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cheap tricks low-budget halloween decor from everyday household stuff by Yee-Fan Sun |  1 2 3

There’s no avoiding it this time of year. As the leaves turn color and start to blanket the ground, wander into any drugstore, dollar store, department store, you name it, and there it lurks in all its seasonal glory: the Halloween section. Fake skulls and bloody body parts, scary witches and mummies and vampires, ooky bats and spiders and more creatures that go bump in the night. Piles of poorly-made plastic wares in shades of orange and black, red and purple, all made in China and brought cheap to you.

As kids, all that macabre madness meant trick-or-treating and school costume contests and above all, big piles of cavity-inducing pure sugar treats. All grown-up now, we find new ways to celebrate the most spine-chilling night of the year … with food and drink and dance, in all-night costume-clad, semi-debauched revelry. Yes, though candy still has its allure, Halloween’s main appeal is deeper now: it’s the one holiday of the year that’s dedicated purely to silliness and fun, letting your imagination run a little wild, pretending you still believe in magic.

So I understand how hard it is to walk into the stores and resist the lure of flying bat props and glow-in-the-dark skeletons and black plastic cauldrons galore, those ghoulish decorating goodies that get us all geared up for the spooktacular amuseuments. Still, having spent way too much money throwing elaborate Halloween parties in the past, I also know how easy it is for all those “cheap” readymade decorations to add up in cost, putting a major dent in your bank account. Fortunately, there is a better way: with just a night or two of arts-and-crafts fun (invite your buds over to help!), you can easily create cool homemade Halloween decorations for a fraction of the cost.

Yes, if you’re getting ready to host a great big Halloween fete -- or even a small intimate one -- here are a few ideas for scaring up some fab fright night decors from stuff you probably already have lying around the house…

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