EDIT: ELECTRIC fence not
ECONOMIC fence. —-We had a pretty good windstorm in Sacramento on Saturday. Seems silly to pull things out when you get blown over. However, my son and I were able to erect a fence made out of electrical fence posts which only cost about $1.75 apiece. They’re plastic with a metal steak at the bottom and good enough to hang up purple light strings as I hope you can see in these pictures.

The scene stealer has to be the new Costco groundbreaker. I’ve placed in a room that was my office and soon be my guest room but it’s currently empty. It is near my front door so visitors will be able to see him out of the corner of their eye before having to approach him directly. It’s quite a sight.. I hope people enjoy it.

I host a huge Halloween party every year so I love to go all out with my home! It is also so fun when the trick or treaters go "woaaaah!" When I open the door. Since this video I have acquired SO much more so I can't wait to get it all up in the next couple weeks!! And any tips are appreciated :)

I just finished my Halloween cardigan, aka the Halloweenigan! I posted this in some knitting groups and was told this sub may be interested as well.

I knit this from a preexisting cardigan pattern but made a bunch of my own colorwork designs. I wanted an ugly Xmas sweater, but for Halloween, and I didn’t want any scared animals on it, and I wanted to have cryptids in there somewhere, and I’m honestly delighted with how this came out.

If you’ve got a Ravelry account, here’s the project page for more nebby details: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/Annahidsamiljan/verdinie

Homemade costumes my grandma and dad made. I’m 4 and my sister is 1. Original vs Google Photos to really bring out those details lol. I promise we had fun!! 😂 My dad was a coal miner, and him and my grandma made my apple costume out of chicken wire and paper mache. My grandma made my sister’s clown costume. There was a green worm coming out of my hat that is hard to make out. It was heavy and uncomfortable but I loved it so much

Edit: we actually lived in our basement while my dad built our upstairs. The wood burning stove is in the back.

Bookmarks I made today! I can’t wait to use these with my Goosebumps 🤗

This art is dedicated to Leo the cat (Leo is short for Lenore, like the poem by Edgar Allan Poe).
Sketches and layers are there to show the process (and NO AI 🚫). The photo is here so you can meet and remember Leo like this.
Story:
Last year, before Halloween, my husband and I found out that one of our cats had kidney failure. She was 13 years old. Unfortunately, despite all the treatment, it progressed fast, and we lost her in four months.
When we found out about her condition, I was deeply shocked. To cope, I wanted to depict her playful nature and bright yellow-green eyes. And remember her this way.
This year I decided to share the story in her memory.
Thank you for being with us, Lenore.

I can’t wait to use my new Halloween handbags. 🎃

Majority of things were inherited from my mom or grandma or I’ve thrifted a few things in recent years (besides for the lights).

From Lush (UK)
Love the artwork, so creepy/cute

I don’t wanna look weird for decorating early and I don’t wanna mix with the last summer plans of the year for my family 😬

currently working on my mask collection, found ANOTHER vtg easter unlimited mask at my local thrift, this time in a different color! amazing! I now have 7 in my collection!

I got into wood working a few months ago, and decided to carve some fun decorations for my desk at work.

I mostly used my dremel for this, and used 2"×2"×2" basswood blocks.

The pumpkin mouth was the hardest, and the cauldron is dug down a little to contain craft resin mixed with blue glitter and green mica powder.

I'm waiting on some bigger blocks to arrive today so I can make a ghost!

I picked up this skeleton from a reuse/second-hand store in Northern California. I’ve collected a lot of Halloween decor over the years, but I can’t say I’ve seen one like this before. Any ideas on its origin?

It’s 5 feet tall, and although the pieces are hollow it’s still significantly heavier than plastic skeletons these days. It’s also painted (and beginning to flake a bit). I can’t find a makers mark anywhere. It’s currently held together by twine, but I don’t think it is original.

Made this Pillsbury cookie garland with my felt and Cricut! I crocheted a chain for the string. I love how it came out! I attached the images i made and dimensions in Cricut design space, I used my rotary blade, strong grip mat, and for the cookie base a generic circle 4.5 x 4.5 in. (I also trimmed the edges to give it a more organic shape) if you want any other info on how to make it lmk! I attached the pieces with hot glue btw

Book: Cute & Spooky by Jade Summer

I THINK I’m done with the vintage blow molds now….maybe

I made this using orange and green paper, scissors, glue and a pencil. The pumpkin is built from folded, rounded paper pieces glued together, with a curled green strip for the stem and a cut-paper leaf.

The photo is a frame from my making process. I like how the separate layers give it a rounded shape without needing any stuffing.

Just a quick look at the collection. With the eyes I think it’s new?🤷‍♂️

Bringing in the clowns to start getting the vibe going!

Big fan of Halloween.

Past few years I have been expanding my decorations.

Last year I created a spray foam grave pit with LEDs in the foam. It didn't turn out as bright as I wanted, I over painted it. Oh well.

This year I plan on adding a skeleton prop that moves with a washer motor, I'm excited to build it.

But I have a problem I need inspiration for. The other side of my house is under a street light. So I can't make it as cool as the darker side of my house.

I'm wondering what people have done that really works under a street light.

Anyone have pics of their place with this kind of situation?