Thanks OP! Jumping on to see whether has any good and cheap decoration ideas?
I love Hallowe'en and this year it's on a weekend night
I reckon there will be lots of people going round on the Saturday too , so my decorations will go up on the Saturday afternoon (and hope it doesn't rain)
Cheap decorations - I aim to make all mine from tat I have already or very few £ .
Tombstones - use cereal boxes , make them the size you want with a flat box as the base . Cover in newspaper/paste strips to hide the joins . Paint (leftover emulsion) speckle with dark paint , cover in ivy from the garden
Hallowe'en Tree - branches , paint black , bind the stems and I put them in a bucket with a tub of putty then fill in with stones for weight . Hang bats , birds , lights
I buy the white paper lampshades (really cheap) cover one with orange or red tissue and thin wallpaper paste .
Keep one white and attach paper cut out bats flying
The spiderweb fibres stretched out . Add a giant spider and a 'victim' . Doll from charity shop, wrapped in asking tape then wind in the spider web
We have a smoking cauldron ( water vapour)
Pumpkins - big ones with rows of toothpicks for teeth
Little ones with the plastic vampire teeth in cut out mouths ( I don't put a candle in them) Big ones have an LED candle for safety
A row of jars covered in tissue paper with LED candles
And if you have them , 2 black cats sitting on the windowsill looking spooky and judgey . (We have them but they're always 'busy'
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My DC are adults now so they'll only involve themselves with sampling the sweets .