorations section
Friday night schedule is a dinner party, a fancy costumed dance and cocktails. Not is that order, but cocktails, dinner and then a party and dance. We are setting up an 18 foot tent in the back yard with a complete sound system and computerized DJ. We want formal style costumes, fancy vampires, Gothy stuff. This one is just for our out of town friends, family and closest local friends.
Saturday night we will be all taking turns milling around the yard haunt, handing out candy and spooking the trick-or-treaters. When we finally send the last kid packing, we'll go back out to the tent for the big party for all friends, family and anyone else that drops by with an invite. We'll decorate the tent with gross, gory Halloween stuff and the costumes are whatever people want as long as they are wearing a costume.
Sunday morning will be a breakfast party for anyone still at the house. We'll do a big breakfast but on a Halloween theme starting with Bloody Marys, both virgin and non. Now we just have to start pulling all this together!!
I'm getting ideas for food, music and more at the following sites:
Halloween Music: Halloween Music 101
Halloween Food: Halloween Recipes 101
Halloween Decorations: Halloween Online Decorations section
Labels: The Big Halloween Party 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
I know I've said it before but using fog machines for Halloween just makes the night seem scarier, more sinister and just plain cooler! Every year new ones come out that do different things. We always incorporate them into our grave yard and what ever else we can think of.
This year, we are thinking about putting some up by our gates using a fog chiller, so the fog is roiling across and down the dirt road we live on. That should make it easy for people to find us! While there are fog machines that have chillers built in, we'll probably use old fashion chillers there since we can load them with dry ice and they'll last most of the night with one fill. Of course, we'll have to have someone check the fluid reservoirs once in a while.
You'll find the instructions for making your own fog chiller at GotFog.com, a great web site dedicated to fog machines and their usage. You won't find a better site!
This year, we are thinking about putting some up by our gates using a fog chiller, so the fog is roiling across and down the dirt road we live on. That should make it easy for people to find us! While there are fog machines that have chillers built in, we'll probably use old fashion chillers there since we can load them with dry ice and they'll last most of the night with one fill. Of course, we'll have to have someone check the fluid reservoirs once in a while.
You'll find the instructions for making your own fog chiller at GotFog.com, a great web site dedicated to fog machines and their usage. You won't find a better site!
Labels: Fog Machines for Halloween May 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
It's never to early to start shopping for Halloween costumes and Costume Kingdom has a great selection and the best customer service we've found. You'll like the wide selection of costumes that suite any need and all the accessories that go with them! Last year we got my mom three Nun costumes and her and two friends went as singing Nuns! It was a hoot! These ladies are all in their 60's & 70's! They also used them for a talent show at their Methodist church that got a standing ovation!
They have this great gorilla costsume, the head on that thing hangs down to the waist and looks like a screaming, mad gorilla! We got that for my 17 year old nephew and he had a riot with it, scaring the girls at the Halloween parties he went to with his friends. He'll have that costume the rest of his life, it's that well made! I can picture him grown with kids of his own, chasing them around in it.
They have this great gorilla costsume, the head on that thing hangs down to the waist and looks like a screaming, mad gorilla! We got that for my 17 year old nephew and he had a riot with it, scaring the girls at the Halloween parties he went to with his friends. He'll have that costume the rest of his life, it's that well made! I can picture him grown with kids of his own, chasing them around in it.
We got a beautiful set of Devil and his Lady costumes from them last year for us. They were just beautiful! The Lady Devil was all satin and lace and deep red and black, I got a long red hair devil wig that had horns attached to it and that's all I needed. Spooky, he was Satan himself, all dapper in his suite with vest, cape and horns. I did a all makeup on him to give him Jack Nicholson eye brows, he looked positively demonic! We were the hit of the Halloween party!
What ever you want to be this Halloween, what ever you decide your Halloween costume should be, please check this place out, they are the best on the Net!
Labels: Halloween Costumes For 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Here are more easy ideas to add something extra to your Halloween haunt. We've tried most of these ourselves and they do work and most are fairly easy to do.
You can easily build a rotting corpse out of a cheap plastic skeleton using paper towel, spray glue, spray foam insulation and a little more. It'll add some life to your Halloween haunt and it's actually fun to make! Read how here!
Sitting there wanting to find Halloween sites that are informational and will give you ideas for your haunt but tired of looking at the thousands of search links? Try this web site specific site that has only Halloween links, Halloween Family!
Want to plan a scary vacation for Halloween? Did you know that Las Vegas, Nevada is a rockin' Halloween town?? It makes a great vacation destination for Halloween! For more info, check this out!
