Halloween Gift Ideas

It's Boo Day and of course you want the spirits ride as high as the witches and the ghosts
flying high in the night sky, right ? So add a little spook to the weather, carve out a pumpkin, get donned as a vampire or a super hero or a mummy and
just bewitch your friends, family or beloved with some happening Halloween gifts ! Let
your folks unwrap their way to some cool Halloween gifts that have your warm personal touch in them. Here are a bunch of Halloween gift ideas that are going to knock the socks off your folks this Halloween !

• Getting your friend or sweetheart some
  candy ? Just get a colored paper gift bag and
  draw some spooky creature on it. Give it two beady eyes that glow in the dark. Put the candies wrapped in tissue paper in the bag and there you are—you just finished making one ‘evil' bag of ‘goodies' !
• Halloween themed garage door signs or doormats that say "trick
  or treat" or simply "boo!" can be apt
  Halloween gifts for your favorite neighbors or relatives. They're sure to be amused at these whacky Halloween gift ideas of yours.
• Halloween themed barrettes, Halloween themed baskets with witch-faces on them can be cool gifts for your young daughter or niece. Halloween themed satin gift pillow is one
  very good Halloween gift idea too. On the spookiest night of the
  year, a "boo" pillow will definitely sit right in the room.
• Now if you are willing to splurge, one of the fanciest Halloween gift ideas is the super hero costumes for the little kiddos. Young children
  dressed up like superman or batman make an adorable sight on Halloween. Young girls spruced up as witches or sorceresses are equally bewitching. And they can
  even use these costumes later for school costume parties or family functions.
• Wizard hats and other costume accessories like fake swords, devil's forks are good Halloween gift ideas too. These will help the young ones stand
  out in the crowd and can easily make them the spotlight of any Halloween party. T-shirts with
  Jack O' Lanterns printed on them, pumpkin tattoos, pumpkin or witches' broom earrings are also peachy ideas for Halloween gifts and will help foster the
  Halloween look further.
• You can also gift your dear ones a Halloween themed picture frame. For a very
  close friend, you may gift the frame with a collage of pictures from past Halloweens that you celebrated together. Your feelings won't go unnoticed.
  And nostalgia will make your Halloween gift frame a wee bit precious too !
• You can never hope to bring out the eerie in the Halloween night without
  the lights, can you? So Halloween themed candles and electric lights can be yet some more great Halloween gift ideas for Halloween revelers far and near.
  Skeletons that have lights for eyes or candles with scary faces can create the spooky feel of the Halloween night. So you can go for these just as well. Gift
  Halloween lights to your buddies,
  beloved or family and brighten up their Halloween night.

Sean Carter
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Another delightful Halloween party is a progressive Halloween party. The advantage of the house-to-house party is that youngsters can be out of doors part of the time which gives them active exercise that fulfills yearnings for a rip-roaring good time. Tip a tip on how to make this party success.

The young guests may be asked to come, masked, to Pumpkin-Face Inn. The address must be that of the first house on the trail. The guests upon their arrival are given a small sack of buttered corn and four crackers. Here each guest submits to the "Ghost Test" which consists of eating the four crackers and then whistling. Try it sometime and see what a feat it is. The first successful whistler is given a lollypop.

The group is then told that there are paper pumpkins hidden throughout the house. The guests are divided into four groups, each with a leader. Each leader is provided with a string on which to put the paper pumpkins when found. Each group chooses a signal such as barking, meowing or crowing. No one except the leader is allowed to pick up a pumpkin. When one of the others finds a pumpkin he places his finger on it and barks or meows or does whatever his group is supposed to do until the leader comes to pick it up. The group, whose leader has the longest string of pumpkins, wins. This game is very hilarious and youngsters love the noise that they can make while playing it.

The party then proceeds to the second house which is completely dark. An adult ghost (or two) accompanies the group from house to house. The second place is called Haunted House. The leader raps on the door three times; a ghost opens the door and instructs the guests to form a lock-step line and to follow him. Amid shrieks and groans the guests are led through the house and finally into a dimly lit room and told a ghost story.

After the ghost story the youngsters are provided with paper sacks, crayons and scissors with which to construct a mask. The best one is chosen by popular applause and the winner awarded a prize. Each youngster is then given a pocketful of peanuts and they all proceed to Witch's Cavern.

