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every year I put up a grave yard in my back yard and leave it there till december. I am a little sick maybe ??

Yes, and that's what we love about you!

I also have Halloween stuff in my house all year. Mostly my Disney Haunted Mansion artwork, and my Dept. 56 stuff.

sweet that is cool

Not so sick... I have about eight skulls that I keep hanging round the house. Oh, and we top off our Christmas tree with a skull instead of a star or angel.

So, no, I don't think you're sick... as for other folks off this forum, well, they probably think we're both sick!

skull on a tree that is a great idea.

We had a Christmas tree up all year that was covered in red lights and a red bloody skull on top of our tree and misclaenous halloween decorations...we got a lot of compliments from that, even from my in-laws...

wow that sounds like it would be a cool tree.

I effin love skulls, call me weird,but I think they're beautiful symbols of 'death' the whole x-mas tree skull topping thing, totally sick, in an absolutely awsome way.

I keep lots of Halloween stuff up all year and just keeping adding and building until Halloween. I don't think anybody in this forum is sick, others might think so but I'm glad I found people that share my interests.

Well after all of my Halloween decorations I move on to Christmas - but if it weren't for Christmas I would have my Halloween stuff up a lot longer. Inside stuff is different, but to keep the graveyard outside....well who care what other people think - it probably becomes a "creppy" house for the teenagers to drive by and make up stories....

Hi all,
Thought I would share my halloween tips and hope to find some new ones on here.

My graveyard is made out of styrofoam insulation that I cut into tombstones. I then found some charcoal spray paint and sprayed them. Once dry I took a Sharpie and wrote epitaphs on them like "Here lies my wife, She rests in peace, Now so do I". To make sure they dont come out from wind I drill a small hole in the bottom on each side and also in the ground and insert small 1/4 inch pvc pipe to hold them in. Works great for 3 years havent lost one yet. Always looking for new ideas.

I own a Florist in Orlando, FL. Last year we decided to make tombstones for our large window display.

I searched google images for gothic tombstones, then printed out the pictures on transparancy's. We blew them up with a cheap over head projecter and cut them out with a hot wire (Joanne Crafts)

The hot wire made intricate cuts and gave the tombstones depth.

We then covered them with gray latex paint. After the black dries, you can mist them with black spary paint.

The best effect is to spray the water house over the black spray paint before it drys. Blasting it makes small holes that look like old aged granite.

Buy some small black wooden applicas (not sure how to spell) that are shaped round or fleu de leis and highlight with silver metalic paint!

THEY TURNED OUT AWESOME!

Happy Halloween to all!

Troynotown, that sounds awesome! Thanks for all the details on how to do this. I think you have given me my new crafts project for this Halloween!

geez, thanks..I was TRYING to figure out something to give the stones a bit more heft staying in..1/4 pvc..perfect.. gonna try the paint thing too..good tips..

My family puts a graveyard in our front yard every year.