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You are here: Home / Crafts / It is getting spooky in here…

It is getting spooky in here…

September 12, 2011 By Shannah 11 Comments

I’ve always been a Christmas decorator.  Christmas is my favorite holiday and I like to decorate every corner of our house and yard.  Seriously,  I have to give a courtesy call to the power company the day before I turn on my lights so I don’t black out the neighborhood!
Other holidays tend to fall by the wayside when it comes to decorations; especially Halloween.  That is until we moved into our new neighborhood where everyone decorates.  Last year, we had the excuse that we were new and blah blah blah.  I quickly went out the day after Halloween and snagged some half price decorations so we could participate this year.  I also figured I would add to them a little bit this year.
Have I mentioned that I went to Ikea recently?  Oh, I did?  Sorry for the repeat mention.
I’ve been searching around for some reasonably priced lanterns and Ikea was happy to help.

I picked up two sizes of the lanterns and brought them home with grand plans to decorate them.  So far, only the little ones have decorations in them because my cheapness thriftiness is preventing me from paying the $30 it costs for the candles I need to finish the larger lanterns.
To fill the smaller lanterns, I stopped at Michaels, coupons in hand, and grabbed a bunch of random Halloween related items and brought them home.  Then, I selected some pumpkins and sparkly leaves to go in the lanterns.

The lanterns have this nice, large metal pick in the center to hold whatever you put in there in place.  I shoved a metallic pumpkin on it.
Then, I used my favorite new tool (for today anyways) to cut the glittery pumpkins and leaves off of their stalks. <Dad, if you are reading this, sorry but Mathlete wouldn’t tell me where his were>

I casually tossed in two glittery pumpkins and some leaves to finish off the lanterns.


Front view…oooh, glittery



Side view – the leaves are behind the pumpkins

 So, there you have my little lantern project.  All told, the entire project cost me less than $25 and I’ll get to re-use the lanterns for other holidays.  Since I know I love to see what people paid for things, I’ll share a breakdown of this project:
Lanterns:                                 $7.99 x 2 = $15.98
Metallic Pumpkins:       ($3.99 – 40%) x 2 = $4.79
Glitter Pumpkin Stalks: ($1.99 – 40%) x 2 = $2.39
Grand Total:                                              $23.16

So, do you decorate for Halloween?  Getting started this early?

Edited: Linked to Tater Tots and Jello Weekend Wrap up Party, the Marvelous Monday party at C.R.A.F.T., the Primp Your Stuff Link Party at Primp, Whatever Goes Wednesday on Someday Crafts, Show & Share on Southern Lovely, Show Me What You Got at Not Just a Housewife, Get Your Craft On Link Party at Today’s Creative Blog, the Unwasted Homemaking Party on Don’t Waste Your Homemaking, the Fall in Love Link Party on Decor to Adore, Coffee and Conversation at With a Shot of Brandy, Craft, Scrappy, Happy Me Thursday at Craft, Scrappy, Happy, and the Under $100 Linky Party at Beyond the Picket Fence.

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Comments

  1. DWYHomemaking says

    September 14, 2011 at 12:54 pm

    Love your fall decor! Hope you can link this to my Homemaking Party :).

    Reply
  2. Ceekay- Thinkin of Home says

    September 14, 2011 at 3:08 pm

    I plan on doing the same thing with my lantern…as soon as I get those boxes out!! Looks great!

    Reply
  3. Ann @ makethebestofthings says

    September 14, 2011 at 4:23 pm

    Nicely done! I have several lanterns in my garden and now I’m looking at them with some great ideas. Thanks!

    Reply
  4. Gabby says

    September 14, 2011 at 10:36 pm

    I love how the lanterns turned out. I’m always looking for great ways to decorate for fall, and I love the glitter pumpkins!!!

    Gabby
    The Late, Young Family

    lateyoungfamily@gmail.com

    Reply
  5. cestlavie22 says

    September 14, 2011 at 11:25 pm

    These are adorable and easy to make! LOVE!

    Reply
  6. Kathryn Ferguson Griffin says

    September 17, 2011 at 2:34 am

    Wow, what a great idea! So pretty! Found you via Beyond the Picket Fence. Toodles, Kathryn http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2011/09/voice-studio.html

    Reply
  7. Hi, I'm Laura Ingalls Gunn says

    September 17, 2011 at 2:48 pm

    Oh you clever girl! I love your autumn arrangement.

    Thank you SO very much for linking up to Fall In Love Wednesday.

    Reply
  8. Lindsay says

    September 18, 2011 at 12:23 am

    This is adorable! So festive & absolutely perfect for the season. You did a fantastic job! Thank you very much for sharing this @ Show & Share!

    Reply
  9. Jaime Lyn at Crafty Scrappy Happy says

    September 19, 2011 at 1:47 am

    This turned out so so sweet! I love it and I love that you were able to get the look for so cheap! Great job! Thank you so much for linking up over at crafty scrappy happy
    Jaime

    Reply
  10. Jennifer says

    September 21, 2011 at 3:51 am

    I love these!!
    They are one of my features from Show & Share!!
    Come grab a button tomorrow!!
    Thanks!
    Jennifer @ vintagegwen.blogspot.com

    Reply
  11. Marilyn says

    September 26, 2011 at 3:36 pm

    Sooo pretty..love this these :)) Found ya on hop and officially following ya with smiles..I’m Marilyn from http://theartsygirlconnection.blogspot.com/ and will love for you to stop in sometime…Loving your blog and off to read more :))

    Reply

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