HALLOWEEN TREE

Spray paint an artificial Christmas tree black or a creepy camo-type green. Use paper garlands of bats or spiders from the store or make one of your own. Hang plastic spiders and other trinkets on the tree. You can buy bags of these things at party stores. Hot melt glue them on if you have room to store the tree fully assembled. Glue each piece onto a bobby pin or other inexpensive clip to attach if you need to take the tree apart for storage.

TREE GARLANDS

Go nuts at the candy store for all wrapped Halloween candies or just orange and yellow ones. Thread heavy cord through an upholstery needle and pierce the ends of the candy wrappers.

Suggestions:

Butterscotch Disks

Bit O' Honey minis

Orange and Black Taffy

What candy you buy depends on whether you are going to eventually eat it or if it's just for show.

What do you get when you cross a werewolf and a vampire?
A fur coat that fangs around your neck.

JACK ORNAMENTS

Regular glass Christmas ornaments from the craft store, covered with orange clay. Use a pin or needle tool to draw a Jack O' Lantern face, then cut it out with a craft knife.

Who did Frankenstein take to the prom?...His ghoul friend.

TREE DECORATIONS

Old rhinestone jewelry make great sparkly ornaments. Glue on a small plastic clothespin to attach.

Mardi Gras beads, cut into 10" lengths and gathered into bundles of 4 or 5 pieces, look funky hanging off branch tips.

Or just cut one end, glue many strands together and drape as garland.

TREE LIGHTS

Regular Christmas lights work well on the tree. You can swipe all of the orange, clear and/or yellow lights from other strings, buy strings with only orange lights, or your favorite combo. Some places sell "Halloween" strings for more money, so save your $$$ and stock up at the after-Christmas sales.

RAGGEDY GARLAND

Cut up trash bags into ragged "icicles" and hang on branches.

What do you do with a green monster? Wait til he's ripe.

GLOW STICK CANDLES

Candles being the fire hazard that they are, I like to use glow sticks on my tree instead. Get the Christmas type clip on candle holders and put in a glow stick instead.

Why do mummies have trouble keeping friends?
They're so wrapped up in themselves.

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