- Draw out a "floor plan" of what you want to do before hand, to make sure you have the room for what you want to do.
- Decide how much you want to spend on putting it together, some props can be expensive but well worth it as far as scare value.
- Get family involved in helping to put it together and start a tradition that will carry over to your kids.
- When building your haunt, make sure that the walk ways are far enough away from things so that people can't trip over them or hurt themselves.
- If you have a lot of Jack-O-Lanterns, you might want to try a battery powered light source to light them instead of candles. This cuts down on the fire hazards.
- If you do use real candles, make sure there is no chance of anything blowing into the flames, no cloth, crepe paper streamers or anything that could start a fire.
- If you are using fake blood, make sure that it won't be coming in contact with anything stainable like visitors, pets and children.
- If you have a particularly gruesome haunt set up, make sure you have warning signs up so that those with a weak stomach can be forewarned.
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