Scary Up Your Home for Mokena Park District Contest

It's time to break out the cobwebs and corpse up the lawn for the yearly Halloween House Decorating Contest from .

To submit your haunted house, call the park district administrative office at 708-390-2401 by Oct. 17. Registration is free. Judging will take place between 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. Oct. 21 and 22.

Homes will be judged on creativity, originality, design and layout. Contestants do not need to be present during judging.

There are two categories: Amateur Ogres for homes that have never won a prize and Master Monsters, for those who have won in the past.

This leads into the park district's major Halloween event, Spooktacular Saturday. Indoor trick-or-treating, costume contests and a showing of the movie Casper will start at 6 p.m. Oct. 22 at .

Kids in costumes get in free. Otherwise, it's $3 for kids 2-12 and $4 for kids 13 and older.

Read the list of winners of the 2011 Mokena Community Affairs Commission Beautification Award for a more traditional home contest.