Here there is an old witch with a cauldron full of cookies and fortunes. The children are greatly delighted with the fortunes given them by the witch. They are then conducted to the kitchen of the home. Here apples bob in a tub full of water. Each child tries his luck at bobbing for apples. An apple is the reward for the guest who is able to rescue an apple from the water with his teeth. The one or two unsuccessful youngsters are then given apples before they proceed to the next house.

The Hideout is the last of the four houses. At the Hide-out the guests are seated on the floor with a bowl of slippery pumpkin seeds in the center. Each child is given a needle and thread. At a given signal the children all begin to string the slippery pumpkin seeds. At the end of ten minutes a prize is given the youngster with the most seeds on his string.

Then the children are presented with a ball of Witch's Yarn. The first child unwinds the ball until he finds a slip of paper with his fortune on it. He then throws the ball to another child who unwinds until he finds his fortune, etc. Enough fortunes have been tied in the ball of yarn so that each guest will receive one.

The children are then served Halloween Sundaes. Halloween Sundaes are orange ice cream over which chocolate syrup is poured, topped off with imitation black spiders and chopped nuts.

The youngsters thoroughly enjoy this Halloween "Trail of Terror" party. Best of all it is not a great deal of work or expense for any one family, for the four families in the neighborhood who give the party share the work and expense. Perhaps you'd like to try this plan in your neighborhood.

Mitch Johnson
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Well, here we are again, Halloween time and so ghosts, goblins and gore seekers, rejoice for Halloween in Miami is here once more, and this time with a vengeance.

Young ones, teenagers and adults alike, excitement is mounting in anticipation of a day when we can all be kids again. There will parties everywhere, private and public, and if you want to enjoy yourself, as always, Miami is ready to oblige.

Yes, there is always a reason in Miami to have fun and Halloween season is not different. Halloween parties, spooky haunted houses and more will be open to the public and the odd unexpected ghost. Good wishes thus to the scariest kids without as much as a warning to stay off the sugar. Halloween is a time for excess, besides mom and dad will probably make sure the candies are wrapped, sealed, closed and eaten with parsimony. Make it a family thing; it's a lot of fun. And if your kids are way too cool or too old to put on a costume, do what I do: set a table in your driveway, pull yourself a comfortable chair, pour the candies in a bowl on the table and enjoy the show. I am probably the only adult this side of the world who enjoys Halloween as much as the kids do.

The only problem this year is that pumpkins everywhere have had a really, really bad time. Blame it on the weather is what I have been told but as usual there will be plenty in the pumpkin pies section of your local supermarket, and perhaps this year I will be brave enough to taste one of them.

There are a whole bunch of events organized to amuse your little to as well. The Miami Seaquarium has a monster spash with fireworks and trick or treat stations.

The Metro Zoo has something planned where kids can enjoy safe trick-or-treating, prizes, costume contests and fun.

Or you may opt for a real splash by making it to the Viscaya (3251 S Miami Ave, Miami, FL) where $125 will buy you a ticket for the fancy evening at the palatial estate. (Oct 27, 8pm to 1 am)

Adults might want to check the "Pirates in the Dark" hosted by Adult superstar Jesse Jane, a party for those who like to dress up or down. Head to 1235 Washington Ave, Miami Beach at 11pm, Oct 31.

Music lovers will want to check out the Rock of Horror Party hosted at the cameo where an old movie theater's resident ghosts will be officially invited to assist a slew of celebrities and other known people. (1445 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach)

All the insomniacs out there rejoice: The World Sounds Halloween Bash is open from 4am. Wear a costume and listen to the music in company of Monsters...

Talking about Halloween, how could I not mention Denis Rodman who doesn't need a costume but will host a hot costume contest in two categories: Sexiest costume and most creative. Since I mentioned Rodman, I thought it superfluous to indicate that this is an Adult only event. The place: Gulfstream Park Racing and Casino (Miami's newest casino and playground on Octover 26 at 9pm)

Miami Expat
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Talk about a grand month for parties! No month of the year offers better opportunities for thrilling and original parties than the month of October with its wealth of color and beauty and its Halloween festival. Invite your friends, and their parents and your relatives to have a big and thrilling Halloween family party.

A Halloween party, which includes the whole family, offers one of the very nicest ways to celebrate this traditional day of merrymaking. Plentiful opportunities for legitimate fun for the young people in the home obviates any desire on their part to participate in activities outside which might easily, in exuberance of spirits, result in depredations and disorders. At the same time civic habits for your sons and daughters are being made.

