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Featured Articles Featured Articles
Articles from the staff of Halloween Online and beyond.
Makeup & Costumes Makeup & Costumes
Halloween Costume ideas & Makeup techniques.
Special FX & Props Special FX & Props
Build your own Special FX and Props for your Halloween haunt.
Pumpkin Carving 101 Pumpkin Carving 101
Pumpkin carving lessons and tips for Halloween.
Halloween Safety Guide Halloween Safety
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afety information and tips for a safe Halloween.
Halloween Toys Halloween Toys
Lots of creepy action figures and more for Halloween.
Halloween Games Halloween Games
13 games for kid's parties. Can be modified for adults.
Halloween Traditions Halloween Traditions
Halloween Traditions and Party plans for the Dark Month.
Halloween Decorations Dark Decorations
Create your own creepy decorations for Halloween night.
Halloween Reading Hardcopy Showcase
Reviews of Halloween related videos, books,  zines and music.
Halloween Recipes Tricks and Treats
Check out our growing cookbook of Halloween recipes.

 

SET A SPOOKY TABLE


display1-1.jpg (39156 bytes)Setting up a spooky Halloween table for your Trick or Treaters  or your Halloween party is a lot easier than you might think! You can find all kinds of table props at art & craft stores, Halloween retail stores and on-line Halloween shops. We used very gothic, seven candle Spider Web candelabra and a Graveyard Fountain display that we had purchased years ago at Spencer Gifts as the center pieces for our main table. We picked up a table cloth, Halloween plates, cups and napkins for our local Big Lots dollar store to add to the whole theme. If you find deals on some of the items like that, it will leave you more cash to spend on bigger props for you table and home.

Graveyard FountainThe Graveyard Fountain is a great prop and very well made. It comes with a mini water pump and mist diffuser. It pumps the water up through a hose in the back  and  runs it  down the  front, through  the graveyard and into a small pond at the bottom. Water is diverted to a small hidden area where the misting diffuser sits, causing a nice fog to roll down the grave yard and into the pond below.

For a small diffuser, it puts out a fair amount of "fog". The "fog" rolls over the edge and across the table, giving it an eerie Halloween aura. A Tip: you might want to put something absorbent or moisture repellent under it, as the mist causes a lot of condensation to form around the table in the front.

Spider Web CandelabraStand the Spider web candelabra behind the table, but well away from walls or any other flammable materials, so as to not cause a fire. It comes ready to go with seven scented candles, black, of course. The candelabra stands about 5 feet tall and made entirely from metal. It makes a lovely piece to put behind the table or in a corner next to the table.

Put this all together and you have a great table display for your party or by the front door for the Trick-or-Treaters to see as they stop by. With some imagination and cash, you can make a table that your guests will be talking about for months afterward. And it'll make you the hit of Halloween!

 



 

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