One of my neighbors said that I can expect about 100 kids on Halloween! In our last neighborhood no one went trick or treating so this will be a (hopefully) fun experience. Anyway, I was going to change out one of the planters in the front of the house to fall flowers but I thought I’d do a little something special for the trick or treaters!
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So I made a Halloween planter but it’ll be easy to transition it to just a fall planter by removing a few things and I can even dress it up for Christmas. Here’s how I did it.
DIY Transitional Fall & Halloween Planter
This planter came with the house and it’s filled with some petunias which are at the end of their season here (Atlanta).
I had done some tree and bush trimming (this yard is a major mess btw) and saved this branch just for this idea. I refreshed the planter with a small bag of dirt and “planted” this branch as deep as it would go. Then I watered the dirt and made sure the branch was in there nice and secure (you could insert some rebar or a stake and tie the branch to it if you’re in a windy area).
I chose a mix of ornamental cabbage and mums to plant around the base. I’ll remove the mums and plant those spaces with pansies or more ornamental cabbage for winter. I’ll probably plant the mums in the yard (in my other yard they came back year after year). I added the faux jack o’ lantern (which I’ve had for years) for the some Halloween fun as well as the black netting around the pot.
I wanted to hang some little pumpkins off the branches but it’s next to impossible to find any fall stuff right now. Every store I went to had Christmas up and very little fall/Halloween stuff. Then my daughter had the brilliant idea to go to Party City. We found tons of fall and Halloween items there! I got 5 of these black birds and wired them to the branches.
I would have spray painted the branches (black probably) if I could get to my spray paint. Unfortunately all my spray paint is behind a bunch of boxes!
The only other Halloween decorations I added was a doormat and some mice cutouts (that I also got at Party City) in the windows.
It was so much fun to do a little outdoor decorating for Halloween! It’s literally been like over 8 years since we’ve done anything for this day and we’re looking forward to having some trick or treaters!
Did you do any special decorating for Halloween this year?
AH this looks super cute! I always get a lot of trick or treaters…it’s fun / you will enjoy! : )
Hi Manuela! Oh, this is so cute and I’m sure your little trick or treaters will love it!
Be a sweetie,
Shelia 😉
How fun! I don’t decorate for Halloween, because we don’t have trick or treat here.
Yep, we haven’t decorated for Halloween in forever. We literally had not one kid show up last year in our old neighborhood. Our neighbor here said 80 kids was the lowest they’ve ever gone here! I bought bags of candy (that I don’t like so I won’t eat it) so these kids better show up! 🙂
Your planter is so cute!! I LOVE the blackbirds and wish I would have thought of that for my planters…we, too, are in a new house for Halloween this year and we have a porch to decorate this time. I’m hoping for lots of cute little kids – hope you get a bunch too!!
Hope you have a fun Halloween!
You did a great job on that! I never do decorate on Halloween. Just not that in to it.
PS Will you still be looking for another house to purchase in the future? I think this one is so attractive.
This is a really cute one! The backyard is a major mess however. I think I’ll make a video because you can’t really see it in photos. This is a rental. The plan is to stay here for the next 10-12 months while we determine where we want to buy next. That may stretch out to another year or maybe we’ll find another place in 6 months – it depends on a lot of outside factors. Moving was a pain and I don’t look forward to doing it again! A another move is in my future since we didn’t buy this house.
That is so fun and cute! I love it! We don’t get trick or treaters, the subdivisions are stiff competition for those of us in single homes in the country!
What a great idea and I love it, Manuela! I especially love that it wouldn’t cost a lot to do. We get no one here in the condo community, even though there are families in here with children. It’s sad and makes me feel bad for complaining that I had kids galore at our old house. Here in Ohio they have Beggars Night and some towns/cities have it tonight and others (like us) have it tomorrow night. It’s just not the same to me. It’s a shame because it’s my birthday and I used to enjoy seeing kids dressed up and going around trick or treating.
Tooooo cute! I love the birds! One of my neighbors had black birds coming up the stair rail. I love that look. Enjoy your trick or treating! I just got my candy today. We distribute candy from 5-7:30 and then lights out! We enjoy the little ones the best and the older ones tend to go out later.
Thanks Terri! We’re going to have to lights out at around 8:30 since we have plans to watch a scary movie 😉
I wonder if the landlord has any idea how much value you’re going to add to his house? lol You’ll have it looking so cute and neat he’ll either raise the rent or beg you to stay! It all looks so cute.
Love the flower pot transformation for Halloween! You have such cute ideas! Have a blessed day dear Manuela, HUGS!
Thanks Theresa! We had such horrible weather last night but my birds stayed on!
Super idea!!! We’ll be giving out candy and then heading to a Halloween dance as Roaring 20’s guys & dolls.
I love the front of your new place! The colors and shutters and posts…just so welcoming.
I never thought of Party City for crows!
I went kid-friendly this year with Woody, Golden Retriever and Owl jack o’lanterns–nothing spookier than blackbirds wearing sequined witch hats. Our trick-or-treaters were adorable this year. I loved everyone from the little superhero who was enthralled with doorbells to the teenagers who are still kid enough at heart to dress up and go door to door. I hope you had fun answering your doorbell this year!
Thanks! One of the movers said it reminded him of The Waltons! Which is great cause I love that show!
I know! I never thought of Party City for Holiday Decor! I’ll be seeing what they have for Christmas.
We didn’t have a great turn out on Halloween since it started to rain around 6:30 and then the temps dropped. But the kids that came were soooooo adorable and so sweet and polite. I was sorry there wasn’t more of them!
I’m so excited that you’re in your new house! (Sorry, I’m a bit behind on visiting.) I love the quick, creative Halloween planter that you created. So, did you indeed get a lot of trick-or-treaters? The weather was awful here – very cold (30-ish) and extremely windy. So we maybe got 8-10 kids. I saved all the leftover candy to give to Tim next time we see him. He can share with his roommates.
Can you believe that we did not get a lot of kids! It started to rain early evening and the temps dropped. But we had more kids come last night than we’ve had in about 5 years at our other house. They were so cute!! They were all so sweet and polite too!
Love the black birds Manuela! I’m sure you enjoyed having the cuties come trick or treating.
What you’re experiencing right now is what we had going on in the last 2-3 years. I understand what you mean about not wanting to move again. It’s NOT fun!
I am trying to catch up with blogging so I am a little behind. It sounds like you are getting settled in at the new house.
Oh that’s so creative, lovely to see decorations involving plants. the black birds are so fun!
That is perfect for halloween! great job.