I have been updating my Halloween decor.  My kids told me that last year I didn’t do enough for Halloween so I decided it was time to do some Halloween sewing and crafts.

The first thing I did was alter some little orange plastic pumpkins.

I found an extra dictionary, cut pages into strips and decoupaged them onto the pumpkins using ModPodge.  When dry, I used some watercolor pencils to “age” them and give them faces.  I got this basic idea from Cloth, Paper, Scissors Magazine.  Really fun.  The handles were replaced with ribbons.

My daughter and I then painted and decorated letters spelling Trick Or Treat.  I used the little pumpkins to help support the words.

We first painted the white letters orange and black:

Once the letters were dry, I Mod Podged paper onto the fronts and backs of the letters.  Then I glittered the letters.  Finally, I glued them together.

I decided to do something different for the front doors and made little quilts.

Years ago I made starched cheesecloth ghosts to hang for Halloween.  Last year I finally threw them away.  So this year I decided to make some new ones.  These turned out much larger than the old ones, but I like the effect.

I didn’t make the quilts this year.  Those are quilts I made some time ago from Mount Redoubt patterns.

I did finish a day of the dead table runner.  I have to thank my friend Melissa for the idea.  I love the way it turned out!

Outside I got out the old skeletons.  One is in pieces so I just arranged him in a witch’s cauldron.  The other sits on a chair.  In the fountain, I arranged some Indian corn and gourds.

I have a little paper mache ghost that I pull out and revive every year.  This year she needed major repainting.  I gave her a little sparkly cat, some gourds and a hat.  The live cat in the picture is our 3 year old siamese, Mr. Whiskers.

Finally I brought out the pumpkin placemats that I made a few years ago and paired them on the table with little sparkly pumpkin coasters.  And we are decorated for Halloween!

Happy Halloween everyone!