Young Life
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2016 isahred@gmail.com
PARTY WITH MONSTERS, HEROES AND PRINCESSES
MANILA will be filled with spooks and magic as the city celebrates Halloween. And since the occasion falls on a long weekend, there is more reason to wear a costume and party the day or night away with family and friends.
Kiddie festivities
HOW TO BRING
Trick-or-treat at Century Bring the tots to Century City Mall and let them take part in Century City Mall’s “Monster Bawl.” On Oct. 30, register their names at the concierge, get their passes and begin the rounds. The three-hour trick-or-treat event starts at 1 p.m. Visit centurycitymall.com.ph for more information. Eastwood Richmonde’s curse of fun The halls and corners of Eastwood Richmonde Hotel’s Grand Ballroom will be filled with eerie shapes and shadows on the 30th in celebration of “The Curse of Darkness Halloween Kiddie Party.” Various activities and attractions are available from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are priced at P700nett. Call (02) 570-7777 for inquiries. Spooky family affair at Diamond A spook-tacular range of fantastic activities await families at Diamond Hotel’s Grand Ballroom on Oct. 30. The “Spooky Family Halloween” event happens from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The P980 nettentrance ticket comes with a snack box. Call (02) 528-3000 ext. 8461 for ticket inquiries.
THE HORROR
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INTO YOUR HOME
O, we’re not talking about making your house haunted for real. But if you’re planning to host a Halloween party or want to give trick-or-treating kids a frighteningly fun experience, here are some tips on decorating your home for the scary holiday. Carve some pumpkins
Turn this orange vegetable into a spooky decor by giving it a scary face. Make your pumpkin look scarier by using moulding and drying wax onto it to create a lumpy texture or different surfaces for the light to fall through. Make sure no pumpkin is wasted by using the edible parts in preparing some of the Halloween party fares. Pumpkin spiced latte, anyone?
Hang orange globe string lights
Put orange globe string lights behind white blinds to give your home a spooky, orange glow. This is also useful for creating a backdrop for your silhouettes.
Place spooky silhouettes
Speaking of silhouettes, make or purchase some black figures to place in front of your lit
windows. Choose from the usual: skeletons, witches, ghosts and ghouls. Or go to the nontraditional route and put a crazy scientist.
Fill up bottles with ‘poison’
Fill up large jars with green liquid and line the entrance of your home with these bottles of poisonous doom (make sure they’re not really poisonous, though). Better yet, place a cauldron in your kitchen and fill it with water and red food coloring to make it look like a witch’s cauldron of blood.
Decorate the garden with scary figures
Create some scarecrow-like figures for the garden and wrap them in white sheets. Stuff their heads so that they look like people. Or invest in plastic headstones to decorate the space outdoor.
Drape spider web and poison ivy
Use cotton wool or a specially made spider web gun to create spooky spider webs in your doorways. You can even spruce up your webs with some realistic-looking plastic creepy crawlies. If you want to try something new and more nature-inspired, put artificial ivy around the dinner table, doorways and mantle piece.
For adults only
Hang a creepy mirror
Where were you last Halloween? TIME in Manila dance and night club knows what you did last Halloween and invites you to do them all again in their annual costume party on Oct. 31. The “I Know What You Did Last Halloween” party features Groove Nation DJs Toti Dalmacion and Cyril Yarisantos. Doors open at 11 p.m. Those in costume can enter for free; P500 door charge comes with one drink. For inquiries, contact 0977-8231197. Dance ball with Kevin Saunderson Platinum-selling recording artist and house and techno innovator Kevin Saunderson is flying from Detroit to play at underground club XX XX for “Straight Outta Hell” party. Doors open at 9 p.m. Visit XX XX on Facebook for more information. Travel through space at The Palace Get your space suits ready and head over to The Palace Pool Club in Taguig City for “Space Odyssey: The Palace Halloween Ball” on Oct. 31. DJs Ace Ramos and Mars Miranda are in charge of the beat. Viber 0917-6899999 for inquiries.
Buy an old mirror from a garage sale or take a look in your own basement for an old creepy looking mirror that nobody uses. Find an old photograph or a printout of a scary face that is about the same size as the mirror. Get steel wool, transparent tape, acetone and paper towels. You will also need gloves, a screwdriver and a cloth for this DIY project. With the steel wool, make the mirror look aged by scratching it. Take care not to strip off all the material. Fix the photo behind the glass, and you will have an eerie wall piece to scare your guests. These tips are courtesy of real estate portal MyProperty.ph.
HORROR HOUSE. Turn your home into a haunted attraction with the help of these easy-to-do tips that will scare and delight guests and trick-or-treating kids.
SCREAM AND SHOUT AT ENCHANTED KINGDOM A SPOOKY time awaits all park guests at the Philippines’s premiere theme park throughout this long Halloween weekend. The EKscream Ghostbusters Halloween event is the perfect opportunity to bond with family and friends and try out the scary world-class attractions at Enchanted Kingdom. Give in to your ghostbusting moves and test your nerves at Ghostbusters Adventure Live! A walkthrough attraction based on the blockbuster Hollywood series, designed to offer wholesome thrills and chills, then battle it out with the living dead at the Zombies 7D interactive ride or watch the suspense 4D
film Frankenstein at the Rialto. Free entrance for kids (up to 12 years old) and 20 percent discount for adults visiting in their Ghostbusters costume. Registration starts at 10 a.m. at the courtyard. Other EKciting activities are lined up for the Halloween where guests can win magical and spook-tacular prizes. The activities include a Stay Fit, Stay Puft Dance Fest on Oct. 30 and a Ghostbusters Halloween Party on Oct. 31 at the Boardwalk Party Place. For park schedule and more information about EK’s Halloween treats, visit www.enchantedkingdom.ph.
Sta. Rosa theme park Enchanted Kingdom offers a lineup of activities for the whole gang this Halloween weekend.