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If ghosts and ghouls are not your thing you don’t have to give up the seasonal opportunity to dress up.

One of the year’s most exciting party themes is to build on the wonderful combination of historical authenticity and visual style of Mad Men. You don’t have to work at Sterling Cooper or take up smoking but its a great opportunity to relive the 1960s - pre-Austin Powers

As Halloween approaches again here are some new ideas that we have seen about . . .

The Haunted Car

We saw this one last year and it works beautifully with trick or treaters. The Prankster dresses up as a skeleton, zombie or vampire and lies in a darkened car at the site of the road. Occasional groans or sobs can be put onto a CD (Free Halloween Sounds) and played in the car (cover the car CD player lights with black tape to keep the car really dark). As the passers by look in rise up slowly moaning or sit up suddenly in full costume. You can be lit by a powerful torch in the car or position it so your face is lit by the streetlights.  For extra dressing up the car can have blood splattered in the windows inside - or perhaps just cobwebs. One of these lying on the dashboard or parcel shelf would really add to the effect! It worked brilliantly when I saw it!