Popular in Western countries, the Celtic holiday Halloween has lost its symbolism and has become an occasion to have fun and fool around by wearing costumes and making decorations in a Gothic and frightening style.

If you don’t know how to make an original Halloween costume at home, you can watch this. How to organize a party at home and what you need for this - read below.

What you need for Halloween

To make it immediately clear that today is not February 23, not March 8, guests and the host must dress appropriately. The scarier you look, the better. Welcome in black and pink tones, with streaks of blood. As for costumes, you have room to strive; the world knows many ghouls, boars, witches who have left their mark on history - Viy, Maria Stuart, Count Dracula, vampires and zombies.

Halloween decorations should be appropriate. Black bats, spiders, candles in candelabra and lots of cobwebs.

When organizing a holiday, it is worth thinking through the scenario, otherwise the party will become ordinary, including music and a lot of alcohol. It's worth saving a couple of ominous tunes. You can organize a competition for the scariest story and the best pumpkin. Or develop something like a quest where you need to find the mysterious will of a cannibal baron. You can tell fortunes on a book, hold a competition for the most terrible howl or dance of witches. Everything is in your hands, it is important that everyone is interested, and most importantly, scared.

How to decorate a room for Halloween

The traditional colors of the holiday are black and orange, so the paraphernalia should have corresponding shades. First, the site and the facade of the building are decorated. At this time of year, a lot of leaves fall to the ground. Do not burn it, but collect more of it to create the basis for decorative compositions.

Hang inflatable balloons covered with white sheets from the ceiling and paint the faces of makeshift ghosts.

You need to decorate the entrance to your house for Halloween - place brooms. You can put a witch next to it, making it from scrap materials.

You can hang a wreath of hay or feathers painted black on the door. Don’t forget about the main attribute of the holiday – pumpkin. They can be purchased in huge quantities, made into candlesticks and placed throughout all living spaces.

Inflate black balloons, decorating them with ominous faces, wrap the chandelier with white threads, creating the illusion of a cobweb, and all glass surfaces can be painted at your discretion or have creepy inscriptions written on them. Everyone will love these Halloween decorations.

If the house has a fireplace, then attention should be paid to it by placing gloomy stuffed animals, pictures, candles and jack-o'-lanterns. You can cut out ghost figures from white cardboard and hang them in all places. Old books, chests, suitcases and paraphernalia of yesteryear will help decorate your home.

The main attribute of the holiday

The central symbol of the holiday, the jack-o'-lantern, appeared thanks to the Celts, who believed that these lanterns helped souls find their way to another world. Initially, turnips were used for this, but the Americans adapted zucchini, a type of pumpkin that was more accessible.

A pumpkin with a carved face and a candle placed inside is called a Jack O'Lantern. Allegedly, there lived a drunken blacksmith who was able to deceive the devil twice. Therefore, it began to serve as a talisman against evil spirits, who, on the day from October 31 to November 1, leave their shelters and scare citizens.

Having creative abilities and extraordinary imagination, you can work with the zucchini so that the finished pumpkin head for Halloween will create a real sensation. First, it is better to draw a sketch on paper, and then transfer the drawing to the surface of the vegetable. Instead of trivial circles, square and round elements, you can cut out paintings, landscapes, and portraits. Crosses, stars and bats will be in theme. To win the fight for the best pumpkin, make a pumpkin monster that devours another fellow tribesman.

Victory will be in your hands if you make Jack the Pumpkin Snowman. All you need is a hat, an old shirt collar, a couple of buttons, markers, glue and a wine bottle cap. A Jack-o'-lantern can be made from paper by cutting it into strips and securing it on both sides, giving it the shape of a ball. The role of the leaves will be played by green velvet paper or thin fabric. Everyone will remember this Halloween pumpkin for a very long time!

What's a holiday without treats?

Everything about All Saints' Day should be spooky, including the food and cocktails. Boiled pasta with two eyes made from balls of Mozzarella cheese and two olives will look like a mummy. The same effect can be achieved by making sausages in the dough and leaving the ends peeking out so that you can put 2 eyes on them using mayonnaise.

Any cookies or crackers can be decorated according to the holiday theme using sauces, vegetables and fruits. You can decorate the sweet dessert with melted chocolate, drawing a spider web on it, and don’t forget to add gelatin worms.

Halloween food may be ordinary, but it needs to be decorated with a chilling twist. When baking cookies, try to shape them into bones. Whipped whites, when baked, will provide the product with an eerie natural appearance. Eggs can be boiled so that a mesh appears on their surface. And you can pass off grilled chicken wings as bat wings.

