While Halloween is nowhere near as expensive as Christmas it can still be an expensive holiday especially if you have children or are planning to have a Halloween party.
If you reduce your spending at Halloween, you will have more money for the holidays.
If your funds are tight, or you simply want to save money, here are some ideas for cutting those scary Halloween costs. These homemade projects are also a great way to spend time with your family.
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Cookies – cookies are easy to make, and you can make Halloween themed cookies. You can even make small cookies and bag them up for children who are trick-or-treating.
Toys – you can also hand out inexpensive Halloween themed toys, like spider rings or whistles. You can often buy these in bulk from party stores, and it is often cheaper and healthier than giving out candy.
Inexpensive Halloween Party Decorations
Having a costume party can be great fun, but it can be expensive to decorate your house. Instead of rushing out to buy expensive decorations, you can use inexpensive items and some things that you already own in order to decorate your home.
- Black trash bags – you probably already have these in your home, and they make great decorations. For example, you can cut out cats and bats and hang them around your home. You can also cover tables with these bags in order to give your house a spookier ambiance. This is a great option for food tables, and it makes clean up easy.
- Fake spider webs and spiders – these spider webs are often inexpensive, and you can find them at party stores. You can also buy a roll of white string and make your own web that way. Hang this handmade web with pipe cleaner spiders, and you are ready to go. Here’s some instructions on making your own pipe cleaner spiders: Pipe Cleaner Spiders
- A black light – you might have a black light, and if not, they are inexpensive, especially if you buy a black light bulb. Replace your normal light bulb with a black light bulb (make sure it fits before you buy it). White and light colored cloth will glow under this kind of light. You can also buy some black light paint and decorate with it, and it will glow under black light. For example, you can cut shapes like cats, pumpkins, gravestones, etc, out of cardboard or foam board and paint it with black light paint.
These are just a few ideas to make your Halloween more fun and affordable.
Do you have any ideas for making inexpensive Halloween costumes, treats or decorations? Let us know!
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