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Voice
& motion activated
decorations
are the latest
Halloween trends.
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Halloween
may be a kid's favorite scary holiday, but look around any neighborhood
and the decorations shout out that grownups
love it too.
Pumpkins
carved with frightful faces or delicate gothic patterns shine
from windows and porches to greet little trick-or-treaters as
they come by dressed as their favorite super heroes or spooky
ghosts and gobllins.
The official
start of the holiday season may not be until Thanksgiving,
but before you know it, ghosts, goblins and creepy creatures big
and small will descend on a neighborhood near you. Most of the
places they plan to haunt will be all decked out with the trendiest
Halloween decorations!
As soon as
backpacks and notebooks come off the shelves, halloween
costumes and decorations
start appearing in local stores. According to the National Retail
Federation, Halloween is the second biggest decorating holiday
of the year.
If you want to make this the year your Halloween
display takes the prize for Best in the Neighborhood" youll need to go way beyond
the usual cobwebs and skeletons. To keep up with the latest Halloween trends will take more than
a grinning pumpkin this year. To bring attention to your Halloween decorations you need to create
a Halloween surprise for the local kids.
This Halloween, voice and motion activated
props for the home and yard will take the level of decorating to a new height of fright,
says Kim Boyd, vice president of marketing for Johnson Smith Company, publisher of the Things
You Never Knew Existed catalog and www.thingsyouneverknew.com, the same company that brought
us the all time favorites: whoopie cushions; rubber chickens; x-ray spectacles and joy buzzers.
Imagine the screams of fright and delight
as the trick-or-treaters who dare to come towards your house jump out of their skins, spooked
by the props you have set up. Position a pair of Lifelike Kicking Legs, upside down in a garbage
can or popping out of the bushes. The realistic-looking legs flail about whenever theres
a loud noise.
Place a convenient-to-store Fold-Up Wooden
Coffin amongst the leaves to add an eerie effect. Set the Mr. Brains Fogger on top of your front
step and watch as fog comes out of his glowing brain.
Whether your theme is a haunted graveyard,
monster house or something even more sinister, make your front door the focal point. Before the
kids even get the chance to say, Trick or treat, play a little trick on them.
Have Dr. Shivers a motion-activated
mad scientist greet them at the door. The six-foot-tall man dressed in a lab
coat, white gloves and goggles, speaks and sings. Hell have the kids doing double
takes, says Boyd. Some may even think hes real until they see his eyes and beaker
light up when he slowly turns his head.
Other popular Halloween props this year
include our motion-activated Stranger at the Door Knocker with hand and forearm that starts rapping
at the door when someone approaches, and everyone loves this one the Motion-Activated Eyeball
which groans horribly and wiggles back and forth with lights flashing whenever someone comes near
it, says Boyd.
For those who dont plan to go all out,
but still want decorations that will get people talking, put up a set of Eerie Window Covers.
The posters, featuring a bright-eyed skeleton or a creepy cat will scare passersby. Interior house
lights illuminate the posters for a totally haunting effect.
If you love Halloween and want this
to be the year your display really shines, dont wait until October to start planning. Order
the things you need now, or like the proverbial ghost, they will disappear, says Boyd.
About the Author...
Log on to www.thingsyouneverknew.com
and click on the link that says Scary Things & Halloween to check out this years
offerings.
Courtesy ARA Content
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