Our trip to the pumpkin patch over the weekend left me feeling all Halloween-y. When I saw these paper bats last October on MADE, I immediately bookmarked the idea (remember bookmarking stuff? it sounds so passé now!) for this year.
So this morning I cut out some bats.
There’s a certain 1/3 of my household who’s not a big fan of holiday decorations cluttering up our already cluttered living space, so I kept it pretty simple and hung the bats outside.
The cool thing about outdoor bats is that when the wind picks up, it looks like they’re flying. Today happened to be really windy, and these things were flapping their wings like mad.
I hung them with duct tape and they held up great in the wind. Not sure how they’ll fare when the rain returns.
Now that we’ve got our bats in order, it’s time to start thinking about a Halloween costume. I’ve got a couple ideas that I’m trying to sell to Lila, but I have a feeling whatever I make is going to be met with some resistance.
Look at her last year, she was so little and sweet and willing to wear whatever I wanted her to…
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YES, bats! they look great. i giggled at N’s thoughts on the decorations. lila’s sushi costume was adorable, good luck talking her into something fun (for you) this year! 🙂
oh gosh gail, totally rad house, looks like my dream home. jealous!!!
I still bookmark stuff 😉 … even with the onset of Pinterest, hehe.
Your bat decor looks wonderful! Good luck with a halloween costume for your little one! I’m really leaning toward “rock, paper, scissors” for my 3 munchkins … that is if I can pull of “rock” and make sure it doesn’t look like anything else!
i love the rock paper scissors idea!!
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I love the outside bats! I also “bookmarked” them last year and recently pinned them. Still haven’t made them. We totally have the same exact “Portland green” house by the way!
the home-made part of my daughter’s halloween costume is done — i now have a week to convince her that yes, princesses wear princess cloaks when it’s cold out, and no, they do not wear sneakers with their princess dresses.
she’s really into the pretty “princess” dress but don’t quite get the accompanying accessories!
sigh…