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Post by scraphappyinjax on Jul 23, 2014 14:25:17 GMT
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If so, what's your favorite Halloween decoration? I made a cute Halloween banner a couple of years ago.
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Post by peabay on Jul 23, 2014 14:27:27 GMT
Just a few things outside.
ETA: we don't get trick or treaters where we live. When we lived in our old neighborhood and got a ton of ToTers, we decorated a lot more.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Jul 23, 2014 14:31:37 GMT
I decorate the inside of my house. I have lots of scary skulls and stuff. I love Halloween. When I owned my own house, I used to make a graveyard out in the front lawn and have lights along the walkway and a fog machine. Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays.
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Post by sharlag on Jul 23, 2014 14:32:17 GMT
I did this on our garage door a couple of times. I just cut the black bats out of cheap black construction paper and used Scotch tape to attach them to the house and garage door.  |
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Post by KikiPea on Jul 23, 2014 14:32:31 GMT
No. I don't decorate for any holiday besides Christmas. Too much effort to get it out and put it away and I don't have the space to store it.  |
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Post by sharlag on Jul 23, 2014 14:33:23 GMT
Also did this with milk jugs, Sharpies and a string of cheap white Christmas lights.  |
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Post by tania7424 on Jul 23, 2014 14:35:50 GMT
Yes I do. I've done what Sharla posted with the bats, turned my front door into a Frankenstein head. I had a huge spider that sat in our tree made of a milk jug and plumbing insulation tube. Plus linens, table top stuff, etc inside.
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Post by roundtwo on Jul 23, 2014 14:39:02 GMT
You know the rule, lol - we need pictures!!! Sharlag, I love those decorations! We don't get many trick or treaters here - we had 6 last year - and my kids are mostly grown up but I still decorate inside and out. I pull my fall things around the first of October and the jack o lanterns and witches come out after Thanksgiving. |
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Post by violet on Jul 23, 2014 14:46:16 GMT
I absolutely love all things Halloween! Inside the house it's usually decorated with things like black crows, candelabras, colored glass potion bottles, and skulls. I like scary, not gory inside. Outside we do the whole creepy, graveyard scene.
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Post by violet on Jul 23, 2014 14:48:29 GMT
Sharlag, your decorations are awesome!
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Post by pastlifepea on Jul 23, 2014 14:52:44 GMT
Yes! Every neighborhood has THAT house and our house is THAT house. DH is crazy for halloween and sets up a full graveyard, fog machine, along with a ton of animatronic figures and other creepy gory stuff. He dresses up and scares the big kids but little ones get left alone. One year he frightened a mom so badly, she ran away and left her kids standing on the porch. I am the nice one and give out the candy and if they are brave enough to get to the front door, they get full size candy bars. We used to get about 50-60 kids in our old neighborhood but we probably get 200+ here.
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Post by scraphappyinjax on Jul 23, 2014 14:56:17 GMT
You know the rule, lol - we need pictures!!! Sharlag, I love those decorations! We don't get many trick or treaters here - we had 6 last year - and my kids are mostly grown up but I still decorate inside and out. I pull my fall things around the first of October and the jack o lanterns and witches come out after Thanksgiving. Acckkkk!!!! I didn't even think about posting a pic. Now I've got to go dig out my Halloween decor to find it. haha!! I'll try to post one later today. |
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Post by scraphappyinjax on Jul 23, 2014 14:57:17 GMT
Yes! Every neighborhood has THAT house and our house is THAT house. DH is crazy for halloween and sets up a full graveyard, fog machine, along with a ton of animatronic figures and other creepy gory stuff. He dresses up and scares the big kids but little ones get left alone. One year he frightened a mom so badly, she ran away and left her kids standing on the porch. I am the nice one and give out the candy and if they are brave enough to get to the front door, they get full size candy bars. We used to get about 50-60 kids in our old neighborhood but we probably get 200+ here. I wish my neighborhood had a house like yours. That sounds awesome and a TON of fun!! |
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Post by amandad74 on Jul 23, 2014 15:01:44 GMT
Yes. Mostly pumpkins, witches, cats - no gory stuff.
Just a few pumpkins on the mantle, along with some candles by the front door (in the theme of Halloween), and a coffee table with a few items.
I have a fall wreath that stays up from Oct until Thanksgiving.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2014 15:02:24 GMT
We go all out every year. Halloween is one of our favorites. We have a bunch of pieces of the dept 56 halloween village that we set up in our garage and open for trick or treaters to see.
