How to Decorate Indoors for Halloween

Get into the spirit of Halloween by setting the right mood inside your home. A touch of autumn, a dab of scary music and lots of spooky crafts will do the job.

Difficulty:

Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Fake Body Parts
• Spider Webbing
• Halloween Candles
• Halloween Decorations
• Halloween Light Sets
• Cauldrons And Foggers
• Fans
• Jack-o'-lanterns
• Lava Lamps
• Table Candelabras
• Tombstones (prop)
• Pumpkins
• Halloween Sound Effects CD
• Halloween Party Packs
• Glow-in-the-dark Stars

1. Use gourds, pumpkins and autumn leaves to decorate mantles and tables.

2. Hollow out one large pumpkin, fill it with water and add floating candles.

3. Make spiders, bats and tissue ghosts (see Related eHows) and use dental floss to hang them from the ceiling. Use a small fan to make them flutter in the air.

4. Hang some Halloween cobwebs around the house, or improvise with yarn or soft cotton.

5. Set the mood by keeping the lights dim - use candles, lanterns, small lamps and Halloween lights.

6. Add some scary music and sound effects. You can even make your own sound effects and tape them. If you don't have scary tunes, an opera might do the trick.

7. Improvise. Make coffins out of old cardboard boxes and gravestones out of Styrofoam packing inserts, or disassemble old store mannequins for body parts.

Tips & Warnings

• Check out your local dime or dollar store for inexpensive props such as plastic or wind-up spiders and old sheets to use to make ghosts.

• Never leave burning candles unattended.