You can easily build a rotting corpse out of a cheap plastic skeleton using paper towel, spray glue, spray foam insulation and a little more. It'll add some life to your Halloween haunt and it's actually fun to make! Read how here!
Sitting there wanting to find Halloween sites that are informational and will give you ideas for your haunt but tired of looking at the thousands of search links? Try this web site specific site that has only Halloween links, Halloween Family!
Want to plan a scary vacation for Halloween? Did you know that Las Vegas, Nevada is a rockin' Halloween town?? It makes a great vacation destination for Halloween! For more info, check this out!
Labels: New Ideas For 2009
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Today's Tips
Check out this website, 101 Halloween Tips! You'll find all kinds of ideas for Halloween that you never thought of or may have but forgotten such as:
Old tree trunks or cut sections of thick limbs make great stands for your Jack O' Lanterns.
Use clear food handlers plastic gloves to freeze ice hands to throw in the punch bowl. It will keep it cold and look great!
An alternative to bobbing for apples is to hang them by their stems with thread from the ceiling and let party goers try to bite them! Bobbing for apples is actually unsanitary, all that saliva mixed together! Yuck!
Tie small glow sticks to string attached to helium balloons and let them sail over your house for spooky lights in the sky. Make sure to tie off the strings to something solid so they do 't get away! Check out the Goblin Lights article at Halloween Online
Check out this website, 101 Halloween Tips! You'll find all kinds of ideas for Halloween that you never thought of or may have but forgotten such as:
Old tree trunks or cut sections of thick limbs make great stands for your Jack O' Lanterns.
Use clear food handlers plastic gloves to freeze ice hands to throw in the punch bowl. It will keep it cold and look great!
An alternative to bobbing for apples is to hang them by their stems with thread from the ceiling and let party goers try to bite them! Bobbing for apples is actually unsanitary, all that saliva mixed together! Yuck!
Tie small glow sticks to string attached to helium balloons and let them sail over your house for spooky lights in the sky. Make sure to tie off the strings to something solid so they do 't get away! Check out the Goblin Lights article at Halloween Online
Monday, October 01, 2007
Everyone wants to have a happy, safe Halloween. All it takes is using common sense (remember that old thing our parents were always trying to drill into us?). Whether it's trick-or-treating, building props for your haunt, getting ready for a party, picking the right costume and make-up or fixing a Halloween meal for the kids before they go out grabbing up candy,we hope we can offer ideas to help make your Halloween better from what we've learned over the years.
Today's Tips:
Lighting your Jack-O-Lantern.
Keeping your pets safe on Halloween.
Picking out a costume.
LIGHTING YOUR JACK-O-LANTERN
Candles have traditionally been used to light jack-o-lanterns for centuries! Before that, when the tradition was started in my native Ireland, they carved turnips and added a glowing lump of coal. Today we even have the option of battery powered tea lights and pumpkin lights. Check out this website, Pumpkin Carving 101 for info on a new product called Pumpkin Lights that look very realistic!
KEEPING YOUR PETS SAFE ON HALLOWEEN
Animals scare easily and having people coming to your door for hours on end is likely to make your dog or cat crazy! Keep them in a room away from all the noise, leave them food, water, a litter box and close the door. Remember, chocolate is your pets worst enemy!! Dogs as well as cats can die from ingesting chocolate!! Fire is not their friend!! Keep any lit candles away from areas where a dog could wag it's tail and knock over a lit candle or a cat could brush against it. Both could end in disaster for your beloved pet if they catch fire! Check out The Halloween Safety Guide for some useful info.
PICKING OUT A COSTUME
You want to stand out from the Halloween crowd at your local club party or Halloween office party so think long and hard about what you want to be! Adult Halloween Costumes has a ton of costume ideas for men, women and couples that will give you, maybe, too many choices to think about!
Today's Tips:
Lighting your Jack-O-Lantern.
Keeping your pets safe on Halloween.
Picking out a costume.
LIGHTING YOUR JACK-O-LANTERN
Candles have traditionally been used to light jack-o-lanterns for centuries! Before that, when the tradition was started in my native Ireland, they carved turnips and added a glowing lump of coal. Today we even have the option of battery powered tea lights and pumpkin lights. Check out this website, Pumpkin Carving 101 for info on a new product called Pumpkin Lights that look very realistic!
