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by metallica_87 » Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:27 pm
I usually am working on it all year (I make some of my own props), but start dragging it out of the attic around the last week of August. Start decorating the outside first, and work towards the inside, as the outside is the hardest and most time consuming (Fell off ladder one year). Usually done decorating by the end of the first week of September.
Now, we usually have all our candy by the 2nd week of October. We got to our local Wal-Mart, Tops, Price Chopper and P&C and buy what's now turned into like 6 or 7 candy stands (the cardboard halloween themed ones) with all of the candy still in it (Along with about 20 more bags of candy), and set them outside with our decorations and the kids can chose any of their liking. We on average, about 100 kids per halloween night. The most I've ever had was 300, 3 years ago. Last year, we (my now ex and I) came up with the idea to haunt the inside of our house and the back yard, and charge $5 for adults, $1 for kids, and anyone under 5 got in free. At the end of the night we made something like $300, and I just used it towards more decorations for this year.
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