The flirty Halloween card for your partner on Tangy Limes is Hot Halloween: you and them, one photo, cut out and put on a devil and a vampire who sing an original song at each other. Halloween is Saturday, October 31. You can do this on your phone in the time it takes to find a lighter for the jack-o'-lantern.
Why put both faces in
Anyone can send a card that says "you look good in orange." It's a different thing to be the devil in tiny horns, winking, with your own mouth moving to the chorus. You skip describing the flirting and just do it, badly, on purpose.
Only the faces are used. They're real photo cutouts, nothing is redrawn, so your partner gets to recognize your actual smirk on a dancing vampire.
The four scenes
- The party. A haunted house party under purple lights and cobwebs. One of you is in a devil costume with little horns, the other in a high-collared vampire cape.
- The graveyard. Misty, moonlit, a lot of hip swaying.
- The castle. A candlelit hall where the vampire shows up in an open-collared pirate shirt and gets cheesy.
- The pumpkin patch. Glowing jack-o'-lanterns and a dramatic tango pose to finish.
Who it fits
Any two faces. Boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife, the person whose texts you answer faster than your boss's. Two men or two women works the same as a man and a woman. You pick who plays the devil.
Not flirting this year? Monster Stomp fits two people and Monster Mash Party fits three. They're the same Halloween idea without the winking.
Make it in five steps
- Open Hot Halloween and add one photo of the two of you, or snap one on the page.
- Type both names so the intro says who is doing the flirting.
- Shrink a head that looks too big, or swap who dances where.
- Add captions if you want the lyrics on screen.
- Download the MP4, copy a share link, or email it to up to five people.
The share link is a plain web page. Nobody installs or signs in to anything. They tap and it plays.
A few headline ideas
Change the headline and it reads like your card, not a template. Some that match the tone:
- "Be my victim"
- "Dinner at midnight?"
- "I'd bite"
- "Your costume or mine"
What it costs
The preview with your faces is free. Keeping it is $1.99, one time, no subscription.
When to send it
A day or two early beats 11 p.m. on the 31st. Early, it turns into plans, and if you're headed to the same party you can text it that afternoon and make the real costumes work to keep up. Open it, drop in the photo, and a minute of free preview will tell you whether it's your level of ridiculous.