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How to decorate a house for Halloween? Halloween decor by own hands
The mystical Halloween night can be turned into a grandiose party. This idea is better done at the cottage or outside the city. But even if you do not have a house in the village, do not worry! A city apartment, if desired, can quickly be turned into a home for vampires and ghastly ghosts. Let's try to make the decor on Halloween with our own hands.
history of the holiday
Many world famous and unusual Halloween feast is impressive. But not everyone knows the history of its occurrence. Before you begin to prepare the decor for Halloween with your own hands, you should know the origins of an unusual holiday. The day of evil forces appeared thanks to the Celts. On the night of October 31 to November 1, they celebrated the arrival of winter. The Celts considered this day to be a mystical one. On this night, the Prince of Darkness came out into the street surrounded by his people. People believed that at that time the souls of the deceased descended to the earth to see their relatives. At the same time evil spirits reincarnated in various guises. More often they were animals. It was believed that if a person wears a similar outfit, the evil spirits will take him for "his". In those days the feast of the dark forces was called Samhein. The decoration for Halloween under the Celts was limited to creepy costumes. Later this pagan holiday intertwined with the celebration of the Catholic Day of All Saints. In English it was called All Hallows Even. Hence its reduced name "Halloween".
How to deceive evil spirits
Ideas of an ominous entourage
Decor for Halloween with their own hands can be done with the help of improvised means. It is only a little dream up. The gothic gothic interior of the house is easily animated with the help of black cardboard mice. Windows can be "decorated" with a silicone web, from which rubber spiders will hang. Ordinary curtains can also be given an ominous appearance, adorned with scraps of black light fabric. On the festive table you can put the candles, giving them a bloodied view with watercolors. It is recommended to decorate the house with autumn leaves and rowan branches. Some as a decoration idea for Halloween use very frank accessories. For example, they acquire an exact copy of the human skeleton and plant it in a corner of the room or at a festive table. Extraordinary Halloween decor ideas are presented in the following photo.
Scary dishes
As you can see, the decoration for Halloween with their own hands is easy to make. But that the holiday was special and for a long time remained in the memory of the guests, it is necessary to invent appropriate dishes for it. First of all, on the "ominous" table must be present from the pumpkin. It can be a regular pumpkin pie, which will decorate berries in the form of a terrible face. From mushrooms, too, you can cut out sinister mugs that will be relevant to the festive table.
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