My Halloween House 2009

Wow, we are only about a week away from Halloween and I haven't posted my house decorations for this year yet. What is wrong with me?

So, this year the "theme" for outside was spiders. I created some spider webs out of nylon rope and white yarn and they turned out surprisingly good and were super easy. The spider webs might have to become a tradition since the kids love the big spiders so much. We also hung our scary skeleton guy up above the porch in front of Corb's windows (which we replaced and haven't painted the trim yet. . .) so that he would be more noticeable. His dress/robe things get blown all over during storms, but he has stayed up there really well.

We also have our tombstones out front again, but this year added a few skulls and have them lit at night with the spotlights that we bought for our flags for the 4th of July. The lights are great and light the tombstones and also shine up and light up the spider webs above them so you can see everything at night.

The legs sticking out the dirt is the kids favorite decoration. This year we threw a few extra bones out around the legs also.

Inside we have a few cute things scattered around the house. At the front door I have a cute witch that my sister gave me before she moved and I bought the cute stuffed witches boot from her mother-in-law. It's so much cuter in person!
In the parlor I have hung some creepy cloth over the lamps and added some fall decor to the mantle and put out my cute witches hat that I made at a Relief Society activity.
My neighbor was getting rid of these cute ghosts so I took them and hung them in the dining room for the kids.
The grocery store, across the street, had this fun 2-in-1 Halloween picture. When you look at it one way it is Whistler's Mother.
Then you look at it from another direction it is a spooky Whistler's Mother's Skeleton. I love little surprises like this around the house.
I haven't taken pictures at night, but it looks really cool. Not only are the tombstones and spider webs lit from the small spotlights, but I replaced the front porch light with an orange light bulb. I also put up candles in each window like we do for Christmas, but we used the orange flicker bulbs that make them look old and haunted. Also lining the front walk I have 8 little black iron jack-o-lanterns hanging that hold tea lights, they are in the picture at the top of the post, but they are small and you can't see them very well.

We love Halloween and it is fun to add and change things each year to make it spooky, fun and something to look forward to. Happy Halloween!