Last minute Halloween decorations

It's not too late to decorate your home for Halloween!  Here are several last minute Halloween decorations you can whip up with plenty of time to spare.  All of these decorations can be used this year and beyond, and they won't cost a lot of money to make either.

So what are you waiting for?  Get started on these last minute Halloween decorations today!

Best Halloween Makeup Kits

Whether you're looking for a very basic Halloween makeup kit or an advanced Halloween makeup kit, we've got you covered. We've compiled a list of recommendations for the most affordable, easy to use, kits available.

Children can use these kits for Trick or Treating or Halloween parties, or they can be the focus of the entire Halloween costume.

All the Halloween makeup kits we recommend are an affordable way to dress up your Halloween night.  See our recommendations here.

Best Zombie Movies

Want to get in the mood for Halloween? Turn off the lights and cozy up with a good old fashioned zombie movie. There’s just something soothing about watching mindless zombies terrorize a group of innocent victims, don’t you think? Enjoy any of these great zombie movies this weekend with the one you love.

See our recommendations for Best Zombie Movies - 

Have a zombie movie that you think should be on the Best Zombie Movie list?  Tell us about it below!

Severed Finger Cookies - A Scary Halloween Dessert

Serve up these wickedly delicious Severed Finger Cookies at your next Halloween party or just make them with the kids at home.  Severed Finger Cookies are basically a homemade butter cookie, decorated to look frightening like a severed finger.  The cookies taste great, and they are a lot of fun to serve up to friends.

Get the Severed Finger Cookie recipe.

Keep kids safe this Halloween

Halloween is such an exciting time for children and parents, safety can be easily overlooked.  A good costume should not only be fun to wear, and cool too look at, it should be safe too.  Use a Halloween Costume Safety Checklist to ensure that your child has a great time on Halloween night, and is safe in what they are wearing.

There is a lot more to keeping your child safe on Halloween than making sure they can see through their costume eye holes!  Even Halloween costumes that use face paint in place of a mask can prove to be dangerous. 

Keep your child safe this Halloween with these Halloween Costume Safety Checklist tips.

It's Haunted Hoochie time in Ohio!

If you live withint driving distance of Columbus, Ohio, and you like to be scared to death, you have got to check out Haunted Hoochie.  This is an extreme haunted attraction, which is like walking through a horror movie.  Everything seems so real, you may just forget that you aren't really in mortal danger.

Haunted Hoochie is absolutely NOT FOR CHILDREN!  Chainsaws, fire, blood, and crazed psychopaths are just a small part of this horror movie come to life.  You will be chased, you will be grabbed, and you WILL scream your pants off.

Read more about Haunted Hoochie, ranked as one of the Worlds Best Haunted Attractions. 

Halloween Party Punch Options

What's a Halloween party without some spooky punch or witch's brew? You have to serve a beverage and Halloween presents some options for being really creative with your punch plans.  You can serve unusual colors like green or black and best of all are the things you can float in the punch! Your guests will be enchanted with these Halloween punch ideas.

Get inspired with any of these Halloween party punch options.   Guaranteed to taste delicious and make your Halloween party frigthenly fun!  You'll also find advice on how to make a interesting floating ice objects that will shock your guests. 

Top 5 Halloween books for kids

It's important to include even the youngest children in the Halloween fun, and while we adults may LOVE to be scared - it's a bit too intense for the little ones.  Get your kids in the Halloween spirit with any of the Halloween books we recommend for kids.

None of these books are scary, but they all have just a bit of what makes Halloween fun.  Even children of toddler age can enjoy these Halloween books for kids.

See our list of recomended Halloween Books for kids.

MUST HAVE Halloween Sound Effects CDs

Halloween wouldn’t be complete without scary music! Bring an assortment of nightmarish sounds to your home this Halloween with any of the Halloween sound effects CDs listed below. Eerie sound effects are the perfect background music for Halloween parties, haunted houses, or to be used to scare Trick or Treaters of all ages.

