Entertain fellow campers with unique Halloween decorations.
Campgrounds are often filled with excited children, relaxing adults and RVs providing all of the comforts of home to keep the crowds happy. Add a splash of Halloween to the campground setting and the excitement is ramped up even more. Many campgrounds celebrate Halloween each weekend from mid-September through the end of October. Decorate your RV to add to the Halloween atmosphere throughout the campground. Use lighting and a few homemade crafts, and add some spooky sounds, and you'll take your RV from drearily drab to scarily fab. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Determine a theme for the Halloween decorations. Choose child-friendly decor for a family-friendly event. A more extreme, ghoulish setting can be created for an atmosphere with older participants. Spread imitation cobwebs as a base for either theme; fake cobwebs are a cheap way to create a creepy, crawly campsite. Stretch the webbing several feet -- for example, from nearby bark on trees to a picnic table. Use the corners of the RV to hold cobwebs, and place a section of the cobwebs under the rocks on the ground near the RV. Place the black plastic spiders in the web.
2. Hang white or orange lights from the awning of the RV. Using construction paper, cut out orange paper pumpkins and staple them between the lights for a lighthearted theme. Hang netting and light burlap over the string of lights for a spooky curb appeal. Illuminate the ground around the RV with small solar lights.
3. Cover each window with yellow paper. Cut out a silhouette of various figures. Tape the silhouettes between the windows and the yellow backing. Add knives in hands or dismembered heads in the theme for a mature crowd. Play a Halloween CD loudly inside or outside of the RV. Purchase several gag arms, which are plastic hands with stuffed sleeves. Place the arms under the tires of the RV, with the hands sticking out. Set rubber rats on top of the tires of the RV.
4. Cut large squares of white or orange fabric. Roll a ball of newspaper to place in the center of the fabric. Gather the fabric under the newspaper ball and secure with a string. Using a permanent marker, draw a ghost face on the white fabric or a jack-o-lantern face on the orange fabric. Thread string through the top of the ghost or hanging jack-o-lantern using a needle. Tie the string in a loop to hang the fabric in trees or from garden shepherd hooks.
5. Draw the face of a smiling jack-o-lantern on the pumpkins to appeal to younger crowds, or the face of a monster in distress for an older crowd. Cut out the face shapes with a sharp knife and scoop out the insides of the pumpkins. Place a battery-operated light inside each jack-o-lantern. Place large jack-o-lanterns in prominent areas such as a table top at the campsite. Cluster small jack-o-lanterns together on the ground, creating a scene near the fake cobweb.
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