Decorations for Halloween
Every year I have to reassess my ideas for Halloween decorations. That's because the age of the neigborhood kids really affects how scary my Halloween ideas can be. For a while we had toddlers and I just decorated the yard in inflatable dinosaurs. My husband and I dressed up like Fred and Wilma Flinstone.
Well the toddlers are tweens and the Twilight vampire saga is all they are talking about. So the Halloween decor has a decidedly Victorian vampire and steampunk vibe about it.
But first we pay homage to Twilight and we'll have two candy buckets one for Team Edward and the other for Team Jacob. So the tweens can vote for their favorite heart throb. My front door will have a creepy Victorian door kocker and there'll be a Halloween door mat that plays creepy organ music when you step on it. I've found some easy-to-use Halloween window decals that have vampire profiles on them as well as candelabras and spiderwebs. So from the oustside our house will have haunted house look.
In the foyer I'll only have candle light from candlelabras and some assorted skulls. Of course my husband and I will be dressed in vampire Halloween costumes complete with fangs.