Image from Amazon
Spooky Plastic Squeaking Rats 8 - 9 Inches Tall(2 pack)
This pair of mice looks spooky and will squeak if stepped on. They have all black bodies and red eyes. Perfect to tuck in a corner ready to startle guests.
Mr Bones in our home, ready for the party
Skeletons quietly scream Halloween. There are a number of relatively inexpensive yet good quality skeletons on the market right now that would really add to any Halloween decor. Here are a few we like a lot.
Human Skeleton
This skeleton is posable! We plan to either sit him a chair indoors so he can just relax and keep guests company as they arrive, that is if we can spare a chair, or we will set him up outside in our backyard at a dining table with a top hat and a deck of all black playing cards. Perhaps he will entice some guests into sitting down for a game.
Cat Skeleton
One option for this cat is to sit in the lap of our human skeleton, another is to sit by the door to startle people as they enter the party.
Raven Skeleton
This one is going on the mantle above our fireplace, perfectly perched to watch over everyone at the party.
Rat Skeleton
This little rat is scary looking. He will go in a random unexpected corner or on a bookshelf.
Shrunken Skulls
We have taken inspiration from The Project Girl and plan on putting these skulls in a large vase with a label "Shrunken Heads". Love them in a wood trunk as styled below by Pottery Barn. We will also use some of her downloads to make labels for various other vessels.
SHrunken Skull images from Pottery Barn
An easy and great way to make an entire room look dressed for halloween is to add black bat cutouts to the wall. Get some back paper, ideally with different finishes, e.g. plain, velvet, glitter, to have more dimension. Then search online for bat clipart. Pick one you like and print it out. Cut out the bat form and then trace it onto the backside of your black paper. Cut the traced bats out of the paper, you can likely do up to 3 at a time. Tape onto your wall with tape you know will come off easily.
So simple to make and yet very impactful. Just go online and find a spider clipart that you like. Buy a large piece of black cardboard. Using a white colored pencil replicate the spider clipart onto the cardboard, be sure to scale it up so you end up with a large spider. Try to fill the entire piece of cardboard! Then cut out and presto you have an awesome piece to stick on the wall to decorate for halloween.
Use leftover cardboard or some black yard to add to the spider to make it look like it is hanging from a web.
An easy and fun way to occupy young children at any Halloween gathering. Simple get at least one little pumpkin per child (best to have a few extra) and a few fun markers. Metallic ones work really well for an extra special feel. Use the pumpkins are part decor to start off with and then when ready, invite each child to take one and decorate it. If you have very young children you might want to also offer some stickers for them to use instead of markers. Encourage them to write their names on the bottom so they remember which is theirs when it is time to go home. They make a great party favor too.
