I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, “I’m not real keen on Halloween.” But I do like to decorate for the seasons so pumpkins really work for me because they can be out for Thanksgiving early in October, and hang around for fall decor and Halloween. (Let me just add that I’m so glad our Thanksgiving is the second Monday in October, rather than the fourth Thursday in November because . . . I would just die having to have autumn decor up that long when there is all that beautiful Christmas stuff just waiting to be displayed!!!)
So let me take you on a tour of a few of the fake pumpkins hanging around my house.
My kids made these, some at YW’s and some at a craft class (thanks Shauna!)It’s just a 2×6 cut out, painted, sanded, etched, stained.
I love how the etched lines POP after the stain is applied. The eyes are nails.My Visiting Teachers dropped this cute pumpkin off on the last day of October because they hadn’t been able to visit me that month (thanks Shauna!).
He holds leaves and sits by my fireplace, or rather, by what will someday be my fireplace.Check my fireplace out here.
This little pumpkin is just one of those thin little wooden things you buy and paint yourself – another thing one of my gals made.
This little pumpkin is just one of those thin little wooden things you buy and paint yourself – another thing one of my gals made.
Etching and distressing sure works wonders!This one I made at Relief Society.
You can read more about this little candle holding pumpkin here.And this here is my kind of pumpkin carving . . .
. . . I worked hard to light the candle and slip it in the open back of this metal Jack O’Lantern!And there’s no stinky gooey mess to clean up!!!
And there you have it – all the effort I put into decorating for Halloween!!!
Now to find some new hiding places for all that candy that’s about to invade my house!
