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Decorating your front yard for Halloween is a great way to turn your home into a haunted house for the entire month of October. If you have a water fall, fountain, or other type of water feature in your front yard, you can turn it into a haunted water feature to scare your neighbors and guests. Use these items to change the look of your water fountain and make your front yard an even more spooky place.

Fluorescent Markers

Most stores carry a large assortment of fluorescent markers that are available this time of year with all the back to school sales. Also, many discount stores carry enough yellow fluorescent markers to make the water in your fountain glow.

To make green, glowing water: Open the back of the fluorescent markers and take out the color dye sponge that is inside each marker. Run the sponge under warm water while catching the water in a bowl.  Or, fill up several large jars and bowls with warm water and soak the dye sponges inside the water until the water is bright yellow. 

Now, replace the water in your fountain with the yellow-dyed water and turn on the fountain. As soon as your black lights are in place it will make your once-tranquil fountain, haunted.

One fluorescent marker will give enough fluorescent dye to color six cups of water. So, depending upon how much water circulates in your fountain you might need several markers. Once you turn a black light onto the dye-filled water in your water fountain, it will glow an eerie green color.

Black Lights

It's a good thing that black lights were invented because a couple of black lights are going to turn your water fountain into an eerie haunted location. 

You can find black lights at most stores that sell a good selection of light bulbs. Also, check the Halloween decoration aisles at a local store for black lights. 

You will need to position a couple of black light bulbs on utility plugs around, and inside your water fountain. The black light bulb will illuminate anything that is fluorescent or white in color. Any ghosts on your fountain will need to glow, as well as the water in the fountain.

Cheesecloth

Cheesecloth makes a perfect death shroud for a haunted spirit on your outdoor water fountain. If you have a stone or metal figure that tops your water fountain, drape it with a piece of cheesecloth. The form of the statue will give the cheesecloth body as the wind flaps the fabric in the dark. 

Fake Cobwebs

Buy a package of fake cobwebs and stretch the webs out, hanging them around the sides and top of your fountain. Make sure that each section of cobwebs hooks on something to hold it in place. Otherwise, the cobwebs will detach themselves.

A good way to make cobwebs stick to a metal or cement fountain is to stick small Velcro circles on any spot you want to hook some cobwebs. Be sure to use the side of the Velcro that has the adhesive hooks. When Halloween is over you can remove the adhesive circles without any damage to your fountain.

Carved Pumpkins and Jointed Plastic Skeletons

A creepy addition to your haunted fountain is a plastic, jointed skeleton positioned so that it looks like it is crawling in or out of your fountain. 

You can also carve some pumpkins and stand them around the fountain. Green glow sticks set inside your carved pumpkins will give them a creative and spooky glow.

Turning your regular outdoor fountain into a spooky and haunted scene is easy with these easy guidelines. Consider getting your water feature repaired by places like http://www.konalandscape.com before any Halloween shenanigans begin.