Halloween Decorating

Our neighborhood loves Halloween. We get really into it. Each year we add a little more to our decor... while some of our neighbors go all out. Across the street they do a new theme every year - this year's includes a 6 foot tall giant dragon that could seriously be ridden by 3 children at once. And of course it blows "smoke". Naturally.

This year, we've expanded our graveyard with more gravestones (12!). And a french bulldog skeleton from Target (yes we do have a sick sense of humor) that we added a dog collar to. At night there are purple lights over the graveyard fencing so no one runs into it in the dark.

As always, ghouls and bats haunt the graveyard from the tree.

From the mailbox:

On the porch railing we have our orange lights, the giant spiderweb, bugs and bats... and now even more rats. I couldn't help myself, I loved the idea of a bunch running up the railing. Over black gauze of course.

On the bench, the skeletons. We were given a new tub of Halloween decorations from my childhood that included sea creatures and snakes, so of course we added them to the skeletons as if they came from the bottom of the sea. Add in a few more rats and it's quite gruesome. 

We have a creepy Halloween wreath for the front door (finally, because my inner 90 year old lady hated not having a proper Halloween wreath). 

Inside we have Halloween everywhere inside too. The boys are SO into it. Pumpkins, rats, spiders, skulls, ghosts, rats and more pumpkins. Gel clings on the back sliders. Witch's hats. Eyeballs in random places. It's fun, festive and spooky. (And definitely not blog-worthy, but I'm keeping it real here... this isn't pretty but it's fun!).