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Salvaged and Repurposed Halloween Decor

October 18, 2010 by dailygnome 4 Comments

Halloween is a big deal in our new neighborhood. While in years past we’d receive one or two knocks on the door, rumor has it our block gets upwards of 700 little ghosts and goblins. Time to stock up on the candy and step up the decor. Pumpkins on the porch won’t cut it this year.

But I didn’t want to spend an arm and leg on decorations. After all, we’re saving our pennies for Butterfingers and Twix party bags. We don’t want to skimp and be known as the Jolly Rancher house.

Inspired by Design Mom, we created a scarecrow in the front yard using materials we already had on hand. Discarded 2x4s, canvas from a sewing project I never began, and apple branches from the neighbor’s pruning. We did purchase a funkin, or as Carson calls it, a thunkin head to avoid pre-Halloween rot as well as the rebar to secure it safely into the ground:

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Filed Under: Design Inspiration, Holiday

Comments

  1. Grammie/Julie says

    October 18, 2010 at 11:02 am

    Love it! You and Jason are so creative!

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  2. Lisa says

    October 18, 2010 at 6:19 pm

    Wow! Look at your new house (love the pumpkin too, but I've been dying to see some pictures of your new home).

    What will Carson and Hadley be this Halloween? Miss Maggie is all set to be a lobster. We keep trying to convince her the costume is a good idea by feeding her her favorite foods in it and singing 'Under The Sea.' She has yet to be convinced 😉

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  3. Anonymous says

    October 18, 2010 at 7:01 pm

    Very cool and creative!
    Thunkin…that's cute
    Deans

    Reply
  4. Avery says

    March 17, 2011 at 7:55 pm

    Trust me, it's not a rumor. I noticed this year it was a little slow, sometimes that place gets on the news and then we have about 2000 people coming from all over the place.

    Avery

    Reply

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