Halloween is here again and with that fine festive, but spooky holiday comes the opportunity to decorate inside our homes.
Lots of people like to decorate the outside of their homes as well with a fine set of Halloween yard decorations.
But with the economy being what it is these days, it's good to be able to buy things inexpensively on the internet.
And because Halloween is becoming such a big holiday, there are many choices of decorating items you can get to make your home and yard a delightfully spooky place.
Some of the best items need a little bit of special attention in order to make a truly eerie atmosphere at your place.
If you drop by one of those big box hardware stores where you live, you can pick up some pieces of building board.
This is like big sheets of the stuff that ceiling tiles are made from.
Try to avoid getting Styrofoam because in the next step you are going to paint it and Styrofoam and spray paint do not go well together.
This material is great for making fake tombstones to place in your front yard.
You simply cut the material into tombstone shaped pieces and then spray them with a nice ugly gray spray paint.
Then find some sticks or dowel rods to attach the boards to.
Make sure the end of the stick extends below the bottom of your fake tombstone.
Then go out front of your house and plant the tombstone into the ground.
The best part is that online, you can easily find big bargains on those signs that say things like "This way to the graveyard" And unless you are a great artist (and you might be) buying one of these signs, especially if you get the kind that lights up, will make your homemade graveyard look all the more scary.
If you really want to add an extra amount of spookiness to our tombstone tableau, you will need some bodies.
And they are pretty easy to put together.
All you really have to do is get some old clothes and stuff them with some wadded up newspapers or garbage bags.
And I you take a minute to find yourself a horrific looking mask online, then you can strap this to a pumpkin you are suing for a head for your dead body.
This is a nice touch, especially if you add a little red paint to simulate blood flow at the base of the neck of your pumpkin head.
Scary and wonderful all at the same time.
Take a look today online and you will surely find some great discounts on scary Halloween yard decorations that you can use at your house to cause a great big neighborhood stir.