Spookmaster site  http://www.spookmaster.com/  pumpkin patterns, games etc 

TOMBSTONES

Here lies our son Matt
He  told a lie and that was that 

Here lies Ryan who made a fatal blunder 
He stole his brothers candy , now he's 6 feet under 

Mom left this life in peace and mirth
Her soul, we've found, still walks the earth

Here lies our Dad, dead from a fungus
His spirit though still walks among us

Here lies Jason Grimm 
We have not seen the last of him....

Here lies Thomas Burn 
His final words:"I will return!" 

Here below lies Adam Boris 
Singing now in Satan's chorus 

Here lies Bridget Looving
When last we checked, she was still moving

Jake is buried here below
He stayed too long out in the snow

Here lies cheatin' chuck -  caught cheating at cards and forgot to duck

Here lies Buck - hit by a truck

Here lies Taylor - hit by a trailer

Here lies Beth - she got scared to death

Here lies Jake - bit by a snake

Here lies Ryan - bitten by a lion

Here lies Walt - died of too much salt

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JOKES 

The door bell, rings, and a man answers it.
Here stands this plain but well dressed kid, saying "Trick or Treat!"
The man asks the kids what he's dressed up like for Halloween.
The kid says, "I'm an IRS agent." Then he takes 28% of the man's candy, leaves, and doesn't say Thank You.
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Top 10 Signs You Are Too Old to Be Trick or Treating (Rated R)
Submitted By: Anonymous

10. You get winded from knocking on the door.
9. You have to have another kid chew the candy for you.
8. You ask for high fiber candy only.
7. When someone drops a candy bar in your bag, you lose your balance and fall over.
5. When the door opens you yell, "Trick or..." and can't remember the rest.
4. By the end of the night, you have a bag full of restraining orders.
3. You have to carefully choose a costume that won't dislodge your hairpiece.
2. You're the only Power Ranger in the neighborhood with a walker.
1. You avoid going to houses where your ex-wives live.

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Why do demons hang out with ghouls? A: Because demons are a ghouls best friend.

Why do cemeteries have fences around them? A: Because people are dying to get in.

Q: Why don't skeletons like parties? A: They have no body to dance with.

Q: Why don't skeletons play church music 
A: Because they have no organs 

Q:How do you make a witch stew?
 A:Keep her waiting for hours.

Q: Why did the other kids have to let the vampire play baseball? 
A: It was his bat.

Q: Mother vampire to son: 
A: Hurry up and eat your breakfast before it clots.

Q: Mommy, Mommy, the kids all call me a werewolf. 
A: Never mind, dear, now go and comb your face.

Q: What do you call Count Dracula's cookout?
 A:Vampire camfire.

Q: When do ghosts usually appear?
 A: Just before someone screams.

Q: What's a ghost's favorite breakfast?
 A: Ghost toasties with booberries.

Q: What would you call the ghost of a door-to-door salesman?
 A: A dead ringer.

Q: Why do dragons sleep during the day? 
A: So they can fight knights.

Q: How does a witch tell time?
 A: She looks at her witch watch.

Q: Where can you see a real ugly monster? 
A: In the mirror.

Q: When is it bad luck to see a black cat? 
A: When you're a mouse.

Q: What do you call a ghost in a torn sheet? 
A: A holy terror.

Q: How do mummies hide? 
A: They wear masking tape.

Q: What would you find on a haunted beach? 
A: A sand witch.

Q: Who has a broom and flies? 
A: A jelly-covered janitor.

Q: What time would it be if five demons were chasing you? 
A: Five after one.

Q: What did the bat say to the witch's hat?
 A: You go on ahead. I'll hang around for a while.

Q: How do you make a milkshake? 
A: You sneak up behind a glass of milk and yell "Boo!"

Q: What happens to a fast witch on a slow broom? 
A: She flies off the handle.

Q:What did the snowman and the vampire name their baby?
A: Frostbite!

A: What kind of pants does a ghost wear?
Q: "Boo" jeans!

Q: When do werewolf children stay home from school?
A: On Howladays!

Why did Dracula take cold medicine?
Because he was "coffin"!

When does a witch know it's time to trick or treat?
She looks at her witch-watch!

Why was there no food left after the monster's party?
Because everybody was a-goblin!

When do black cats scratch themselves?
When they have w-itches!

What do ghosts wear in the rain?
Boo-ts!

Why did the baby vampire bat wake up screaming?
He had bite-mares!

What kind of tape do you use on Halloween?
Mask-ing Tape!

Why can't skeletons go trick-or-treating?
They have no-body to go with!

What do naughty ghosts use in school?
Cheat sheets!

What do vampires wear in the fall?
Their bat-to-school clothes!

Knock, Knock
Who's there?

Witch
Witch who?

Witch one of you can fix my broomstick?

What does a skeleton order at a restaurant?
Spare ribs!

Why didn't the skeleton go to the ball?
Because he had "no body" to go with!

What is a witch's favorite subject in school?
Spelling!

What is a witch with poison ivy called?
An itchy witchy!

What do you say to a ghost with three heads?
Hello.Hello.Hello!

