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Halloween is a time for tricks and treats. Halloween is a time meant for candy and sweets.
Halloween is not the time to put any new lawn ornaments that may be dear to you in the front yard.

Regarding pranksters, Halloween is also a time to hide the eggs and toilet tissue from the children that are prone to playing pranks.
Those kind of tricks can be quite messy and costly.
Halloween is a time to dress the kids up in their fantasy. Well, unless you have strange kids who request President Bush masks. That is a joke, by the way! Looking at the price of costumes now days I know why some parents used to send their children out trick or treating in sheets! My word.

For a good Halloween scare go candy shopping. The price of candy is enough to give you a fright!
In this article you will find some useful and safe Halloween tips.
My Halloween tips are: always provide the kids with a sturdy bag to place their candy in. Nothing is worse than a child trying to carry all their treats because the bag tore.
Always have some soothing hot chocolate waiting at home to calm down a child who got frightened by that talking pumpkin that your neighbors put at their front door. Yes, they thought it was funny but, your child may have nightmares until adulthood.

Be ready for that wiggly tooth to come out in the hard as your head candy apple they received.
I am betting most of you take kids to trick or treat places you know and trust so I won’t even mention the need for examining the treats carefully. It is hard to do this if they eat most of the candy before arriving home.
Keep the front and back yards well lit all Halloween night.

For kids:
Reflective costumes, a yes. All black costumes, a no.
We want them to be seen, it is Halloween, for goodness sake.
Haunted houses are in. Having a pumpkin carving contest is out
Bobbing for apples is a risk and I would not try that with kids.
Let the kids know that giving a neighbors’ dog a Halloween buzzcut is not a good trick!
I think that is about it, except you may want to hide the black cat, if you have one.
Some kids are just plain mean. Must be the season?
Oh and remember that a piece of pumpkin pie does not equal a treat. Not to a child.
If you have no candy to give, just hide. They will go away someday…..
Happy Halloween!

Bridgitte is retired. She has survived many safe and happy Halloweens over the years. Her webpage can be found at All4webs.com/i/3/bridgitte/home.htm

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Halloween is more than kids and candy. It has, in the past few years, become one of the major events for which Americans decorate their homes! So here are four quick, easy, and simple Halloween decorating ideas featuring your fireplace hearth:

Convert a cluster of small, three to six inch pumpkins into candle holders for your fireplace mantle or hearth. With a knife, cut off each pumpkin’s stem. Then, with an apple corer, remove a cylindrical core from the pumpkins. Stick a candle into each pumpkin. Use black and orange candles in your mini-pumpkin candle holders for a Halloween look or candles in yellows, burnt orange and mellow browns for an autumnal display.

If you are using your fireplace for gas, wood, or gel fires, Halloween appropriate andirons are both fun and functional. Black cat andirons not only hold your logs but also hold the attention of those by your fire! Each andiron features a cast iron black cat with glass eyes. With a fire going in your fireplace, the flicker of the fire through those black cat andiron’s glass eyes gives a spooky but charming effect!

If you are not using your fireplace for fires, it is a great place for your jack-o-lantern. Since your fireplace is designed for fire, it is a super safe place for a jack-o-lantern with one or more candles inside it. Either set the jack-o-lantern on your fireplace grate or on the floor of the fireplace. Your fireplace is the visual focal point of a room, so featuring one or more lit jack-o-lanterns there can be either the total extent of your Halloween decorating or a striking main decoration.

If your fireplace is currently just an empty black hole, fireplace candelabra can keep it from suffering from the Black Hole Syndrome. For Halloween add orange and black candles, or candles in the shape of little pumpkins or jack-o-lanterns, or even candles shaped like candy corn! After Halloween, just change the candles and get a new look. Whenever you want the welcoming glow of firelight in your hearth without the hassle of logs, just light the candles in your fireplace candelabra. Fireplace candelabra are available not only in traditional black cast iron, but also in copper and silver tones. Some fireplace candelabra are designed to hold votive candles or tea lights if you prefer those.

Use one or more of these decorating Tricks to light up your fireplace for Halloween, and you will be delighted by the visual Treat in your hearth.

Susan Penney appreciates simple ways to make our homes renewing spaces for our families. She invites you to visit http://www.FireplaceMall.com for fireplace accessories to serve your fire-less or your fire-filled fireplace.

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