How to Decorate Your Door for Halloween
Halloween is a holiday celebrated on the very last day of October. People commemorate this festival by dressing up in costumes. They also celebrate it with items that call to mind both death and the coming darkness of winter. Use your door to welcome neighborhood trick-or-treaters with amusing and scary decorations. Does this Spark an idea?
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Hang a large skeleton from the door. Skeletons are one the symbols of Halloween. Drape the door with black fabric. Fasten a bag of connected bones to the door and on top of the fabric with tape.
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Place a ghoulish wreath on the front door. Purchase a wreath of dead flowers or traditional Halloween candies such as candy corn and hang it on the door. If you don't like the choices offered in stores, make one of your own at home. Use a wreath form. Purchase the items you'd like to place on the wreath, such as weathered artificial flowers or large wrapped chocolates. The flowers can be attached to the wreath form with glue. Wrap orange and black ribbons around the wreath form to create a finished look. Candy can be attached to the wreath form with glue or sewn directly onto the backing with strong yarn.
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Hang a row of carved jack-o'-lanterns on the door. Jack-o'-lanterns are hollowed out pumpkins. The front of the pumpkin is carved to resemble a face. Candles are placed inside the pumpkin to light it up. Hang a row of shelves over the door. Place a carved pumpkin on each shelf. Alternate between small pumpkins and larger ones.
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Place large spider webs on the door. Spiders are another traditional symbol of Halloween. A spider's web can be created by knotting together string in a web pattern. Spider webs can also be purchased from a store. Secure them to the door with tape. Purchase small rubber spiders. Tape the spiders to the door with two-sided tape. Scatter them in the middle of the web and at each end.
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Tips & Warnings
Turn your front door into a tombstone. Drape black fabric across the door. Cut out a large oval with one square side from a piece of poster board or similar cardboard material. Write the names of family members on the cardboard with a fake date of death next to each one in thick black ink so it can be easily read as people approach the house. Glue the poster board to the heavy fabric and place it in the middle of the door.