In our home such a Halloween party for the whole family is an annual event. It has proved so popular with our family and family friends, that each year there is a general request for another. In fact, our sons greatly prefer these family parties at Halloween time to any other kind.

Decorating the house for the Halloween party is one type of interior decoration that boys and girls thoroughly enjoy. All that is needed is plenty of orange and black crepe paper and some black silhouette figures obtainable at the dime store.

At our house "Mike" hangs in the room where the men and boys leave their coats and hats. "Mike" is a life-size cardboard skeleton purchased at the dime store. We painted him over with phosphorous paint (also from the dime store). From the darkest corner of the room "Mike" shines forth in all his ghostly glory, thereby adding to the spooky atmosphere of the home.

Guests quickly imbibe the Halloween spirit and are ready for any fun. Games must be planned beforehand and must be for young and old. This is not as hard as it sounds. A good way to start off the evening is to tell the guests that you have just heard that two witches have come to town and that you suspect they are among the guests; that they must be caught immediately before they can do horrible damage. (Two of the guests have agreed beforehand to be the witches.) The hostess describes the two witches as to height, weight, color of hair and eyes, habits, etc., and adds, if she sees fit, humorous comments. The guests immediately hunt for the two witches that have just been described. As soon as someone believes he has spotted one of the witches he extends his hand and reads in a loud voice from a card (which has previously been given each guest by the hostess) the following:

When shall we meet again? Thunder, lightning or in rain? Better take it on the lam, Old black witch, beat it, scram!
If he has pointed out the real witch, he or she disappears rapidly through the nearest door. If the discoverer is wrong he gets a Bronx cheer for his efforts. The game ends when both witches have been discovered and sent out.

Another Halloween game which proves a riot, especially for the heavier mamas, is the well-known "Broomstick Game," in which even the men bump their noses and the youngsters rock with laughter watching the grown-ups try this trick of picking up the apple with their teeth.

Before your guest arrived, get ready with all the games so that you can also actively participate in it. It should be keep in mind that only those games must be selected which can be play by both young and old.

Mitch Johnson
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Halloween can be brilliant fun for youngsters. Not only do they get to wear costumes and get free candy, but they can also make Halloween projects. This is often anything from home decorations to costumes, but read on to be told how to make a creepy, eye-catching Halloween poster.

A poster is supposed to get attention, and a Halloween poster shouldn't be any different. For something else, you can try making a 3-D Halloween poster.

Folks will be stunned and scared by the creepy, 3 dimensional effect. The goal in this project is to form 3 D photographs that seem to be making an attempt to throw off your poster. You may add other delicate effects like drop shadows glitters for a rather more striking poster. The very first thing you need to do is choose the pictures you would like to be included in the poster. This is anything, from bats, ghouls and vampires to magicians, undead and werewolves. You may use mag cut-outs or old Halloween posters. If you would like to utilize a digital image that you found on the internet you can open the image in Photoshop to get rid of the background. Try and take away the background as neatly as feasible since this will add to the three dimensional effect significantly. Lay out a chunk of black poster paper on a table or on the floor. You may use card or froth poster paper, dependent on what material you would like to work with. Take a pencil and begin approximately sketching the poster elements on the poster paper.

The sketches are just a brief place holder for the final elements so you do not have to sketch a large amount of detail. Take the photographs you cut out earlier and paste them on the front of some heavy construction paper. This will add volume to the image.

You must then take some square froth pieces and stick them on the back of the heavy construction paper. This is going to help in the semblance of depth. Take a second image matching to the first and repeat the steps above. You must then layer your image elements on the poster by sticking a part on and sticking another component on top of it, but barely off to either the left or the right. You may then add some text on the Halloween poster like "Happy Halloween" or whatever message you need the poster to assert. Ensure that the letters of the text don't take stress away from the 3D image on the centre of the poster. You may then add other elements into the poster. This could include bushes, spooks, creepy trees, a haunted house, or some flashes of lightning. Take out some poster paint or oil pastel crayons and begin to add accents to the poster.

You may use some glitter glue for additional effect. If you don't have any glitter glue, you can just use ordinary white glue. Smear some glue on the poster and add glitter powder before the glue dries.

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