What did the baby ghost eat for dinner?
A boo-loney sandwich!

What kind of street does a ghost like best?
A dead end!

What do you get when you cross a werewolf with a drip-dry suit?
A wash-and-wearwolf!

What did the papa ghost say his ghostly children?
Fasten your sheet belt!

What kind of pets do ghosts have?
Scaredy Cats!

Where do vampires put their money?
Blood Banks!

What room can't a ghost go in?
The Living Room!

Where do ghosts go swimming?
The Dead Sea!

What's a ghost's favorite Mother Goose Story?
Little Boo Peep!

Knock, Knock
Who's there?
Ivan
Ivan Who?
Ivan to suck your blood!

What's a Vampire's favorite fruit?
NECtarine!

What do you call two skeletons that get married?
A Dead Wed!

What do you get when you cross a witch with a clown?
A Brew Ha-Ha!

When does a skeleton laugh?
When something tickles his funny bone!

What do you call a ghost with a broken leg?
A Hoblin Goblin!

Why does a Mummy make a bad birthday gift?
Because he is hard to unwrap!

How do you tell twin witches apart?
It is hard to tell which witch is which!

Who won the skeleton beauty contest?
No body!

Why didn't the skeleton cross the road?
He didn't have the guts!

Knock, Knock
Who's there?
Boo
Boo Who?
Boo Who, I didn't want to make you cry!

Where do ghosts swim?
In Lake EEErie

Where do Philadelphia ghosts go rowing ?
On the Spookhill River.

What do you get when you cross a ghost & a chicken - 
Poultry-geist 

What do you get when you cross a demon & a chicken
Devilled eggs

Why did the evil chicken cross the road & then go back? 
Because he was a double-crosser

Why is the letter s dangerous -
It makes cream scream, turns lime to slime and changes laughter to slaughter

 What kind of music do mummies like    -
Wrap music

Mommy, Mommy, my friends  all say I'm a vampire -What's a vampire ? Don't mind them honey , now come in and eat your soup before it clots 

Little monster to his mom: Mommy, mommy I hate my teacher
Then just eat your salad dear 

Mommy, Mommy the kids keep saying I'm a werewolf - what's a werewolf?
Never mind them honey, now go comb your face before you go to school

Mommy Mommy,  I WANT to eat my chicken with my fingers.
That's rude honey.  Polite monsters eat  fingers separately

Why didn't the skeleton go to the party
He didn't have any BODY to go with

Who did the boy ghost marry
His ghoul friend

Why don't the police ever arrest skeletons -
Because it's hard to pin anything on them

Who won the monster beauty contest
No one

What do you call a handsome friendly and likeable monster?
A failure 

What did Dracula ask the pharmacist as his coffin slid down the hill
 Do you have anything to stop this coffin

What happens if you don't pay your exorcist?
You get repossessed 

What goes HA HA PLOP -
A monster laughing his head off

What has fur and flies?
A dead werewolf

hat is a ghost's favorite amusement ride
The roller ghoster

What candy should you ask for if you run into a zombie?
Lifesavers

Did you hear about the monster that never took a bath?
Never mind it's a dirty story

Did you hear about how sharp Dracula's teeth are?
Never mind, you  wouldn't get the point

What did Ludwig Van Beethoven do after he died?
He decomposed.

If three monsters are a crowd what are four and five?
Nine

How do you tell an elephant from a  skeleton?
Wait for the wind to blow the elephant is the one with the flapping ears.

Which side of the werewolf has the most fur?
The outside. 

What do little witches learn in school?
Spelling

Why do skeletons do so well on tests?
They bone up the night before

Why did they send the monster home from school?
They caught him buttering up the teacher.

Why was the cemetary so crowded ?
Everyone was dying to get in

Knock Knock.    
Who's there?    
Trigger.  
 
Trigger Who?
Trigger treat

What do you call a skeleton who sleps all day?
Lazybones.

What's red and white on the outside and green and lumpy on the inside?
Campbell's Cream of Monster Soup

Why do mummies like junk food?
They need all the preservatives they can get.

Why aren't ghosts very good liars?
You can see right through them

Is it true that a werewolf can't catch you if you carry a good luck charm?
It depends on how fast you carry it

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 BOOK TITLES

My favorite Halloween time books :

 Body Snatching by Robin Graves 
Monster Making by Frank N. Stine 
 
Living with Vampires by Minerva Sar-Wrecked 
Arguing with Monsters by Yul B. Sorry 
Keeping Your Werewolf Quiet at Night by Justin Casey Howells 
Gravedigging Made Easy by Iva Shovel 
Screams in the Dark by Terry Fide  
The Open Coffin by Bea Ware 
The Evil Monster by Upton O. Goode   
The Mstery of the Bones by S. Kelly Tonne 
Is this House Haunted? by Howard I. Know 
Something Grabs You In the Night by  I.C.  Fingers 
Confessions of a Mummy by I.M. Dedd 
Mummies of Old by Anne Teak  
My Life As a Vampire by I Ben Badd 
Bitten By A Vampire by Lord Howard Hertz 
Visiting Haunted Castles by Hugo First

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DECORATING 

Webs with spiders etc

Hang black thread to feel like webs

peeled grapes or canned cherries to make eyeballs

put them in green tapioca - to make eyeballs & pus

spaghetti - to make brains

hole in box to make cut finger in a box

Hole in table to make creature head come through

Humidifier under cauldron to make steamy brew

Make eerie tape.