Drinks are given great importance. There are no recommendations for taste, but the color should fascinate with its eerie beauty, which means green absinthe, colorful liqueurs, and Grenadine syrup are suitable.

With the help of Baileys liqueur you can build brains in a glass, and dry ice will allow you to achieve the effect of a steaming glass. If you are freezing ice, put various plastic objects of the corresponding theme into the molds.

You can make an ice hand by filling a rubber glove with water and placing it in the freezer.

The same Grenadine and sugar can make a red rim on a glass, and a spider web, like on a cake, can be drawn on the glass walls with melted chocolate.

To implement the ideas you will need little money and time. The main thing is to approach it wisely and do it with friends. Good luck!

The phrase “trick or treat” becomes irrelevant when you grow up. But Halloween is a time for fun! This is also a great excuse to decorate your home and make it spooky. It's time to create your own unique costume and brainstorm!

Steps

Party planning

Choose a party style that you like. There are many options for themed parties, so start thinking now. Here are some topics you can consider:

• other world;
• ghosts;
• horror;
• fairy tale;
• pumpkins (all in orange);
• cemetery;
• costume party.

1. Write down your ideas. Before you go to the store, make a list of the things you need. Here's what you might need:

   • decorations you want;
   • music;
   • games and prizes (optional);
   • films (optional);
   • something you come up with yourself.

2. Think about who you want to invite. This way, you can think about the number of guests, the required space and refreshments. If the party is themed (like movies), try to limit the number of guests so you don't end up with 12 Freddy Kruegers.

   • If the party is at your home, invite as many people as you can handle. After all, you are the owner of the house, and all failures (and successes) rest on your shoulders.

3. Prepare invitations. Use your chosen theme to create your invitations. Write down the time, date and specify what to wear, bring, etc. Send out invitations a couple of weeks before the holiday. Here are some ideas for invitations:

   • Take some black paper, download a template from the internet and cut out the invitations in the shape of a witch's hat. To write the party information, use a white or silver gel pen.
     • If a hat isn't an option, cut out a pumpkin, ghost, tombstone, or black cat from black paper. If you're sending the invitations in an envelope, add some festive confetti inside.
   • Buy a few small pumpkins from the grocery store or market. On one side, draw a funny face, and on the other, write the party details. Just make sure the marker is dry, otherwise there is a risk of smudging.

   Before the party

   1. Buy or make party decorations. If you're throwing a big party, you might want to put more effort into organizing it. It all depends on how many people you can get to help. Make your decorations ahead of time so you don't have to rush around later.

      • For the haunted house:
        • In the corridor, replace the light bulbs with glowing skulls. Take full advantage of modern technologies. Many decorative elements now have touch sensors, so you can give your guests a good scare.
        • For rooms, use cobwebs in the corners and a smoke machine. Hang spiders and bats in dark corners of rooms, and also purchase several bottles of glow-in-the-dark liquid.

   2. Consider food and drinks. Various Halloween food and drink options can be found in magazines, books and on the Internet. Prepare food ahead of time, especially if it's something complicated (like skulls or hands).

   3. Prepare the music. Do this in advance, and also make sure that the music can be heard everywhere. You should not only have regular music, but also scary sound effects!

      • Bring the music outside to scare your guests before they even walk in. This music may be much shorter than what will be played inside. Look for scary pieces of music on the Internet.

   4. Plan Halloween games. Here you need to take into account the number of guests, age and their interests. Search the Internet for various game ideas.

      • Costume parties are always a favorite among guests. You can even limit it to one theme - have all guests dress as characters from horror films, one specific movie (maybe your whole house will be decorated in this theme?) or as the dead.
      • Pumpkin decorating competition. This is a great idea, as long as your guests don't get too carried away and turn it into a pumpkin throwing contest.

   At the party

   Office party

   1. Hang decorations. It could be a general theme in orange or black or a witch theme. You can also choose a more specific topic. If your colleagues agree to a party, throw it.

      • Decorate your workspace like a movie. Employees can vote. On the day of the party, all your colleagues will have to come dressed as characters from this film.
        • Instead, you can decorate different parts of the office with different movie themes. Write the movie titles on small pieces of paper and place them in a bowl. Each employee must draw out a name in honor of which he will make a suit. This can all turn into a costume contest or character guessing contest.
      • Musical themes are also suitable if you go with an old rocker theme. If you choose this theme, decorate your workspace like an old studio and have your colleagues come dressed as dead stars.

