How to decorate for fall

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I have been told that my home is at it's best at Halloween time.

I do love to decorate for Halloween, it's actually my favorite time to decorate. I have evolved over the years from the cutesy pumpkin kid decor to the now Haunted Mansion decor.

I have found that there are a few tricks to get your home in the Haunted Mansion mood.

1. candles! LOTS and lots of candles. I use the battery operated kind. It is safer and you don't have to worry about. I get my little tea light ones at the dollar store. A few of my candles are on timers too, so they all turn on at 5 in the evening. Use candles everywhere. Under a skeleton to light up his face. By a picture
to make it look a bit eerie. If you can find a spot, put a candle there!

2. spiderwebs! Put them an your regular decor. I put spider web on my clock, my family pictures, on our fruit bowel, lampshades,..........everywhere!

3. creepy crawlys!!! I have paper bats hanging in our hallway down to the basement. I have fake mice sitting on our stairs. I put glue dots on the back of plastic spiders and have them crawling up a door. Put plastic bugs on table tops, and picture frames. I got some black ravens at the dollar store, they are fun to add to a lamp shade, or a picture frame.

4. Paper!! I love paper. It's cheap and has so many uses. I made Halloween banners. I covered books to look like old Halloween books. I printed up some fake spells for a spell book. I made some labels for some potions. The options are really endless.