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Title: A Halloween How-To: Costumes, Parties, Decorations, and Destinations by Lesley Pratt Bannatyne ISBN: 1-56554-774-8 Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.47 (15 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Scare Yourself Silly
Comment: Before some of my pagan friends get all upset, this book is about the All-American style hauntingly fun holiday, Halloween, not Samhain, not All Souls' Night, not All Hallows Eve though there are brief sketches about these feast days in the introduction. This is about trick-or-treat night! Haunted house week! Dress up and pretend night for grown-ups! Run around in the dark with the full moon sailing behind you night!
This book is a delightful compendium of ideas that are refreshingly clever, from easy to semi-difficult, and are very useful in creating a Halloween atmosphere of macabre fun and celebration. Many of the ideas will work well for both kids' and adults' parties, but most of them are geared toward adults. There are not a lot of photos in this book and the ones that are here are black and white, but this is a book where the text is inspiring and where you will have a delightful time reading over the creative ideas almost as if you are brainstorming with a friend who is as in love with this mad-cap holiday as you are.
There are chapters on decorating the house and yard, all about pumpkins, do-it-yourself costumes, parties, music and movies, recipes, actual expeditions to haunted locations, myths and monsters.
The decoration ideas are not the same old tired ones we are used to seeing and are easy to create since the directions are so thorough. There's even a long list of clever epitaphs for your frontyard gravestones. The pumpkin chapter is loaded with wonderful ideas that even a modest reveller will be able to implement, plus legends and how-tos. Really 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? It's in here. 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.
Customize your Halloween party with any of these ideas and you will go down in history as a great party host or hostess. Why not try them all and land yourself in the Partier Hall of Fame! Invitations, theme party ideas, games that are actually fun, fortunes and favors, sound effects, lighting...it's all here.
There are over 20 pages of really excellent recipes for party foods that are not only visually satisfying for Halloween fun but taste delicious, too. There's a good 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, and a list of places to visit where pros do it up big in theatrical haunted houses. 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. Don't miss it!
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Overall Guide for Anyone Who Loves Halloween!
Comment: If you are a big fan of Halloween, this book is for you! It touches on everything from the history of Halloween to modern day party ideas. I host an annual Halloween party and I got so many great adult party ideas from this book. A lot of the books out there are for kid parties. There aren't a whole lot of photos in the book; but, there are some that really get your attention. I really loved the ideas for invitations and the Halloween Resources section which gave great information on where to get Halloween stuff. Furthermore, this book gives unique ideas for decorating, costumes, and recipes. This book is a MUST for anyone planning an adult Halloween party. Overall this is an excellent, informative book for anyone who loves Halloween!
Rating: 5
Summary: Fantastic
Comment: If you are looking for a Halloween how to book for grownups, this is it. It is full of magnificent ideas for everything from parties to yard haunting. I love Halloween and I have many Halloween books. This one is the one I use the most. I especially loved the life-sized Grim Reaper. I made it for my yard haunt last year and received more compliments on it than anything else. I highly recommend this book.
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Title: Halloween Crafts: Eerily Elegant Decor by Kasey Rogers, Mark Wood ISBN: 0873492919 Publisher: Krause Publications Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: 101 Spooktacular Party Ideas by Linda Sadler ISBN: 0965852768 Publisher: Creative Kids Products Pub. Date: 31 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Give Them a Real Scare This Halloween: A Guide to Scaring Trick-Or-Treaters, & Haunting Your House, Yard or Party by Joseph Pfeiffer, Randolph Metz ISBN: 096597720X Publisher: Chessmore Pub Co Inc Pub. Date: 30 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Halloween: A Grown-Up's Guide to Creative Costumes, Devilish Decor & Fabulous Festivities by Joanne O'Sullivan ISBN: 1579903460 Publisher: Lark Books (NC) Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Halloween: The Best of Martha Stewart Living by Martha Stewart ISBN: 060980863X Publisher: Clarkson N Potter Publishers Pub. Date: 28 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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