Halloween is one of the most ancient holidays, but until recently it was popular mainly in English-speaking countries. However, since the end of the last century, this slightly creepy, but undoubtedly cheerful custom has spread almost throughout the world. They began to celebrate it in our country, however, not everyone knows what they do on Halloween, and what signs and superstitions exist in connection with this holiday.

How to celebrate?

Over thousands of years, the traditions and customs of the Halloween holiday have changed many times, so the modern way of celebrating this “creepy” night has little to do with the origins of the holiday. In addition, different countries have developed their own traditions.

If in the USA it is mainly a family holiday, then in Russia and Ukraine Halloween is celebrated mainly by young people, not at home, but in clubs. In entertainment centers, as a rule, they prepare thematic programs, and young people, dressed in costumes appropriate for the holiday, have fun with friends.

Moreover, in many cases, our people change the traditions of the holiday in their own way. For example, when choosing costumes, they are not limited to Western representatives of evil spirits, but choose characters from Slavic mythology. At parties you can meet not only “imported” vampires, but also “domestic” ghouls (despite their similar way of eating, they are not distinguished by elegance and beauty). In addition, at a party you can easily meet Baba Yaga, Mavka, Kikimora or Lesavka.

Of course, you have to come up with and make an outfit for a costume ball yourself, because in costume stores you won’t find evil spirits from Slavic mythology. But when have such minor difficulties stopped creative people?

What to treat?

Not a single holiday in our country is complete without a traditional feast, so thinking through the menu is one of the stages of preparing for the holiday. As a rule, the most ordinary dishes are served on the table, you just need to decorate them so that they look creepy. For example, any salad or pizza can be decorated with cute spiders made from olives. And sausages can easily be turned into hideous mummies by wrapping them in thin strips of puff pastry or yeast dough. You can make pumpkins from tangerines, and bake cookies in the shape of skulls.

In the USA and some European countries, children go to neighboring houses begging for sweets. And if the owners are stingy with treats, then uninvited guests may do something nasty to them, for example, covering the windows with soot. In our country, this custom has not really taken root, since it is unlikely that adequate adults will let kids wander around at night in search of candy.

Fortune telling

In our country, it is customary to tell fortunes during Christmas time, however, as experts assure, fortune telling on Halloween is no less accurate and certainly more terrible.

As a rule, girls are into fortune telling and want to find out who they are going to marry. There are quite a few options for telling fortunes about the groom. The most famous one is with a mirror and a candle. You need to sit completely alone in a dark room, placing a candle in front of the mirror, and comb your hair (in some versions of fortune telling, it is recommended to leave your hair alone and start eating an apple). It is believed that if you look into the mirror for a long time, you can see the image of your future spouse.

If doing fortune telling alone is scary, then you can do this exciting activity in the company of a friend. For example, you can try to conduct a seance at home by preparing a sheet of paper with letters written and a saucer with an arrow drawn on it. It is believed that on the night of Halloween, the door to the world of spirits and ghosts opens, so the likelihood that one of the loitering spirits will drop in to see the fortune tellers increases.

However, not only girls, but also guys are into fortune telling. So, if a young man wants to find out what his future wife will be like, then he will need to crawl under the branch of a blackcurrant bush (in extreme cases, a rose hip or acacia bush will do). It is believed that at the moment of crawling on the ground, the fortuneteller will be able to see the shadow narrowed. And from this shadow he sees, he will be able to judge what his wife will be like - short or tall, fragile or “in body”. Of course, in our climate at the end of October it is not pleasant to crawl outside under the branches of bushes. But for the sake of fortune-telling one has to make other sacrifices.

A very ancient collective fortune-telling at the stake can be carried out if the celebration takes place outside the city, for example, at a dacha. Fortune tellers placed stones around the fire, remembering where and in what position “their” stone was located. The next morning we had to go and see the “mosaic” that had been made. If all the stones are in place, then a good year awaits all fortune tellers. If the stones are moved out of place, you should expect trouble.

Determining fate using an apple is also an ancient form of fortune telling. Before eating the fruit, it must be cut in half with a knife. If all the apple seeds turn out to be intact, then prosperity awaits the fortuneteller. If even one seed is damaged by a knife, you should expect trouble. But worst of all, if several seeds are damaged at once, it means that the year will be very difficult for the fortuneteller.

