Wickedly Good Halloween Costume Ideas & Activities | Lakeside Joondalup

Stock up on crafty products like spray paint (glow-in-the-dark or metallic varieties are ideal), tape and string. You’ll find these at Mega Bargains & Variety or Target.

Need more decor? Plenty of props like spooky ornaments, lanterns, candles and lights are available in budget stores like Kmart or Silly Solly's.

Once you’ve bought the essentials, it’s time to get creative by raiding the cupboards and inspecting the garden. Check out these wickedly good ideas:

• Cobwebs: Use old, laddered stockings to create cobwebs
  
  
• Spooky trees: Spray paint leaves and branches in dark, metallic or fluoro colours and use lights or candles for dramatic effect
  
  
• Scarecrows and zombies: Make a lifelike figure by stuffing jeans and a shirt with recycled newspaper. Alternatively, create a corpse shape with stockings and a leotard, then cover it with bandages or strips of an old bed sheet. Pop your zombie in a wheelbarrow or on an old chair at the front of your home or hang it from a tree for added spookiness.
  
  
• Tombstones: Cardboard boxes are always our best friends for getting crafty. Visit Lakeside Joondalup, approach stores selling large products or white goods, and ask for spare boxes. They'll make terrific tombstones with some cutting, taping and artful painting.