Today I am over at Remodelaholic showing you  just how you can make your very own rustic fall decor !  It is my new favorite!

Make sure you check it out here :  Rustic Wood Slice Banner

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My kids are still at an age that they really  don’t care what costume I put them in,  so I take advantage of it!  This year I talked Wyatt into the idea that Captain Hook is a “Cool” pirate!  I figured I could get him to get on board with that idea,  because he currently  likes  “Jake and the Neverland Pirates”.   My only criteria  for costumes is that  I have an elaborate one to make!
Its all about the details!

Anyone who knows me, knows I have a small fixation on dressing my two boys to match or at least coordinate.  So, if Wyatt was going to be a pirate,  then  Mr. Linc would need to be either  Peter Pan or another Pirate Captain….
So,  I opted for another elaborate pirate.  I was going for the Jack Sparrow look,  I  knew that there was NO way this kid would wear a wig,  so he is kind of  Jack Sparrow.

I  had convinced Wyatt  wearing the costume would be fun.  He was a bit skeptical at first,  but after a few minutes,  he relaxed and got into it!

So did Lincoln.

Lastly,  here is our trunk for “Trunk or Treat”

Hope you all had a wonderful Halloween… now let the holiday season preparations commence!  It’s gonna be good.

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I have never really decorated for Halloween before.  My kids are now starting to really enjoy ALL holidays. Honestly, I only started decorating because I felt like a bad Mom.  So,  I started trolling pinterest for ideas, and found quite a few! Here are some of them…

 This is  a quick and easy festive makeover.   I found all the pumpkins at the Dollar Tree ! They just needed a little bit of a makeover, (they were the most horrid neon orange color).    A few coats of spray paint quickly changed that.

     The same goes for the candlesticks.  I had some leftover candlesticks and I  gave them a  facelift  with some black spray paint.

     I happened to find paper mache’ witch hats at Michaels for $1.25 a piece!  The finishing touch  was the black  fabric,  also another Dollar Tree  find.

    All in all,  I did all the  shelf Halloween decorations for under $16.00!

Does  spray paint seem a little overly ambitious ?  Then might I suggest  this next project ?

 

 

 This is a very CHEAP and very EASY  Halloween decoration.  I actually  drew my inspiration from a pin on Pinterest, I believe I saw it  here first.

You can do this for the cost of black construction paper!

Don’t  love bats ?  Well, how about a ghost ?

    This is one of my favorite  new decorations.  Is this not the cutest little ghost ever !?  This was also a pinterest craft,  you can see a full tutorial here.

This next decorative feature requires no prep work at all!

Candy corn + glass jars + candles =Super easy and cute decor.

 

 I added this sign to my  festive decorations this year.  Honestly it was a pain in the butt.  I really don’t have any words of wisdom for those who want to give it a try.  I did it the old fashion way,  drew out the design on a piece of paneling.   After drawn.  I used painters tape to fill in the letters,  after taped,  I painted over the tape.  It wasn’t  really  quick and easy,  but,  nonetheless,  it is a  Halloween decoration, and  I LOVE  the way it turned out.

 

 

I know this isn’t exactly a tutorial, but  hopefully  you got a little inspiration.  Thanks for reading, and hope you have a Happy  Halloween! I have two little boys that are very excited about the holiday,  and I have two adorable costumes for them to wear.  I am excited to show their costumes soon!

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