Black and Orange Halloween Mantle
Happy Halloween! I love decorating my mantle for Halloween every year. I've collected a fair amount of decorations and handmade decor over the years and I put it all together a little differently every year.
This banner I made our first year in the house using a free download from Carina Gardner.
My pumpkin face was made from a tutorial from parents.com. This year he got a hat to add a little flair. The bats were cut on my Silhouette and were a new addition.
Add in a few ceramics I painted as a child and VOILA!
It's October. Summer is officially over and it's time to embrace all things fall from corn mazes to falling leaves to COSTUMES!
That's right. October means Halloween and Halloween means costumes. I love dressing up and every year I look forward to planning out every little detail of what we will wear.
You see, we are family costumers. There is a theme. We all dress accordingly and have since Griffin was born. I love getting dressed up and I love being part of a group and I love these hooligans I call my family so it really is the perfect scenario for me.
It's gotten harder as we have to work around actual children with actual preferences (aka we will be dressed as some types of superheros again this year) but I never tire of the challenge.
Since family costumes take a bit more preparation, I thought I'd give you a couple ideas early in the month in case you wanted to force - I mean lovingly guide - your family into a theme.