Quick camera shot, side of house, as the sun was setting.
Yet, another neighbor telling us how much candy they go through in one night. Made a store run to buy a 350 piece bag to add to the pile! Now, I just need to sort out my costume and set up the candy buckets. Have a safe and happy halloween!
The make up and photos are really well done. The love and sense of humor in this family is what made me smile. Parenting done right! I wonder if it is too late to be adopted?
Great display in the neighborhood!
Plastic dress/body with a loose weave fabric shawl. Lovely pointy hats!
If the wind lets up I will try to get a better night photo.
First run at shooting photos at night. This was my favorite. The windows up top now have a new flickering lights sequence programmed to slowly flicker up and down. Photos will eventually all be in the Halloween album here.
We had a group wearing light reflective vests and carrying flashlights last night. It was 11 and the lights were all off. We try to be respectful of neighbors and shut down between 9-10. The flashlights startled me so I stuck my head out the door and said give me a minute. Flipped the front of house on and used the remote to light all the pumpkins! Got a big thank you!
Update: At 11:15 pm tonight the security camera alerted me that someone was on our porch. You have to climb a lot of steps to get up to our porch. A woman dressed in black with a knit hat is on the footage with her back mostly to the camera. I think she was just looking at the lanterns hanging on our porch up close. Still, that is a little creepy doing it late at night dressed in black!
The googly eye portrait I picked up at the garage sale and the matchbox cover. Part of my parlor/office mantel display.
Had a bit of real scare today. Chest pains so severe I decided not to risk it and went to the ER. Got the all clear after a lot of tests.
Mentioned I was bummed to not make the Zombie walk tonight to the tech that took me for a chest X-ray. She said she was going. Once she found out I was a costumer she asked for help with her sons Halloween costume! A conversation on adhesives, foam floor mats, duct tape, and yarn ensued. She was so grateful for the help and I was so happy to have the distraction!
There were so many different Terracotta pumpkins and statuary this year! It took trips to 3 different stores to get photos. There were strange ghosts that kept ducking out of camera range. Larger photos are in the Halloween album.
Looking at the back of the left section of carved Funkins.
The shelf is from a Lowe's shelving unit. Zip tied to the porch railing. The Funkins are light so not much weight for the shelf to support. Used all the falling leaves to tuck in-between the Funkins. Remote control lights so I can just walk behind each section and turn off the lights.
All the Funkins have a hole in the bottom for drainage. Hot glued a strip of wood inside the hole. Zip tied or tied with twine over the strip of wood to attach the Funkins to the shelf. Heavy wind and rain last week and everything stayed put!
Right side shelf of Funkins facing carved side out to street.
The same fun house I love to photograph every year!
New this year was webbing and birds. A lot of little black birds! The faux boarded up house detail is often over looked with all the other eye candy.
Looks like a Minion got caught in the web!
Found these cute little slide boxes locally. You can choose mints or matches. The magic, fortune teller, and palmistry boxes can be found here. Mixing them in to my display. Love the boxes as small gifts for the holidays.
Quick phone camera shot. We have 2 big vanity lights that light up the side of the house at night. Tonight we covered both lights with deep blue theater gel. It really makes a nice contrast to the cheery warm pumpkins. The window with the dancing skeletons looks better too.
Still testing and tweaking things for the big day. 2 new path lights will hopefully help with any tripping hazards. Hard enough when you have a mask on trying to navigate. A big heavy rubber mat from the basement will cover a spot where the bricks don't match evenly.
Dining room
It feels like fall. I was bundled up for an evening walk. A lot of lookers tonight and a genuine fascination with the Funkins. Everyone thinks they are real pumpkins!
This article features several clever Halloween tree designs. We keep saying we will have a Nightmare Before Christmas theme one year that will stay up through Christmas. Christmas merchandise has just about edged out Halloween in the stores now.
Remote control lights were added to all the paper lanterns on the porch. We had a surprise storm last night and everything still looked good. I did zip tie down 2 of the pumpkins. Wind was strong this afternoon and everything stayed put!
Tomorrow I tackle the dining room! It looks like a Halloween store piled high on the dining table table right now. Started dumping out boxes to find decorations.
The projector is from TotalHomeFX. Target was selling a projector and blue tooth speaker for halloween maybe 4 or 5 years ago. $130 and we bought it at 75% off after Halloween.
The skeletons are dancing in an upstairs window. I will post video of it running.
We are apparently attracting a bit of attention. Most of the decor went live tonight. We met more neighbors, for the first time, tonight! There is a neighborhood Halloween Parade that starts at 5 pm! We were told to expect 300 kids! Feeling a bit overwhelmed. Working on safety lighting now. Giant cement stairs and then a wood staircase to get to our door.
Worn out from setting up the yard today. Decided to make a run to Lowe's and grab a Beyond burger on the way. Carl's Jr. has IT theme drink cups. The manager said an employee painted the IT pumpkin. They did a pretty good job!
Funkins are attached to the porch railing. Lights are waterproof, fingers crossed, in plastic bags. We get so much rain it can be a challenge to keep things dry. I can't even begin to express the joy of turning on/off 20 lit Jack-O-Lanterns with a remote! Made an investment in 20 LED flicker lights. Plan to write up a review of how they worked out after Halloween.
If you need Jack-O-lantern carving patterns The Pumpkin Lady has a massive collection of great patterns by theme.
Free patterns you can print. Resize before you print to fit the shape of the pumpkin. We usually like to freehand draw designs only we had 21 Funkins to carve this year! I was trying to express to Mr. Old Fashion Halloween a design. Searched for an image and found it at the Pumpkin Lady patterns! Her witch and cat patterns are my favorites.
Only one of the Fred Meyer stores had these blow mold figures. Sadly, none of them were plugged in.
Growing up with the plastic lights it was nice to see something new. In the 70s we had the black and orange beauties like this collection.
This collection was at the Vince Wood Farms pumpkin patch.
Starting with evil clowns and darkness. Oh, wait we have normal stuff too and will pan the camera by the fall candles! Tiny store packed with so much Halloween goodness.
The halloween Tree is up! New tea lights with a timer. The brand is youngerbaby 24 pcs flameless amber tea lights and they sell on Amazon for $11.99 a set. One of the best investments for Halloween! I used to turn on all 24 candles by hand in the tiny lanterns.
We have lights and we have Funkins ready to go. Forgot about all the triple A batteries needed to power the new pumpkin lights. Fingers crossed the pumpkins could be up on Friday night.
Running behind. Washing the porch tomorrow and then the light strings and decor will start going up!
New grave this year. This one is heavy. Storing it for the year I was crawling around on a raised shelf section of the basment trying to...
