Halloween Decor Ideas

One week.

 

That's it.  There's only one week till Halloween.  I'm usually really good about having the girls costumes done long before this time, but for whatever reason, this year we're just getting started.

 

I did, however, manage to get the house decorated.  We never have trick-or-treaters {you'd have to be nuts to walk down our street in the dark} so I just stick to decorating the inside.

 

The girls love it when they see me getting the orange and black storage bins out of the shop.

 

I'm not sure which gets them more excited, the Halloween decorations or the fact that the Halloween decorations mean Christmas is right around the corner.  :)

 

If you haven' t gotten around to decorating yet, it's not too late!  Hopefully these pics of how I decorated our house will inspire you to add a little creepiness to your own home. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you saw something you liked, I'd love it if you'd pin it or share this post on your Facebook page.  Now, back to work on the Halloween costumes, I can't wait to show them to you ....... once they're done :)

 

Have a great weekend!

 

Jessica

 



Halloween Decorations at Our House

T-minus 10 days and counting till Halloween! Yippee!!

I love Halloween.

Not sure if it’s because it’s an excuse for me to dress up OR because my girls collect mountains of candy……that I get to “inspect”. Can you believe they don’t like Tootsie Rolls?! Could I produce a child that doesn’t like Tootsie Rolls?! Apparently I can. And did. 3 times. :)

I thought I’d share with all of you fine people some of the ways I’ve decorated for this fun holiday.

I wanted to keep things fairly monochromatic this year, so I mostly used black {of course}, white, off-white and bronze.

Take a look.

Let me know what you think.

I’d love to hear about how you’ve decorated.

I made this spider egg sack with batting, cheese cloth, hot glue and lots of little black plastic spiders.

May not be as realistic as one you'd buy, BUT it's waaaaaay cheaper! High five!!

A black crow I picked up at, yep, you guessed it, Dollar Tree.

I perched it on some old glass bottles I have in my dining room.

A Dollar Tree rat. Got this guy on a recent Vegas trip.

Yes, I just admitted to going to Dollar Tree while in Las Vegas. Why gamble when you can buy something this freakin' cool for only a buck!

This spider started out a glow-in-the-dark whiteish color.

Wasn't working for me.

A little black spray paint and we're good to go.

Add a revamped Dollar Tree pumpkin, and put it all under a glass dome.

{keep reading and you'll see a better pic of the pumpkin and hear what I did to it}

Here's a shot of the mantle.

Some more cheese cloth with little black spiders, a couple of bronze color pumpkins, a black crow and a GIANT spider.

I love it!

Btw, I picked up the spider in the "dollar section" at Target for only $2.50!

This arrangement is inside my fireplace on a mirrored tray.

I got some wood logs from our wood pile, scraped off the bark and cut them in various sizes.

Add some faux pumpkins and candles for a great {and easy} fall/Halloween look that'll work all the way into Thanksgiving.

I added these rubber spiders every so often around the living room.

They actually work pretty good at freaking you out.

Just ask my girls, they're always scaring each other with them.

Here's the revamped Dollar Tree pumpkin I talked about earlier.

You may have seen these at Dollar Tree.

They had some aesthetically UNpleasing silk/plastic "arrangement" {if you can even call it that} coming out the top.

I ripped that crap out as soon and I got them home, then painted them an off white.

I made the stem out of some rope, using hot glue to build it and secure it to the pumpkin.

These faux pumpkins started out bright orange but some off white paint fixed them right up.

I stacked them on top of each other, put them out by the front door and voila!

I hope you enjoyed the pics and maybe even got some ideas for a little last minute decorating in your own home.

Thanks for reading!

I’d love it if you’d consider following and sharing with your friends.

Have a GREAT weekend!