Happy Halloween! Are you ready for the big day? This is a surprise display on our formal dining room table that will greet my children when they come home from school. I found the vintage-inspired noisemakers at Home Goods last July. They are stuck into glass vases of candy corn, which is a family favorite.
Happy Halloween
After school, we’ll come home and stuff the small goody bags for our close friends that come to visit tonight. This year we are handing out a Martha Stewart inspired broomstick bag. Instead of the twig shown in the photo, I am going to use a large pretzel stick. I made the bags by placing a bag into the shredder and then quickly hitting the reverse button. (Please do not let your children do this.)
More Decorating Ideas
Last year we saved our toilet paper rolls and quickly filled them with a few toys and candy and rolled them up in orange tissue and then tied the ends closed with pipe cleaners curled around a pencil. J’adore!
My husband has been gone all week long on a business trip. I thought it might be fun to cover his favorite chair (shown in B H & G) as a surprise. We’ll use our dachshund Rudi as the accent dog.
Mr. Decor is normally the chief pumpkin carver in our home. As he will arrive home from his trip just in time for trick or treating, we’ll do something a bit different this year. A small fact about me is that I absolutely loathe scooping pumpkin “guts” out. I liked this idea and we still have tons of beads leftover from the pirate party we had last month…
My favorite form of recycled Halloween decor is to line the driveway with these cute tin can luminaries.
As the cloth is loosely woven I just fringed the ends by pulling out a few threads. I LOVE this burlap cloth featured in Country Home that has darling rick rack trim that uses recycled license plate pieces as tablecloth weights. Perfect for a breezy alfresco dinner.
The Menu
As it is a busy night, I will be serving a quick and easy dinner of mummified hot dogs accompanied by boiling blood (homemade tomato soup).
Have a spooktacular evening!
Laura
Well Halloween is all done here! Just 3 days before our vacation, a new request was put in for a Halloween costume. Normally I’d have said no way, but after hearing who he wanted, and because he’d pulled it from a book. I gave in. So after a crazy afternoon and evening of sewing last night, (with no real pattern! No Joanne’s in Okinawa!) Davy Crockette had a great time! And he looked awesome! Pictures to follow on my blog. Tell Super Kiddo to have a great time! Looking forward to pictures. And don’t torment the dog too much!Miss you! Kelly
You have the cutest ideas and where do they all come from?? Those pears -genius. WHo thought of that? You?? And the broomstick bags. and the toilet paper rolls. I can’t wait to read you at Christmas. 🙂
Wow! Such awesome ideas. You’re like the Martha Stewart of bloggyland.
GREAT pictures! Have a Happy Halloween. 🙂 Holly
I love all your goodies, and noticed your black pug. I have one too, actually two but the other one is fawn. Aren’t they just the best dogs??? Now to find you in the group I belong too so I can add you as friend..eheheh!!
Wow, you go all out for Halloween. My kids get leftovers tonight.lol Happy Halloween! 🙂
Looks like Halloween is going to be blast at your place. I love the mummified hot dogs – my kids would get a kick out those. Happy Halloween!!
I want to come stay at your house. It looks like tons fun. Wonderful ideas. It all looks great!Happy Halloween!*hugs*
Laura, I saw that you won a prize on April Showers. Congrats. You don’t need to post this comment, I just know that she doesn’t usually announce things except on her blog. So if you didn’t happen to stop by there before Monday, you wouldn’t get it.*hugs*
have so many clever ideas, Laura! Have fun tonight!!
Love those hot dog mummies. My grand kids will love them. Are the pears dipped in white dipping chocolate. They’re adorable. Happy Halloween to you and your family. Mimi
Laura, These are all such awesome ideas! I love Eddie’s spider webs, too. What did you think of him being cut from TD? I like what he does, but as far as the contest goes, I found that he never really surprised me. I hope Ondine and Nathan don’t blow it, they’re both interesting, but also inconsistent.
ha ha! everything loooks fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!! you are so creative!!!!
OHHH MYYY this is so awesome. Hope you all had fun.
Hi!!Happy halloween!!Wonderful ideas.Very fun.
Laura, Thank you for visiting my blog. I just was looking at your profile and saw that you live in Arizona. I live in Queen Creek. I love your blog and I am going to go read more now. Have a great Saturday! Hugs, Bobbi Jo
GREAT GREAT GREAT IDEAS! Im in a couple swaps and will be making some of those toliet paper roll favors…:) Those are fun!
What a wonderful post. It was fun!
Hi Laura 🙂It looks like you had a fabulous Halloween. Loved the mummified hot dogs and skull pears 🙂rue
What a wonderful day and night. Everything is just beautiful.
I can’t get over all the great ideas you have and how much fun your house must be for the holidays!Great job! I bet everyone thinks you are the fun mom they all wish they had!Hugs,Joanne
Everything looks great. Nice blog 🙂