Halloween Discussion Forums, Costumes, Horror!

There are some items i keep out all year, one is my Pumpkin Pie Yankee Candle, and last year i was bought two lovley tea light holders one is a cute witch and the other a ghost. I also keep a small twig wreath with a flying witch in the centre, i keep that on my bedroom door handle! I like keeping t...

Hi Dutchess of Darkness, Thankyou for your comments on my shillouetts Iam glad you like them. I used craft paper/card from a craft shop and hand drew the figures onto the paper then cut them out, I used some shillouetts clipart on the web as a guide to copy from. Then I stuck them up with sellotape,...

My outdoor lights will come down as village i live would really not get it if i still plug them in! But all my indoor decor such as shaped novelty candle holders and Yankee candles, small flying witch and indoor door wreath are staying put for now as they part symbol autumn to me, so until christmas...

I plan on been here too, might not be in summer.........but whilst it stays chilly and leaves are crunching ill be here!

I feel a little odd as this year I didnt do my normal halloween thing! So i just want it to last as long as i can, but christmas is fast approching. I am trying to keep autumn for a while. I am consoling myself with plans for next year, that I didnt get chance to do this year. I am also hoping i hav...

Yep, adult glad to be wierd also! And everyone I know, knows iam into halloween, and strangly seem to just accept it. Although they do nothing themselves.........

Willow x

Oh sorry to hear about the seeds penny! Glad you got some eventually, ive just finished mine, iam saving the rest to try grow my own pumpkin again next year, this years did ok.

Thankyou for sharing the pictures! Some fanstastic costumes there, the velvet looking dress was lovley, did you hire or buy the costumes? Or make them. Looked a great night......

Willow x

I will be on here to see everyones halloween pictures i am looking forward to see them! After that when all goes quiet and everyone leaves, so will i. Hope it takes a while though......

i am trying to make it last! Still toasting pumpkins, going to light my pumpkin, and maybe still make a pie or muffins with all the pumpkins i have. I also try to think about next year, what i could do to improve decor ect.

happy 'extended' halloween!

Willow x

Hello, A slow halloween for me this year but here's what i did........... I had planted 4 pumpkin plant in large tubs late june, they were the small pie type and one from a large jack from last year. I have watched them grow and turn orange, I cut them from the vine last week. I placed the small one...

i think........but dont take me exactly but its along these lines. to Honour the dead, remember the departed. To wish them a safe trip to the afterlife. There is lots of history about the pumpkin jack o lantern, all different. one says its to welcome spirits a safe place to stop and rest another is ...

Hi Hope you have a good day too spooky! i am so pleased to see another uk halloweener!

Happy Halloween

Willow x

Hi everyone. Usually I try to get my decor up 2 days before halloween or start placing uncut pumpkins at least, in the uk its unusual to have any decor it seems, but i try. This year however iam totally behind, I was wondering when do you all start to place items outside or inside? and when do you t...

:) I remember when i used to go it used to be money mainly 2p 1p or 5p. occasionally i would get 50p or......... £1! of course a pound was like a fourtune when you are young. Money was quite good we'd count it when i got home. The sweets/candy i remember were wrapped toffees or hard candy. Or a m...