Signs and superstitions

There are many superstitions associated with Halloween. Let's figure out what you need and what you can't do on this day.

• after dark, tightly close all windows and doors in the house;

• decorate living spaces with nuts and candles, and be sure to place a pumpkin in front of the front doors. You can just put a whole vegetable, but it’s better, of course, to make a lantern out of it, carving a scarier face on the pumpkin.

Attention! You should not leave burning candles in the house unattended, this is no longer a sign, but fire safety rules.

• if a spider is found in the house on the night before the first day of November, then this is a bad sign, indicating the presence of evil spirits in the room. You need to go around the perimeter of the house with lit candles, and under no circumstances kill the spider you find, but try to carefully put it outside;

• On a holiday night, you cannot leave clothes to dry, even if the dryer is on the balcony. A person who then puts on clothes that were dried on Halloween night will attract misfortune, both to himself and to those around him. Therefore, if you believe in omens and forgot to take off your underwear before the onset of the “terrible” night, you will have to wash everything again. Water will wash away all negativity.

What else is not customary to do on Halloween? Signs vary in different countries. So, somewhere it is strictly forbidden to allow black cats to spend the night in the house. Therefore, it is customary to put even beloved pets outside on this night. In many places it is considered good luck to kill a bat, however, there is also an opposite superstition that says that bats flying in large numbers portend wealth.

It is considered very useful to wear clothes “topsy-turvy” on a festive night, and also to leave the house backwards. In this simple way people try to deceive spirits.

Whether to believe in signs and fortune-telling, or whether to celebrate this holiday at all, everyone can decide for themselves. However, it must be admitted that Halloween is a holiday with a rich and very ancient history.

A holiday celebrated on the night of October 31 to November 1. It has a centuries-old history with characteristic traditions and rituals. Despite the fact that this Catholic holiday has become widespread in all countries of the world, not all Orthodox Christians know when they celebrate Halloween in Russia. We will tell you in our article about when this happens and how to celebrate the holiday with friends or children, at home or at grandma’s.

history of the holiday

The history of Halloween began during the time of the ancient Celts in what is now Scotland and Ireland more than two thousand years ago. On the night of November 1, the Celts celebrated the holiday of Samhain, symbolizing the end of summer and the onset of winter. This day was associated not only with the harvest, but also with something dark, otherworldly and supernatural. It was believed that the line between reality and the world of spirits was thinning.

Beginning in the 8th century, Samhain was gradually replaced by All Saints' Day, established by Pope Gregory III. But, despite the active struggle of the Catholic Church against pagan rituals, Celtic celebration customs still remain popular. Many modern traditions of how to celebrate Halloween were borrowed from the ancient people. These include lamps made from pumpkins, which among the Celts helped the dead find their way into their world.

The tradition of begging for sweets formed around the 16th century. Adults and children wearing cloth masks walked from one door to another, demanding sweets and playing petty pranks. But the custom of dressing up in specially tailored, sometimes very scary costumes and carrying a jack-o’-lantern is associated with the spread of the holiday throughout the United States and dates back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

How and when is Halloween celebrated in Russia?

In Russia, as throughout the world, Halloween is celebrated on the last October night from the 31st to the 1st. But few people know that this holiday existed in Slavic culture long before the arrival of Halloween from English-speaking countries. It was called “Veles Night” and was also celebrated from October 31 to November 1. On this day, the Eastern Slavs performed various mystical rites associated with the dead. Our ancestors created protection for their home from evil spirits and did not forget to appease the brownie with red wine, gingerbread and cookies.

Today, Slavic traditions have long been forgotten and young people are more interested in how to celebrate Halloween, rather than the little-known Veles Night. Traditionally, celebrations begin at nightfall. On this evening, many cafes, restaurants and especially nightclubs are decorated in accordance with the Halloween theme, the organizers prepare a festive program, and guests are invited to come to the party in special costumes. It is thanks to the interesting entertainment program that every year more and more people try to attend such events.

And for those who cannot afford to celebrate in a nightclub, it will be interesting to know how to celebrate Halloween at home. In Russia, this holiday is not as widespread as in English-speaking countries, in particular in the USA and Great Britain. But despite this, anyone can celebrate it with friends.

Centuries-old traditions of celebration

Largely thanks to the global Internet, today Halloween is celebrated not only in Europe and America, but also in the CIS and many Asian countries. Several centuries-old traditions are associated with this holiday, without which it is difficult to imagine its existence.

