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Halloween is a spooky, eerie, and entertaining time of year for individuals of all ages. If you want to give Trick-or-Treaters, friends, colleagues, or family members a good scare this Halloween, you can easily execute a creepy prank or put together a spooky costume. Scaring people becomes even easier when you set the right atmosphere with decorations, such as cobwebs, dim lighting, and spooky Jack-o’-Lanterns!
Steps
Playing Halloween Tricks
Surprise someone by hiding and jumping out for a simple scare. This is a straightforward prank that you can pull off anywhere. When you're alone, turn off the lights in the room and hide in a closet, under a desk, or behind a piece of furniture. Then, when your target enters the room and switches on the lights, leap out from your hiding spot and create a loud noise to startle them.
- For an even more effective scare, wear a mask or a spooky costume so they can't identify who's scaring them when you leap out.
- If you really want to give someone a fright, quietly move out of your hiding place while they're turned away from you. Then, sneak up behind them and tap them on the shoulder to give them a scare!
Spook your candy bowl with fake, hairy spiders and insects for a creepy surprise. Grab a large candy bowl and fill it with plenty of fake spiders and insects to cover the bottom. Opt for textured spiders and insects, such as hairy or scaly ones, to enhance the realistic feel. Then, layer some candy on top of the critters. Watch people's reactions as they reach in for candy and encounter a creepy surprise!
- If you're struggling to find fake spiders or insects, you can purchase realistic plastic ones online. Just make sure to order them well in advance of Halloween to ensure they arrive on time.
Amaze folks with a fake hand for a unique prank. Slip on a long-sleeved shirt and procure a fake hand. Hold the fake hand in your real hand with the fake appendage protruding from the sleeve while your real hand remains hidden. Offer to shake hands with someone or pretend to pass them something. When they grasp the fake hand, release it and enjoy their startled reaction!
- Ensure you're holding the fake hand on the correct side of your body, or someone might detect its fakeness.
- If you're having difficulty finding a fake hand, consider ordering one online. For added spookiness, select a model with a bloody wrist area to enhance its realism!
Startle Trick-or-Treaters by masquerading as a statue. Dim the lights in your abode and garb yourself as a classic Halloween character, such as a ghost, clown, or zombie. Then, perch motionlessly on your front porch with a stash of candy. When visitors approach for a treat, unleash a scream and lunge towards them!
- You can even prop up a sign nearby stating, 'Sorry, we're not home. Help yourself to some candy.' Then, observe if any Trick-or-Treaters help themselves to more than one piece before springing your surprise.
Dressing up to Frighten People
Utilize makeup to fabricate faux scars and gashes on your visage and physique. Determine the placement of your wounds and gather fake blood, liquid latex, and concealer matching your skin tone. Begin by applying blood with brushes and latex to construct simulated ridges around the wound to mimic flesh. Then, camouflage the dried latex with concealer and trace blood around the injury.
- If you're lacking fake blood, you can create a scar using solely latex paint and concealer.
- When it's time to remove the wound, simply wash it off with soap and warm water before peeling it away.
Transform into a frightening character from a well-known film. Opt for a classic scare by dressing up as a recognizable eerie character. Choose one with widespread recognition, such as Pennywise the clown, Samara from The Ring, Chucky the Doll, or Carrie from Carrie. Alternatively, go for a traditionally spine-chilling figure like a zombie, demon, or a spooky doll.
- You can either purchase a pre-made costume from a costume store or online, or get creative and assemble one using items you already have.
- If you intend to portray a character wielding a weapon, such as Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, opt for a fake weapon to prevent accidents. If you're heading to a venue where weapons are prohibited, like school or work, leave the weapon component of your costume at home.
Create a sinister, blood-drenched rendition of a beloved children's character. Grab a non-menacing Halloween costume from a Halloween store or online. Then, roughen up the costume with some dirt and douse it in fake blood. Tear the fabric in strategic spots and apply fake blood to your face, hands, and any other visible areas of skin. This costume is particularly unsettling because people aren't accustomed to seeing their cherished characters covered in blood!
- Popular eerie children's characters include Winnie the Pooh, Elmo, Dora the Explorer, or Little Red Riding Hood.
Shadow individuals while donned as the grim reaper. Attire yourself in all-black attire and cloak yourself with a dark robe. Then, move around and tail people from a distance. When they catch sight of you, brandish your fake scythe to send shivers down their spine!
- Remember not to trail individuals for too long, as it might induce discomfort. Limit this prank to your neighborhood or the school hallway!
Crafting a Spine-Chilling Atmosphere
Adorn your surroundings with copious fake cobwebs and spiders to evoke unease. Procure artificial cobwebs from a Halloween or craft store and acquire pins or hooks to assist in their installation. Employ them to shroud various items such as chairs, desks, bulletin boards, or even foliage. You can either drape the cobwebs over objects or suspend them in place.
- For enhanced eeriness, intersperse a few counterfeit spiders and insects within the webs to heighten their authenticity.
Set the scene with dim lighting to cultivate a spooky atmosphere for startling individuals. Dimness plays a crucial role in achieving a good scare as it enables you to move surreptitiously without detection. Turn off the lights in your house, room, or office. If illumination is necessary, opt for a bulb with an orange or red hue to enhance the eerie ambiance.
- Many individuals harbor a fear of darkness in general. Occasionally, you can startle people simply by leading them into a darkened room!
Infuse the air with ominous melodies emanating from a speaker or your mobile device. Conceal the speaker in a location where individuals won't easily locate it. Next, select a playlist of eerie Halloween music online and crank up the volume to ensure your targets can hear it. Alternatively, curate your own spine-chilling playlist if you're unable to find a suitable one online.
- If you're distributing candy to Trick-or-Treaters, intensify the spookiness of your yard by playing 'Haunted House' music.
Adorn your yard with items designed to unsettle superstitious Trick-or-Treaters. Individuals with superstitions believe in certain actions that can result in a 'curse.' To evoke fear, place items like open ladders, shattered mirrors, faux black cats, the number 13, or the number 666 in your yard. Position them near pathways to ensure individuals feel a sense of foreboding!
- If you have a pathway, strategically place the ladders so that Trick-or-Treaters must pass beneath them to reach your front door for candy.
- Some individuals purchase imitation tombstones featuring the numbers 13 and 666 to instill fear.
Fashion a menacing jack-o'-lantern and position it outdoors. Employ a sharp knife to remove the top of the pumpkin, then scoop out its contents with a spoon. Utilize the knife to carve a fierce, wrathful visage on one side of the pumpkin, complete with sharp eyes and jagged teeth. Subsequently, insert an electric candle or a lit tea light inside and place the pumpkin outside your residence to startle passersby.
- To heighten the eeriness, fashion the mouth into a circular shape and arrange the pumpkin's innards so that they spill out of the mouth, resembling vomit.
- You can even apply faux blood around the exterior of the pumpkin's mouth to intensify its fright factor.
- If you're struggling to devise scary pumpkin faces, seek inspiration online and trace the designs onto your pumpkin's surface to preview the outcome.
Pointers
- Always respect someone's personal space when scaring them. Avoid crowding or intimidating them. The goal is to give them a brief scare, then let them realize it's just a prank!
- Before scaring someone, make sure you've known them for a while. They might have anxiety or other concerns, so you want to avoid causing distress.
Cautions
- If someone you're scaring becomes upset, stop the prank immediately and reassure them that it's not real.
- Never use a real weapon or engage in dangerous or illegal activities to scare someone. Doing so could land you in trouble.
