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Dennison's Bogie Book -- A 1920 Guide for Vintage Decorating and Entertaining at Halloween and Thanksgiving (8th Edition)
Dennison's Bogie Book A 1920 Guide for Vintage Decorating and Entertaining at Halloween and Thanksgiving - 8th Edition Author:Dennison Manufacturing Co. Originally published in 1920, this Bogie Book features the following ideas and suggestions for planning and decorating for vintage Halloween and Thanksgiving celebrations: stairway decorations; spider's parlor; father time celebrating Halloween; a story to tell as the hour grows late; window seat made Halloweeny; table and Jack Horner pie guarde... more »d by wise old owls; pumpkin favors, including instructions to make a wire frame pumpkin to cover in crepe or tissue paper; house that crepe paper builds; table decorations made from napkins and crepe paper; old time games and stunts for halloween including: family ghosts, T-puzzle, witchery, numbers of mystery, signs of the times, Halloween anagrams, talking pumpkin and much more; Halloween menus; halls at Halloween; instructions for making crepe paper caps; detailed costume making instructions for four costumes (for plans and instructions for more Halloween costumes, please see our Dennison Costume listings); autumn table; instructions for making a wire horn of plenty for Thanksgiving; how to mount designs on cardboard.
Centerpieces, favors and novelty suggestions and ideas fill this book as well as instructions for working with crepe, wrapping wires, twisting festoons, making fringe, etc., to make each of your projects a success.
The Dennison Bogie books featured amazingly creative displays of festooned crepe swags and garland, hanging decorations depicting witches, ghosts, scary pumpkins, black cats and other symbols we associate with Halloween as well as a vast array of games and favors. The Bogie Books were a great source for party planning, each year showing different ideas to match the new products being released by Dennison. They continue to be a great resource for party planning and provide interesting old-time party tips and suggestions.
Sample book pages are shown at the top of this page. ***FOR MORE BOGIE BOOKS, please see our other listings***« less