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Halloween Crafts: Eerily Elegant Decor
So many halloween books are geared towards kids -- it's refreshing to find one aimed at adults. And adults with style, not just adults who like blood & gore. This book has crafts & decorations for a very elegant adult Halloween celebration. The photos are lavish, the instructions are clear, & the projects require only basic tools & sewing skills. As a regular on TV's Bewitched, Kasey Rogers (Louise Tate) has the right pedigree to produce Halloween Crafts: Eerily Elegant Decor. She and coauthor Mark Wood have dreamed up some pretty innovative approaches to such timeworn Halloween delights as pumpkin carving, table decorating, and party giving. Rather than limit carving to traditional orange pumpkins, they offer devilish red imps made of bumpy gourds and green glow-stick eyes, or a jaunty goblin king carved of green hubbard squash. A decrepit old butler figure presides over the "graveyard tea," and the "harvest of skulls" centerpiece features a tower of grinning plastic skulls topped with drippy black (electric) candles. A quartet of simple recipes makes up the "Boo-fey," along with two versions of punch contributed by another Bewitched alumnus, Bernard Fox (Dr. Bombay). If you're into creating your own Halloween decor, this book is for you!

Halloween Fun : 101 Ideas to get in the spirit
Cute and clever ideas for decorating, costumes, and crafts for children. Inspiring ideas to
celebrate Halloween with creepy decorations, clever costumes, eerie treats to eat, and
more! 100+ projects with instructions and patterns.

Halloween : The Best of Martha Stewart Living
Halloween is rivaled only by Christmas when it comes to the holidays. This book has
wonderfully dark and gothic decorations that really capture the essence and magic of
Halloween. Even the ideas for the kids are tasteful, without being overly cutesy.
Add to this great ideas for seasonal food, excellent costume ideas, and party ideas,
and you have a great 'grown-up' Halloween decorating guide!

Hocus Pocus: Halloween Crafts for a Spooktacular Holiday
Host a magical Halloween with this collection of frightfully fun crafts! Most of the crafts are easy enough for children and great for school parties. Projects from shimmering beaded spiderwebs to party crackers that open with a loud "pop!" to reveal a gush of goodies. Use easy sewing, stamping, and painting techniques to make 20 projects. Decorate with mosaic lanterns, cauldron-shaped candles, and a festive banner for the front door. Conjure up the perfect party with stylish invitations, etched glasses, pumpkin placemats, and candy-coated pretzels

101 Spooktacular Party Ideas
make planning a Halloween party easy, with 101 Spooktacular Party Ideas filled with ideas
that will help you haunt your house with boo-tiful decorations, sinisterly delectable treats,
play bone chilling games and make fiendishly fun crafts and party favors. More focused for
children, but has ideas suitable for adults. Great ideas for indoor and outdoor decorations,
also has wonderfully creative recipes. 101 Spooktacular Party Ideas features 9 outdoor
decorations, 10 indoor decorations, 10 quick and easy treats, 15 make ahead treats, 10
beverage ideas, 22 relay and active games, quiet games, craft and party favors, and more!

A Halloween How-To: Costumes, Parties, Decorations, and Destinations
Useful reference for adults who revel in Halloween and folks who seek to make the trick-or-treat experience a little more harrowing for unsuspecting children in costume. Trick-or-treat night! Haunted house week! Dress up and pretend night for grown-ups! Chapters on decorating the house and yard, pumpkins, DIY costumes, parties, music, movies, recipes, actual expeditions to haunted locations, myths and monsters, Invitations, theme party ideas, games that are actually fun, fortunes and favors, sound effects, lighting ... it's all here. The decoration ideas are not the same old tired ones we are used to seeing and are easy to create. There's even a long list of clever epitaphs for your frontyard gravestones. The pumpkin chapter loaded with wonderful ideas, plus legends and how-tos. Innovative, funny, spooky and easy costumes are found in abundance in this book - did you know bird-seed makes the best false bosom? Need a recipe for some good fake blood? Choose from quick and easy blood, soaking and spreading blood, or cheap two ingredient blood with a bit of concentrated coffee for realism. Do you want dead skin, rotting skin, or old wrinkled skin? No problem - unique decoration ideas here that will help make your party shine. Customize your Halloween party with any of these ideas and you will go down in history as a great party host or hostess. Excellent recipes for party foods for Halloween that are fun and taste delicious, too. Listing of classic Halloween horror videos broken down into categories, a list of spooky classical music for Halloween atmosphere, a list of the best Halloween scary stories. There's even a list of places reputed to actually be haunted ... if you have the courage! Even if you have never really done much to get in the Halloween spirit before, this book is sure to infect you with the Halloween bug. The author clearly loves this holiday and she passes that love on to us with excitement and wonderful creativity. The book concludes by taking a look at some of the more infamous Halloween myths and current trends of the Halloween holiday. It's a true celebration of the Halloween season

The Halloween Book
Halloween craft book for kids - DIVIDED INTO 3 CATEGORIES : LIGHTS AND DECORATIONS,
DRESSING UP, AND PARTY TIME. There are descriptions and photos of additions to fairy, pirate,
witch, vampire, and ghost costumes, with elaborate face painting and perfectly cut-out,
acrylic-painted, paper-plate masks. Refreshments include sausage fingers, "bread roll monsters,"
gorgeous-looking creepy cupcakes, and "cauldron cocktails." Finally, there are instructions for a
shadow theatre and other traditional party games. The photographs are stunning, but all of the
projects look like they were made by adults or particularly handy, older children.

