YOUR PLACE DRESS UP YOUR HOME FOR HALLOWEEN.

Byline: Jaime Spangrude

The Halloween hunt is on! Just in time for All Saints' Eve, create a chilling ambience by adorning your home and yard with the following items:

GHOULISH GLOW: ILLUME brings us fun decorative lanterns that glow when burned in low light with Image Glow, its new line of candles. These non-scented candles, bearing images of a pumpkin, scary skeleton, haunting black cat and wicked witch, are perfect for lighting a walkway or windowsill for Halloween. The lanterns are 4 inches wide and 6 inches tall and retail for $14 each. To purchase, visit the ILLUME store, 8302 W. Third St., West Hollywood. [phone].

LIGHT UP THE NIGHT: Whether you use them as night lights or to decorate your tabletops, Halloween Tea Lights from Meyda Tiffany offer up some creepy characters. Designs include two pumpkins, a ghost, a broom-riding witch, a standing witch and Frankenstein, ranging from 3 1/2 to 6 inches tall and 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 inches wide. Candles are included and retail for $19.95 each. Also from Meyda Tiffany is the Jack-O'-Lantern Light Up Art Glass Sculpture, a hand-crafted figure that stands 7 inches tall and is 6 1/2 inches wide ($125). Available for purchase at Practical Props, 11100 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood. [phone].

SPOOKY SERVINGS: Freak out your guests by dishing out their dinner with the Skeleton Server. These bone-shaped serving tongs are made of plastic and are dishwasher safe. The Skeleton Server retails for $2 and is available at Party City, 6559 Fallbrook Ave., West Hills. [phone].

A TISKET, A CASKET: What Halloween haunt would be complete without a vampire's coffin? The coffin is made with wood and reinforced corrugated cardboard designed to illustrate an authentic vampire's coffin, perfect for storing all your tricks-and-treats. The coffin is $25 and can be purchased at Party City, 6559 Fallbrook Ave., West Hills. [phone].

CREATIVE COSTUMES: ``The Halloween Handbook'' is the perfect book for those who love to dress up for the holiday. The book features 447 costume ideas from scary to downright funny, as well as last-minute costume ideas. The guide also features inventive decorating ideas and recipes, as well as a brief history of this pagan holiday (Workman Publishing; $12.95).

HAPPY HAUNTINGS: Home and Garden Television's ``Extreme Halloween'' offers a tour of neighborhoods around the country where homeowners have brought Halloween decorating to a new level. The program highlights seven homeowners, including Studio City resident and longtime animation producer for ``The Simpsons'' Rick Polizzi. The show airs at 9 p.m. Sunday, and will re-air at 5 p.m. on Halloween on HGTV.

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