Having recently escaped from College I don't have a ton of decorations-- I've hardly place for my things in an apartment-- but I make due with what I have... and I totally splurged on costumes and candy since I had the budget.
I did the whole bubbling cauldron thing... had the candy already in the pot and I had these ingredient jars I'd got at Michael's with things I'd put in them that looked like what was on the label... and I'd take the things out of the jars and put it in the cauldron and make the kids say:
Trick or treat
Smell my feet
Give me something good to eat
... and I'd pull out full-sized candy bars (occasionally pretending to be pulled into the pot). The looks on their faces -- priceless! =)
Setup was pretty simple... I recommend a fog-machine cauldron... water gets messy (I did the bubbling cauldron at our church party, but not at the house). Table... black table cloth from Walmart... and I had some Luminaries I'd got at JoAnn's a couple years previous at the after Halloween sales. =)
Presto!
The visual was awesome... I had a couple kids too scared to walk up the driveway/pathway! Hehehe.
