Ideas for house warming gifts?

Question

I need ideas for a house warming gift. These people are obsessed with Halloween and I'd like to get them something more geared to that, but I have no clue. I saw the website that they purchase the majority of their stuff and it's really expensive. Anybody have any ideas, even if they aren't Halloween related?

Answer 1

Would something homemade be appreciated?  I'm not sure I can describe this where it will make sense, but pumpkins are always Halloweenie or even appropriate for fall decorating.

You will need:  rolls of toilet paper, somewhat large squares of orange cloth, green cloth, twigs, scissors.

Take a square of orange cloth and center a roll of toilet paper in it.  Smooth up the cloth from the bottom to the top of the roll and then tuck the ends into the hole in the tissue.  It will make a plump little orange ball.

Cut some leaves out of the green cloth.   Place one or two on a twig and tuck into the hole, also.  Voila! - a soft, little pumpkin for the homeowners to use to construct a centerpiece.

Or make several pumpkins and construct your own centerpiece, but then you will need some add'l supplies like maybe something to mount them on (a large mirror like you can find at craft stores is always nice).  Maybe some dried leaves, berries or other foliage to tuck around to give it balance.  Some sprigs of wheat to give height and a compatible contrasting color.

Use your imagination.  Unless these people are real jerks, they should appreciate something they can sit on a table somewhere to get into the spirit of what appears to be their favorite holiday.

EDIT:  had another idea.  What about a house plant?  Plants are usually not very expensive and you could even have it decorated in Halloween colors like black and orange.  Craft stores have these thingies called "picks" in the floral dept that are strands of stuff secured to a spike that you push down into a flower arrangement or pot.  They might even have Halloween -type picks around the holiday.  That way you could decorate a "plainly" decorated house plant with some cute Halloween picks that could be pulled out after the holiday.  Green plants are good air filters and having plants around the house adds a really nice ambiance.