Decorating for Halloween

See how fellow Halloween enthusiasts turned their homes into spooky showcases with creative porch setups, eerie wreaths, and chilling displays.

Halloween and fall front porch decorating

Our own summary of the original — the full post and photos live at betweennapsontheporch.net.

About this

A Halloween/fall decorating roundup post from Between Naps on the Porch, published October 18, 2010 as the 92nd Metamorphosis Monday. Host Susan asked readers to share their seasonal decor and features three readers' porches: Pinky's fall-decorated front porch, Marian's spooky Louisiana porch with a giant spider and menacing eyes, and Bonnie's Halloween porch with bats and an arched black cat. The post also explains how participants should link up their own Before and After posts to the Metamorphosis Monday party.

The plan

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Decoration ideas

A front porch decorated all out for fall, with a scarecrow (Pinky's porch)

A seasonal wreath hung on the porch

A cushion decorated with a Halloween poem

A giant spider and its web hung over the porch entry (Marian's Louisiana home)

Glowing "menacing eyes" set in an octagon window

A nighttime porch display, shown as a separate night view

Flying bats arranged across the front of the house and porch (Bonnie's porch)

An arched black cat placed in the center of a wreath (Bonnie's wreath)

A fog-spewing, bubbling cauldron for the yard (Marian mentions she wished she could have shown hers)

Martha-style decorative mice placed on a staircase (described by a commenter, Kellie)