How to Haunt a House for Halloween (Halloween Book) [Paperback]

Robert Friedhoffer (Author), Richard Kaufman (Illustrator), Timothy White (Photographer)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up | Series: Halloween Book

Provides tips on how to create a haunted house at home and instructions for performing magic tricks at a Halloween party.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback
• Publisher: Children's Press(CT) (April 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0531157377
• ISBN-13: 978-0531157374
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,621,340 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars NOT about haunted Houses!!!, November 9, 2003

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Thornton "thorbob" (SMITHVILLE, TN, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Haunt a House for Halloween (Halloween Book) (Paperback)

BEWARE! This is about being a GEEK, not designing, setting up, or haunting a house. If you want to stick needles through your skin, get this book. If you want to build a headless statue or some other haunted house prop (like ME) then DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK! It's fine for what it is; title should be: "dress up and do creepy tricks" not how to haunt a house.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars How to Haunt a House for holloween, October 12, 2000

A Kid's Review

This review is from: How to Haunt a House for Halloween (Halloween Book) (Paperback)

Great ideas to make your own Haunted Houses. I used ideas from this book for my own haunted house. We really scared people I doing it again this year.

4.0 out of 5 stars Magic and Haunted House Tips, October 7, 2011

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Tracy Christenson "dictionary enchantress" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Haunt a House for Halloween (Halloween Book) (Paperback)

The book is designed for kids wanting to build a haunted house for a private party, school carnival, or similar event. Because it is designed for kids, some of the tricks are pretty simple, but there is still a lot of good material here. Also, because the author is a magician, some of the tricks are really more magic tricks than haunted house tricks, like card tricks, cutting a string or piece of paper and restoring it to one piece again, and the ball that apparently moves across a table by itself. Cute, but not scary. More useful tricks for a haunted house are the talking severed head trick, the headless person, the hand reaching out of a box to grab things, and tips for faking a seance. The tricks are described in two sections, one telling what the audience will see and the other discussing the preparation and method for pulling it off. The illustrations are also very useful for understanding the set-up. It also has a few tips on makeup, such as making fake blood and scars. It's an imaginative book, good for anyone planning a Halloween party, especially one for kids.