Last year I was so stressed from moving that I didn’t decorate AT ALL for Halloween. Which made me sad (and guilty) because I like Halloween and decorating for Halloween (and because I failed to make Carla’s first Halloween in the new house Fun and Homey). This year, I’m feeling very excited about decorating for Halloween and have already been scoping out décor for weeks.
My favorite Halloween decorations are ghosts. But not scary ghosts. I prefer happy, or at the very least apathetic, ghosts.
I came across these AMAZING ghosts, the ghosts of my heart, at a local garden center.
But my husband played the role of Frugal Spouse (we take turns) and persuaded me that $50 and $100 respectively for these ghosts was too much to spend. I perhaps disagree, but I am also cheap frugal so I did not buy the ghosts. I still think about them, though. Maybe they will go on sale and I can snap them up?
Ever since I declined to bring those beautiful ghosties home with me, I’ve been searching for the perfect reasonably-priced alternative, with very little success. I have two goals: Outdoor décor and indoor décor. I need much less indoor décor.
Want to join me on a little online ghost perusal????
I love the IDEA of these tree-wrap ghosts… and have some good place to hang them. But I’m not sure if I love the ghosts themselves? They appear to be singing, but sarcastically?
Maybe porch ghosts just cost a lot of money???
This is a cute sign for our porch, and much more reasonably priced, but I don’t LOVE it.
These light-up ghosts are nice and tall, and meant for outdoors, and I like how they could be bemoaning their deaths or simply yawning… hmmmm. I mean, I do prefer sleepy ghosts to scary ones. I’m on the fence here.
I suppose I could make my own porch ghost… but do I want to do that? And is a sheet really going to stand up to October weather patterns?
These little lights are cute. Maybe I could use them to ghost up my porch trees?
I love these sweet little yard stakes.
This choir of lawn ghosts is quite charming and is supposedly meant for the outdoors. I can’t tell what they’re made of though; will they melt the instant snow falls?
Oh my gosh I love this little guy.
I find these glow-in-the-dark ghosts quite adorable. And when they are all in a group, the scariest one just looks grumpy.
I like the idea of this stack of ghosts (which also glows) but I can’t tell what it REALLY looks like, and that makes me a little leery, you know? (The one review with photos still doesn’t adequately show the size.)
While we’re thinking about glow-in-the-dark, what about these cats with glowing eyes?!
We do have some trees that I could cajole into hosting some hanging ghosts.
Okay. Let’s move indoors for a moment.
One of my favorite things to put up each year are my wall bats; so it makes sense that I find these wall ghosts deeply appealing. Do they seem a little whiny though? Would they detract from the bats? How many walls full of stick-on creatures will my husband tolerate? (I hang the bats with wall-safe sticky putty.)
Oh my goodness – a ghosty companion for my bookshelves!
I am in love with these ghosty hand towels.
These ghosts are nice and friendly – and I’m partial to groupings of three – but are they too friendly?
I feel like these guys have a more holiday-appropriate attitude.
Ooooh I’m a fan of these wooden pumpkins. Sorry. Switched it up on you there didn’t I.
Do I need a ghosty cake stand? With a matching ghost bowl!
I most definitely want this trio of ghost figurines.
How about a pair of stained glass ghosties to hang in my windows?
This is adorable and I love the movement.
Although I might like this ghost candy holder better?
I don’t really do a holiday themed pillow, but I might make an exception for these?!
This is the first time I’ve ever seen a door corner decoration! Love this one, too! But is there a ghost version? Yes! And ghosts with spiders AND bats! Oooh! Ghost cat with bat!
There are TOO MANY FUN OPTIONS.
Okay. I need to stop. Or buy something to scratch this ghosty itch. Or return to the garden center and find a dozen NEW things to lust after.
Love the text exchange! And I loved how you “prefer happy, or at the very least apathetic, ghosts.”
APATHETIC GHOSTS. That’s hilarious <3
They don’t have to love their jobs, Elisabeth! 😉
Okay, so I clicked on all the links and I kept saying “oooh, I like that!” So yes, get it all.