KEEPING YOUR PETS SAFE ON HALLOWEEN
Animals scare easily and having people coming to your door for hours on end is likely to make your dog or cat crazy! Keep them in a room away from all the noise, leave them food, water, a litter box and close the door. Remember, chocolate is your pets worst enemy!! Dogs as well as cats can die from ingesting chocolate!! Fire is not their friend!! Keep any lit candles away from areas where a dog could wag it's tail and knock over a lit candle or a cat could brush against it. Both could end in disaster for your beloved pet if they catch fire! Check out The Halloween Safety Guide for some useful info.
PICKING OUT A COSTUME
You want to stand out from the Halloween crowd at your local club party or Halloween office party so think long and hard about what you want to be! Adult Halloween Costumes has a ton of costume ideas for men, women and couples that will give you, maybe, too many choices to think about!
Thursday, February 26, 2004
Here are some of our tips for having a great Halloween, sort of our guide to a Happy Halloween!
TIPS FOR CHILD SAFETY
Anytime a child has an accident, it's tragic. The last thing that you want to happen is for your child to be hurt on a holiday, it would forever live in the minds of the child and the family.
There are many ways to keep your child safe at Halloween, when they are more prone to accidents and injuries. The excitement of children and adults at this time of year sometimes makes them forget to be careful. Simple common sense can do a lot to stop any tragedies from happening.
Help your child pick out or make a costume that will be safe. Make it fire proof, the eye holes should be large enough for good peripheral vision.
If you set jack-o-lanterns on your porch with candles in them, make sure that they are far enough out of the way so that kids costumes won't accidentally be set on fire.
Make sure that if your child is carrying a prop, such as a scythe, butcher knife or a pitchfork, that the tips are smooth and flexible enough to not cause injury if fallen on.
Kids always want to help with the pumpkin carving. Small children shouldn't be allowed to use a sharp knife to cut the top or the face. There are many kits available that come with tiny saws that work better then knives and are safer, although you can be cut by them as well. It's best to let the kids clean out the pumpkin and draw a face on it, which you can carve for them.
Treating your kids to a spooky Halloween dinner will make them less likely to eat the candy they collect before you have a chance to check it for them.
TIPS FOR ADULTS
Parents of trick-or-treating kids can get so caught up in the fun that they might forget some simple safety ideas that could save everyone some trouble.
Below are just a few common sense tips that can help.
Know the route your kids will be taking if you aren't going with them.
The best bet is to make sure that an adult is going with them. If you can't take them, see if another parent or a teen aged sibling can go along.
Know what other activities a child may be attending, such as parties, school or mall functions.
Make sure you set a time that they should be home by. Make sure they know how important it is for them to be home on time.
Explain to children the difference between tricks and vandalism. Throwing eggs at a house may seem like fun but they need to know the other side of the coin as well, clean up and damages can ruin Halloween. If they are caught vandalizing, make them clean up the mess they've made.
TIPS FOR CHILD SAFETY
Anytime a child has an accident, it's tragic. The last thing that you want to happen is for your child to be hurt on a holiday, it would forever live in the minds of the child and the family.
There are many ways to keep your child safe at Halloween, when they are more prone to accidents and injuries. The excitement of children and adults at this time of year sometimes makes them forget to be careful. Simple common sense can do a lot to stop any tragedies from happening.
Help your child pick out or make a costume that will be safe. Make it fire proof, the eye holes should be large enough for good peripheral vision.
If you set jack-o-lanterns on your porch with candles in them, make sure that they are far enough out of the way so that kids costumes won't accidentally be set on fire.
Make sure that if your child is carrying a prop, such as a scythe, butcher knife or a pitchfork, that the tips are smooth and flexible enough to not cause injury if fallen on.
Kids always want to help with the pumpkin carving. Small children shouldn't be allowed to use a sharp knife to cut the top or the face. There are many kits available that come with tiny saws that work better then knives and are safer, although you can be cut by them as well. It's best to let the kids clean out the pumpkin and draw a face on it, which you can carve for them.
Treating your kids to a spooky Halloween dinner will make them less likely to eat the candy they collect before you have a chance to check it for them.
TIPS FOR ADULTS
Parents of trick-or-treating kids can get so caught up in the fun that they might forget some simple safety ideas that could save everyone some trouble.
Below are just a few common sense tips that can help.
Know the route your kids will be taking if you aren't going with them.
The best bet is to make sure that an adult is going with them. If you can't take them, see if another parent or a teen aged sibling can go along.
Know what other activities a child may be attending, such as parties, school or mall functions.
Make sure you set a time that they should be home by. Make sure they know how important it is for them to be home on time.
Explain to children the difference between tricks and vandalism. Throwing eggs at a house may seem like fun but they need to know the other side of the coin as well, clean up and damages can ruin Halloween. If they are caught vandalizing, make them clean up the mess they've made.
