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Halloween

Celebrate Halloween with fun tricks and treats courtesy of eHow. Find ghoulish recipes and tips throwing spooky parties. Want to win the pumpkin-carving contest or create the creepiest haunted house on the block? eHow can help. Pull together a last-minute princess or super hero costume and give advice on how to increase, or decrease, your candy consumption. Adults looking for more sizzle will find step-by-step guides to festive Halloween cocktails and costume ideas that run the gamut from repulsive to risqué.

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  • Homemade Barbie & Ken Costumes

    Barbie and Ken are about as famous as the first couple. The Barbie doll was a part of a lot of people's childhoods. Going as Barbie and Ken can be a fun and easily recognizable costume idea for a...

  • How to Make Creepy Furniture Covers for Halloween

    Having a family that just loves Halloween, I'm always on the lookout for great ideas for projects. Recently, we took and transformed white sheets into creepy, bloody furniture covers just right...

  • How to Make Fake Red Blood for Halloween

    Ever wonder how people make very realistic looking fake blood? Well you don't have to spend tons on buying fake blood that you will only throw away or wash off. You can make your very own home...

  • How to Carve a Jackass Lantern

    An easy way to entertain your friends this Halloween. This will be a great idea for a decoration when you plan a party this year. It will not scare the kids away and it will guarantee your guests...

  • How to Make A Fabulous Dead Prom Queen Halloween Costume

    My favorite Halloween costume, hands down, was my Dead Prom Queen creation. Follow these easy steps to turning yourself into the belle of the ghostly ball, for a creative and money saving party...

  • How to Get Your House Ready for Halloween

    How does one transform their home into a spooky haunted house? That's easy, just read on for tips. Whether you are decorating for a Halloween party, for trick-or-treaters, or just for fun, you're...

  • How to Haunt Your Apartment Home for a Halloween Party

    If you're hosting a Halloween party this year, you may be looking for cheap and easy ways to put some creepiness into your place. Treat your friends to some horrific décor, and spook them out...

  • How to Make A Costume Depicting the Movie The Birds for Halloween

    Once again the master of suspense has given us good fodder for costumes. The movie "The Birds" has great potential for giving you a scary costume and once again people should get your...

  • How to Make Norman Bates' "Psycho" Mothers Costume for Halloween

    Alfred Hitchcock has given us some memorable scary movies over the years and "Psycho" is one that sends chills down ones spine while watching the shower scene. And it is easy to recreate...

  • How to make a WEREWOLF scary Halloween costume

    Want to look really scary for Halloween ?? If you do I have just the outfit for you. THE WEREWOLF. This costume should win a prize anywhere or at least scare your friends.

  • How to Build Foam Filled Latex Bodies for Halloween Props

    Bodies and body parts create a spooky atmosphere for Halloween decorating, theater and events. The same liquid latex used by professionals to create fake bodies can be used by amateurs in their...

  • How to Create a Werewolf Costume

    This werewolf costume is all you - there is no mask! Once you get all of the supplies listed and follow these simple instructions, you will be completely unrecognizable.

  • Halloween Costume Ideas: Pirate Costume

  • How to Make a Scary Haunted House

    Halloween wouldn't be complete without a haunted house to visit for a good scare. Making a haunted house is a lot of fun and a chance to work with family and friends on a big project. The most...

  • How to Make Fake Blood with Chocolate for Halloween

    Going trick or treating for Halloween and want to learn how to make fake blood for your vampire costume? Making fake blood is easy and doesn't take much time at all. Chocolate fake blood is edible...

  • Halloween Activities for Middle School Students

    It isn't hard to entertain most children come Halloween, as the promise of trick-or-treat candy and costumes is usually enough to keep the little ones busy. For middle schoolers aged 11 to 14,...

  • How to make a dead Hannah Montana costume

    Do you hate Hannah Montana? And you don't have any idea what to be. Well here you go.

  • Halloween House Decorations

    Winter holidays such as Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanzaa may get their fair share of attention when it comes to home decor, but many spend nearly the same amount of time and money getting their...

  • How to Carve Fake Pumpkins

    One of the best things about Halloween is pumpkin carving, but unfortunately pumpkins do not last very long after being carved. Your precious creation has to be thrown away as the holiday passes....

  • Scary Couples Costume Ideas

    If you really want to make a spook this Halloween, grab your spouse and scary! All you need is a freaky couples costume, some makeup for effect, and an alternate ego you have been waiting to unleash.

  • Trick or Treat Decorating Ideas

    Several themes tie in with Halloween. Decorations can be scary, fun or seasonal. If you use candles, remember to blow them out. Keep flammable materials away from flames. Decorations can be...

  • How to Make a House Scary

    Decorating for Halloween has gained popularity in recent years, and there are lots of products on the market today that you can use to make your house look scary for this spooky holiday. You can...

  • Making Fake Blood for Halloween

    Halloween is a time for dressing up in every type of costume imaginable. Many of these involve blood as an integral part of the look and feel of the costume. Though fake blood is widely available...

  • How to Make Fake Blood With Corn Syrup

    Getting spooky for Halloween is much more realistic if you have fake blood dripping from some of your decorations or lying in a puddle on the floor. It's simple to make fake blood with corn syrup,...