1. jack-o'-lantern. A hollow vegetable with a carved smile and a lit candle inside is traditionally placed at the entrance of a house. It is believed that a pumpkin left near the house will ward off evil spirits who want to get into the home. The tradition of pumpkin carving only came to Britain in the 19th century. Before this, this orange vegetable symbolized the harvest.
2. Home decoration. On the eve of the holiday, many large supermarkets stock an assortment of all kinds of items that would be suitable for decorating a room. For example, lighted candles, figurines of witches, skeletons, decorative cobwebs, etc. are traditionally used to decorate the home.
3. Fancy dresses. The most suitable theme for creating a festive image is all kinds of evil spirits, otherworldly forces, monsters. The idea behind costumes is to not look like a real-life person on Halloween. Those for whom the theme of monsters is unacceptable can be invited to dress up as good fairy-tale characters, for example, Little Red Riding Hood or Snow White.
4. Trick-or-treat. The famous expression “Trick-or-treat” literally means “trick or treat,” and the tradition of distributing candy on Halloween was firmly established several centuries ago. No celebration would be complete without this. That's why parents, when planning how to celebrate Halloween with their children, should include Trick-or-treat in the list of holiday activities.

In addition to the above-mentioned traditions characteristic of the holiday, on this day it is customary to serve appropriately decorated dishes to the table that will help surprise the guests of the evening. An interesting entertainment program will help you spend Halloween fun and carefree.

Organizing a celebration at home with friends

In fact, organizing a Halloween celebration is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance. To celebrate a holiday with friends, it is enough to create the right atmosphere, prepare and decorate the treats in an original way. There is no doubt that guests will leave the party cheerful and satisfied.

The following action plan will help you figure out how to celebrate Halloween with friends:

1. Decorate the interior in an appropriate theme and install jack-o'-lanterns on the windows and near the front door.
2. Have candy ready in case someone comes to you for treats.
3. Prepare delicious treats for your guests and decorate them in a Halloween theme.
4. Wear a fancy dress.
5. Prepare several competitions and entertainment for guests.

Following the plan will allow you to prepare the holiday so that your friends will 100% like it.

Interior decoration

A house decorated in accordance with the theme of the evening can set the mood for the entire celebration. It is not enough to come up with just an entertainment program to How to celebrate Halloween with friends at home, you also need to take care of the interior decoration.

Pumpkins are a mandatory decorative element. If a celebration is planned in the apartment, window sills, tables, and cabinets are decorated with cut-out vegetables. If you plan to celebrate Halloween in a private home, you can decorate not only the room with pumpkins, but also the yard.

To decorate your home to match the theme of the party, decorative elements must be applied correctly. For example, when decorating a haunted house, it is advisable to use cobwebs for decoration, think about the lighting (twilight) and it is also recommended to choose an appropriate costume. The yard can be decorated with gravestones.

Making a jack-o'-lantern

One of the main attributes of Halloween is the pumpkin lantern or, as it is also called, Jack-o'-lantern. To fully experience the holiday atmosphere and learn how to celebrate Halloween, it is recommended to make a lamp yourself.

You can choose a pumpkin of any size, as long as it is free of dents and cracks. First, cut off the top of the vegetable with a long knife. The hole should be large enough so that you can easily scrape out the pulp and seeds from the pumpkin with a large spoon. They can be used to prepare holiday dishes. Then the design of the lamp is cut out. It is more convenient to do this with a small sharp knife. The mouth, eyes and nose must be cut out, but you can come up with a more complex design. Lastly, a candle is placed in the hollow pumpkin.

For those who have not yet come up with a scenario for how to celebrate Halloween at home, you can offer entertainment associated with carving pumpkins on speed. The winner of the competition will receive some original prize.

What to cook for the holiday table?

The food should be no less original than decorating the house. Regardless of what the scenario is for how to celebrate Halloween, you will still have to prepare at least a main course and dessert.

For a meat dish, you can use minced meat, forming it into a large cutlet in the shape of a hand. It is recommended to bake it in the oven and sprinkle with ketchup when serving. If you don't know yet, How to celebrate Halloween at home with your children, prepare a delicious and original dessert with them. First you need to make shortbread dough, form it into cookies in the form of fingers and place half an almond on it, forming nails in this way.

Desserts decorated with jelly sweets in the shape of eyes, teeth and other elements, which can be bought on the eve of the holiday in many stores, look no less original.

