Halloween has officially hit the stores. I’ve been dreaming of Halloween for weeks already, so now I’m even more excited that I get to indulge in it every time I go out. I may have already spotted some Christmas decor out as well but I’m not going to think about that yet. Why can’t the stores stick to one holiday at a time?
Our new neighborhood actually has kids in it and is a well-known area for trick-or-treating. We lived in our old house for 8 years and had maybe 5 trick-or-treaters. Yes, I mean 5 total over the entire 8 years. The first year I had no idea so I bought ton of candy at Costco and ended up eating it all myself. Halloween fail! At least I had the foresight to buy only my favorite candies that year.
I’m ready to get the house all decked out and make goody bags for the kids who stop by. I’ve been stockpiling supplies for a while. Lots of ribbon, pumpkins to be painted, wreaths to be made, black and orange paper, stickers and a whole lot more.
Lemur loves the mini pumpkins I bought. Apparently, they are great to throw around my craft desk as little kitty soccer balls. Now that we have a kitten, I may need to rethink some of this decor…
Since this is one of my favorite holidays, I’m going to make this a weekly series. I already started on the first of my projects so my goal is to feature one Halloween craft tutorial or decor idea every week until the holiday. Hope you stick around.
Lots of luck to all those on the East coast waiting for Hurricane Irene’s arrival. Hope she calms down before landfall!
Cassie @ Primitive & Proper says
ooh i love halloween, too! and love the decor for it! when else can you use black glitter everywhere?
Simply Kelly says
Like the ribbon! It’s so hard not to stock up hall and harvest theme items right now from my local craft store.
Emily @ EAKaHouse says
looking forward to seeing what you come up with! I need to find out if this is a trick-or-treating neighborhood…
jandjhome says
So cute. You need to help me with my decorations. I love the striped ribbon.
♥ Miss Tea says
ohh i wish they have trick or treating over here, would be so fun to decorate haloween theme around the house and see all the kids with their halloween costumes…this reminds me i need to browse some ideas for what i want to buy for christmas hehe 🙂
susan
Tanya Anurag says
You are going good… cannot wait to see what you come up with.