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How much would you spend on Halloween decorations

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Needspace21 · 26/10/2021 20:40

I've spent about £50 quid on some posh fabric pumpkins and other assorted stuff.

Make. Me. Feel. Better. What have you spent?

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MistyGreenAndBlue · 27/10/2021 09:06

@PurpleEchoLamp

Halloween is silly!
What's your point? Grin
NalPolishRemover · 27/10/2021 09:27

I don't understand the hatred for Halloween here at all! All this talk of landfill is ridiculous- like people buy decorations & throw them out in November!,

We have lots of Halloween decorations. Mostly bought in poundshops over the past 16 years since dd was a baby. We added to it for years but have enough now

Its nostalgic & comforting to bring them out each year & put them in the same places. Ritualistic. Like Christmas decorating.

Dc loved them so much over the years & we always had a Halloween party which was v popular. They're teens now so not the same.

Think I'll decorate later for old times sake

britespark1 · 27/10/2021 09:48

Thank you @Rainbowsew, @XelaM, @Pinkfluffyunicornsandrainbows!, @HollyandIvyandAllThingsYule. You’ve really made my week!

britespark1 · 27/10/2021 09:50

@MistyGreenAndBlue that looks amazing! I’d love to go all out on our garden but the neighbours display is just so fantastic whatever we do would look rubbish.

BigPyjamas · 27/10/2021 09:53

£4 on 4 pumpkins.

Years ago I made simple jam jar lanterns which we will use outside. Reuse them every year.

That's it.

TeenMinusTests · 27/10/2021 09:57

Since having DC I built up a collection of decorations, (usually bought for half price first week of November), which get reused every year.
Not putting them up this year as we don't want callers.

MistyGreenAndBlue · 27/10/2021 11:23

[quote britespark1]@MistyGreenAndBlue that looks amazing! I’d love to go all out on our garden but the neighbours display is just so fantastic whatever we do would look rubbish.[/quote]
Sounds like my neighbours across the street- every year they have CHRISTMAS WARS! Grin

I admit I look forward to it. I think you should go for it.

Hummmph · 27/10/2021 12:20

Over the years I've spent hundreds. But every decoration gets reused every year and I just keep adding to my collection. I try not to buy batter-operated, but those that are have their batteries taken out after Halloween and the batteries get kept for Christmas fairy lights. Some decorations are now 20+ years old.

Mercurial123 · 27/10/2021 12:26

Nothing. I have Ametican neighbours they are so OTT with their displays. A new one every year. It's so wasteful.

MistyGreenAndBlue · 27/10/2021 12:30

@Mercurial123

Nothing. I have Ametican neighbours they are so OTT with their displays. A new one every year. It's so wasteful.
Do they do gore? I hate that. Have noticed Americans seem more inclined toward the horror film thing. That's not Halloween to me.
BiBabbles · 27/10/2021 12:32

@britesparks: Your display is amazing and I've loved seeing outdoor displays in my area, large and small. If you want to, go for it - or at least start planning for next year so you can grab some things cheap after the holidays Grin

@XpressoMartini Catholics don't celebrate evil

Catholics are literally the ones who made it a worldwide celebration well before the US started exporting media - and Hallowe'en isn't to celebrate evil - the hallowed part is a bit of a hint.

The Catholic concepts prosthelytized mixed and fused with local customs and beliefs. In many European areas, that fusion made Hallowe'en. In Meso- and South America, it made the Days of the Dead where every year there is a bit of contention with some Catholic groups warning people away from Saint Muerte and others embracing it as the traditions of welcoming and remembering the dead live on. As a mix of both, I do both though lean more heavily on the latter.

It's evolved over time as each group and generation add and discard traditions. Even modern corporate additions doesn't make it inherently evil, it's what people bring to it. Some may bring vigils for those dead while dressed as skeleton, contemplating mortality while passing out candy (this is what I do), for others it's just a goofy time to brighten this chilling time of year, much like Christmas has long been. Some places may go far on the gore, but that's what they're bringing to it, it's not essential to the festivities.

MistyGreenAndBlue · 27/10/2021 12:38

[quote Madwife123]@MistyGreenAndBlue I need a tutorial on how you made those ghosts please. They look amazing![/quote]
If you mean the dancing lawn ghosts, they are actually pretty easy.
Polystyrene balls (ebay - about 18cm diameter) on garden stakes.
Then use watered down pva glue to stick the fabric ( white cheesecloth) to the top half of the "head". Use 2 one metre pieces draped over each other. Paste the heads and then paste more glue over the top of the fabric

Let them dry.
Stick in ground.
Tie the top sheets together so they are "holding hands"
Presto - ring around the ghostie.👻

We get 100s of trick or treaters and I thought they might like something fun and spooky but not too scary.

MistyGreenAndBlue · 27/10/2021 12:39

The big ghost is more complicated. Google "Flying Crank Ghost" for instructions.

nanbread · 27/10/2021 12:41

@KingsleyShacklebolt

£0

Have never bought decorations apart from a pumpkin. Because it's mostly plastic tat which will end up in landfill.

This. I did buy a fake spider about 4 years ago and we sometimes buy or are given pumpkins.
Popcornriver · 27/10/2021 12:56

A few quid. Pumpkin and some craft bits. We have a little box near the Christmas tree decorations in with Halloween bits from other years though that we got out. I quite like a bit of seasonal decor but the house is hardly the Adams family!

thaegumathteth · 27/10/2021 13:06

This year about £30 because I bought a skeleton and some gravestones that well use year after year. Oh and some
Window clings. All will be reused though.

Most of our Halloween decorations are black cardboard which we've cut into bar / monster / hand shapes.

We also have a few pumpkins and loads of sweets for guisers.

carolinesbaby · 27/10/2021 13:38

£4.50 on three pumpkins.

Peace43 · 27/10/2021 13:50

2 real pumpkins to carve from Asda.

cuttlefishgame · 27/10/2021 14:07

All our Halloween decorations & bits and bobs went to the charity shop last week. DC adults now and cba.

I might buy a pumpkin but that's about it.

cuttlefishgame · 27/10/2021 14:17

@KurtWildeWitchOfTheWoods

I don't get the catholic comment. Halloween isn't a religious festival.
The 1st of November is All Hallows, which is in the religious calendar. All Hallows Eve (or Hallowe'en) is the night before, when the spirits of the hallowed walk abroad.
CounsellorTroi · 27/10/2021 14:19

I’ve no children and Halloween is a non event to me, so nothing.

KurtWildeWitchOfTheWoods · 27/10/2021 14:34

@cuttlefishgame but it's not religious in as much as holding church services, is it, like Easter. That was my point.

iabvvu · 27/10/2021 14:44

Nothing because I've spent it all on Christmas decorations!

zingally · 27/10/2021 14:46

None.

I found Halloween scary as a child, and that sense of "I don't like it" has stayed with me. The only seasonal decorations I have are Christmas ones.

londonrach · 27/10/2021 14:51

I paid 65p for a pumpkin

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