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zombiehorror

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Halloween 2013!
« on: September 01, 2013, 03:00:34 PM »
Decorations, finds, costumes, etc.!

Here are a few items we found at Michaels today!




Sam wants to help me paint this!  Only saw one of these in the store along with a bunch of skulls!  8" tall btw!


We already had the candle holder hanging in the kitchen and the Halloween lantern (battery operated candle) looks great in it!


Cool vintage looking wreath!  14 1/2" diameter.

Can anyone guess how we'll be spending our Labor Day....lots more stuff to dig up out of the basement and put up!!  'Tis the season for home haunting!

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Re: Halloween 2013!
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2013, 04:04:56 PM »
I love the lantern.

We haven't started yet but will post when something is done and/or found.
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Re: Halloween 2013!
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2013, 04:58:12 PM »
I'll be putting up a display of Halloween memorbilia at the Wilson NC pulic library.
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Re: Halloween 2013!
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2013, 05:21:59 PM »
Michael's usually has very cool Halloween decor. ;D
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Re: Halloween 2013!
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2013, 05:59:06 PM »
Michael's usually has very cool Halloween decor. ;D
Three years ago I picked up a bunch of the Spooky Town stuff at Michael's for 80% off in an after Halloween sale. I've checked since and things haven't been marked down nearly so much after Halloween. I guess they wised up and quit overproducing it. Some of those Spooky Town buildings are pretty cool.  tynhrt
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Re: Halloween 2013!
« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2013, 08:19:57 PM »
Oh boy!! H2K13!
zombiehorror- I love all your new Halloween finds. My husband & I have mostly been working on "new" lifesized figs. for the yard haunt. We reuse all the bodies year after year, an we just make them into different characters. I did buy that HM gargoyle candle holder they had at the Disney online store. But so far, we have spent most of the $ on wooden fence pickets for a coffin & a guillotine. I am looking forward to scoping out Target, Kmart, & Halloween stores in my shopping area.

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Re: Halloween 2013!
« Reply #6 on: September 02, 2013, 07:03:58 AM »
H2K13 ..  :D ;D
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Re: Halloween 2013!
« Reply #7 on: September 02, 2013, 09:53:42 AM »
Oh boy!! H2K13!
zombiehorror- I love all your new Halloween finds. My husband & I have mostly been working on "new" lifesized figs. for the yard haunt. We reuse all the bodies year after year, an we just make them into different characters. I did buy that HM gargoyle candle holder they had at the Disney online store. But so far, we have spent most of the $ on wooden fence pickets for a coffin & a guillotine. I am looking forward to scoping out Target, Kmart, & Halloween stores in my shopping area.
You have a Guillotine?  Cool.  Looks like you'll be a-head of the rest of us this Halloween.
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Re: Halloween 2013!
« Reply #8 on: September 02, 2013, 10:20:01 AM »
I have a pillory.
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Re: Halloween 2013!
« Reply #9 on: September 02, 2013, 11:52:23 AM »
I'll use the same pumpkin as last year. 'Can always add more.



I'll take our purple lights out of storage and buy more purple lights.
One year I used orange and purple lights, then decided ALL purple lights is a better vibe
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Re: Halloween 2013!
« Reply #10 on: September 02, 2013, 02:40:01 PM »

Did you replace all your Jack O'Lantern bulbs with flicker bulbs?  It helps sell the idea that the pumpkins are real.

I replaced all my 5w night light bulbs with these 3.5w flicker bulbs:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Primitive-Candle-Flicker-Flame-Light-Bulbs-Set-of-6-/380460195543?pt=Folk_Art&hash=item589531ded7

Make sure they are 3.5w and not the less bright 3w or below.  Shop around for different quantities.  The per bulb price varies a LOT.  They are priced much higher in your local hardware store.

I've had several people complement me on my pumpkin carving skills.
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Re: Halloween 2013!
« Reply #11 on: September 02, 2013, 03:29:16 PM »
Did you replace all your Jack O'Lantern bulbs with flicker bulbs?  It helps sell the idea that the pumpkins are real.


Yes, I have a small flicker bulb.

There's nothing like a fresh carved pumpkin with a great smelling candle in it. I may display one or more of those this yr as it has been SEVERAL years.

'Just found our set of Halloween cookie cutters. Now that it's September I will have 10/31 on my mind daily. ' LOVE IT !
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Re: Halloween 2013!
« Reply #12 on: September 02, 2013, 03:32:12 PM »
Yes, I have a small flicker bulb.

There's nothing like a fresh carved pumpkin with a great smelling candle in it. I may display one or more of those this yr as it has been SEVERAL years.

'Just found our set of Halloween cookie cutters. Now that it's September I will have 10/31 on my mind daily. ' LOVE IT !
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LOVE the smell of pumpkin roasting over a candle flame!  To me, it is better than pumpkin pie smell on Thanksgiving.
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Re: Halloween 2013!
« Reply #13 on: September 02, 2013, 03:59:36 PM »
It's unfortunate that most squirrels love to eat my pumpkins .. I really seed and clean them out very well .. or maybe the squirrels are just attempting to improve my craving skills which are not veyr good.
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Re: Halloween 2013!
« Reply #14 on: September 02, 2013, 04:53:34 PM »
Picked up Ichabod Flame from Lowes, it's a ceramic Jack O'Lantern that uses the same flame effect that you see in faux fire places.  Apparently each Lowes isn't stocking very many of them, the first one we went to had one on display which really caught our eye...and apparently a few other folks as well.  They didn't have any more instock but a worker told us that another store had 2, we ended up going to the other store later that day.  I think the only reason the store had two left was because they didn't have one displayed so no one really noticed them.  If you get a chance swing by Lowes and check out ol' Ichabod!  It's cool to have a Jack O'Lantern that won't rot and you don't have to worry about an open flame inside of, he'll be illuminating the night from now until Halloween!

 

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