Other Scary Ideas From the Chiodos

1. Punk up your hair by soaking it in egg whites and blowing it dry. The whites will harden into spikes. Color them with Hair Flair metallics.

2. Cut out cardboard Dracula-style fangs and tape them into the mouth of a stuffed animal. Glue Ping-Pong balls over its eyes. Stick a plastic meat cleaver in its hand.

3. Buy intestines, tongue, pigs knuckles, lips and feet at the meat market and arrange them all on a platter or in pickle jars.

4. Boil spaghetti, Ramen noodles or twisted pasta in water with green food coloring for a worm-like effect. Serve on top of tomato sauce. Adorn with fake eyeballs.

5. Turn your bathroom into the Bates Motel. Mix corn syrup with red food coloring or with red tempera paint. Dip your hands in the mixture and drag them across the mirror, sink and tub. Slash an inexpensive shower curtain liner.

6. Stuff latex rubber gloves and hide them in dark places.

7. Replace lightbulbs with colored ones. Set lamps on the floor to create spooky shadows.

8. For an adult party, put pieces of reflective glass or mirror into empty kids’ pool. Add an inch of water and shine a light into it. Place a fan nearby or stir the water for a creepy light show.