  • How to Make Non-Staining Fake Blood

    No type of fake blood is 100-percent stain proof. Even those made from gentle formulas may leave a mark on delicate fabrics and you shouldn't wear anything with fake blood that you don't want to...

  • How to Make Fake Blood Without Corn Syrup

    If your scary Halloween costume just isn't quite complete, add some fake blood to give it just the right touch. However, costume makeup can get pricey and you might be worried about a skin...

  • How to Decorate a Car for Halloween

    Many people focus on decorating their homes for Halloween. But if Halloween is one of your favorite holidays, you may want to consider spreading your holiday cheer to your car. There are stores...

  • How to Make Fake Blood Without Using Food Coloring

    Fake blood is a must for many Halloween costumes. It can also be useful when making your own film or photography project. Most people will simply use red food coloring for their fake blood....

  • How to Make Fake Blood

    Stage Blood is a great feature for the stage. But it can also be added to festive occasions like Halloween. Here's how to make it.

  • How to make a flesh-eating zombie costume on a budget

    If you love Dawn of the Dead, Shaun of the Dead, Resident Evil, or any other zombie movies, you have more than likely considered being a zombie for Halloween. And why wouldn't you? It's easy and...

  • How to Create a Nosferatu Halloween Costume

    For any fan of the old German horror movie "Nosferatu," or even the "Vampire: The Masquerade" clan, the concept of a vampire as a debonaire, sexy man in a coat and tails is just about nauseating....

  • How to Be a Two Headed Person for Halloween

    They say two heads are better than one -- and that goes double on Halloween. The twin tops look was a prize winner for this Halloween afficianado one year.

  • How to Make a Room Scary for Halloween

    Halloween is a much-loved holiday where adults and kids can dress up in costumes, trick-or-treat and have fun scaring other people. People decorate the outside of their house and yard but those...

  • How to Decorate for Halloween With Artificial Pumpkins

    Though most people go the traditional route of buying pumpkins at pumpkin patches and carving them at home, you can do a lot with artificial pumpkins from arts and crafts stores. The great thing...

  • How to Make a Halloween Costume

    Ths article is how to create a horrifying Jason Voorhees costume while on a budget (the only "expensive things"on this list are certain SFX items and If you want a quality mask ranging...

  • How to make a Dead Barbie Halloween costume

    My 10 year old wanted a ghoulish spin on the Barbie costume. We decided to make her a DEAD BARBIE! She had a ton of compliments on this easy costume

  • How to Dress Like Jason Voorhees for Halloween

    The movie “Friday the 13th” follows a group of young counselors at Camp Crystal Lake, which is famous for a masked madman who terrorizes everyone. That madman is Jason Voorhees, a...

  • How to Make Gook for Haunted Houses

    If you are trying to create a haunted house full of scary stuff, you have to figure out ways to prepare goo. Goo is the solution of runny or string stuff that creeps people out when they touch it...

  • How to Make a Frankenstein Halloween Costume

    There are certain “monsters” that will forever be linked to Halloween. Perhaps it is because generations of children have been frightened by these legendary beings which have been...

  • How to Dress up Like Dracula for Halloween

    Dracula is one of the most popular costumes every Halloween when children and adults dress up like their favorite movie monsters. Dracula always seems to top the list. Fortunately, dressing up...

  • How to Make a Child into a Spider for Halloween

    This is costume is far and away my favorite. You don’t need to be crafty to do it either.

  • How to Throw Together an Adult Costume

    Got invited last minute to an adult costume party? Or is your budget really tight? Here are a few tried and true ideas to get you to the party.

  • How to Make a Mother Nature Halloween Costume

    Selecting a one-of-a-kind Halloween costume can be hard, but once you find that perfect one, everything falls into place. With this Mother Nature costume, you can use your imagination so the...

  • How to Make a Fake Bloody Finger For Halloween

    Maybe you’re roaming the haunted streets on Halloween night with a knife through your head and need the added effect of a severed finger, hanging by the joint… Or maybe you’re...

  • How to Make a Spider Nest Halloween Decoration

    Do you want a decoration that will give your home that special spooky look this Halloween? If you answered yes, then this spider nest Halloween decoration is perfect for you. This creepy-crawly...

  • How to Create a Mad Scientist Halloween Event

    Decorating the yard and/or garage for a Halloween event can be a great experience for everyone involved. One idea--a Mad Scientist Lab--opens a world of scary possibilities that guests will...

  • How to Create a Scary Halloween Porch

    Autumn means back to school, football and Halloween! Around the end of October, your house will be visited by strange and wonderful creatures of all shapes and sizes. Don't greet them with the...

  • How to Scare Trick or Treaters

    We’ve all seen those life size props people place on their porch in honor of Halloween. It’s usually a scarecrow, witch or some other ghoulish creature hanging out on the front porch...

  • How to Make a Big Bad Wolf Costume

    A big bad wolf costume is a humorous alternative to the more frightening werewolf. With a fur suit, suspenders, and a cartoonish wolf mask, you will be instantly recognizable as the Disney version...

  • How to Rig a Graveyard in a Yard for Halloween

    Every year, more people are tapping into the fun that is associated with Halloween. Creative ideas for Halloween parties are springing up in neighborhoods all over the U.S. Mad Scientist Labs and...

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