It felt strange not blogging yesterday,
but at the same time, it was also nice to have a bit of a break.
Well, it wasn't a complete break from the blog; as you may have noticed, I did do a
bit of work on the layout and template to make it a bit more
fall-appropriate.
Since yesterday was the first day of
October, I felt that I could finally start decorating the apartment
for Halloween. Here are some photos of our decorations this year.
(Mystery enjoyed getting to inspect the ones she could reach.)
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| Zach's scary pumpkin (lights up from the inside) |
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| Plastic spider waiting at the top of the stairs; we take turns hiding him/moving him around during Halloween. I wonder where he'll be found next! |
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| Mystery inspecting the plastic pumpkin... |
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| This big pumpkin got hung on the door. |
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| And this little pumpkin got hung on one of the kitchen cabinets. |
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| Mystery inspecting the tubs that will hold vegan Halloween candy... |
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| *sniff sniff* |
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| "Where are the treats?" |
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| This Halloween cat is technically supposed to be a placemat, but I think it'll look cooler on the wall, or maybe the window... |
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| Another Halloween cat, holding a tea light. |
I also made an adorable ghost
decoration today; a couple weeks ago, I saw a photo on Facebook of this cute craft idea. I'll have more empty apple cider jugs by the
time Halloween is here, so this little guy will get a few friends
soon. (Zach loves apple cider, so once fall rolls around, we get a
gallon of it each week with our groceries.)
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| Just draw on eyes and a mouth and color
them in... |
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| ...cut out a flap in the back... |
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| ...and switch on a battery-operated
tea light, slipping it into the jug. |
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| Mystery was curious... |
I'm planning to get some more tea lights for the others I'll make, hopefully ones that have a lighter-colored "flame," so that they will look more ghostly instead of orange and pumpkin-ish. Either way, it's pretty spooky-cute.
Peace. :)
