Adult Halloween Contumes,Halloween Costume Ideas,Couple Costumes

I have always wanted to live where I could decorate my yard (a little) and dress up to sit on the porch and hand out candy. Well a couple months ago my fiance’ & I moved into a neighborhood that would allow me to do this with lots of young kids that live there also. My question is what are some inexpensive ways to decorate that would be kind of spooky? Also my fiance’ is going to dress up along with me…we would like to be kind of scary, any suggestions on something we could do inexpensive..we have some $ to spend but we should have started saving sooner but we didn’t about it. Thanks for your help

When I was a kid, the scariest thing I remember (and it was the reason why I do up my yard big-time with Halloween decor) was a statue in a neighbor’s yard.

It was just some mock-up body dressed in miscellaneous costume stuff and it was standing in the yard near the street for several weeks before Halloween. I became accustomed to seeing it and walking by it. Then on Halloween, when I walked up to the house, I walked by the statue just as usual because I was used to it. But as I passed, it reached out and grabbed part of my costume! I guess the neighbor had put on the costume clothes from the "statue" and stood in its place. It was both scary and funny at the same time.

One of my best tricks it to make ghosts for the yard. I hammer some electrial conduit (cheap pipe) into the ground and push a styrofoam ball on the top if it and put sheets over these. The sheets are secured to the ground using heavy gauge wire "staples." On Halloween night, I attach glow sticks to the bottom of the foam heads underneath the sheet. They glow and are quite spooky.

I also have my version of a crashed witch. I use a large plastic cauldron (secured from inside using a tent stake). There are also two large holes in the bottom for more conduit pipe. These will become the legs of the witch. I painted some pool noodles (the ones with holes through them) with stripes and place them over the pipe. Top them with purple boots (old ones I painted with spray paint). Yet another hole in the bottom of the cauldron is where I push a cheap prop broom (even a dollar store broom is good and funny) into the ground.

Hang a couple of skeletons in the trees, use lots of mood music, and anything else you can find. Build your set-up over time and you’ll find your garage soon stuffed with Halloween display supplies. Enjoy!!

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