Calling All Creatures of the Night

After a month of planning, decorating, and stashing of unsightly, everyday stuff, I bring you, as promised, photos of: 

The Carmel Haunted Halloween Soiree

 

Above the coat rack hangs a warning sign.

 

Eek - it's an infestation!

 

A mournful bouquet of twigs and gourds above and noxious potion ingredients below are watched over by a pair of beady-eyed crows.

 

 

The spiders have been busily at work...

 

Sustenance at last!

 

Our grouchy table centerpiece

 

Above the table bats circle and dive.

 

Through a doorway strobelights illuminate an enormous spider nest and evil laughter surrounds you.

 

Not even the bathroom is safe.

 

The hosts of this little soiree - the bad boy and the cop who put him away!

There were more photos, but this post is already getting long enough! This gives you some of the highlights, though. My husband cooked up a big pot of his jambalaya that was hot, hot, hot and our kids even decorated their bedrooms and hosted games and movies for their friends!

After all that, I don’t feel particularly enthusiastic about putting up the yard haunt this year. But I know there will probably be some sort of protest from the kids if we don’t. Thank goodness we have all day Sunday to do it!

Happy Halloween everyone!