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Decorating Your Yard For Halloween

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Decorating Your Yard for Halloween
Our yard already had several Halloween themed items in that that have been there for a while so, decorating our yard for Halloween didn’t take a lot of work. We dressed up one area. Another area had an old friend come back to join it. This was a lot of  fun. I bet you will like decorating your yard for Halloween too.

Decorating Your Yard for Halloween- Pumpkin Growing In A Pumpkin

Decorating Your Yard for Halloween

On our deck we have the pumpkin growing in the pumpkin. It has gorgeous pumpkin leaves growing out of it. The pumpkin itself has started to rot and even had a little mold growing on it for a short time. I sprayed the pumpkin with a mixture of oil of clove and water. The mold totally disappeared after I wiped the pumpkin down and it has never returned. The pumpkin has developed some cracks and a hole. It seems to have age a lot in the last week. The pumpkin remained whole and unblemished for several weeks.
We have decided it looks eerie and very Halloween like. JDaniel heads out in his pajamas every morning to check on it. He has really loved this project despite the fact the pumpkin isn’t holding together

The pumpkin will be given a little more time to just be his rotting self. Then we will be moving the whole pumpkin into a large orange container. Until then the temperature here has finally started to drop at night. We will need to start covering the pumpkin to keep him warm.

 

Decorating Your Yard for Halloween-Spider Web Trellis Spider

Decorating Your Yard for Halloween

 

Last summer JDaniel helped me create a spider web trellis for a humming bird plant. Due to our mild summer and warm fall the plant is still growing and green.It never grew flowers. Maybe it will next year.

To get the spider web trellis ready for Halloween we made it a spider crawl through its tendrils.  We took a random plastic lid that no longer base that it went on and glued a piece of a black garage bag material into the center of it. I used an Exacto knife to trim the extra bag material off.  Then we placed a bunch of yellow circle stickers onto the lid for the spider’s compound eyes. A brown marker was used to give the eyes pupils.  Black pipe cleaners were taped the back to give the spider legs. Someone at my house loves tape so, the legs will stay on for a long time.
 

Decorating Your Yard for Halloween

The spider isn’t waterproof. We will have to bring him inside when we don’t want to have him visit the trellis. He will live in the garage when he isn’t visiting so, JDaniel can get him out whenever he wants to.

 

Decorating Your Yard for Halloween-Milk Jug Skeleton

Decorating Your Yard for Halloween


Last year we created a Halloween craft called Milk Jug Skeleton. The skeleton was created so that its various parts could be separated and put back together again this year. I used paper clips to connect almost all the areas along with fishing line.
This year we were able to reuse the same paper clips. We needed to use new fishing line to connect the head, chest, and hips. To store it last year the fishing line was cut and throw away.

JDaniel has been asking to have him hanging in the front year for awhile. He was thrilled when I said that it was finally time.

This year he helped me put the paper clips in place. It was great fine motor work.

What Else Will Decorate Our Yard?

We have also added three pumpkins to the front steps that are waiting to be carved. We carve them the day before Halloween at our house. Each will receive happy face with fun eyes. Adding happy faces is another tradition at our house.
Decorating your yard for Halloween doesn’t have to be expensive or hard to pull together. We have simple decorations that we can use from year to year. Well, not the pumpkin itself, but the idea of growing a pumpkin. Making decoration that can come apart and be stored is really important to us. We have a small house with very little storage.

More Halloween activities and crafts can be found on my Halloween board on Pinterest.

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  2. A long time ago we made a milk jug skeleton too. I like those for they can be outside and not get ruined!

  8. You are so creative, almost makes me wish we celebrated Halloween here in Australia! Love the skeleton and spider, I bet the kids have so much fun at your place each year!

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