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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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How to Throw a Halloween Party for Kids

By LilBlackDress

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Halloween is that time of year when kids of all ages can dress up and pretend to be someone else. Here are some ideas to throw a fun Halloween party... more »

How to Throw a Halloween Party on a Budget

By Jessica Drew

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So you want to throw a Halloween party, and you want all your friends to be impressed with the decorations, the food, and the fun...but you do not have a lot of money? Then read on and follow these steps to throw a Halloween party that will not ... more »

How to Throw a Halloween Party on a Limited Budget

By mupitz

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Have you always wanted to throw a Halloween Party but found it too tight a strain on your budget being less than 60 days before Christmas? Here are a few quick ideas on how to have a spooky time without spending too much money... more »

How to Throw a Haunted Hoedown for Halloween.

By GreenGardenChic

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Howdy, ladies and gents. Halloween is right-round the corner. Round up some supplies and plan for a boot stompin’ good time. Yee-haw!.. more »

How to Throw a Progressive Halloween Dinner

By Janey

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A progressive dinner is a great way for to entertain because it's not too much work for anybody. Halloween is the perfect time to put this entertaining event together because the costumes and decorations are so much fun... more »

How to Throw a Pumpkin Patch Party

By Christine Gauvreau

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Spooky Halloween parties are cool, but can be frightening for younger kids. A Pumpkin Patch Party is an alternative that can be enjoyed by children of all ages, and their parents as well. It can also be as much fun to plan as it is to party!.. more »

How to Throw an Original and Unique Halloween Party

By EwaChicago

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Most Halloween parties entail a costume. What makes them similar is that it can be any costume. Therefore, many parties are not cohesive, there is too much variety. What I suggest is to have a theme party... more »

How to Throw Together an Adult Costume

By mupitz

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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... more »

How to To Make Love Apple Lights

By cherry67

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The Fall is often about pumpkins and leaves blowing in the cool breeze. It's also about apple picking. Here is something fun you can do with your apples... more »

How to Trick or Treat Safely

By Kilogramm

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Kids wait all year for one day, Halloween. It's a holiday where they can dress up in their best costumes and go trick or treating, make sure they're safe by following these simple guidelines... more »

How to Trick or Treat Safely

By Hillary Marshall

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Trick or treating is a past time enjoyed by millions of Americans. Children all over the country look forward with anticipation each year to getting dressed up in their costume and collecting their coveted stash of candy. Halloween can be a ... more »

How to Trick or Treat with a Toddler

By mupitz

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Some ideas for making your toddler’s Halloween enjoyable for you both... more »

How to Trick-or-Treat Safely this Halloween

By harlsmits

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Halloween is one of the best holidays of the year. Here are some tips for parents and other adults to ensure that their children have a safe and fun time... more »

How to trick-or-treat safely without chaperones

By Banstaman

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Trick-or-treating is fun! That is a fact with no doubt. However, Is it always that you compromise safety for more fun without any chaperones? It really doesn't have to be that way at all... more »

How to Trick-or-Treat Safely.

By YFNMOM

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Halloween can be a time of year that is fun for both parents and children. Parents need to know and teach their children some rules to ensure a safe night of trick-or-treating... more »

How to Trick-or-Treat with your Heavy Toddler without Breaking your Back

By mistymq

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This is the perfect Halloween costume for the just walking toddler that you know you will end up carrying most of the way. It’s cheap and easy to make (no sewing required) and everyone will LOVE it! At least three people actually thought we ... more »

How to Use a Pumpkin

By Gardengates

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Autumn seems to bring the image of colored leaves and pumpkins to mind. We think of pumpkins mostly in conjunction with Halloween, but there are oh-so-many great uses for this jolly round fruit of the pumpkin vine. Here are some... more »

How to Use Halloween to Make Extra Cash

By Lucinda

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Halloween brings out the ghosts but it can also bring you cash. Here are some ways to make money this Halloween... more »

How to Use Sparkling Sugars on Your Baked Goods

By CrystalZoom

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I was just thinking that we used to have the sparkling sugar to use on cookies sometimes. It must have been bought at the supermarket. I find that this idea has blossomed into a whole set of different colored beautiful sparkle sugars. There is ... more »

How to Visit a Pumpkin Patch

By eHow Holidays & Celebrations Editor

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There is nothing to reign in fall like a visit to the pumpkin patch. As a child, trips to the pumpkin patch meant time with my family and long walks together as we examined pumpkins and then inevitably found the best and biggest pumpkin in the ... more »

How to Visit San Diego on Halloween

By pianistic

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Whether you want to be scared or celebrate with the family, you won't want to miss these great places to see on Halloween in San Diego... more »

How to Ward off Phantoms

By crazycatlady

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Last year, we were plagued by a large number of phantoms lurking around our neighborhood, spooking us at every turn. Then one night, there was a knock at the door, but no one was there. Only a cheery little bucket containing a Anti-Phantom kit. ... more »

How to wrap a mummy (Halloween party game)

By Kate J

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Need some exciting games to go with your Halloween party this year? Here's one for you!.. more »

Tap into Halloween's roots

By Sholeh

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Think Halloween was meant to be scary? Not to the Irish, who started it all. A far cry from the gruesomeness to which some families object, the origins of Halloween date back to Samhain (“end of summer”) at the end of October - the Celts’ new ... more »

How to Avoid Gaining Weight on Halloween

By LauraSM

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The average American gains approximately five pounds between Thanksgiving and the New Year. However, some of these bad habits start long before the turkey's basted. Here are some tips to help you stay out of the candy and start making healthier ... more »