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Decorating one’s home for Halloween can be a scary and spooky experience. Many moms enjoy getting into the spirit of All Hallow’s Eve and decking out their homes into a Halloween lovers’ paradise. Whether pumpkins, bats, ghouls, witches or any other Halloween decorations, creating a fun, festive atmosphere for the holiday is fun. Creating a scary graveyard in your home is a great idea for Halloween decorating in 2011.

Creating A Halloween Graveyard At Home

Decide which area of your lawn (front or back), you will be using for this project. After deciding where you are decorating, section the area off with stakes painted black (something like a picket fence will look best). For your tombstones, cut styrofoam into 4-inch by 6-inch pieces and create funny epitaphs for each of your family or friends who may enjoy reading them. To get the look of scary and dark, drape fake cobwebs across the tombstones.

Because this is a graveyard, skeletons are a great decoration. Drape skeletons off trees or bushes (depends on where you’re plotting this graveyard). You can also put a pile of dirt (burial mound) and stick a hand or foot out of it. To complete the look of a dark, abandoned cemetery, toss leaves, branches and moss around the tombstones. For an added scary feel, add a fog machine, which will create a mist across the graveyard. As for lighting, you need just enough light so that the tombstones are visible; flood lights work great.

Preparing for Halloween can be as tiresome as determining costumes for Halloween, but decorating the home is an important. This Halloween decoration idea is fast, fun, frugal and festive!