Getting Ready for Halloween

I am not the biggest fan of Halloween. But when my neighbor came over and told me that we get quite the foot traffic on Halloween night I knew I had to make an attempt at some decor. My mind started racing with inexpensive decorations and I quickly went through my wallet to check to see if I had any Joanns or Michaels coupons! I am proud to say the grand total for my Halloween mantel redo was a whopping $7.00! First I scoured blogs for inspiration. I cannot remember where but I saw that someone just spray painted branches black. I went to the backyard and looked for some "twiggy" branches and sprayed them, added the bats and a couple glitter skulls and I was in business (the only way I am going to have a skull in my house is if it has glitter on it!)

The crow I bought at the dollar store and the skeleton hand (I tea dyed it) and boo sign I printed off the Graphic Fairy. I bought the small pumpkin at CVS and spray painted it black. I stenciled on the 5, well, because there are 5 people in our family.

Our mirror definately doesn't go with the theme but it's all I have. Although, my SIL who is an antique dealer just found a 6 pane antique window for me. I am having a vision of hanging it above the mantel with a Halloween bunting. But we are leaving for Disneyland next week so we will see what I get done! Everything else on the mantel I already had around the house so it worked out perfect!