Luxury Housing Trends & Home Improvement Ideas

When decorating your house for a ghostly party, purchase pumpkins, gourds and other food from local farms and markets. Make sure they are organic and pesticide-free, especially if you are having an apple-bobbing contest. Try to be creative by making wreaths and placemats out of fall leaves and berries from your yard. Use bed sheets for ghosts and tree branches and invent spooky scenes for the entrance of your party location.

Candy will be one of your highest expenses along with the food and drinks, so pinch your pennies by baking goodies for your guests. Bake simple sugar cookies but add creepy touches by putting a scary face on them using different types of sprinkles. Another option is to make dirt in a cup with gummy worms or bake cupcakes and use red icing.

Limit your outside lighting to set the mood, but make sure that there is enough lighting for guests and trick-or-treaters to get to your door. For example, only keep the front door light on and a light on your sidewalk.