Halloween : Grown-Up's Guide to Creative Costumes, Decor & Fabulous Festivities
Halloween book that's definitely for adults. Designs show marvelous creativity and what you
can do with a little imagination for parties, decorations, and costumes. A selection of theme
party ideas, from Day o' the Dead to a Masked Ball, will make for a Happy Halloween.
After all: why should kids have all the fun? How about making an English Judge's wig out
of rolls of bathroom tissue, or a Geisha Girl costume made with old bed sheets. The costumes
are all aimed at adults and the materials list reflects making these for an adult wearer, as
opposed to children. Unique make-up tips for a ghoulishly great appearance will complete the
effect. The book has historical information about Halloween, monsters, and other cultural things.
For example, after the instructions for the Green Man costume, it has two pages telling what is
known (and not known) about the Green Man's history. With the fairy costume, it tells about different kinds of fairies, and how some kinds of fairies are more dangerous than cute. Finally, there is some great tips on throwing themed Halloween parties such as a New Orleans Voodoo Cocktail party or a Day of the Dead dinner party, both with invitations, decor, libations and food, all matching the theme. While it may be a tame for some peoples tastes, "Halloween: A Grown-Up's Guide to Creative Costumes, Devilish Decor & Fabulous Festivities" is still a great book with many interesting and imaginative ideas.

The Halloween Handbook : 447 Costumes
It's dress-up for grown-ups, and the liveliest, most imaginative collection of Halloween costume ideas - 447 costume ideas to be exact - from two hip, inveterate lovers of all things Halloween . . . plus dozens of other ideas for enjoying the holiday. There's the ultra-quick: Pin several pair of underwear to a shirt, and voil�, A Chest of Drawers. With a bit more time, wrap yourself in aluminum foil and don a beret - mmm, French Kiss. There are Angels and Devils, all with variations (add roller skates to your Satan costume, and go as Hell on Wheels). Celeb sightings, from the Dalai Lama to Madonna, Costumes for couples - Sweethearts Caught on Lover's Lane, Fred and Wilma Flintstone - and costumes for whole groups of friends, including how to appear as the Sopranos or the hapless castaways on Gilligan's Island, Wonder Woman or Peter Pan. And for the children, check out Nursery Rhymes, Fairy Tales, and Other Costumes. Great source of ideas for costume parties year round or even school and community theater apparel.

Easy Halloween Costumes for Kids
One hundred easy-to-make costumes complete with matching treat bags and accessories. The color-coded, easy patterns for 3 to 12 year olds are well-organized and feature a wealth of "no-sew" shortcuts and "last-minute" solutions. Highly recommended for even the most novice costumer, Illegally Easy Halloween Costumes For Kids is enhanced further with a history of Halloween. Designs ranging from traditional and storybook characters to animals and clowns, bunnies, pirates and witches to the amusing gingerbread house, octopus, swamp monster to celestial beings and cultural tributes, most of the costumes can be assembled without a sewing machine and in only one evening. Many of the costumes are made form Polarfleece (a perfect Halloween fabric which is soft and lightweight, slightly stretchy, warm, versatile, with no hemming or seam finished needed -- and hotglues like a dream!). Although specifically targeted for the Halloween holiday, these are delightful outfits that can well serve for costume parties and school plays at any time of year! The color pictures of the kids in the costumes are wonderful!! Great idea!

Dazzling Disguises and Clever Costumes
A wide variety of masks, head gear, and costumes are presented, with explanations for making and combining accessories. Ordinary household tools are used, and all the materials are easy to find, collect, or buy. Projects are arranged in three groups, according to the length of time required, and all models are children. Instructions are clear, giving basic ideas, and suggesting variations and accents. Middle-grade students and adults working with younger children will be able to follow them with ease. Only one template, or pattern, is provided, so costume makers are encouraged to use their artistic skills to customize each piece. Those with some craft experience may have an easier time than novices, although the simplest procedures are always given. (Only a few costumes require any sewing; glue, staples, and tape are preferred.)

Halloween Paper Chains
Halloween witches and werewolves - easy to make with the stencils, patterned papers, and instructions. Fun facts about holiday customs add to the joy of making both simple paper chains and more advanced projects, from spooky party invitations and games all the way up to a model haunted castle and special trick or treat bags.

Elegantly Frugal Costumes: The Poor Man's Do-It-Yourself
Shows you how to make costumes for plays, pageants and musicals at the lowest possible expense! Just about every basic period is covered: Biblical to Medieval, Renaissance, Angels, the Fabulous Fifties, 1800s to World War I, The Roaring Twenties and more. Many helpful hints on making or buying realistic period theatrical costumes on a shoestring budget from cast-offs, donations, scraps, and other easily-obtained materials. Also included are "special effects" costumes, helpful hints for getting into and out of costumes, and a glossary of costuming terms.

