Informative Essay On Halloween Props

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There are hundreds of Halloween props that you can use to creatively decorate your yard or porch, haunted houses and Halloween parties. These Halloween props can range from string lights in the form of bats to tombstones, body parts, hanging ghosts, fog machines, and even animatronic figures that will move and groan and add a frightening sense of reality to whatever scene you create for this favorite holiday.

If you are going to do some Halloween decorating, you should be careful to make sure that your arrangement of Halloween props are safe and secure. Everyone, from children to adults, has fun at Halloween, but accidents happen and people can still be needlessly hurt by simply not taking the proper safety precautions when decorating. This …show more content…

Of course, if electricy is need for power, a cord is going be necessary.

When setting up for your Halloween party and arranging your Halloween decorations, it's vital to pay attention to where you are putting the cord. It is important to not just leave a cord dangling, or lying in the sidewalk or hallway where people walking past could trip on it, damaging themselves and your Halloween props. And never leave a cord near liquid of any kind.

Some people hide their cords beneath sand, fallen leaves, mulch or moss. While this can be attractive and keep the cord from showing, it is also a safety hazard. A hidden cord maybe still be tripped over simply because no one was able to see it.

And, of course, the ever popular cobwebbing. Decorated with plastic spiders, draped over porch railings and windows, and even hung over doors, these cobwebs can easily become tangled up in a persons costume or Halloween mask. Remember that Halloween costumes are meant to look strange, moving differently than normal clothing, and often having projections that can easily catch on cobwebbing or even string lights and other hanging Halloween