See our list of MUST HAVE Halloween Sound Effects CDs.

Funny Halloween Tombstone Epitaphs

A great way to decorate for Halloween is by making your own tombstones.  Mix it up a little this year by whipping up some funny Halloween tombstone epitaphs to make trick or treaters giggle.  Since it's not always easy coming up with your own witty saying, use these Funny Halloween Tombstone Epitaphs. 

These same funny sayings can be used on Halloween cards, scrapbook pages, and for other purposes.

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Make a disgusting kitty litter cake for Halloween

Want a disgusting desert idea for Halloween?  Look no further than the Kitty Litter Cake!  It looks disgusting, but it's 100% edible and surprisingly delicious.  Imagine the look on your guests faces when you place this repulsive Kitty Litter Cake in front of them!  This Halloween dessert always turns out to be the talk of the party. 

Want to learn how to make a Kitty Litter Cake.  Read more here.

Halloween Website of The Day

One of the absolute best Halloween websites for decorations, party supplies, costumes, special effects, props, and son on, is Spirit Halloween.  If you aren't fortunate enough to live near a Spirit Halloween store, visit their website.  But be warned!  Browsing the site will really put you in the mood for Halloween. 

Never heard of Spirit Halloween?  Read more about it here.

Visit the Spirit Halloween website.

Halloween Website of The Day

With just over a month until Halloween, it's time to get in the spirit!  Each day, we'll list our pick for the Halloween Website of The Day.  Enjoy....






Countess Blood is a Halloween website that offers a little bit of everything. Halloween graphics, Halloween games, scary stories, party ideas, Halloween trivia, and much more. Enter the Countess Blood website...if you dare.

Homemade Halloween Decorations

Decorating for Halloween is a lot of fun, but it can be expensive.  One way to get around the cost of decorating for Halloween is to make decorations yourself.

Use the advice found here to make homemade Halloween decorations you can use year after year. 

Learn how to make a Halloween wreath, Voodoo Dolls, Halloween pillows, Hanging Halloween Silhouettes, and Halloween luminaries.  No sewing required!  Difficulty level: Easy / Moderate.

Tombstone Pizza Haunted House Party

Halloween is a great excuse to throw a killer party, and nothing says party like pizza!  Enter for your chance to win a Tombstone Pizza Haunted House Party.  If you win, you'll receive everything you need to host an awesome Halloween party.  Food, decorations, and even something special for your guests.

The Tombstone Pizza Haunted House Party Pack includes:

- 6 Free TOMBSTONE Pizza coupons

- 2 Free NESTLE Toll House Refrigerated Cookies coupons

- 2 Free NESTLE Candy or Wonka coupons

- Pizza cutter

- Oven mitt

- Plates and napkins

- Halloween decorations

Guests will receive:

- TOMBSTONE Pizza coupons
- NESTLE Toll House Refrigerated Cookies coupons

- NESTLE Wonka coupons

Party date is set for October 16, 2010. 

** Submit your entry for the Tombstone Pizza Haunted House Party **

Turn your home into a haunted house!

If you like Halloween as much as I do, then it's likely you get really involved with Halloween decorating. What better way to celebrate Halloween than by turning your home into a haunted house?  Here are a few simple things you can do to give your home an eerie appearance and turn it into a scary (but fun) haunted house.
 
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Halloween Costume Ideas for Men

If you’re looking for ideas for a Halloween costume this year, consider wearing a Michael Jackson Halloween costume. With so many people paying tribute to the accomplishments of the late Michael Jackson, there are several Michael Jackson costumes available to choose from. Here, we’ve listed where to find the best Michael Jackson Halloween costumes.

See our TOP 5 picks for Best Michael Jackson costumes.


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Halloween Party Crafts for Kids

Get the kids in the Halloween spirit with these awesome Halloween party crafts! If you're hosting a Halloween party that will include children, you'll find that these Halloween party crafts for kids will be a lot of fun. Halloween craft ideas include easy to follow steps and directions, plus necessary supply list.

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