Pumpkin Chic: Decorating With Pumpkins and Gourds
Sophisticated and elegant autumn decorations. Whether you are an interior designer or just planning some seasonal beauty for your home, you will be very pleased with this book. The photographs are wonderful, the instructions are clear, and you will be inspired to create many wonderful items for your autumn or Halloween decor.

Haunt Your House For Halloween: Decorating Tricks & Party Treats
Create a charming country-style Halloween setting through your whole house, from the front yard and the entryway to the windows, mantelpiece, and table, with a little help from Haunt Your House for Halloween. More sweetly spooky than scary, the decorations feature lots of simple, painted wood cutouts (ghosts, pumpkins, characters, rabbits, cats, crows), easy wreaths (such as a circle of ghost-wrapped lollipops), and clever edibles (sloppy joes whose buns masquerade as pumpkins; ghoul-aid; chocolate scaredy-snacks). Full directions and patterns with lot of ideas for decorating your house. The majority of the items are "country" style wood cutouts. Here are 80 eerie projects - scary decorations, ghosts by the window, ghouls in your yard and on fences and porches. Creative ideas for every room and area will make your home the area�s Halloween masterpiece. Bonus: Party recipes, favors, and costumes. �The decorating ideas and party tips in this colorful book can make your Halloween a treat.�

Vintage Halloween Collectibles: Identification & Price Guide
Halloween was once considered an adult practice referred to as "going a-souling," but it was eventually taken up by children who would visit the houses in their neighborhood and be given ale, food, and money. The tradition of trick-or-treating can be traced back to the early 1900s, but the decorations of all things scary began much before that. Some time around the late 1800s pumpkins, witches, black cats, and ghouls began appearing in parades, adorning city streets, and decorating homes. Great resource for anyone who buys, sells, collects vintage Halloween!

Halloween Merrymaking: Celebration Of Fun, Food, And Frolics From Halloweens Past
Halloween was not the ghoulish, gory holiday that it is today, but rather a day of revelry when people would hold parties for adults as well as children. Halloween decorations became widely available during the 1910's and Halloween Merrymaking presents hundreds of photographs depicting these vintage decorations. Illustrations and photos show various themes of the times. Interestingly, many of these decorations are being recaptured these days by modern crafters. The fantastic crepe paper and paper Mache decorations are a collectors dream! Throughout the book writers of the times dispense advice, squarely aimed at women, on how to throw a successful Halloween party. The book even provides sample menus for different types of parties such as formal, informal, or children's. Next up is the entertainment with suggestions on music and dances and games, as well as advice on costumes. We begin with invitations with some classic examples of period artwork depicting pumpkins, witches or black cats. Showing far more thought, as well as sophistication, magazines even gave advice on what to write, often favoring catchy little rhymes. This is a nostalgic walk back in time to an era of simplicity and fun. It's fun and educational to see how our grandparents and great-grandparents may have celebrated Halloween decades ago.

Vintage, Halloween Graphics: Vintage Holiday Graphics
Trick or treat - trip down memory lane, this book celebrates All Hallows' Eve in American graphic and print media from the early 1900s to the '60s. Featuring witches, ghouls, ghosts, and jack-o-lanterns, the scariest postcards and decorations, the silliest costumes and candid photos are collected here. With an introduction tracing the unexpected history of Halloween and its traditions, Vintage Halloween is a nostalgic tribute to one of America's favorite holidays. Vintage Holiday Graphics offers one of the best collections of Olde Halloween images yet available. Drawing material from postcards, paper decorations, magazines, advertisements, package labels, private period photographs, sheet music, masks, costumes, party favors, and other varied sources, the book offers almost two hundred pages of visionary iconography, that, for many, will definitely represent the very nature of the holiday itself. Traditional images of ghosts, scarecrows, bats, fairies, pumpkins, and human tricksters in colors of orange, black, white, and green predominate, though some of the images were clearly culled from the Fifties and Sixties, and thus the occasional helmeted spaceman or antenned robot appears.

Halloween: An American Holiday, an American History
History of Halloween in America. Halloween has evolved from the Celtic celebrations of 2,000 years ago to become today the fastest-growing holiday in the country. Examines the ancient origins as well as its traditions and celebrations, from costuming to bobbing for apples. Jack-o-lanterns, black cats, and witches are explained. Ghosts, ghouls, and goblins lurk behind every page. The book traces the contributions of America�s immigrants to the holiday, documenting the beliefs each ethnic group has added to the mix. Related recipes, poems, songs, and photos perfectly complement the meticulously documented text. The strengths of this book have to do with the folklore of Halloween, both in the colonies and throughout young America, and with the holiday's Victorian celebration. The result is the most educational and entertaining examination of Halloween, its myths, and its truths. A treasure for Halloween fans