Give your tired jack-o’-lantern look a spooky spruce-up.

Arachnid Infestation
Hang plastic spiders from strategic holes carved in your pumpkin, then drape with spread gauze.

Mod Disturbia
Paint popular patterns like chevron and argyle on small pumpkins.

Mummification
Glue googly eyes on a tall, skinny pumpkin, then wrap it all except the eyes with white crepe paper streamers.

Source: Julia Darrenkamp, Halloween expert at Party City, based in Rockaway, NJ