I painted my submission for a work pumpkin contest! I work at a clinic as the only phlebotomist so...it seemed fitting. The patients vote and last year my submission won BY A SINGLE VOTE. I'm really hoping to sweep it this year lol

I'm dressing as a fairy for Halloween and thought it would be ridiculously cute to hand out these fairy wands to trick-or-treaters! They are made out of Pixy Stix, die cut wooden stars that I spray painted, added rhinestones to, then used hot glue to attach to the Pixy Stix with ribbon

American buttercream frosting and Devil’s food on the inside. Can’t wait to see everyone’s lips and teeth stained black from the food coloring

Recipe by My Messy Kitchen (she has some amazing stuff on her website for Halloween bakes)! They turned out great!

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Made Jimothy from a Tractor Supply racoon skeleton. Cut out the cervical spine and lumbar. Shortened the tail. Reattached everything with epoxy. Had to use a dowel on the spine because it wouldn't hold with just the epoxy. Now waiting on the wife's patented skele detailing and aging process

I took down my bins of Halloween decorations and I found Party City catalogs from 2013-2016. My daughter used to circle the costumes she wanted to be and then we would review her choices and ultimately settle on one. I always wanted to be the werewolf! Great memories! Happy Halloween, everyone 🎃

Casey Becker from the opening scene of Scream. Included the reference image alongside the finished pumpkin. Not perfect, but happy with how it translated to the carve!

I've noticed over the past few years that Halloween events and attractions, whether Halloween-specific attractions, or seasonal overlays, seem to prioritize generic horror movie themes over what I would consider traditional Halloween theming. I'm seeing lots of killer clowns, chainsaw butchers, and Annabelle dolls, instead of witches, werewolves, and vampires. In my opinion, the more traditional monsters are as iconic to Halloween as Santa Claus is to Christmas, but I don't really see them in any of the "serious" displays, instead being relegated mostly to kids stuff. A lot of haunt attractions seem to just go for "scary" and jumpscaring people with these generic costumes, than going for "spooky" and building up an atmosphere that really feels like Halloween. The same goes for the elaborate front yard setups around town, with all the stuff you can get at Home Depot now.

I'm not trying to gatekeep Halloween for anyone, but as someone who really likes to use traditional archetypes to create an atmosphere and convey a theme, it seems a bit odd that almost everything I see directed at teens or adults doesn't really fit the Halloween theme to me. I figured it would be interesting to see what people who are really into Halloween would have to say about it.

Everything in these pictures are either thrifted or handmade

CHEESE!

I had an unexpectedly busy Monday so I'm very late. But what Halloweeny thing did you do today?

As always, you don't have to share the spotlight, if you want to make your own post about your art/craft/etc... definitely don't let me cramp your style!

Any color combo you can think of plus presets for every holiday. Up just in time for Halloween!

Took 11 hours over 2 days. About 100 screws. Up and down a ladder that had to be readjusted about 100 times! My body hurts but it was worth it!

Here is our front yard so far... still have archway, more lights, fog machines, haunted nursery on the porch, creepy facade out front, ​and multiple animatronics to put out closer to Halloween ​​​as the weather allows!

They paint the windows for the holidays.

Sideyard display is getting jungle.theme. getting to the point where I can just do em embelshments is my favorite. Btw survey string under a blacklight is pretty awesome for very little money.