Cheap tricks for Halloween

We love Halloween. It's the one time of year you can be totally goofy and crazy without too much embarrassment. We're having fun at the shop putting together some of our stupid and irreverent ideas for Halloween décor. And on a side note, we moved earlier this year, to a neighborhood that has tons of kids who apparently go all out for trick or treating. Oh yeah, we're ready! I've already bought bags and bags of candy and teeny play-doh containers to give out, and every morning over breakfast we discuss what other funky, scary, fun thing we can do to the front yard for the big day.

So, thought I'd share a few things we've been working on (all sourced very inexpensively). We've been collecting old, broken dolls and doll parts for the better part of the year. Some you can get on eBay (better start now!), and some you can find in thrift stores, garage sales and the dollar stores. The point is to rip them apart and use the pieces to make new halloween art. Wheeee. For the creepy lantern shown above, I used a lantern we sell at Pomegranate (actually quite lovely with a nice candle in it), pulled the extremities off of a plastic doll, put a battery-operated tea light in her belly, and tucked her inside. She'll hang from a shepard's hook in the front yard, helping to light the way for the little goblins. More ideas to come... or stop by the store to see our collection of creepy doll parts and how we're making new uses for them.