Better Homes and Gardens BH&G Halloween Outdoors 2022

Enter, If You Dare! As my kids have gotten older, I’ve been pushed more and more to decorate outside for Halloween. According to my daughter, you can’t have too many spooky touches. For the past three years I’ve rigged up a handmade, light-up, 8-foot candy chute to blast candy down and straight into trick-or-treaters’ bags. What started out as a social-distancing tool has turned into a neighborhood legend. And let’s be honest, the pinnacle of Halloween is the night the little ones dress in their spooky best and go door-to-door to collect all the treats. If you’re looking for a way to rock your block on Halloween, these pages are filled with easy and clever outdoor decorating ideas that range from haunting to hilarious. From witches who need some flying lessons (page…

LOOK ONE Spookified Facade 1 GAUZY GHOSTS Shroud grapevine balls in a few uneven layers of cheesecloth to make ghosts that’ll hang around your front porch. Cut circles from sheets of black self-adhesive foam for eyes. Hang the ghosts with twine or wire. 2 STATEMENT WREATH A blank tin plaque personalized with a sticker-letter message dresses up a fall wreath. 3 JUMBO JACK-O’-LANTERNS Create supersize pumpkins by combining two wire baskets filled with gourds. We cut the faces from self-adhesive black foam. WIRE PUMPKIN MATERIALS • 2 wire hanging baskets• Small gourds• 22-gauge wire• 6-inch driftwood piece INSTRUCTIONS Fill both baskets with gourds; top one with a thin board. Hold board in place while flipping basket to sit on top of its mate. Slide the board out; bind baskets with wire. Drill a hole through the driftwood near one end. Wire to the top…

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Bring a fun and festive spirit to everyday spaces with hanging paper lanterns and bright orange accents. INSTRUCTIONS EASE ON IN: “EEK” BANNER MATERIALS • Banner pattern, above left• Letter and spider patterns, above right• Nonadhesive vinyl shelf liner: black and white• Orange plastic flagging tape• Superglue• Black duct tape• Thin rope INSTRUCTIONS Enlarge the banner and letter patterns and cut out. On black shelf liner, trace the banner pattern six times; cut out each banner. On white shelf liner, trace the E letter pattern twice, the K letter pattern once, and the exclamation mark pattern once; cut out each letter and punctuation. Trace the spider pattern onto orange flagging tape and cut out to decorate the period in the exclamation mark. Fold over the top edge of each banner piece approximately 1 inch and secure with…

Humorous or horrifying, skeleton scenes in the yard keep your neighbors entertained.…

“As soon as I start decorating for the holidays, the creativity starts flowing. It’s just fun—and the kids love to help.”–Homeowner Jenny Zacharewicz…