From adorable pumpkin families and classic jack-o-lanterns to down-right scary giant spiders (eek!), the All You Frightfully Fun Halloween Handbook packs in more cute and creepy crafts for tabletops, porches and yards than you'llhave room to display. Kids and adults alike will marvel at the ingenious storybook costumes, like Charlotte the Spider and Curious George, and shiver at the sight of our graveyard-chic décor. The best part? Every idea comes with simple instructions and a clear list of budget-friendly supplies you'll find online or at nearby stores. And since no holiday celebration is complete without delicious food for the whole family, our dozens of recipes for appetizers, main dishes, sides and, of course, desserts, will satisfy even the hungriest vampires or zombies in your brood. We've even included easy-bake treats so you can use up all that leftover candy (Mmmm... Milky Way Pudding!). No matter whether you're gathering toddlers, teens or adults for your annual spookfest, the All You Frightfully Fun Halloween Handbook offers low-cost, big-bang ideas to ensure everyone a hauntingly good time.

With some corn syrup, drink mix powder and water, you can make a splendid concoction of stage blood--without spending an arm and a leg. From budget-friendly frights to sophisticated props, this book offers dozens of imaginative ways to haunt a house for Halloween. Readers will find generously illustrated step-by-step instructions for creating a barbecued skull, devil eyes, bonehead tableware, a magic bottle, a glowing brain and other projects. The book details ways to enhance an eerie ambiance with effects like blacklights and music. Props use many common household items and tools. Where specialty items are required, the author tells where they can be found at a reasonable cost. Projects take anywhere from a few hours to several days to complete. The chapters ooze with tips on topics like creating apprehension and surprise, using design to guide guests, creatively using plastic skulls, and making papier-mache masks and molded hands. There are recipes for fake blood and vomit and ideas for using them, and other creative and adaptable ideas. Appendices include "Merry Halloween," which advises, "One of the best times to look for bargains on Halloween prop-building materials is right after Christmas"; an alphabetical listing of props and supplies and where they can be found; a list of specialty suppliers; and an "epitaph" inviting comments.

You'll get dozens of ideas for costumes, decorations, tasty treats, and more. And there's no trick to making them, since each comes with simple, step-by-step instructions.

Complemented by more than two hundred full-color photographs, a family-friendly guide to Halloween is filled with delicious recipes, fun-filled games, ghoulish decorations, creative crafts, ingenious costume ideas, and party-planning suggestions to help everyone in the family enjoy the spookiest holiday of the year.

Within this mighty tome you will find: Over 30 food and 20 cocktail recipes. Tips on costumes, decorations and party games. An extensive list of seasonal movies to watch, Halloween specials to view and songs to play. The previously unwritten history of Halloween (WHAT THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW.) A guide on how to survive any monstrous creature you may encounter on Halloween night such as werewolves and head lice. A plethora of black magic rituals to perform including how to raise the dead and give your enemies diarrhoea. A list of over 50 demons lovingly illustrated in biro and guides on how to summon them. Tips on dating a witch. A chapter for people who hate children. A chapter for children on how to not get molested. How to prevent and survive a bear attack. How to tell if a little person is a leprechaun or a normal human being who deserves respect. The truth about reptilians. And much more. Best of all this book fits comfortably into most oversized pockets.

Suggests ways of assembling hundreds of classic and original Halloween costumes, mostly for adults, from everyday objects, and provides information on holiday lore, party ideas, and seasonal amusements.