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Halloween is often a pretty big deal around here. DH has been talking about it and the lack of haunted houses the way he’d like haunted houses done since last year’s Day of the Dead. Okay, but he isn’t *quite* that obsessed, but it is a holiday that is very much anticipated in our household.

1. Make some decorations for you home. I love these creepy ghost things some friends of ours had up at a party a few years ago. They’re decor gets better every year!

2. Watch scary movies. We tend more towards psychological thrills most of the time and we start ramping up and putting them in more frequent rotation once school is in full swing. Last year we watched the original Let the Right One In while we waited for the couple trick or treaters we get. That was a *very* good choice. So far this year we’ve watched some classics, including the more funny than scary The Frighteners, the classic Bruce Cambell flick The Evil Dead and the really creepy The Skeleton Key to name a few.

3. Make part of your costume, like this tooth necklace I made to accompany my costume for a murder mystery party where I played Dr. Angel Death, DDS! I actually wear it on Halloween day most years since I made it. Just a touch of Halloween without being either cutesy or over the top.

4. Eat some candy you don’t normally have. This year we picked some candy that neither of us has had in quite some time. It was kind of fun to revisit them.

5. Of course, carving a pumpkin is a fantastic activity for getting into the Halloween frame of mind. DH & I are going to carve one each later this week. I’m not sure what I’m going to do with mine yet. One year I did an intricate carving of a woman screaming. I’ll have to try locate the photo and share it with you guys. This one was at a friends’ annual Halloween party.

6. Eat pumpkin things in the form of muffins, scones, oatmeal bars and more! The pumpkin pie-like spices in general works as well.

7. Make some creepy, gory food to share with everyone! The master of the above ghoulish creation, Gene, (which sadly never got eaten as people didn’t want to mess it up) is working on a bleeding anatomical heart for this year. I got to observe some of the initial trial run on Sunday. It is going to be awesome!

8. Eating something round, sticky and nearly impossibly to eat is a good idea. I keep wanting to make popcorn balls again like we did when I was kid. Caramel apples fit the prescription as well (though an odd fact - I’ve never had an honest to goodness one, we always dipped our cut apples into Mrs. Richardson’s caramel sauce).

9. Go to a haunted house. Though I have to confess, the usual loud noises and invasion of personal space as they run you through on warp speed for the haunted houses around here isn’t as satisfying as a more all-encompassing immersion into a scene/storyline would.

10. If none of the above work, you could always go green!