“Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bubble.”   You too can utter this timeless chant with your very own Smoking Cauldron - the perfect prop to create a witchy atmosphere. No need for any eye of newt or toe of frog, or even any special chemicals – just add regular tap water to get the smoke-y fog rolling and the internal multi-colored illumination creates a magical decoration! Recommended for indoor use. See more

Eerie Elegance – How to Host a Haunt and Other Fabulous Frights is Britta’s Peterson’s first book after over a decade of self-publishing her website Britta Blvd, where she is known as the “Webmistress of the Dark.” Britta has been artistic and crafty since she was very young, and over the years she has turned holidays into opportunities for elaborate parties as performance art, transforming her home into an entirely new environment, especially for Halloween.

Many fans share Britta’s love of Halloween since she started her website in 1996. Her Halloween recipes and decorations are appreciated all over the world by the many Halloween enthusiasts who link to her website. Not only are her Halloween recipes within these pages, but for the first time, she reveals how she creates her decorations and displays with step-by-step instructions and full-color photos that show you how to transform your own home into a Halloween haunt.  Want to have creepy candlelight?  How about peeping portraits?  Or maybe you’ve always wanted to experiment with mad scientist potions!  The ideas in this book range from the simple and budget-conscious to elaborate environments and everything in between, so there is a project for everyone inside Eerie Elegance – How to Host a Haunt and Other Fabulous Frights!

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If you are hosting a Halloween party this year or haunting your house, it is important to use good Halloween props that will add that special creepy look to your décor.  Ghoulish props are a must-have for any Halloween party or haunted house. There are Halloween props that sit, hang, fly, make sounds, move or remain stationary. Add the spook factor to your home for your guests with some of these fun Halloween Props that we found at Fright Catalog, Inc.:

The Ground Fogger

No Halloween party or haunted house would be complete without a fog machine. We found a great fog machine called The Ground Fogger.  Rolling fog will tickle your toes as it drifts across your graveyard or walkway. This fogger has a compartment for ice that cools the fog so it will stay low to the ground, and set that eerie mood you’ve been dying for. Order yours here.

Skinned Legs

Body parts are another important prop to use for Halloween.  Here is just one body part you can add to your macabre collection:  it’s an all-latex bloody skinned body part “so beautifully sculpted you have to see it to believe it.” Grab your own attention-getting skinned left leg or skinned right leg to strategically lay somewhere in your favorite spooky place.

Bolt

Here’s a fun guy you should make sure you invite to a Halloween party at your place. Meet Bolt. This dramatic animatronic is like Frankenstein on steroids! Push the button, and as the sound of machinery winds up, Bolt says one of 5 different phrases. Then he gets SHOCKED with violent movement and screaming. Includes amplifier, speaker, digital audio, movement control system, dressed body, and metal rack. Requires AC power and 60-80 psi air compressor. Measures 30 inches wide, 84inches tall, 30 inches deep. Please Note: This item is a Special Order and may take 4 to 8 weeks for delivery.  Order your special friend Bolt here.

The Vomit Barrel

And finally, because gross and disgusting is vital aspect of any good Halloween party, we have the Vomit Barrel. A barrel of laughs and leftovers! This disgusting but funny device throws up on cue by switch. Great quantities of green vomit spew as the familiar Friday night sounds of heaving ensue! Requires standard AC power only. Comes with a cassette player, cassette, and amp with speakers. You supply the vomit (water with food coloring). Please note: This item is also a Special Order and may take 4 to 8 weeks for delivery.  Halloween is fast approaching so hurry and order yours here!

From the Manufacturer

Lava Lite brand lamps are the original. For 40 years, Lava Lite has captivated generations with their trademarked shape and timeless styles. Don’t accept substitutes. Demand the original….the registered Lava Lite brand. They are the perfect addition to any bedroom, living room, or party space. Simply turn on this lamp and set the mood.

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Kids of all ages are looking forward to Halloween – it’s hard to say who has more fun with it – little kids or older ones (or the adults!). It’s the time when they can play tricks on other kids and  older people and they also get a chance to ask for candies and other treats from the different houses they visit while dressed up as their favorite character du jour.  DuringHalloween Season, you will often see lawns decorated with pumpkins and spooky props including monsters, vampires and coffins. Some people even use lighting and sound effects to help make their yards extra scary.

If you would like to put pumpkins on your lawn, you might be looking for designs for pumpkin painting.  Decorating pumpkins with paint is not that hard (I think it’s easier than carving!). When the Halloween season is near, you can start looking for excellent decorating ideas. You can decorate the pumpkins together with your family and closest friends.

First and foremost, you have to shop for a pumpkin that preferably has a relatively flat bottom surface. It doesn’t have to be really flat; even only a slightly flat surface on one side will do, depending on the decoration you want to paint on it. You will need to keep this in mind especially if you have smaller kids joining the painting session, but if everyone is a little bit older, usually most any pumpkin will do.

