DIY: Spirited Halloween decorations

Here's a small, but tasty, collection of sites with ideas for Halloween trappings.

The Halloween Howl-to at DIY Network has pumpkin-carving templates, fright-night projects, and more.  The Green Gelatin Shots With Spiders pictured below were found there.

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Manvi Drona, "Green Gelatin Shots With Spiders," DIY Network

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If your taste runs to the darker side of life, try the collection offered in mental_floss' DIY Halloween Decorations.  (Some are not so dark, just different.)  Two of the projects found there are below:

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Windell Oskay, "Cylon Jack-O-Lantern," Evil Mad Scientist

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Derek Greenwood, "Head in a Jar," Madhauscreative

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Sara W. posted the "Giant Spider in Spiderweb" shown below with full instructions on her blog Mom Endeavors. I like that it uses inexpensive parts you can find in a hardware store.

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Sara W., "Giant Spider in Spiderweb," Mom Endeavors

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'Tis now the very witching time of night,
When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out
Contagion to this world.
                   ~William Shakespeare

--Marge