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How to Tell if Your Child Can Handle a Haunted House Experience

Aug 28th 2024

Halloween excitement is running high – and this year your child wants to visit their first haunted house, haunted hayride or haunted corn maze. But, while Halloween focuses on frights, everyone has their own scare-tolerance. How do you know when kids are ready to visit a haunted attraction?Psychologists point out that fear is a normal part of childhood. Mastering certain fears – of b … read more
How to Tell if Your Child Can Handle a Haunted House Experience
 

13 of This Year’s Must-Have Halloween Decorations

Aug 15th 2023

As the year grows older and dusk falls earlier, you sense that there’s more than just a nip in the air. Dry leaves scud across pavement like whispery footsteps. You shiver at the chill wind and secrets hidden in the dark. No wonder autumn is the season of ghosts and ghouls. If the change in seasons makes you excited for Halloween, you’re not alone. Halloween decorations get larger and more el … read more
13 of This Year’s Must-Have Halloween Decorations
 

6 Methods for Preserving Your Pumpkins

Oct 17th 2022

Pumpkin carving is a favorite Halloween pastime. However, a carved pumpkin goes bad quickly. Unless a rotten and moldy jack o lantern is the Halloween look you’re going for, check out these tips on how to preserve a carved pumpkin.1. BleachBleach is an effective way to preserve a pumpkin. You will need: A bucket large enough to submerge your jack o lantern, household bleach, a measuring spoon … read more
6 Methods for Preserving Your Pumpkins
 

5 Ways to Use Christmas Lights with Your Halloween Decorations

Aug 23rd 2022

Updated August 22, 2023Decorating for Halloween has become increasingly popular, maybe because the holiday offers such a diverse canvas for creativity. You can dress your home for autumn using scarecrows, colored corn and dried materials, or dive into the spookier aspects of Halloween decorations, with ghosts, ghouls and witches. While you’re putting up all your outdoor Halloween decorations, … read more
5 Ways to Use Christmas Lights with Your Halloween Decorations
 

4 Great Halloween Decorating Ideas

Sep 24th 2018

The Halloween season is right around the corner! It might be a bit too early to decorate for Halloween, but it’s never too early to start planning for it. Here are four decorating ideas to help you plan out your Halloween decor. Decorate A Halloween Tree: There’s no reason that Christmas trees only have to be used for Christmas. Trees can be used for many occasions, and are … read more
4 Great Halloween Decorating Ideas