Halloween Moments

Hello Lovelies,

this was the messy scene on my conservatory table yesterday. The boys had had great fun carving pumpkins and, so did I :0)

It's not something we did when I was a kid....Halloween was a very quiet affair, with maybe some apple bobbing games and scary stories.

I remember watching E.T. as a teenager and being baffled by the scenes were the children got dressed up in fancy dress and went out walking the streets....we had never even heard of Trick or Treat.
( home pizza delivery was also a mystery...well, so was pizza....gosh I sound OLD!)

Before I had children I thought the whole idea a menace......but now I love it.

Around these parts anyway it's the most wonderful, fun night. When the boys were younger they would get dressed up, go around friends houses ( with us adults hovering in the background)  and the atmosphere was really great.

Occasionally their knock on a door , which normally revealed a smiley face, would produce a scary mask and a loud boo!....we would jump out of out skins and laugh while our hearts thumped.

These days the boys like to stay home, but love to answer the door to littlies, so some decorations are needed to show we are still keen to join in the fun.

I was just going to put out pumpkins till I saw THIS post and totally loved Jackie's black paper decorations.
 I  shamelessly copied her ideas. Making a paper template for some bats, and using the off cut bits of paper that were left over to make a mouse too...........

I was so enjoying this paper play and the idea's kept popping into my head. As fast I I made one thing I was planning something else........don't you love it when that happens..........

 A witch sillouette...no problem, just google it and copy a design you like.

we couldn't wait for it to get dark, so we could light the pumpkins..........

  this witches cat was middle and youngests design on that huge pumpkin we were kindly given.

 Here's mine and eldests...........can you guess who's is who's..........

 Yep, mines the house :0)

The paper decorations were all displayed in our front room window, so they could easily be seen from the road..........the witch on her broomstick........

the bats with scary orange eyes........

 Tissue paper on the back of hole-punched circles.

Tombstones with the same tissue paper backing..........



As you can see we have vertical blinds.....not very pretty, but practical to diffuse the light in this south facing window. They were also great  to light up our window from within......with a lamp placed strategically behind them.

and here's the whole window..........

I love it!

I had the paper banner already, but the rest is totally hand made from a few bits of black paper and card  I had in my stash.

It was SO MUCH FUN to do and I hope it made loads of people smile. We got lots of knocks at the door and happily handed out little treats to local children, young and old, who seemed to be having a great time.

and most peoples favourite bit? .......my little mouse.........

Jacquie x