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How to Make Your House Stand Out This Halloween

Think back to when you were a kid for a minute. There was probably at least one house in the neighborhood that was "the destination" every Halloween.

The little ones weren't sure what to make of all the fog and spotlights, coffins and skeletons in the front yard, but as a teenager, you sure were impressed; and swore that one day, you'd dazzle your own neighborhood with something even better.

Make this the year you carry on the tradition with a display today's kids will be telling their own children about one day. A good place to turn for ideas is www.buycostumes.com. With over 10,000 items to choose from, the store has the largest selection of unique adult and kids Halloween costumes, decorations and accessories on the Internet.

Want to give all the kids and parents who come to your house a little thrill? Take decorating to the extreme. Line the walkway leading up to your house with lanterns, and set up some spooky scenes along the way. Spiders hanging from the trees and tombstones in the yard are creepy. So is the Lighted Groundkeeper Skeleton Body Parts decoration. It features seven unattached body parts you can set up in the yard to appear as if they're "rising from the dead."

Want visitors to get the feel that your house is haunted as they approach? It's easy to do with the help of a six-foot tall Edwardian Butler who can great your guests at the door. As trick-or-treaters approach, his head turns from side to side, his eyes shift and he says, in a spooky voice, "May I take your coat? You may be here for a while."

If the majority of your guests will be younger kids, they'd be more fascinated by a spinning bat on a tree, a black cat whose meows turn to blood-curdling screams when you approach, or the humorous Animated Portrait Witch. Watch her eyes and tongue pop out as you pass by her creepy portrait. The witch is also full of funny phrases sure to keep your guests in stitches.

In addition to decorations, you can also find all the Halloween party supplies you need to put on a bash to remember at www.buycostumes.com.

Happy Halloween!

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