How to Decorate With Feng Shui For Halloween

It might seem a little weird to practice Feng Shui on Halloween but the upshot is that this ancient Asian art of object placement fits perfectly to this holiday. That is because Feng Shui is about safety and Halloween is one of these nights where you want to be conscious of that. Both the holiday and Feng Shui are also about metaphysics. Both are about harnessing energies and using them to one’s own advantage. In Feng Shui these energies must be positive. On Halloween the veil between this world and the next is said to be very thin so there is a possibility of attracting both evil and good energies. When you apply the rules of Feng Shui to holiday of Halloween they work very well.

First of all Feng Shui is about the clearing away of clutter. This is definitely a must if you have little Trick or Treaters visiting. To keep energy positive around your home on Halloween night make sure that your walk and front porch are completely clear of clutter. Get rid of things like hoses, rakes or anything that little feet could trip over. Sweep away leaves and plant debris as well. Remember that many of these little kids are in a lot of danger of tripping over their costumes in the first place!

Yet another Feng Shui must have element for attracting good energy is to make sure that your walk and home are well lit. This might seem like a strange request on such a “dark” holiday but the reality is that it is quite crucial for the safety of children and adults as well. There are all kinds of novelty “Christmas string” style lights that you can put up on your porch and in the front yard. You can also decorate your yard with lit hand-carved pumpkins or even better yet, get electric pumpkins. Electric versions are the safest of all as they reduce the chance of someone’s costume accidentally catching on

If you want to have more abundance and a freer circulation of money in your life then you can do a little bit of a prosperity ritual by handing out chocolate covered coins to children who come to the door. This symbolizes money being multiplied and coming back to you. You could also do the same thing with real money. Try handing out shiny copper coins in red envelopes as a version of the famous “Red Envelope Ritual” which dictates that everything that you send out into the Universe in red envelopes comes back to you nine times.

Part of Feng Shui is about being in sync with the holidays and the symbols of the Hallways. Black cats are lucky in China for their nine lives so decorating your window with them is a nice idea.

Decorating Jell-O for Halloween

Here are some ideas using Jell-O for Halloween.

This recipe was also found on the back of a container of Cool Whip. This pie is bit of a tableau vivante that features creepy tombstones made from cookies that are stuck vertically into the cream cheese topping.

Crust
2 cups chocolate wafer cookie crumbs
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup margarine, melted

Filling
1 (8 ounce) package fat-free cream cheese
1 (12 ounce) tub Cool Whip Free®, thawed
2 cups boiling water
2 small boxes orange Jell-O
1/2 cup cold water
Ice cubes

Decorations
1/4 cup chocolate wafer cookie crumbs
7 rectangular shaped sandwich cookies
7 oval shaped sandwich cookies
Decorator icing brown, green, orange, and white
Candy corn
Candy pumpkins

Preheat oven at 350 degrees F. Prepare a 9 x 13 x 2-inch pan with cooking spray and flour.

To prepare crust, combine 2 cups cookie crumbs, 1/4 cup sugar, and margarine in a small mixing bowl. Press firmly into prepared pan. Bake for 10 minutes and then chill.

To prepare filling, combine cream cheese and 1/2 cup Cool Whip in a mixing bowl. In another mixing bowl, combine boiling water into Jell-O until completely dissolved. Mix cold water and ice cubes together to make 1 1/2 cups. Stir ice water into Jell-O until thickened. Remove any remaining ice cubes. Spoon Jell-O over cream cheese layer. Refrigerate 3 hours or until firm. Spread remaining Cool Whip over Jell-O layer.

Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup cookie crumbs. Decorate as a “graveyard” by poking sandwich cookies on end into dessert. Decorate the cookies as tombstones with the decorator icing. Scatter candy and pumpkins around the surface.
Jack-o’-Lantern Desserts

To save time make faces for the “pumpkins” (actually orange peel shells) by drawing a scary or humorous face in magic marker on the side of the peel.

8 medium oranges
2 small boxes orange Jell-O
1 cup boiling water
1 cup milk, chilled
1 cup vanilla ice cream, softened
1 cup prepared whipped topping
14 chocolate sandwich cookies, crushed finely
Cinnamon sticks, for garnish

Cut small portion from top of oranges; set aside. Hollow centers, reserving orange center for another use. Cut out pumpkin faces on oranges.

Dissolve Jell-O in boiling water. Refrigerate until thickened slightly. Blend milk and ice cream in electric blender until smooth. Gradually add Jell-O mixture and blend until smooth.

Stir whipped topping into Jell-O mixture in large bowl. Alternately layer cream mixture and half cookie crumbs into prepared orange cups, ending with cream layer. Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm.

Top each orange with remaining crushed cookies, pressing some crushed cookies into cut pumpkin faces design. Insert halved cinnamon stick into reserved orange top for stem.