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Creepy Concierge to all things Halloween, Sep 10 2009
By Ravens Barrow "Ravens Barrow" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Making a Monstrous Halloween: Themed Parties, Activities and Events (Paperback)
Have you ever gotten to the end of the best month of the year and suddenly realized you missed doing some of the things you'd planned on doing like Ghost Hunting or hitting the local amusement park's Halloween festivities? How'd you miss it? Did it sneak by you in the dark, or did you just not think of it until it had passed? Well, rest assured with this massive volume dedicated to squeezing every nook and cranny of October full of Halloween revelry you'll not miss a trick to maximizing the season.
Kullstroem takes you through such topics as "Researching Halloween Happenings" in your area like the usual haunted houses to things you might not think of like spooky magic shows and dark art exhibits and making sure they make it on your Halloween calendar which she shows you how to put together in order to "keep all your skulls in a row". Not only does the author suggest ideas, but also she covered resources on how to locate all the spooky goodness in your particular area. Also covered are topics like decorating inside your house and out as well as how to build the staple props like scarecrows, movie lists for the month, bringing Halloween into the classroom and workplace, renting hearses, party ideas and how-to's, building your own Halloween website, hitting Halloween conventions, growing pumpkins, getting ready for an amazing trick-or-treat night, and tons more. I could go on forever about this book; it really is an encyclopedia of everything Halloween.
If you've ever been stumped for something extra cool to do in October then get this book! You will never run out of ideas - ever. "Making a Monstrous Halloween" retails for $35.00 and is well worth the price when you consider it to be your creepy concierge to all things Halloween that will be used for many years to come.