How to Prepare for Halloween

orange and white pattern of elements from the book, including scissors, tape, pumpkin seeds, ghosts, and pencils

How to Prepare for Halloween

ILLUSTRATION, HAND LETTERING, BOOK DESIGN | INSTRUCTION: MONICA BRODOVSKY | PROCREATE, PHOTOSHOP

Halt! Who dares enter this hallowed page? Just kidding, come on in. This “Ghoulish Guide to All Hallow’s Eve” is an illustrated book detailing all the steps one should take in the days leading up to Halloween. I thought of all my favorite October activities, and decided that decorating, carving pumpkins, drinking apple cider, crafting, watching scary movies, and listening to spooky stories were essential to the Halloween experience. Watch as my little pumpkin man takes you through these steps one by one!

book cover for "How to Prepare for Halloween, a Ghoulish Guide to All Hallow's Eve", the cover is black with white and orange type and a drawing of a pumpkin character

the left page details the first step, decorating. the right page shows a skeleton character with a pumpkin head, standing in front of their fully decorated fireplace

the left page shows the skeleton pumpkin character carving a pumpkin with a knife, and the right page details the steps to carving a jack-o-lantern.

the left page details the third step, brewing up some apple cider. the right page shows our skeleton pumpkin character standing in front of the stove, drinking apple cider.

the left page shows our character wearing a skull mask over his pumpkin head, the right page details the fourth step, crafting.

the fifth step is to watch scary movies, the left page goes over the reasons to watch horror movies during October, and the right page shows our character watching a pumpkin version of the movie "Scream"

the sixth and final step is to tell scary stories. the left page shows our character sitting on a log by a campfire, telling ghost stories. the right page is the text detailing why you should tell scary stories!

mockup of the book with the pages facing down, so both the front and back cover are visible. the back cover says "Happy Halloween" in spooky hand done type.

Credits

Mockups from mockups-design.com

And a special thank you to Monica Brodovsky for encouraging me through this project and helping me write such fun and spooky copy!