newbie Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 I am itching, but I think we are running behind, as always. I wanna pick up pumpkins and put them outside and get the house all ready this wknd. Anyone else decorating? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainbowSprinkles Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 I decorated for Fall in general, but not for Halloween. I'm not a big fan of scary decor:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 I busted everything out on the 1st! My kids love to see the transformation of the house into the "holiday" decor. They really love it because they know that when the sun sets on the day the house gets decorated, I'll turn all the lights off and turn on all the decorations, light all the candles, and let them enjoy it. We don't have anything particularly macabre, but it is Halloween decor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Spider webs cover the porch, a large fake spider is crawling up the wall, a motion-activated witch is next to the pirate skeleton in a cage - etc. My son with autism LOVES Halloween and makes our house as spooky as he can each year. Inside we are also festooned - spooky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 I'm rockin' Halloween at my house right now. :o No pumpkins yet though. It's still too hot out here for them to keep more than a couple days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 I usually do 'harvest' -- scarecrows, bales of hay, mums, - that way it can stay up till Thanksgiving. This year -- with our water damage and everything else, I'm just not feeling it. I am enjoying what everyone else has done, though!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrscopterdoc Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 I LOVE LOVE fall and decorate for it starting in September! Halloween stuff comes Oct. 1st! :D The scarier the better! Went to the pumpkin patch today and got pumpkins....big ones, little ones, tiny ones, green ones, and white ones! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imprimis Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Do pumpkin-shaped jars filled with chocolate count?:D If so, we are good to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadiegirl Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 My son and I just spent the afternoon decorating our bay window. We bought the Target version of the Department 56 Halloween village last year and so we set up our window display with it. Very cute! My mother-in-law bought us a 4-ft wide lighted spider web so we hung it between 2 trees this afternoon...looks great. nothing scary here! Just fun stuff! No pumpkins yet but we are eager to carve...that's when the serious business starts! We give them to Grandmas, neighbors etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncmomo3 Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 I'll see your Halloween and raise you a Christmas! My loopy mother started decorating for Christmas this weekend. It will take her 2 weeks. She likes Christmas:001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Katia Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 I put up our 'Fall' decorations today, as a matter of fact! We do fall-colored leaves, pumpkins, pumpkin candles, Indian corn dolls, squirrels, etc. It looks so pretty! This is the first time I've put up the fall decorations in three years. My mom died and for two years decorations just didn't seem to matter, and then last year my older dd went off to college for her first year and it was just me and my younger dd left at home......I just haven't had the heart to decorate. BUT today!!!! This is a great year and I feel terrific! Fall.......here we come! All I need are some pumpkins for outside on my steps and I'm good. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn in OH Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 The kids tried to but I told them they have to wait another week. I'm putting my fall decor up on Monday. I'm running behind because I haven't been feeling well. I normally would have had my fall stuff up on September 21st. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangerine Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 My neighbors. We live in a duplex, so it's like decorating without the effort. Those giant plastic glowing pumpkins...totally mine. We just like to decorate one side of the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 I've gone as far as to lug the box up from the basement. My metal pumpkin is missing, so I've put out an APB on it. I'll most likely put this stuff up tomorrow afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie Posted October 4, 2009 Author Share Posted October 4, 2009 I'll see your Halloween and raise you a Christmas! My loopy mother started decorating for Christmas this weekend. It will take her 2 weeks. She likes Christmas:001_huh: Thats crazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 My kids had the stuff out before the 1st. I posted about it the other day. It's not exactly what I would have done but hey, I didn't have to do it. On the other hand, I have to have my dd's 13th birthday party the Friday before Halloween and there will be lots of loud teens involved. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 I haven't but just wanted to throw this idea out for you ghouls. Dd10 loves to make gingerbread houses but instead of Christmas, she makes them up for Halloween instead. We always want to make them for Christmas, but are always to busy, so we started making them for Halloween instead. If you aren't up to baking the form yourself, you can buy the Christmas kits and just alter them (we always tint the frosting olive green) or use graham crackers glued with frosting to cardboard (1/2 gallon milk cartons are good). There are sooooo many cool candies, skeleton bones, gooey eyeballs etc. I actually think it is funner than the Christmas ones because there isn't the pressure to make it look perfect. Crooked walls, droopy icing and cracks all add to the look instead of taking away from it :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 I saw this in a magazine this week, I thought it was a great idea! We never get around to making the gingerbread houses either. We may have to try it. Dd has decorated the front yard/porch. She started a week or so ago, but I told her to take it down and wait for October. She started putting everything back up on the 1st, lol! Oh, well, I don't have to do it! And she will start decorating for Christmas the day after Halloween, I'm sure. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 I haven't but just wanted to throw this idea out for you ghouls. Dd10 loves to make gingerbread houses but instead of Christmas, she makes them up for Halloween instead. We always want to make them for Christmas, but are always to busy, so we started making them for Halloween instead. If you aren't up to baking the form yourself, you can buy the Christmas kits and just alter them (we always tint the frosting olive green) or use graham crackers glued with frosting to cardboard (1/2 gallon milk cartons are good). There are sooooo many cool candies, skeleton bones, gooey eyeballs etc. I actually think it is funner than the Christmas ones because there isn't the pressure to make it look perfect. Crooked walls, droopy icing and cracks all add to the look instead of taking away from it :D I saw one of those at Target the other day, in a kit. Go figure. I personally like picking all the stuff out myself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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