Halloween Lighting
Halloween Lighting…. It Doesn’t Have To Be a Scary Event!
The fall is a favorite for a lot of folks: the weather is cooling down, days are shorter and leaves are changing color. It also means its getting close to Halloween! Halloween is a great time for fun for kids of all ages. But it can also be a fun and creative time for whole family. It’s estimated that about half of the homes will be decorated for Halloween around the world. There are some great ways to make your home appear very scary for not a lot of money and be able to spend some great family time together. Here are some tips for creating a great Halloween landscape.
Lighting Options
Light strings are a good starting point when thinking about Halloween lighting. They come in a variety of colors such as orange, black, green and puple among others as well as other colors and they are relatively inexpensive. They are also available in different themed shapes like pumpkins, goblins, ghosts and candy corn. They can be hung from trees and shrubs, strung along fences or attached to the eaves of the house.
LED lighting is another great option for Halloween landscape lighting and also less expensive to operate because they use substantially less energy. Many halloween lights now offer
flashing or pulsing LED lights and come in many colors. You can also buys uplighting with colored lenses to help create the mood. LEDs are now available in string lights, candle lights
and even costume lighting.
Solar lighting has developed to a point where it has become comparable in quality and light output to other types of traditional lighting. Plus, they come in Halloween decor and they can be shaped liked ghosts, gouls or a variety of other scary shapes.
Projection lighting is a creative way to add frightening images on to your house, sidewalks or other media. One great benefit of projection lighting is that it can be a stand alone peice of decor if you choose to only use it. Plus you can buy additional slides for other holiday occasions. Lighting projectors cost between $50 – $100.
A great way to add some halloween flavor without spending a ton of money is to add some light covers to your existing lights. You can get them in a variety of colors and frightening shapes
many times for under $10. They are temporary cover so you can pull them off, store them and use them again next year.
One of the more popular choices for Halloween lighting is the UV black light. They produce a dark purple glow after dark and highlights costumes and makeup that are fluorescent. You can
purchase black lights with fixtures or by themselves to temporarily replace existing outdoor lights.
These are quite a few decorative Halloween themed peices that you can purchase and can be used as stand alone peices in the yard. There are a variety of items that may include pumpkins, lighted Halloween trees, tomb stones, ghouls, goblins or any number of different themes.
