Halloween is now big business and amounts to the second biggest season of the year with only Christmas being larger. Retail sales for Halloween-related items now tops $6 billion annually with 33% or $2 billion of that involving various assortments of candies. However, you do not have to turn out your pockets to take advantage of the season. There are plenty of inexpensive things you can do to not only enjoy the season, but impress your guests as well. In this video, various tips are given to spice up your Halloween celebration. Here they are:
Get a latex and fill it up with water and tie the open end shut. Place it in on a flat space in the freezer until it is frozen. Remove the glove and place the hand shaped ice cube in a bowl of fruit punch to give the appearance of serving up blood from a severed hand.
Gather up small pumpkins and hollow them out. Fill them with melted cheese dip and chips on the side for a fabulous treat.
Buy small red candles and burn them on top of larger white candles. This will have the red wax drip on the sides of the white candle. After cooling, the resulting candle will have a bloody appearance perfect for the season.
Get small pumpkins and wrap them inside black stocking for a dark gothic look. The same can be done with a candle for a uniquely scary look.