Fun with friends

Halloween games at your holiday party won't let your guests get bored. Entertainment can be the most unpredictable. For example, an apple competition is popular on Halloween, but only guests without makeup will be able to participate. The game is to put apples in a bowl of water so that the fruit remains floating on the surface. After this, the guests are tied with their hands behind their backs and asked to take the apple out of the bowl with their mouth.

There are a number of competitions available, so you don't have to worry about how to celebrate Halloween at home. Some of them can be taken from wedding scenarios and modified to suit the theme of the evening.

How to celebrate Halloween at grandma's house?

Organizing a celebration at your parents' house can be even easier than at home. How to celebrate Halloween at grandma's house depends on where exactly the relative lives. The ideal option is if it turns out to be a large house somewhere outside the city. A grandmother in the village may have a lot of ripe pumpkins, which will make excellent lamps. They can decorate the entire yard and porch of the house, which will help set the necessary mood for the evening.

When celebrating a party outside the city, you can be sure that none of your friends will be bored. Especially if the house is located near the forest.

Halloween with kids

For children, Halloween is one of the most favorite autumn holidays, because on this day they have a great opportunity to have fun and collect a whole bag of sweets. For parents who are just thinking about How to celebrate Halloween with children, you need to take into account that the younger generation expects bright emotions and fun from the holiday.

Parents should prepare an original sweet table, stock up on treats for guests and come up with entertainment. By the way, the apple diving competition is also popular among children.

Trick-or-treat, or going for sweets

Collecting candy is one of the best parts of Halloween. To do this, adults celebrating this holiday prepare treats in advance for those children who may come to see them. By the way, lights in the windows or in the yard are a symbol that the sweets in this house have not yet run out. Once the treats are gone, the lights should be turned off.

If you are planning how to celebrate Halloween at home with your children and want to participate in a charity program, order in advance a special box for collecting funds for the world's needy children from UNICEF. If children look into the house with a box with such a mark, in addition to sweets, they should donate small money.

Very soon, on the eve of All Saints' Day on October 31, Halloween will be celebrated in many countries around the world. According to legend, at night all the dark forces come out of their other worlds and roam the streets. To protect their homes from the invasion of evil spirits, people use every possible means to create a frightening environment in their homes. In fact, this fun holiday gives great scope for the flight of your imagination. How to decorate a house for Halloween? Here are 13 ways to make Halloween spookier.

1. In a forest or park you can find some dry branchy tree trunks. They will be used to hang pumpkins, webs with spiders or something else scary on them.
2. Cut out the shape of a leg or paw from the sponge and use it like a large stamp to make glow-in-the-dark footprints on the walkway, on the walls, and even on the ceiling.
3. You can make a stuffed animal. Take old clothes and stuff them with straw or old newspapers. Instead of a head, you can use a mask or a pumpkin. Read about making a mummy in the article.
   
4. You can make a tombstone with a cross from polystyrene foam, painting it in dark colors.
   
5. For a more creepy effect, decorate the room with glowing skeletons, spiders, and bats. You can learn how to make a spider from the article “.
   
6. A web can be made from ropes. After placing a large toy spider in the center of the web, you need to place a light source behind it (or a flickering light). This will create the illusion that the spider is moving. You can read how to make a web in the article.
   
7. You can make a festive wreath similar to the New Year's one. Just replace the spruce branches with simply branches without foliage (or with dried leaves). Decorate with Halloween attributes.
   
8. At home on your computer, put on a scary screensaver with ghosts or skeletons. Nowadays you can find a large number of such jokes on the Internet.

   
   
   

9. The main attribute of Halloween is, of course, the pumpkin. Or rather, a lantern made from a pumpkin called Stingy Jack. You can try to make such a lantern yourself. Or you can buy a ready-made one, perhaps even a plastic one. Whatever the pumpkin is, it will be a good holiday decoration.
   
10. If a ball suspended from the ceiling is draped with a white translucent fabric, you will get a wonderful ghost. Read the article on how to make a ghost from gauze.
    
11. Together with your children you can make all kinds of paper garlands. These are garlands made of spiders, bats, ghosts or skeletons.
    
12. The festive table during Halloween celebrations is very different from all the others. Sitting at such a table, you may not even want to eat. But all edible “horrors” are very tasty.
13. Don't forget to prepare musical accompaniment for your party. Record scary sounds in advance: owl hoots, moans, screams. They will terrify your guests.

You can find out about other Halloween decorations in the special “Halloween” section in the “Master Classes” section (look in the column on the left).