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How to Decorate for Halloween on a Budget

September 22, 2019 by Helen Miltiades

How to Decorate for Halloween on a Budget

Bring a lot or a little scare to your home for Halloween with these budget friendly decorating tips and ideas!  Afterall, Halloween is that unique time of year when it’s fun to be scared, but also allows you to be creative in the way you decorate.

1. One of the most inexpensive ways to add some Halloween (or Fall, or Thanksgiving) to your front porch is to stuff your own scarecrow!  From around your house, find an old pair of jeans, a sweatshirt, a plastic grocery bag, a plastic Halloween mask (dollar store), and either newspaper, leaves, or straw.  Start by stuffing the sweatshirt, jeans, and plastic bag with either the newspaper, leaves, or straw, until they are full.  The plastic bag is going to be the head, so tie the handles closed to make a ball.  Simply put the Halloween mask over the bag, place the jeans in a sitting position (maybe on a hay bale?) and set the stuffed sweatshirt on top.  Attach the head, (maybe add a hat), and now you have your Halloween scarecrow!  This is a great activity to get your children involved in, and is fun for the whole family!  Not to mention, so inexpensive!

2. Add the feel of “caution” to the air with rolls of  yellow caution tape and put it up around the perimeter of your home.  The caution tape is sold at most hardware stores, and is relatively inexpensive.  The addition of a sign that says “Enter at your own risk” or “Grave Digging” will add to the feel of Keep Out, Danger!

3. You can enhance the spooky feel of your home by replacing your outdoor light bulbs with a black light bulb, then place some glow-in-the-dark skeletons or spiders nearby and watch as your front porch is transformed!  Check your local dollar store for inexpensive Halloween items to add to your display.

4. A fun activity that you can do with your children or as a family is to cut out Halloween decorations from black construction paper and attach them to your windows.  Construction paper is very inexpensive, and at night, your windows will show a Halloween scene like black cats, bats, or ghosts when the lights are on inside!

5. If you like using pumpkins to decorate for Halloween, here’s a tip to make them last longer!  Instead of carving the pumpkins, use acrylic paint to make faces, scenes, and spooky sayings.  This will make your pumpkins last much longer, and you won’t have the carving mess to clean up!  However, this also means you won’t have any pumpkin seeds to bake!  When displaying your pumpkins, using an odd number in a grouping will make them stand out better.

The most budget friendly place to start is around your house.  Check first to see what you already have that you could use in your decorating.  Also, check your local dollar stores, as the selection of seasonal items is usually pretty good!

What inexpensive Halloween decorating ideas or tips do you have?  Happy Halloween!

 

Filed Under: Home Ownerhsip Tagged With: budget, decorating, halloween

Trick or Treat and Halloween Events Around Savannah GA 2019

September 22, 2019 by Helen Miltiades

Trick or Treat and Halloween Events Around Savannah GA 2019

Trick or Treat and Halloween Events Around Savannah GA 2014

Time to dress up in your scariest costume, paint your face and grab your bucket; it’s Halloween around Savannah Georgia.

Here are some of the fun trick-or-treating events happening this weekend in Savannah.

If you haven’t already seen it you have to check out the Ghosts & Gravestones Frightseeing Tour, which will take you on a haunted journey you’ll never forget. Explore River Street’s Chandlery and when the sun goes down you can board the trolley for the doomed frightseeing journey. They don’t even allow kids less than four years of age and anyone under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Purchase your tickets online and meet at the Simply Savannah Trolley Depot at 301 East River St. The tour takes a little over one hour.

Halloween night celebrates at the Crawl-O-Ween on River Street from 7 PM until 11 PM. Participants will stop at select bars and restaurants for this haunted pub crawl. Admission is just $10 per person and includes a souvenir.

The city of Savannah has recommended trick or treating times, which keeps everyone safe. The city does not set time specifically unless a Halloween falls on a Sunday. But this year, Halloween is on Friday and trick-or-treating normally starts around 6 PM. In Pooler Georgia, the police department recommends that trick or treating happened between 4 and 8 PM.

Many churches and schools will also be participating in the Trunk or Treat events such as:

  • Trunk or Treat Chili Cook-Off at Southwest Baptist
  • Calvary Baptist Trunk or Treat
  • Annual Pumpkin Painting with Police
A Nightmare on Congress Street VII ~ Halloween Themed Bar Crawl
Sat, Oct 26, 4:00pm
The Rail Pub, Savannah, GA
Starts at $10.00
The Harp Twins Halloween Concert @ The Chapel (Bonaventure Funeral Home)
Thu, Oct 31, 7:30pm
Bonaventure (The Chapel Mausoleum), Savannah, GA
Starts at $20.00
Halloween Trick or Tease Club One
Fri, Oct 11, 7:00pm
Club One, Savannah, GA
Starts at $15.00
Magical Moments Halloween Boo Bash
Fri, Oct 25, 7:00pm
Crosswinds Golf Club, Savannah, GA
Fall Festival
Thu, Oct 31, 5:00pm
Tom Triplett Community Park, Pooler, GA

There’s more happening all over Pooler and Savannah this weekend so get out there and spread a few Halloween treats!

Image by Matt McGee Flickr Commons

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