I love Halloween. It is my second favorite decorating holiday, right behind Christmas. Every year I struggle with when to put up the Halloween decorations around the house and in the front yard. Is it too early still? If it is, well too bad :) Because this weekend was the beginning of Halloween 2010!
I say beginning because my Halloween decorations go up in stages. Stage one, setting out Halloween knick knacks, replacing photos and artwork with spookier versions, swapping summer candles for fall scents, and buying pumpkins, hay and cornstalks for the front yard.
Stage two happens closer to Halloween, the week before usually. I hang the spooky silhouettes in the windows, back lit with green lights. I string Halloween lights on the back deck and set out the more gruesome props. Last year I bought a Bucky Skeleton, a mister for our cauldron, and this freaky shower curtain which was a huge hit. It helps freshen things up, since the other decorations have been up for a month. Plus my husband isn't keen on listening to all the animated props for a whole month.
The day before Halloween we carve our pumpkins, test the fog machine, and play "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" several times.
After it is all over {despair!}, I will leave everything out for a week, then I will start setting out my Christmas decorations.
Too early?
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