HALLOWEEN TIPS
Enjoy these tips and tricks to making just the right atmosphere for your Halloween get together. From simple bouquets painted black to our delectable "Monster Mash" in a box-- you'll be the hit of the neighborhood.

To set a ghostly mood for your celebration, adorn party furniture with lots of white sheets. Old or new, it doesn't matter, just keep them white.

Go to your local florist or flower counter at the market and ask for their dead flowers. They should be a bargain (if not free). Or you can use plastic flowers. Any type of flower or bouquet will work. If possible, hang the flowers upside down for a few days to dry out and get an aged look. When aged to perfection, spray the flowers with black gloss spray paint. Arrange the flowers around the party room to give a depressingly festive mood.

Replace the light bulbs in the party room with colored bulbs (available at your local hardware, craft, or party store). Black, red, blue, and green light bulbs cast eerie (yet festive) glows. If you have a lamp that uses two bulbs, combine a red and a blue bulb to create a cool double-vision effect.
NOTE: Make sure the colored bulbs do not exceed the recommended wattage of your lamp and make sure to leave enough light to allow guests to easily move about the room.

Purchase spider webbing, plastic rats, spiders and snakes at your local craft or party store. Place the webbing on lamps (don't place too close to a light bulb), in the corners of the ceiling, across the tops of doorways-everywhere you want to create an aged and creepy look. Place the rats, spiders, and snakes in corners, under tables, and other unexpected places. In low light they look scary (and real!)

Remember the famous scene from "The Wizard of Oz" where they pan-in to show the house fallen on the wicked witch? Recreate the scene in your party room. Purchase a pair of red and white striped socks, fill with other socks, newspaper or fiber-fill (pillow stuffing), place the socks under a chair or sofa (so the top part is hidden) and then place the foot part of the sock inside a pair of ladies high-heel shoes. You can make up a story about who "your" wicked witch was and how the chair or sofa came to be on top of her. Great party conversation