Decorating Williamsburg Homes for Halloween
It is that time again when those of us who own Williamsburg homes get to put on our scary best and decorate for Halloween. You need to start thinking about what you want to do for Halloween decorations and start planning your attack! You have the kids thinking about their costumes already, now you need to think about how to decorate your Williamsburg homes. One of the best ways to pull off a great Halloween look in your yard is to have a combination of home made and store bought decorations. To get the best look I have a few tips and suggestions to pull off a great Halloween motif in your yard:
· Have some speakers in a window and play spooky Halloween ambiance music for the trick or treaters coming up the walk.
· Line the walk with jack o lanterns. This will not only look scary but will give lighting to the little ones and cast an eerie glow across your yard.
· String cobwebs around the home and among the trees and shrubs. Add in some plastic spiders for a really creepy feel.
· Hang ghosts, goblins and bats throughout the eaves and trees.
· Get a scary doorbell sound or hang a ghoulish door knocker.
· If you have a fog machine turn it on close to the entrance to your home.
· Have older children? Get them in the spirit by getting them into costume and having them hang out near the front door or walkway. If they are still, people will think it is simply a stuffed ghoul or goblin. As they come near have it “come to life”.
· Have your children help make gravestones for the entire family. Get some Styrofoam from a craft store and cut it out in tombstone shapes. Let the kids paint it with RIP messages for the whole family. Stick the tombstones into the grave and add a skeleton hanging around and you have your own cemetery.
· Are you really ambitious? How about making your very own coffin? It’s really just a rectangular box about the size of…oh…the man of the family. Paint it black and add some red fabric inside and you have your own coffin. Not to mention, when Halloween is over it makes a great storage area for all the decorations you can save for next year.
· Hang a noose near the garage with a skeleton or monster hanging from it.
· Old clothing makes perfect starts for severed limbs to be strewn about. Get a few feet and hands from the local craft store. Cut off a sleeve, pant leg or even torso and stuff it. With a little red paint for blood you have a severed limb!
If you have recently purchased Williamsburg real estate and have not yet accumulated a lot of Halloween decorations, don’t worry. Each year as you progress, buy a couple more items and make a few more items so each year you have more and more. In no time at all you will be able to host a Halloween block party or haunted house! But most importantly, make sure you dress up, have fun and stay safe this Halloween!
Andrea Pokorny, Realtor
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