Scary Scenes For Halloween | 
 enlarge | Author: Jill Williams Grover
Publisher: Sterling/Chapelle
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 789069
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 96
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.5 x 0.3
ISBN: 0806958618
Dewey Decimal Number: 745.5941
UPC: 049725058613
EAN: 9780806958613
ASIN: 0806958618
Publication Date: August 28, 2002
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Condition: New 8 1/2 x 11 paperback; does have some minor handling, shelf, and storage wear; will send the same or next business day by media mail.
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Interior designer Jill Williams Grover remembers that as a young girl, she chose her trick-or-treat visits not for what candy she'd receive but because of the front porch decorations. Obviously her fascination with Halloween continued into adulthood, and her marvelously inventive guide shows you how to turn your own home into a coveted trick-or-treating stop or the perfect place for a Halloween party. "Scary Nibbles" offers spooky snacks, like Ghost Sticks (white-chocolate-covered pretzel sticks) or Hand Full of Candy (a latex glove fitted with pointy black fingernails and filled with jawbreakers). "Enter at Your Own Risk" lets you startle your arriving visitors with blood-red footprints marching up the Poppin' Walkway (the secret is bubble wrap) and provides ideas for eerie decor, such as a witch hat luminary, masked and jeweled pumpkins, skeleton topiary, and of course, the Invisible Man. "Frightful Feast" sets forth a tablescape of ghoulish goodies, from spiderweb invitations, spider tablecloth, and bat napkins to dripping candles and Dracula's Bow Tie Pasta. "Goblin Gathering" rounds out the spooky selections with a Cyclops Mug, Frankenstein Cone Cake, and relevant place cards, place mats, and other tableware. Complete directions are given for all the projects, and there are recipes for the edibles (enough for a full-fledged Halloween dinner party). The great color photos make clear that these scary scenes are both fun and sophisticated--though kids will adore them, they'll also delight the grownups brave enough to venture into your house. --Amy Handy
Product Description
Scare up a boo-tacular Halloween at your house with excellent decorations and party ideas. Shock everyone silly with nibbles from creepy containers--everyone will want handfuls of Ghost Sticks and Yummy Mummies, not to mention a Hand Full of Candy. Dare little trick-or-treaters to enter at their own risk by making a witch-hat light and flying bats--they'll get a real thrill when they see cool decorations like these. Then give them a frightful feast of Dracula's bow-tie pasta washed down with a fizzy clear drink chilled with spider ice cubes. The bat napkins and black mask candles will guarantee that the table sets a perfect Halloween mood and get all of the festivities going. An awfully good time is guaranteed for all.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 Not for me July 15, 2008
I wanted to like this book! I bought it because one of the comments was so inflammatory and obviously made by someone with an agenda, that I felt sorry for the writer and wanted to give the book a chance. One of the things that bothered me the most are the random - and incorrect - usages of quotation marks. I just couldn't take the book seriously. There are some cute crafts that young children would enjoy, but there is nothing remotely scary.
Not Scary at all! September 6, 2007
Having scary in the title is misleading. The book is fine for children's parties and has a few of nice ideas, but it is far from scary. However, some of the projects are too "artsie" and cute for me. If you're buying for young children's party ideas, it's a good book.
Basic and boring February 27, 2007
This book has warmed over ideas, they are nowhere close to scary. They are cutesy and meant for people who feel like Halloween isn't a "real" holiday.
 A cut above most February 9, 2007
Like most Halloween craft books, this one is definitely family-friendly -- so if you want to know how to build a realistic heart that pumps blood, look elsewhere. That said, the projects in this book are definitely a cut above the average "cutesy" Halloween projects you see every year. The designs are clever, visually appealing, and easy to do. For the price, this is an excellent book.
stay away from this author July 24, 2004
1 out of 22 found this review helpful
I have been working in the design field for over 10 years now and I have yet to see a worse ripp off then this author not only are there no directions to her projects, but who would want to engage them selves in anything that turned out so chic and cheesey. I have personally met the author and her family I knew them for quite a while infact and never did I find that she could creatively enhance a project. she has some small skill in putting together junk so it doesn't look so much like junk. butlets face it - it's still junk. not something I would put in my house nor in my clients homes.
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