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Decorate for Halloween Without Going Overboard or Over Budget

Have you seen how much realistic-looking severed heads and limbs dripping with fake blood cost these days? Gore can really add up. If you are looking for ways to keep your Halloween decor and spending on the conservative side, you’re not alone. Millions of people across the country prefer embellishing their homes and offices with subtle holiday touches, such as: Leaf Garlands: Show your love for the season by purchasing inexpensive fall leaf garlands from discount stores. The vibrantly colored strands are an easy way to show your love for the season without going overboard. Simply drape the garland around … Continue reading →

Making Gorgeous Gourds

If you are on a tight budget this Halloween, but you still want to add some festive touches around your home then forgo purchasing the larger, more expensive pumpkin and opt to buy several gourds or miniature pumpkins. (Wal-Mart is currently selling a netted sack with 10 gourds and mini pumpkins for $2.) With a few simple steps you can light the way for trick-or-treaters by turning those mini gourds into larger than life candleholders. Another option is to place the gourd candleholders in the middle of your dining room table and surround them with fresh-cut flowers, fall leaves, and … Continue reading →

Unique Pumpkin Decorating Ideas

If you thought those Mr. Potato Head pumpkin decoration sets were a clever way to get out of gutting a gourd while still making it look festive, then you probably don’t have a neighbor who’s into making junk-o’-lanterns. There’s a home located next to the building where my daughter attends cooking class that is lined with pumpkins decorated with, well… junk. Wing nuts, rubber from old tires, window latches, wood from old fences, curtain ties, tacks, screws, springs, hinges, you name it and the homeowner has attached it to his pumpkins to create these amazing junk-o-lanterns. It took me a … Continue reading →

Homemade Halloween Decorations Using Everyday Items

Our current rough economic times call for spirited individuals to get even more creative when it comes to decorating their homes for the Halloween season. The following seasonal art projects call for minimal shopping (and spending). Rather, they rely more on everyday items that most of us have sitting around our house. Scour your home and grab the kids to make these simple (no sewing involved) yet adorable Halloween crafts. HALLOWEEN WITCHES MADE FROM SPARE GLOVES Materials: Glove Fiberfill Black Felt Curly Doll Hair Scraps of Fabric Ribbon Googly Eyes Pipe Cleaner Scissors Fabric glue Black Sharpie Directions: Stuff palm … Continue reading →

Simple and Affordable Homemade Halloween Decorations

With the economy in crisis you may be reconsidering how much money you plan to spend this Halloween. One way to stay in the spirit without going broke is to make your own Halloween decorations. With a little time, patience and help from your children you can create a haunted house fitting for any little ghoul or goblin that comes knocking for treats. HAUNTED WREATH Materials: Store bought wreath form Fake Spider Webbing 1 bag plastic Halloween decorations (you can but this at the Dollar Store it contains various plastic spiders, skeletons, bugs, ghosts, etc.) Directions: Stretch fake cobwebs over … Continue reading →

Halloween and Young Children: Trick or Treat?

The school supplies are long gone at area stores; swiftly replaced by Halloween everything. My preschooler, who is absolutely petrified of anything that howls, hoots or hangs crooked, bursts into tears each and every time we get near the Halloween area at Wal-Mart and Target. (I don’t even attempt to visit places like Halloween USA or Halloween Express when my daughter is with me.) This understandable, yet at times inconvenient fact (inconvenient because these days obtaining a tube of toothpaste now requires taking a six aisle detour around the Halloween madness) is not unique in families with young children. Likewise, … Continue reading →

A Frugal Decoration: Candy Corn Candle Holder

Creating inexpensive decorations for holiday time can not only be a fun family activity, but it’s a great way to use what you have, or only purchase cheap, inexpensive supplies. Several years ago, I made candy corn votive holders. I thought I would share so that you too can make these inexpensive, easy decorations to place around your home. I created these with my son when he was about three or four. He is twelve now and we’ve used them every year since. And now I see manufactured candle holders quite similar to these at the stores for quite a … Continue reading →

Halloween Decorating On a Budget

Halloween is rapidly approaching and I have loads of great tips and ideas for this time of year. In fact, holiday frugality is probably my specialty! I will be posting tons of great ideas over the following couple of months that are holiday specific. I’ve been waiting for this time to get here! Halloween isn’t necessarily one of my favorite holidays. In fact, I could pretty much do without. But having all five kids around, obviously it’s a favorite around here. However one of the things I do enjoy about Halloween is the decorating. We don’t really go all out … Continue reading →