A little history before we move to "Halloween in your home&garden". Halloween is originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off roaming ghosts. November 1st is the time to honor all saints and martyrs. The evening before was known as All Hallows’ Eve (Halloween). Over time, Halloween evolved into a community- based event characterized by child- friendly activities such as trick-or treating. No matter what history tells us, Halloween we see today is warm, fun and a little spooky.
Halloween in your home&garden.
The color pallet
Pumpkin orange is warm, happy and brings our mind to autumn.
Midnight black represents darkness of the winter. It brings mystery, power and
protection.
Optional colors are:
Bloody red (blood, fire and demons), eerie green (goblins,
monsters and zombies), ghostly white (ghosts, mummies and the full moon) and deep
purple (supernatural and mysticism).
Decoration
Add objects to make people curious and scare them right
away. Create the eerie effect with black lights and scary lanterns. Dig graves and add fake
body parts. Hang up skeletons, ghosts and catch people with spiders and their spider
webs.
The most important object of Halloween is the pumpkin. The
pumpkin comes from the myth of Stingy Jack, who died and finding himself
rejected by both heaven and hell. He was forced to seek a resting place for his
soul in darkness and legend has it that he hollowed out a turnip and used to
carry a coal to light his way. The first Jack-o-lanterns were carved in turnips
and changed to pumpkins when the tradition was brought o America .
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| Ceramic pumpkin head |
Put the pumpkins heads
everywhere in your home&garden, use real pumpkins or ceramic pumpkins. Let
them laugh and scare the guests.
Happy Halloween!
Rosa Planters Vietnam
