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One Crazy Night

November 6, 2013 by dailygnome Leave a Comment

Thousands of trick-or-treaters, Voodoo Doughnut truck, Elvis back from the dead, Thriller flash mob, News crew…. just your typical Halloween night living on the Best Block in Portland. Crazy and wonderful.

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DIY Halloween Spookiness

October 17, 2013 by dailygnome 1 Comment

The first sunny weekend in October we pulled out the box of decorations from the basement and started at it. This year Carson had a goal of being the 2nd Spookiest House on the block. Because as he put it, “There’s no competing with the Holiday House.” Located a few houses up, they’re the reason it’s the biggest night of the year in our neighborhood drawing thousands of trick-or-treaters. {this year includes an Elvis impersonator from Vegas and the local news broadcasting live on their front lawn.}

But without a huge collection of Halloween decor we started deciding what we should buy. “Mom, there’s no reason to buy decorations when we can make our own!” Ahh, I love my DIY kid.

Ghosts hung from the ceiling made of cheesecloth and clear plastic Christmas globe ornaments:

DIY Spooky Ghost Cheesecloth

Before: empty glass bottles saved from the recycling (soaked in soapy water to easily remove the labels).

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Add a few layers of matte black spray paint:

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A few cobwebs and plastic spiders… A spooky display for the mantel:

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A cardboard box turned zombie:

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Yogurt container, pipe cleaners and duct tape becomes a scary spider greeting porch guests:

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Plastic containers, construction paper and our endless supply of duct tape. Presenting Carson’s zombie ghost village {beware!}:

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Using Mason jars, we added tissue paper and Modge Podge to create some spooky candle holders.

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A messy but fun spiderweb project:

DIY Halloween Spider Balloon

We did break down and buy a couple of skeletons for our raised beds turned coffins:

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BOO!

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Jedi and The Dark Side

November 2, 2012 by dailygnome Leave a Comment

Since Halloween is a big event on our block each year {we usually have just shy of a thousand Trick or Treaters} we didn’t want to miss out so we headed back to our hood to party with our neighbors.

We did a family theme, Jason and Hadley opted for Jedi while Carson and I turned to the The Dark Side. We were a blended family 🙂 I’m still rubbing off those face tattoos.

Neighborhood friends reunited:

Looking forward to next year when we’ll be passing out candy on our own front porch:

Happy Halloween!

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