Easy Halloween ideas

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Make your house the scariest on the block

Give trick-or-treaters the creeps with these easy, eerie projects.

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Spook visitors at the door

Affix a button-face witch to your doorbell and give guests a fright.

YOU'LL NEED • Scissors • Black foam sheet • Craft glue • Large button • Black and natural raffia • Large toothpick • Marker • Orange paper • Double-sided tape

Cut witch's cape and hat out of foam sheet. Glue button as head to top of cape. Cut short lengths of black raffia for hair; glue to button. Glue on hat. Cut natural raffia for broom and glue onto end of toothpick; glue toothpick to witch. Write, "Push if you dare," on orange paper. Cut out and glue in place. Measure your doorbell and cut its shape out of cape. Place hole around doorbell and attach with double-sided tape.