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[GATechGal]

Since this is our first Halloween in our new house, I've been looking at new decorations. Has anyone else seen the really cute inflatable 7 foot tall Tigger as a Vampire? It is the cutest and I think that it wouldn't be too scary for little kids. Then only problem is that it's $50. I'm trying to resist and see if they have it on sale after Halloween and buy it for next year, but I may weaken and buy it. What do ya'll put out?

[my2girls]

I usually don't put out that much either (especially for (1) item). I have seen it though, it's too cute. I don't think that it would scare the kids too much, after all it is Tigger. I also always wait until after Halloween for the sales. You can get some great buys.

Kristine

[Tara O'Hara]

We Halloween in this house!! I go all out and I have a HUGE pumpkin on my lawn! We also put up lights, spider web stuff and lots of candles and wooden things. We even have one of those motion spiders! It drives everyone nuts by the time Halloween is here!

[loobyoxlip]

What do I put out?!? A LOT!

- About 8 yard stakes
- a vampire that stands in front of the tree
- a scarecrow on top of hay bushels
- 2 windsocks in the tree
- orange icicle lights along the roof of the house
- a Little Kid ghost that stands by the front door
- a pumpkin doormat outside the front door

Inside is even worse! it!

[DISNEYGOOF]

I put out yard stakes(w/Tigger, Snoopy and Pooh), spider webs(green last year) and I carve a pumpkin. I saw a cute blow up Mickey vampire at Eckerds drug store(there changing to CVS)

[goofy4goofy]

Mary Ann, Walgreens has a 4 foot tall inflatable Tigger Vampire for only $20. Do you have one near you?? He's so cute!

Kelly

[GATechGal]

We sure do. Thanks for the heads up. I'm going this afternoon.

[GATechGal]

Got one of the shorter Tiggers and he's EXACTLY like the larger one only smaller and less expensive. I can't wait to get him in the yard.

[SarahJ]

I might have to look for the shorter one. DD saw the big ones along with the other huge inflatables (spider, shrek, ghosts) at the store and freaked out. We had to leave the halloween section because she was scared of everything after seen those. I love decorating for halloween though and depending on our budget I'm hoping to at least put up some lights, spider webs, some corn stalks and pumpkins.

[AmyAngel]

Those inflatables are too cute!

Outside, I put up:
A graveyard with 4-5 tombstones (one with a raven perched on it), a cauldron with green fog and two flaming cauldrons lighting up the gravestones. A couple loose skulls rest by the gravestones.
Around 10 pumpkins, mostly fake. I've been carving the fake ones lately. They're mostly on the porch and the ground, but I may put one on the roof and possibly hang some with fishing line on the porch. I plan to light those with glowsticks.
We have light-up spiders on the roof of the porch.
I'm planning to hang fake bats from the gutters.
A rock that lights up and says "Beware".
2 skeletons hanging out on the porch, lit by blacklights.
Planning to add spiderwebs this year.
Fake spiders all around.
A tombstone with a little skeleton that jumps out when people walk by.
A fog machine for atmosphere in the graveyard.
A 4-foot inflatable jack-o-lantern.
Upstairs windows have spooky silhouettes in them, lit by strobe lights. (They look like they're moving, almost!)
I replace all outside lights with flicker bulbs to look like flames.

I'm going for the "creepy neighbor" look rather than cutesy, but since I live with my sister we strike a balance. No life size creepy dead people or coffins (largely because we have no where to store them). If I was to win the lottery I'd buy the most victorian, spooky-looking house I could find. Wouldn't that be fun to live in and decorate? I'd have it be like a cool haunted house and have open houses for friends and family.

We decorate inside, too, but the outside is my favorite. One thing I haven't tried yet is creating "swamp lights" above the house on the night of our Halloween party: Helium balloons (black or clear so they're not noticeable), high above the house, with a small glowstick tied to the string (far enough down that it doesn't reflect on the balloon). I think those would be pretty cool floating above the house!

I Halloween!

[Nick and Ryans Mom]

I love decorating for Halloween!!! I love how excited the neighborhood kids get. My neighbor across the street gets mad (in a nice way) because you can hear the kids telling their parents "I want to go over there to THAT house!" and across the street the kids come!!

The only problem I have with waiting for the coolest things to go on sale is they sometimes sell out. Two years ago when I got my witch fog machine there were only a few left at JoAnns after Halloween. If I hadn't gotten there early they may have sold out

[Stephanie P.]

I just saw Cheryl's post about it - I need to see a picture!

Stephanie

[Bert & Sully]

I stick mainly to my Halloween Eeyores.