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Post by sharlag on Jul 23, 2014 15:02:39 GMT
Sharlag, your decorations are awesome! From PINTEREST, of course!  |
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Post by eastcoastpea on Jul 23, 2014 15:05:31 GMT
Yes! Every neighborhood has THAT house and our house is THAT house. DH is crazy for halloween and sets up a full graveyard, fog machine, along with a ton of animatronic figures and other creepy gory stuff. He dresses up and scares the big kids but little ones get left alone. One year he frightened a mom so badly, she ran away and left her kids standing on the porch. I am the nice one and give out the candy and if they are brave enough to get to the front door, they get full size candy bars. We used to get about 50-60 kids in our old neighborhood but we probably get 200+ here. I love it when people make a production out of Halloween. My nephew does it and so many families look forward to seeing what he has added/changed each year. I like tradition and families making memories. |
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Post by mikklynn on Jul 23, 2014 15:12:44 GMT
Yes, I love Halloween and autumn. I have never taken any photos, maybe I should!
I have put out luminaries on the driveway, orange lights on the shrubs, and have 3' shepherd's hooks with little witch's cauldrons that hang from the hooks with tea lights inside.
I have a ton of stuff for inside, too.
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Post by pastlifepea on Jul 23, 2014 15:21:43 GMT
Yes! Every neighborhood has THAT house and our house is THAT house. DH is crazy for halloween and sets up a full graveyard, fog machine, along with a ton of animatronic figures and other creepy gory stuff. He dresses up and scares the big kids but little ones get left alone. One year he frightened a mom so badly, she ran away and left her kids standing on the porch. I am the nice one and give out the candy and if they are brave enough to get to the front door, they get full size candy bars. We used to get about 50-60 kids in our old neighborhood but we probably get 200+ here. I love it when people make a production out of Halloween. My nephew does it and so many families look forward to seeing what he has added/changed each year. I like tradition and families making memories. Funny you said that...we talked to one of our old neighbors in Florida about a week ago and she told us that this last halloween all kinds of people kept asking them where the scary house was because they remembered it from previous years. Before I moved, I met a lady at a party that lived in my neighborhood and somehow halloween came up and she said, "Oh my God, you're married to the reaper! My kids are already talking about going to your house at halloween and how they are going to "get" the reaper this year." This conversation took place in May. |
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Post by Laura on Jul 23, 2014 16:05:46 GMT
I decorate with pumpkins, nuts and fall leaves mostly. Last year I found this cute little vintage pumpkin at Hobby Lobby;
I love vintage Halloween stuff so I'm hoping to add to my decorations. This year we are moving right around the beginning of October so I don't know how much decorating I will be able to do since I will be unpacking. |
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Post by PEArfect on Jul 23, 2014 16:11:50 GMT
Yes I do! I always decorate the front porch. The interior decorations depend on whether or not we're having a Halloween party. I always decorate my kitchen table, entry way, and our living room ledge. If we have a Halloween party I do a little more.
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Post by ~Susan~ on Jul 23, 2014 16:13:13 GMT
I do, but not nearly as much as I did when my girls were younger. I might have to change that though....
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Post by 1lear on Jul 23, 2014 16:15:09 GMT
I love Halloween. My favorite color is orange so I always add a lot of orange decorations. I love all the halloween stuff at Grandinroad.com and try to add new things every year. One year, they had dueling banjo skeletons that I really wanted, but when I tried to order they were on backorder for around 6 months. I should check to see if they have them again.
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Post by lorieann13 on Jul 23, 2014 16:15:34 GMT
Love to decorate for Halloween and Christmas! I decorate for Halloween with a banner of ghosts and pumpkins, orange lights, pumpkins, a scarecrow, and other things. Then when Halloween is done I add more fall items outside. Let me see if I can find a pic to share...
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Post by peased2bhere on Jul 23, 2014 16:17:40 GMT
I do, but not nearly as much as I did when my girls were younger. I might have to change that though.... That has become me too, I feel like I do less decorating for every holiday now that my kids are in college and not home much. Autumn is my favorite season though, so I do have a lot of decorations for that. Fewer specific Halloween things, because a lot of my stuff was kids related. I think this year I will be going the Sharla route and trying some new things from Pinterest. |
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Post by ~Susan~ on Jul 23, 2014 16:23:00 GMT
I do, but not nearly as much as I did when my girls were younger. I might have to change that though.... That has become me too, I feel like I do less decorating for every holiday now that my kids are in college and not home much. Autumn is my favorite season though, so I do have a lot of decorations for that. Fewer specific Halloween things, because a lot of my stuff was kids related. I think this year I will be going the Sharla route and trying some new things from Pinterest. Autumn is my favorite season also and my decorations were mostly Fall with some Halloween thrown in. |
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Post by sharlag on Jul 23, 2014 16:24:38 GMT
Remember years ago when lots of peas did the PUMPKIN TOPIARIES?
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Post by scrappert on Jul 23, 2014 16:27:50 GMT
I usually just do more of a FALL theme than Halloween so I can leave it up until I put Christmas up. I do add some Halloween, just not a lot, so it's easy to take down.
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Post by bdawnb on Jul 23, 2014 16:39:33 GMT
I do more at my office than I do at home since our girls are out of the house now. I'd love to decorate but we don't get trick or treaters where we live,
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Post by lorieann13 on Jul 23, 2014 16:39:51 GMT
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