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Planning a Fright Fest

Just because you’re past trick-or-treating age doesn’t mean you have to
miss all the Halloween fun. Why not host a ghoulish gathering and scare up
a little (adult) fun of your own?

Set the Stage

• Get things off to a scary start by setting a motion-activated device outside your
front door to emit a witchy cackle, scream or other spooky sound effect when
guests walk by.

• Create fake gravestones out of cardboard and prop them up in your yard.
• Visit craft stores for items such as hands, feet and bones. You can prop them
up in your yard to look as if corpses are coming out of the ground.
• Set up a strobe light or fog machine for atmosphere.

Activities and Entertainment

• Try picking a theme to convince guests to wear cos tumes. Suggest they come
dressed as their favorite movie character, hobby or celebrity. Offer prizes for
“Best Costume” and/or “Most Clever.”

• Rent a classic black-and-white horror movie such as Creature from the Black
Lagoon, Dracula or Frankenstein. Have the movie playing in the back ground
with the sound low.
• Place skulls, cobwebs and spiders in unexpected places such as the
bathroom, kitchen shelves and on stairwells.
• Set up a “Boo Bar” and serve drinks with black-licorice straws. When
appropriate, dip the rims of cocktail glasses in black or orange sugar.

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