Ok, so this date night is perfect for Halloween and October, but it would be fun to do anytime of the year too.  If you don’t have time to pull it off this Halloween, save it for later.  And, the intensity of this date is all up to you.  You can go super easy or go all out, the important thing is to spend some quality time with your Honey.
Most of the prep for this date will be from decor and food.  Decor can set the mood.  Make a trip to your local Dollar Tree and hit up the Halloween aisle.  Grab some crawly spiders, caution tape, spider webs, and anything else you think will help spookify (yes, I just said that). 

You’ll want to print out the Dead and Breakfast Inn welcome sign and display it somewhere obvious.  I made it pretty big (like 16×20”), so if you want to print it out like a poster and piece it together you can.  Blockposters.com makes it super easy.  Just save, upload and print it.  (I have no affiliation with Block Posters, I just like how easy it is to use and the results are great.  And it’s FREE.)  Put this up on the front door or paste it to a piece of foam board and hang it outside or from the kitchen doorway.  Wherever works the best for your home.  It would be fun to cut it out, paste it to some foam board and hang it on a little faux chain.

Just click on the image, right click in the new tab/window and save it to your computer.  You can print it little or upload it to print it larger.

Next, get your decor put up.  You don’t need to go super elaborate (unless you want to), but pull out some candles, hang some spider webs, dim the lights and put the caution tape out. 
 
Now, the food.  You can grab take out and spookify it (yep, there it is again) for a quick and easy night.  For example, grab some Chinese food, serve it right out of the cartons and slap these labels on the boxes.  Bam!  Easy, right?! 

Again, click the image, right click and save.

Or… get creative and make some creepy food.  There are a ton of ideas out there.  Some of my faves (from my pinterest board).  Please be respectful and click over to the original source to pin.  Thanks!

Slithery Snake Sandwich

Fettucine Mummies

Mummy Pizzas

 

 

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Today, you’re in for a treat.  Quite literally.  Good luck trying to fill these bottles without a few pieces of candy finding their way to your mouth.  This project is super easy and tasty too. 

Here’s the How:

Supplies-

– 3 glass bottles (I used IZZE bottles just like I used for Daddy’s Six Pack)

– Candy Corn (I used two bags)

– Black vinyl “BOO” letters

– Glitter

– Mod Podge

1)  Clean the bottles and let them dry well.  Remove the labels.  I couldn’t get the sticky from my labels off (I tried EVERYTHING), so…

2)  Mix a concoction of mod podge and glitter.  Paint “labels” over the sticky residue with your glitter glue.  Let it dry completely.  This step is optional.

3)  I used my Cricut to cut out “BOO” in black vinyl.  Apply the letters to your glitter labels.

4)  Fill the bottles with candy corn.  Set out and admire.

The process in photo:

The glitter labels are optional.  It would look really cool with just the vinyl on the candy corn background too.  Easy and cheap… and delicious.  I made these last week and they are so empty now…  Hey, I had a little help (emphasis on little).  Enjoy!

Krista

This project cost me less than $2.  And, once Halloween is over, the haunted house will be coming off the plate and it will be replaced by something else (like a monogram…).  This project is pretty self-explanatory.  Vinyl on a white Dollar Tree plate.  But, the effect is fantastic.  I love it!

Krista

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These little babies are cheap, easy and versatile.  And, if you know me, you know that’s my kind of decor project.  Nap time only lasts so long, right?

Here’s the How:

Supplies:

– Six wooden plaques (I got mine at Dollar Tree)

– Black spray paint

– Halloween colored scrapbook paper

– Craft cutter or Exact-O knife

– Mod Podge

1)  Begin by spray painting your plaques black.  Front and backsides.  Let each side dry well.  I did two coats on each side.  My Dollar Tree plaques had ribbons attached to them.  I just ripped them off.

2)  Use your craft cutter to cut out the letters you want.  I opted to use the negative space instead of the letters themselves.  It was more colorful.

I made my plaques double-sided and can spell at least five different Halloween words with them.  SPOOKY, SPIDER, EEK, BOO, RIP (I can also spell DIE, but that’s a bit dark for me…).  I did have to spend some time figuring out which letters needed to go where, so I’d have all the letters I’d need.  On one side of the plaques I spelled out SPOOKY.  Then flip the plaques over and put these letters in this order:  E,B,D,I,R, and E.  E should be on the back of S, B on the back of P, and so forth.

3)  I used Tacky Glue to adhere the letters to my plaques and then gave them a layer of Mod Podge to help seal everything in. 

4)  I used eye hooks and screwed them into the top of my plaques.  They can hang either way and there isn’t any problems with the visual aesthetics.  I just slip them onto nails.  You could also get little easels to display them on a table top.

All done.  Hang and admire.  Flip them around, switch them up and keep things new all month long!  And, they are super easy to store for next year.

Krista