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How To Transform Your Life And Your Yard

What should a mummy do when it's stressed out? Unwind!

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Sorry about that!;-)

I'm just trying to get this Halloween party started!

You'll unwind, too, after we scare up some fiendishly fabulous outdoor Halloween decorations!

Hmmm, let's see...you strike me as an extreme Halloween decorations type looking for something BOO-rific! Right?

Wait, wait...don't tell me -- you're looking for something frightfully subtle!

Whatever your spooky style, smashing pumpkins, alien squash, groovy graveyards, and menacing mansions are all deadly serious outdoor Halloween props.

And I've got the goulish goods! 

But beware -- a single glance at these outdoor Halloween decorations and you'll fall under the bewitching spell of All Hallows Eve.


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Oh, are you still here? Okay, don't say I didn't warn you.

To make your home sweet haunted home the house of your nightmares -- bravely scroll down!

 

 

 

BOO! 

 

Outdoor Halloween Decorations - Smashing Pumpkins

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Pumpkins make smashing outdoor Halloween decorations. Pick an artificial pumpkin that someone has gouged up for you. Or do the dirty work yourself! Here's how.

Pick A Pumpkin

If you have the stomach for it, thump a pumpkin and listen for a ripe, hollow sound. This sound means the pumpkin disembowels easily.

Normally I'm a fan of oozing sores, but for carving pumpkins it will never do. So make sure yours has a smooth clear face -- the better to carve, my pretty!

Medium-size pumpkins handle best. The large ones can't be trusted.

And you might think the small ones are all sweet and innocent. But it's a trick! So keep your wits about you -- or they'll slip through your fingers before you can get the knife in good.

Inspect the prisoner for a firmly attached head -- I mean stem -- it's a sign of death -- I mean health!

And a solid broad bottom, with lots of girth is best so Jack doesn't get knocked over.

Pumpkin Carving Terror Tools

Power tools and soft pumpkin flesh -- I love Halloween outdoor decorations!

Looking to get in touch with your inner medieval side? An old-fashioned steak knife gets the job done nicely.

Behold below some other freakishly fiendish hand tools:

  • Pumpkin-carving tools - general-purpose slicing and dicing 
  • Drywall saw -- for deep gouges and tough flesh
  • Hand saw - for chopping
  • Carving chisel - flay away

Carving a pumpkin with power tools makes quick work of this grisly task. So, make sure these are in your bag of tricks! 

  • Jigsaw - smooth cuts -- smooth curves
  • Reciprocating saw - this bad boy cuts thick tough flesh
  • Electric drill - good for poking holes -- especially the eyes
  • Router - flay away
  • Angle grinder - also good for removing skin
  • Dremel rotary tool - modern psycho detailing tool
  • Big spoon - gut-removal gadget

Get Your Carve On

It is Halloween after all, so get yourself some candy to keep your strength up. And for creep's sake, pop a horror flick soundtrack in the CD player and blast it!

Next, we want the victim -- I mean the patient -- I mean the pumpkin surgically clean.

If you're using power tools, avoid pumpkin guts mussing your scrubs by not wearing scrubs or other loose-fitting clothing. 

We wouldn't want what you're going to do to that pumpkin to happen to you, now would we?

Carving the pumpkin on a plastic drop cloth makes it easier to get rid of the evidence later.

Pull all your equipment together. Do it now. No one wants you traipsing through the house dropping pumpkin guts all over the floor.

And don't forget the carving template. You'll find them in magazines and craft stores.

Let Jack cool his heels at room temperature for a while -- that ought to show him.

Draw an 8-sided or round lid on the top of Jack's head.

You can also cut out Jack's bottom instead, gut him, and then sit him down over a candle. Ouch!

Cutting the lid at an angle makes sure it doesn't drop into Jack's neck when you put it on.

Scrape out all the innards.

Then make Jack a voodoo doll for a while. Use straight pins or tacks to attach your pattern to Jack's scull.

Position the pins directly on the template lines so when you're done, you won't leave any tell-tell holes -- except the big one you've gouged out of the top of his head!

 

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Outdoor Halloween Decorations - Groovy Graveyard

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Make spine-tingling outdoor Halloween decorations using Styrofoam for tombstones.

Jeepers creepers -- don't forget to engrave them with cheeky epitaphs like these:

  • Opens at midnight
  • I can see you
  • Vacancy (with an arrow pointing down)
  • D.M. Bones
  • R.I.P
  • See you tonight
  • I told you I was sick
  • I'll be back
  • C.U. Later

The scene will be absolutely ghostly to guests and passersby.

Use rotary tools for gouging letters into the foam.
 
Cover your tombstones with special effects stone paint and craft paint to get that highly desirable decayed look that's all the rage this season.
 
And craft old coffins and craggy-looking trees from plywood.
 
 
If a haunted mansion doesn't say "No Trespassing", I don't know what does!
 
Make yours from assorted cardboard boxes, paper towel rolls and tissue paper rolls (from you know where).
 
Mix and match them, stack them high, and glue and tape them into place.
 
Then cut out windows and use doily paper and construction paper for curtains and shutters.
 
Fashion a widow's walk at the top and get a crafty picket fence for the railing.
 
Spray paint it all black. Then move on to candy landscaping.
 
Use licorice for colorful candy blooms.
 
Black licorice crafts up craggy-looking trees and paths.

Black and white candy canes or black and white stripped licorice secured to foam can be your fencing.

Make your planting beds from candy ropes.

And use lime green jellybeans for ghastly grass.
 
 

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Outdoor Halloween Decorations - Squash

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Ready to make squash scared -- I mean squash scary?

Great! Because squash makes a fabulous alien for your outdoor Halloween decorations! 

So let's skin us a squash -- alive! Here's what you need:

  • Winter squash
  • A recovered memory of an alien abduction
  • Dry erase marker
  • Jigsaw, steak knife, angle grinder or Dremel tool
  • Glow stick or spotlight with green light orb

Draw the alien's face on the squash using your recovered memory and dry erase marker.

Carve out the eyes -- beginning at the irises and make your way outward.

Be sure to angle the eyes up. And make them bulge by leaving more flesh closer to the irises.

Carve out a small slit for the mouth.

And punch holes through for a nose.

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