Crossed rubber bands stretched end to end in a coffee can  ( holes in lid & bottom allow them to be held by toothpicks)  Tie heavy flopping weight (like fishing weight ) to middle of bands  When shaken ite can will continue to move

Ghostly presence- take two index fingers and bring the toward other person's eyes, right after they close their eyes, change to use your index & middle finger on one had to hold their eyes gently closed while the other hand taps them on the back.  They wont be able to figure out who tapped them

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FOOD FOR EFFECTS 

Eyeballs - peeled grapes  in side bowl with cover - put hand thru hole in cover 
Brains -Spahetti in bowl - stick hand thru hole in cover on top - 
Blood Dark juice or partially thickened jello

FOOD TO ACTUALLY EAT

BROWNIES - Heap them up like a pile of dirt  on grave make tombstone at top out of a cookie or cardbaord and use  green sprinkles or candies on side to look like grass

Lemon Squares were "Creme de Lizard Guts on Toast avec Lemon

Finger food -  pipe thick cookie dough into finger sizes  add almod slice for fingernail 


menu: Ghoulash, scream beans, scalped potatoes, and Mummy's tomb-ache-toe pie- dessert:  booberry pie with I scream

 

COSTUME EFFECTS
Dried Oatmeal makes cracked face
Green face - moisturizer or cold cream & green food coloring
Black face - burnt cork
Bug eyes - ping pong ball cut in half w elastic for a strap & paint black pupils
Monster teeth  use quater of orange - cut teeth slits in it -
     
  or blacken some
Warts - use flour & water paste
Wierd head - lie on back - put top of head to floor and chin in air. Drap cloth over neck & body.  Paint mouth on forehead draw in nose & eyebrows put hat on chin
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COSTUMES
Grapes - balloons  attched with safety pins
IRS - suit with ID wallet that says give me 28% of your candy
Laundry basket  - hole in bottom - hold up with suspenders  - fill with laundry & boxes or bottles of detergent
Man in Wind - blow hair back & spray it  put wire in tie  to look like it's blowing up in the air  - attach leaves and garbage 
Bag of Jelly Beans - Ballons and you inside clear bag
Post it notes - make sandwich board fill in side with different colors write message on front
Mr Potato Head - stuffed burlap sack  velcro parts on front so they can be moved
Milk Carton  - laarge white carton with lette 7 missing person
Cereal Killer -   attach small cereal boxes to a shirt and have a knife sticking out of each one
Highway  - Black shirt & pants  Paint yellow or white stripe & attaach matchbox cars
Energiser bunny - pink pants & top, rabbit ears and drum

Ceasar Salad -  toga   with salad items ( & greens) attached

Deviled Egg -  wear black devils costume under a sandwich board front & back of  and egg shape

 Pirate   ghost    old lady   mummy   garbage bag    sherlock holmes   police   / fire  cowboy  50's   60's     disco  hobo  judege  nerd  hippie   scare crow
 witch  darth vader  robot    devil    bunny    crayon    reporter  alien  lady bug    television   zorro  magician   prisoner  

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Pennsylvania Festivals /Hayrides/Harvest Activities / Haunts

Steppingstone Farm Buckingham Haunt 598- 7858 7-10 rides 232 to 413 Go 1 1/2 mi to Pineville Tavern Left to Wycombe Cross tracks & 1 lane bridge 1 1/2 mi on rt. $10 ad 9 child

Highlands - Sheaf La Ft Washington 641 2687 mostly crafts

BaederWoods Haunt

Hillside Cemetary Haunt  $4  

Shadybrook Farms in Yarley - campfires - 3 big attractions  $16-18  for all three 

Somerton Springs - Feasterville  - $10-13  Mini  golf haunted house etc

Mermaid Lakes Haunt Jolly Rd BlueBell from 476 go 2 1/2 mi w on Germantown to arch rd  go rt on arch 464-4678 $12.50 ad $9 ch u/12 7-10

Linvilla Orchards Haunt  Knowltown Rd Media 464-4678

Gothic Gables Haunt  Cathedral Rd & Wissahickon Ave Phila 464-4678

Freddy Hill Farm - Lansdale 855-1205 pony rides pig races

Kohler Farms Ambler 6464941

Solly Brothers  Almshouse Rd Ivyland 357-2850

Truck Patch - 545 Folly Rd Warrington 343-1095

Paul Valley  611 Warrington 343-1285

Hellerick rte 611 4 mi above Doylestown 766-8388

None Such rte263  Buckingham 794-5200

Snipes

Churchville Nature Center

Delaware Valley College Doylestown $6.00 345-1500

Sleepy Hollow Hayrides 881 Highland Rd - Newtown   Sept 18-Nov 1 Sat's 860-6855
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