I have been so looking forward to sharing these photos with you guys! For the past few months, I've been taking photos of Halloween decorations around the neighborhood. I'm using the word neighborhood loosely, because I mean throughout the whole town. I took so many that, believe it or not, I had to be choosey with this. I say, believe it or not, because I included a ton of photos here.
Starting with my favorite new decoration out of the bunch! Have you guys seen one of these super large skeletons yet? It's so sassy. I saw one on someone's roof too. And how about that black-winged demon behind him? I think I've seen another of those this year too.
I love old-timey looking classic figures like this Dracula. I tried to include as many homemade decorations as I could here. You're going to see some creativity.
Like with these two! This yard had a bunch of skeletons. A tattered old umbrella and some dry flowers from the yard are perfect for these two. I noticed how the one in the shawl has her mouth open like "Aww! Flowers! You're so sweet!"
This same yard had a shrub that was transformed into a giant spider.
Some of these decorations look so sharp against the color of the wall behind them.
Do you recognize the type of children's playhouse that is now a haunted house? I thought 1428 looked familiar. I double checked and it's from A Nightmare on Elm Street. Not sure how I'd know that since I haven't seen the movie.
I thought this pic turned out strangely pretty with the wind moving her dress and the way the light was.
You might remember the wicked tree man from last year. I don't remember that accessory of his from before.
Just a simple creepy mask hanging from the bushes has an effect.
This yard had a bunch of decorations and all were of the creepy variety. There was this box you walked past that was about my height and had this figure inside that looked like Samara from The Ring. The timing was never right on the thing. The box would shake before I got to it and the figure would be sinking down and done mumbling by the time I got there. Then it would start up as soon as I walked past. I did see a guy around the side of the house who I suspect was trying to activate it as I went past but that did not time out well. I would have photographed that prop too but it was always flopped over by the time I stood in front of it.
The yard had a bunch of these homemade rotting zombie critters. This one is even losing his intestines.
Now, this porch made me stop and stare! I have never seen someone decorate with their mask collection this way.
A close-up of a couple I liked best:
You might remember this giant skeleton from last year. This house is one of a handful around here that left the skeletons out year-round. Another house has dressed theirs for every holiday. The human-sized patriotic bikini on a giant skeleton is my favorite look so far. (That was for the 4th of July.) I was struck by the irony of this pic, because these people left him out all year and then when it is actually Halloween, you can't see him because the yard has overtaken him!
It was a fad there for a while (decades back) to see plastic geese dressed up around here. I haven't seen one in a while. On closer inspection, this looks more like a duck.
I'm going to call this next section "The Better Homes & Gardens Decorations" because they have that professional or magazine look. Things will be far from gruesome for a bit. I think the woman who lives in this house may have actually made these animals because I've never seen any like these.
How cute is this little guy peeking around the ferns? See his little sneaker?
And of course I love a good witch frog on some fancy pumpkins. This frog looks similar to some I saw at TJ Maxx earlier this year.
I love this display! It couldn't be more classic. It reminds me of magazines and books I looked at when I was a child.
This close-up view of the pumpkin scarecrow was my computer's wallpaper for a while. I'd been switching pics through October.
There are a lot of window boxes on this side of town and people know how to use them.
See? Isn't this magazine level decorating? I mean, back when there were magazines in the 90s. Like Martha Stewart would do this sort of thing.
See the painted pie pan in the middle?
I thought this was a clever way to use a multi-level planter.
This pic was also my computer's wallpaper for about a week. The rope lights on the wheels light up at night. See the crow in the top hat? And the cat in the bike basket?
I noticed a number of people had decorated old bikes for the season. This lady puts lights on this bike for different holidays. I like it at Christmas.
This bike is not so Better Homes & Gardens. 🤡 You know what's funny? After seeing all these old decorated bikes, I passed a house with an old bike in the yard and it took me a second to realize that some kid had just dumped his bike there. I was expecting it to be decorated.
This is simple but so fun. I'm tucking this idea in my mind. You can probably get skeletons like this at Dollar Tree. I could have a good time posing them in different ways. I just wonder how they're attached to the house. I can't tell from the photo. You wouldn't want to damage the siding of a house. Any thoughts?
This guy goes all out each year. See, that's where I saw that other black-winged demon!
He used this gremlin looking creature last year, but I don't remember it about to eat a clown. Or whatever is happening here. This figure is so creepy, especially at night. Should I know him from a movie or something?
This isn't the only Packers skeleton I've seen, but he's my favorite. Hmm... That's a short torso on that ghost on the left.
I think I've seen stands like this for sale in gardening stores.
This skeleton is pretty when the lights go through its eyes.
You'll probably remember this lady's yard. She was the one who put all the creepy scarecrows along her fence. This ghostly tea party scene is new this year. Even the gazebo structure is new!
The next few will also be from her backyard.
I don't even have words for this!
Except that the sign she has out year round finally makes sense!
Here's one of her scarecrows. I'm including just one because they were kind of shadowy looking in that overcast light. You can actually see this one's face.
For once, one of these tree decorations is working for me! This face and arms match the tree pretty well, especially when you see this at night. I think that's why it works, because the texture matches.
You might remember this from her front yard, although I think there were some slight changes this year.
That cat!
This is one creepy and oversized bat! If bats were actually this large, just yikes. Again, this is great at night.
She had her graveyard out again with that assembled mantle. I like the way she uses all these random pieces together to form something new. Some of these yards have decorations you just won't see anywhere else.
This owl is hers too. I love how he looks in front of that bright tree!
Onto a new house... Those hanging candles really do look like they're floating at night. Are those a Harry Potter thing? I'm trying to remember.
These two inspired me. If I build a scarecrow at some point, I'd like it to look like one of these.
The person who lives here builds a multi-level display for every holiday and there's usually a message along with it.
I think this is homemade? Everything in this yard seemed to be.
This guy you'll remember from last year.
And across the street from the giant pumpkin skeleton man is this yard!
Still theirs...
Her too! She's like a giant kitchen witch. They put her up in the corner of a tree so she's looking down at you.
Well, that's this year's Halloween show around town! For me, this is like adult trick-or-treating, because I'm walking around from house to house, not knowing what I'll find. The photos are the "treats" I take with me.
I took pics at night too and hope to post those soon. You'll see some of these same yards looking way different. Surprisingly, I liked some of them better in the daylight. You need to light the props for them to be seen, though. Any favorites here?
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