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If you really want to get "Property Brothers" Jonathan and Drew Scott talking, ask them about Halloween. It's a holiday the twin HGTV stars are passionate about, having celebrated it since childhood with elaborate parties, imaginative costumes and well-thought-out decor designed to scare the living daylights out of any who dare to visit them on Oct. 31. In fact, they've even built numerous haunted houses, including one on the Brooklyn Bridge at the New York-New York Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. "Maybe we're Halloween snobs, I don't know," Jonathan Scott says. "We believe that if it's a Halloween party, it is mandatory that you are in costume. That's why, whenever we throw something, we say to folks, 'Be creative, be fun, let loose.' Last year, for example, my girlfriend and I hosted a 'Stranger Things' Halloween party. And it was really fun using the string lights to do like what they had in the show when they could tell when the spirits were coming. And then it's all about a number of things. You have to have themed food, themed drinks. The décor can be quite simple." The food needn't be fancy, they say, but it should be bite-size and shareable. For example, if finger foods are on the menu, why not make them look like actual fingers? This can be accomplished by cooking small sausages or wieners and cutting semicircular bits out of the tips to resemble nail beds. That might earn a few double takes. For drinks, you can come up with your own themed concoctions, find plentiful ideas on the web or simply add a few simple but spooky touches to conventional cocktails, such as dry ice to give that vodka tonic the look of an evil potion. "We've done dry ice," Jonathan says. "You know, like if you have a martini where you have an olive in the glass, you basically can skin a grape or you do something so it looks like an eye. Like you have little touches that it just gives it that extra spooky flair." The Halloween table can have different levels and textures with plenty of oranges and blacks and fake cobwebs. You can even have a separate candy table for the kids. And then there is the obligatory Halloween cake. "Always make it something fun for the kids, something visual." Drew Scott says, "Visual is always an important part of Halloween. Like last year I did a giant spider cake but the spider broke up into miniature spiders within. And then down the side of the table, we actually had all these fake spiders that were on a web all the way down. And so it's just creating that spooky atmosphere." Drew and Jonathan Scott BY GEORGE DICKIE Throwing a Halloween party? 'The Property Brothers' have a few ideas Above all, the brothers stress that you don't have to go to great expense or trouble to put on a successful Halloween party. But they say a little imagination can go a long way in impressing your guests. "They'll be amazed at how authentic it feels and how much work you put into it ," Jonathan says, "but in reality it's very, very easy to look like you've thrown this amazing Halloween party." Page 8 October 30 - November 5, 2017 Championship. From East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. (N) THURSDAY 4:30 p.m. GOLF Shri - ners Hospitals for Children Open, First Round. From TPC Summerlin in Las Ve - gas. (N) 11:00 p.m. GOLF TOTO Japan Classic, First Round. From Ibaraki, Japan. (N) FRIDAY 4:30 p.m. GOLF Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, Second Round. From TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas. (N) 11:30 p.m. GOLF TOTO Japan Classic, Second Round. From Ibaraki, Japan. (N) SATURDAY 4:30 p.m. GOLF Shri- ners Hospitals for Children Open, Third Round. From TPC Summerlin in Las Ve - gas. (N) 10:30 p.m. GOLF TOTO Japan Classic, Final Round. From Ibaraki, Japan. (N) SUNDAY 3:30 p.m. GOLF Shri - ners Hospitals for Children Open, Final Round. From TPC Summerlin in Las Ve - gas. (N) Hockey WEDNESDAY 8:00 p.m. NBCSN NHL Philadelphia Don't miss Monday's food page PICK UP y o u r c o p y a t : t h e h A R T Your source for arts, entertainment and culture news in Elkhart County Advertise Here! (574) 533-2151 *Must present coupon. Expires October 31, 2017 ALIGNMENT SPECIAL $ 59 95 13024 US 20, Middlebury, IN 574-825-2965

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