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3 hours ago, TangledThorns said:

My wife put up the decorations already, nothing fancy but its pretty with the purple and orange lighting.

Anybody plan on having their kids go Trick or Treating this year? Some neighborhoods aren't but ours will. We'll give out treats using tongs. And its Halloween so you should be wearing a mask anyways, lol.

If it's not freezing or snowing again this year, I'll have a mask on for sure. Using tongs sounds like the way to go. :D

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Yep- we decorated, though a number of our flowers are still blooming like crazy, so I had to design the graveyard around it. We also added skeletons and pumpkins to the window boxes this year. Haven't gotten our night pictures yet with everything lit up.

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Posted
3 hours ago, TangledThorns said:

My wife put up the decorations already, nothing fancy but its pretty with the purple and orange lighting.

Anybody plan on having their kids go Trick or Treating this year? Some neighborhoods aren't but ours will. We'll give out treats using tongs. And its Halloween so you should be wearing a mask anyways, lol.

The kids will be trick or treating. We usually set up in the driveway with a magical-research set-up anyway, so we're gonna do that (without the canopy we normally do it). We're gonna draw coffins on the ground that are six feet apart to show where people can stand and write "Six Feet Apart or Six Feet Under". We'll use like a skeleton arm thing to hand candy over.

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We also put black cat items all around the yard and have a "Can you count all the black cats" game going for the neighborhood small kids. We move some of them around the yard every few days.

 

  • 4 weeks later...
Posted

The rest:

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Wifey’s been attending way too many meetings this year :crazy: and did this one:

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This is the way:

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This year’s pumpkins:

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Posted

Okay, last one.  

Had one more, and wifey passed on carving it out.  So, finally carved out my avatar:

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The final 2020 set:

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Posted

365 days to next Halloween!!!

This was probably one of the best Halloweens in recent memory in the Chicagoland area....Covid be damned!!!  

The weather was awesome, it landed on a Saturday, and everyone was just happy to just forget about corona for at least one day.....

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  • 11 months later...
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Halloween 2021 is here!

 

Added some new stuff to my display this year...namely Dr. Finkelstein from NBX, The Haunted Mansion Hitchiking Ghosts, and Samhain from Trick 'r Treat....anyone started putting up their displays?

 

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🎃

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I'm waiting see what the weather will be like out here this year, the past three years we either had snow or 40 degree nights on the 31st. 

Fingers crossed for pleasant weather this Halloween. 

  • 4 weeks later...
Posted
2 hours ago, Mog said:

2021’s pumpkin set

Amazing as always, @Mog! :good:

I made this knife out of foam and sheet styrene for my costume:

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However, it didn't survive the evening's activities. :(

  • 1 year later...
Posted

I carved this one this year.

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Other than that, I didn't do too much.  I have a few neighbors that really go all-out on their displays, and unless you're willing to spend thousands of dollars to keep up with the Joneses all we've got is a big cute spider and a Mandalorian holding up a sign that says "This is the way (to candy)".  But I still enjoy walking with my daughter in my David Pumpkins suit while she trick-or-treats... even if she is getting to that age where she'd rather go with her friends because she doesn't need her old man in case she gets scared.

Posted
22 hours ago, jvmacross said:

Squeeked out a decent Halloween for 2022 in the Chicago area.....only 365 days left to next Halloween!

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Nice display.

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