Halloween at Curious Sofa

Wonderful Halloween ideas at Curious Sofa from 2009

Dog Costume & Tutorial

Cute dog costume of a dog being swallowed bby a fish. There is a tutorial that tells you how to make the costume too. http://www.doggiestylish.com/store/2009/10/how-to-make-a-dog-fish-costume-for-halloween/

Fun Things to Do With Yourself After You're Dead

Here's an article on a guy who had his skeleton and that of his pet dog donated as a teaching specimen to display at the Smithsonian. Much more interesting that a tombstone. Both skeletons look so happy.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/10/AR2009041003357_3.html

Fun Things to Do When You're Dead

Here's an article on a guy who had his skeleton and that of his pet dog donated as a teaching specimen to display at the Smithsonian. Much more interesting that a tombstone. Both skeletons look so happy.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/10/AR2009041003357_3.html

Halloween Costume Tribute

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6PurBtZTz4&NR=1
A video at youtube with costumes. Some great ideas.

Halloween Monster List

Long, long list of halloween projects. I am intending to keep going through them and pulling out the things that look interesting to me but here is the full list just in case http://www.halloweenmonsterlist.info/

Haunted Books

Instructions on how to make a shelf of haunted books
http://usersites.horrorfind.com/home/halloween/chrisscrypt/haunted_books.html

Figure Made of Poultry Netting

Very cool ghost.  I'm thinking it would be wonderful yard art anytime and you could grow vines up it and have a topiary.
http://www.wackyarchives.com/offbeat/easy-do-it-yourself-ghost.html

Recycled costumes

Some great costumes made with recycled objects at The Daily Green
http://www.thedailygreen.com/green-homes/latest/recycled-halloween-costume-470708

Mad Eye Martini

http://cocktails.about.com/od/vodkadrinkrecipes/r/mad_eye_martini.htm
The eyeball is made with a canned lychee stuffed with strawberry or raspberry prserves and a blueberry stuck in the blossom end then skewered with a sword olive pick.  I think I'll make Sarah a non-alchoholic one of these maybe with 7up with a little red food coloring or a bit of the floating preserves.  The eyeball looks pretty effective.  I can get canned Lychees at the big asian market up the street.

Bad Child Eating Monster Paper Sculpture

 Main website
 http://www.macula.tv/downloads/papertoys/gallery/krampus/main.htm
Download the monster and child
http://www.macula.tv/downloads/papertoys/gallery/krampus/squealer_krampus.pdf

3D TV prop for halloween

I really like the 3D TV but the baby doll punch dispenser looks good too too.

http://www.ironman.ourfamily.com/page5.html

Donut Hole Eyeballs & Brain Cupcakes

Unfortunately there is no picture but these donut hole eyebalss might be pretty effective.
http://www.razzledazzlerecipes.com/halloween/donut-eyeballs.htm
Brain Cupcakes
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/BRAIN-CUPCAKES-232941

More Poison Lables

These are very nice. Downloads are allowed.
http://flickr.com/photos/lovemanor/

Trick or Treat

Apparently someone is giving these religious tracts out to Halloween trick or treaters. Talk about a dirty trick. Sounds like a good way to get your house egged to me.
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0058/0058_01.asp

Knitted Monster Head Face Mask

Keeps you warm and scary. This is really well done.
http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2008/10/knit_monster_head.html?CMP=OTC-5JF307375954
Pattern Here.
http://thingsandideas.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/monster-monster/

Haunted Tree Face

Simple and cheap but effective.
http://blueargyle.blogspot.com/2008/10/free-haunted-tree-face-pattern.html

Cute Bride of Frankenstein Cake

At How Stuff Works. Cute rather than scary or creepy.
http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/bride-of-frankenstein-recipe.htm
And a Frankenstein Tamale Pie to go with her.
http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/terrifying-tamale-pie-recipe.htm
(We tried the talmale pie, it was good. It turned out cute too but I forgot to take a picture.
Tombstone Brownies. More of an inspiration thing. I'm thinking ditch the frosting and have little skeletal hands reaching out, maybe out of frosting.
http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/tombstone-brownies-recipe.htm
Nutter Butter Mummies. Unfortunately no picture but they sound cute.
http://www.halloween.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2415

tombstone templates

http://www.hedstorm.net/HAUNT/instructions/tombstone_templates/index.html Downloadable tombstone templates. They give you the shape and you add in your own epitaths.s

Easy Halloween Decorations

Some good ideas for Halloween props. Simple, quick, easy

http://www.geocities.com/~uncialle/tipspagea.html