Once you’ve purchased the pumpkins, drop by your local discount or craft store. Acrylic paints are more suitable for pumpkin painting. You should get several different colors especially if you have kids helping out so that they can create their own crazy designs and color mixes.

Before you start the painting session, you first must determine the design. You can create scary designs or even funny designs. You can find a lot of designs on the Web even if you log on for just several minutes. You just have to type the words ‘pumpkin painting’ and many results will be displayed on the screen.

You can even paint silly or famous celebrity faces your pumpkins. While this is more difficult because you have to concentrate a little more on the details – give it a go and see what you come up with.  Sometimes, the goofier, the better!  Then you can put wigs and ties on that the pumpkins to accentuate the face.  (Hair is a great way to cover up any “boo boos”).  To make a good celebrity face design on the pumpkins, you simply have to put the distinguishing feature of the celebrity and exaggerate it a bit.

You can also make other designs besides faces – you can make monster designs, animal designs and many others. Pick something that you’re interested in so that it will be a lot easier to paint on the pumpkin (your creativity will come to you easier if it’s something you like).

Aside from the acrylic paints, you will need to have several different sizes of paint brushes and small containers where you can mix different colors. Sit someplace comfortable and be sure to spread lots of newspapers around. Put the paints, brushes, and other materials over the newspaper where everyone can reach them easily. Give each family member a pumpkin and then have some fun!

This can be an exciting activity for the whole family and friends for the upcoming Halloween. You can even put lights inside the pumpkin heads if you’ve carved them out, to make the design more visible at night. Do your pumpkin painting a day or two before Halloween. This way, you’ll have time to prepare for your costumes, treats, candies, and other things that you will use for this very special occasion. Enjoy pumpkin painting with your family and friends.  This year’s Halloween will surely be extra memorable – and don’t forget to take pictures of your creations!

On Halloween, one of the “darkest” of nights, proper lighting is crucial to the spook factor.  Lighting plays a huge role in setting a “dark” mood, and can help create the sinister shadows that are perfect for Halloween.

Add creepiness to your Halloween party with special lighting effects! There are lots of ways you can illuminate this delightfully dark holiday with spotlights, window lights, strobe lights, colored bulbs, and more.

Light strings are a good starting point when thinking about Halloween lighting. They come in a variety of colors such as orange, black, green and purple as well as other colors and they are relatively inexpensive. They are also available in different Halloween shapes like skulls, pumpkins, goblins, ghosts and candy corn. They can be hung from trees and shrubs, strung along fences or attached to the eaves of the house.

Other popular choices for Halloween lighting are flickering candlelight or black lights.   Black lights produce a dark purple glow after the sun goes down and highlights costumes and makeup that are fluorescent. You can purchase black lights by themselves in most hardware stores and replace existing outdoor lights or buy them complete with a fixture.

Strobe lights create a  Halloween lighting effect  that teases the senses to a razor edge. The flashing itself is frighteningly disorienting. Add the apparent disjointed movement of a zombie or a monster, and your guests’ emotions will be piqued for any terrifying surprise you wish to spring on them.

Be sure to use some type of lighting on your walkways and paths to make sure that small Trick or Treaters or guests coming to your Halloween party can see their way clearly. Halloween luminaria, or candles places in paper bags filled with sand, are an excellent choice for people with uneven sidewalks or long driveways.  You can also buy Glow Sticks as party favors, so that guests and Trick or Treaters will have lights that they can carry with them to help them see their way and be safe while they’re out having scary fun.  Happy Halloween!

Lawn Lights is a decoration that was designed for consumers who want an extraordinary and unique holiday lighting display but don’t want to spend a lot of time, money, and effort on it. Lawn Lights allow consumers to build stunning landscape lighting displays in as little as 10 minutes with very little effort. These simple yet elegant displays rival those that are created with other decorations that require significantly more time and effort.

Lawn Lights can produce a unique and stunning lighting display in a fraction of the time it takes to create ‘conventional’ holiday lighting displays, and at a comparable cost. One set of Lawn Lights covers an area of up to 3000 square feet. Best of all – IT’S SO EASY! No spending all (more…)

Have fun at your next party with candy cups that look like Harry Potter’s Cauldron!

• Perfect for filling with small candies, bubble gum (Droobles!)  or mints
• Great for a Harry Potter-themed party, Halloween parties and more
• 6 Cauldrons per pack

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This pair of “boo-tiful” Skeleton Yard Flamingos (Skelamingos!) are molded black plastic with painted-on bones. You will get one Long Neck measuring 30 inches tall and one Short Neck measuring 27 inches tall.  Skelamingos are great for Over The Hill Parties and Halloween Decorations and also make a great gag gifts. They will last for years to come.  Order your “special pair” here.