Halloween Decor

 So lets talk Halloween Y'all =)

Every year we try to pick up a few new decorations to add to our collection, but I also like to make some as well. I am addicted to DIY projects and crafting in general so the holiday season is my absolute fave time of year. Now as much as my hubby would like to put up the super scary blood and guts kind of Halloween, we have two little ones and that just wont fly. SO we do the cutesy Halloween decorations which is FINE BY ME (every time we watch a scary movie we have to immediately watch a Disney movie or I'll have nightmares. Lame I know). Here is what I made this year with the help of my baby girl. 

The mirrors we had made a few months back as a knock off Pottery Barn type thing and were ridiculously easy to do. I took some burlap fabric from my local fabric store and stenciled Trick Or Treat onto them to hang over the mirrors. I then added polka dots because they have a special place in my heart and I'd add them to everything if my hubby allowed it. I covered some old ugly frames with scrapbook paper (LOVE modpodge!!) and did the same with a little bird house from Michaels. The glass canister is also from Michaels and I usually fill it with Halloween candy. Then I took some old bottles and glued cute poison labels onto them. You could absolutely add green food coloring to water to fill them with but I haven't gotten that far yet. I'm slacking I know. Then all I did was lay more burlap down on the table and voila =) super cute if you ask me.

So lets talk about my mantle. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on who you ask) there is a giant T.V. sitting atop my glorious mantle. So anything tall is out of the question. Boo. So my decorating challenge is constantly trying to find ways to decorate my mantle without blocking the ever so precious television. So this year I just put a few pages of scrap book paper in shadow boxes and threw them up there with some garland and glittered Halloween decor =) not the most fabulous Halloween mantle but it works.

I hope this gives some of y'all some ideas for your Halloween decor!! I am working on a chalkboard pumpkin situation to put outside the door to greet people so stay tuned for that =)

Happy Halloween Y'all