Halloween is just around the corner.
How are you doing on decorating for this fun time of year? If you have pulled out the cobwebs, big spiders, tombstones and other ghosts and goblins you've had packed away, you may be starting to set them up to create a frightfully good time in your home.
But what about the trick-or-treaters? Have you come up with a really fun way to get them to be a part of your home display? If you have hutches in your home, we're going to help you make their Halloween trick-or-treating a scream.
First, consider the look of your hutches.
Most hutches have a counter that sticks out a little bit below the shelving portion of the furniture piece.
While in a regularly lighted room this looks like a nice piece of furniture, if it's dark and there are cobwebs hanging from it, it looks like a black hole where anything could be hiding under the first shelf of the hutch.
We're going to turn your hutches into mystery graveyards.
Start with the shelves.
If you have items you can't take off the shelves, you will at least need to cover them up to make the theme work.
If you can remove the items, you have more decorating space.
You will want to put foam tombstones and possibly some fake bones of hands or feet sticking off the end of the shelf.
On the counter portion of your hutches, you need to put down a layer of protective material (a garbage bag will do in a pinch), and then cover it with black fabric.
On top of this you will need to place a couple of bowls, which can be pushed back to the wall of the hutch (these are going to be your treat bowls).
Now you need to decorate the front of the counter on the hutches with more tombstones, skeleton pieces and anything else that gives a creepy look.
Finally drape the whole area with cobwebs.
What you want to have accomplished is an area where the kids will have to reach through the scary graveyard and cobwebs to go to the bowls they can't see at the back of the hutches to get their candy.
Motion Activated Items Many stores carry motion activated items these days that are great to add to this theme.
They could be items you can set on the shelves or the counter of the hutches or have sitting nearby.
All that matters is as the kids try to approach to get their candy, the motion activated toys come to life.
Sounds and Lights A big part of what makes Halloween spooky is the lights and sounds of the holiday.
You should set up your stereo to play a creepy soundtrack and have very dark lighting to make your hutches look even more like a scary place to visit.
Final Touches If you really want to be a tough venue, you can also mix up the bowls.
You can have some of the bowls have treats and others have store bought slime that they may reach their hand into.
You can claim it's the brains of someone who was buried in the cemetery and watch them scream.
How are you doing on decorating for this fun time of year? If you have pulled out the cobwebs, big spiders, tombstones and other ghosts and goblins you've had packed away, you may be starting to set them up to create a frightfully good time in your home.
But what about the trick-or-treaters? Have you come up with a really fun way to get them to be a part of your home display? If you have hutches in your home, we're going to help you make their Halloween trick-or-treating a scream.
First, consider the look of your hutches.
Most hutches have a counter that sticks out a little bit below the shelving portion of the furniture piece.
While in a regularly lighted room this looks like a nice piece of furniture, if it's dark and there are cobwebs hanging from it, it looks like a black hole where anything could be hiding under the first shelf of the hutch.
We're going to turn your hutches into mystery graveyards.
Start with the shelves.
If you have items you can't take off the shelves, you will at least need to cover them up to make the theme work.
If you can remove the items, you have more decorating space.
You will want to put foam tombstones and possibly some fake bones of hands or feet sticking off the end of the shelf.
On the counter portion of your hutches, you need to put down a layer of protective material (a garbage bag will do in a pinch), and then cover it with black fabric.
On top of this you will need to place a couple of bowls, which can be pushed back to the wall of the hutch (these are going to be your treat bowls).
Now you need to decorate the front of the counter on the hutches with more tombstones, skeleton pieces and anything else that gives a creepy look.
Finally drape the whole area with cobwebs.
What you want to have accomplished is an area where the kids will have to reach through the scary graveyard and cobwebs to go to the bowls they can't see at the back of the hutches to get their candy.
Motion Activated Items Many stores carry motion activated items these days that are great to add to this theme.
They could be items you can set on the shelves or the counter of the hutches or have sitting nearby.
All that matters is as the kids try to approach to get their candy, the motion activated toys come to life.
Sounds and Lights A big part of what makes Halloween spooky is the lights and sounds of the holiday.
You should set up your stereo to play a creepy soundtrack and have very dark lighting to make your hutches look even more like a scary place to visit.
Final Touches If you really want to be a tough venue, you can also mix up the bowls.
You can have some of the bowls have treats and others have store bought slime that they may reach their hand into.
You can claim it's the brains of someone who was buried in the cemetery and watch them scream.
SHARE
