10 Ways To Dress It Up For Halloween

Don't use the same ole traditional halloween candy bowl you have used year after year. Let your creative juices flow and seek out something fun and unique this year. Here are 10 ideas sure to get the party off to a higher spirit.

1. Basket case. Hollow out a pumpkin to use as a fun filled candy basket and to finish it off, make a basket handle out of cut vines. Any backyard vine with stiff stems will work great. Clean out the pumpkin and let it sit for approximately 24 hours to make sure it is dry before filling it with treats. Bend the vines into a handle and secure them to the pumpkin with wire poked into each side.

2. Truckin. Let your creativity flow, find a vintage dump truck at your favorite antique store, second-hand store, maybe a flea market or a garage sell. Fill it full of bright, colorfully wrapped halloween candies, use halloween stickers to decorate the vintage dump truck doors, such as a cute little pumpkin. This makes for a great accent piece.

3. Conversation piece tray. Find a vintage tray with dividers or maybe a drawer with built in dividers, at your local hardware store, or an old wooden crate with dividers in it to display a variety of colorfully wrapped halloween candies, in some of the larger divided sections, full-sized wrapped candy bars work well, maybe find vintage wrapped candy bars. For health reasons, just remember to use only wrapped candies.

5. Strange and interesting vases. Seek out unique containers at a garage sell, maybe at a second-hand store, import stores, furnishings store or an antique store. Look around, you may have something special at home that would be ideal. These will make for great halloween foil-wrapped candy holders. A good example of one would be a wire umbrella type so the candies will stand out in a crowd.

6. Stand alone candies. If you would like to decorate with special halloween stand alone treats, as they are referred to, use a coated black cast iron decorative trivet to place on an end table or on a small serving table. You can also use a 2 or 3-tiered serving tray. Place pumpkin shaped or skeleton shaped suckers on it. Maybe choose some candied bones mixed with gummy body parts and scatter them all around on the trays. Use your imagination, this is the time of year to get a bit crazy.

7. Well, well well. Choose a gourd or a pumpkin in your desired size but with a nice deep well in the top of it and trim off the stem to make a ready made candy dish for loose chocolate-coated sesame seeds, roasted pumpkin seeds, or decorative halloween wrapped candies or a combination of these. Use your imagination and just have fun.

8. Haunted house candies. Ever thought about maybe turning a dollhouse, or perhaps a new birdhouse, or any kind of shelter-style accessory into a spooky wicth's lair. Paint the house with black and dark green paints, them prop a witch figurine at the door. Tuck candies into the windows and doors. Pile up a bunch of candy in the middle of a room and combine some of those stand alone type treats.

9. Spooky garden planters. Find a unique looking, maybe an aged or weathered looking garden planter at a garage sell or a second-hand store and re-use it Maybe you have something that would work well in your own garden shed. Of course, make sure you wash it thoroughly and then use a food-safe liner, such as a plastic bowl or a bag to fit snuggly into the container to pour the halloween candies in to. Sweet.

10. Wired. Seek out an old second-hand inexpensive bicycle or a tricycle, the more run down it is, the better. Attach a large wired basket to it, or even an old fashioned inexpensive weave type basket will work. Fill the basket full of a large variety of halloween candies and set it by the front door for your guests to enjoy as they enter. What a great conversation piece.

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Need A New Party Idea? How About A Dress Up Costume Party

A dress up costume party is not only unique, but adds a lot of flair to an otherwise plain, same old - same old, get together. It separates the true spirited people from the mundane.

You have an endless list of themes that could be used for your dress up costume party. First, most people think of what holidays may be approaching when they choose a theme. Halloween is one great example. Everyone loves Halloween dress up costume parties. I know people that start decorating for Halloween in September. They start removing their usual decorations like candles, flower arrangements and vases and bring out the skulls, the cauldrons, the dry ice for the cauldrons, the cob webs, the witches candles, the scary sounds DVDs and transform their home into Halloweenland. I am not kidding!

Christmas is another. You could have a house full of Mr. and Mrs. Santas and their elves. Don't forget and leave out the reindeer. They like a party too.

But what other themes can you use for a dress up costume party?

A scavenger hunt is a great party idea. But add a twist. Make it a rule that everyone has to wear a dress up costume, like pajamas, for instance! If any of you guys have been wanting to dress up like Hugh Hefner, here's your chance. Also, does anyone know where to get bunny slippers in adult sizes? You will have to give everyone a little more time to complete their list since they will have to explain to a lot of people why they are out in their pajamas trying to find crazy items on their list. Always make sure each team has a designated driver. No exceptions. You will not be allotted enough time to explain to the nice officer why you have five people in your vehicle dressed in pajamas.

I attended an "Andy of Mayberry" party once. Everyone got to choose which character from the show they would dress as. The host rented an antique squad car and parked it on the front lawn. Every room had a tv with different episodes of the show playing on them. They had used the shows cookbook for the food. Can you tell that I am from the South? The Andy Griffith show is held in very high esteem here.

A "Mash 4077th" party should appeal to the baby boomers in the crowd. Many choices of dress up costume ideas here. Some of you guys could have an interesting evening should you choose a "Klinger" costume. You'll be guaranteed to be the hit of the party.

Remember that a dress up costume party requires planning.

Your guest will need to have enough time to assemble their costumes. They may have to order them online or find a local store that carries what they need to complete their "look". There are many creative ways to pull together a dress up costume. My costume for the "Andy of Mayberry" party came from the local thrift shop. A great place to find vintage clothing. The Army Navy store was perfect for the "Mash 4077th" event. Camo to go!

You will also need enough time to get your decorations and props assembled also. It doesn't have to be expensive, just be creative and it'll be a hit.

A very popular look for this Halloween is wearing a gothic costume.

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