And I really like the ones in the picture above that started it all.
RIght?! Aren’t they so cute! I should just go see if they are still there.
So many cute ghosties!!! I love them all!
We are going to be IN ITALY for Halloween this year so there won’t be our usual crazy decorations.
ITALY!!!! Yes! And even though it’s fun to decorate for the holidays, it can also be fun to take a break from decorating for the holidays. I will miss seeing photos of your decorations though!
I love all the ghosts! I would not even ask my husband if I could purchase them. I just would hand over my credit card and feign ignorance.
As a matter of fact, that’s exactly how we ended up with most of our Halloween decorations. I was at Menard’s with my mom and just loaded up the cart with decorations and now it makes me happy every year when I pull them out and decorate the house.
I have two ideas, and the trouble is that it doesn’t work to do both. Also, it depends on chance. Here are the two ideas. The FIRST idea is that I find I can get a LOT of good holiday decor stuff on even 50% off, so I would wait and get the ghosts then. But if you do this plan, you take a chance: the ghosts could be GONE! and maybe they won’t sell them again next year!! And also: if it’s a lil local store, not a big chain like Target, they might not even have a good clearance. The SECOND idea is in some ways better, but does your household/family do Wish Lists? If so, I would put the ghosts on your Christmas Wish List, and tell everyone NOW. Like, tell your parents and your husband. Warn them that the ghosts will be unavailable soon. The trouble is, what if you give them this idea, and THEN you see the ghosts at 50% off?? OH WHAT THEN?? Or what if no one uses the idea??
change your dinner menu to PB&J for seven days in a row– you’ll have at least $60 to spend on outdoor ghosts! problem solved 🙂
The tree-wrap ghosts! If your lame husband won’t let you get the good ones, anyway. And the boo sign! The wall bats are flawless. the friendly ghosts are too friendly – like, at least fake it, guys. Ghost candy holders yes.
I didn’t decorate at all for Halloween last year. With the kids gone and Matt frequently away for it, I probably won’t this year either, although I always get candy. Our friends have a big Halloween party every year and I often get them a little decoration, so that’s fun. I still decorate for Christmas like crazy, but Halloween was never really my thing.
I love the little guy trick or treating with his pumpkin, SO CUTE.
I’ll have you know I ran, not walked, to checkout with 2 sets of those glow in the dark eyed cats. I am SO excited. And start asking stuff like this with an option a or option b format maybe? Example: can I spend $50 on glow in the dark eyed cats or would you rather $60 for yard ghosts?
Come on- you can’t be that bad of an influence on us and then NOT get some for yourself!
My husband is opposed to outdoor decorations in general. I would love to have a small inflatable, especially at Christmas. I know they are kind of tacky but if we could have a Grinch one the boys would be so excited. But Phil feels strongly about this so I abide. I hope you can find some ghostly stuff that isn’t too expensive! I like friendly ghosts, too!
This was fun to read/browse. For many years we had a $100 annual decorating budget for Halloween. Everyone could choose a $25 decoration and often people would pool their money for something bigger.
Now that we’ve got the inventory of an entire Halloween pop up store in our basement and no minors at home, we are taking a break from buying anything new. But with the help of both kids (North will be home for a week in October) we’ll probably put up the whole display.
I love the ghosts and in spite of the price would probably have bought the first ones. I hate the regret of not doing something and then trying to replicate the item…usually fruitlessly. My fall decor is much more black cat (I have one) and pumpkin related. That way, I can easily segue into Thanksgiving stuff.
Love that conversation. I do think it’s a lot of money for ghost. Bet then I am not into Halloween at all. I probably would make my own ghost if I really wanted them but that is me.
I dient click through all the links but the costly porch ghost on the top had a major sale just now.
You go all in! I don’t think we have any ghosts but do have a lovely skeleton and many strands of orange lights to drape over the bushes. Plus we carve a few pumpkins, old-school style, so that they are goofy fun.
I LOVE GHOSTS. And they seem to be very popular now, which is why I think they are getting more expensive. Grr.
Omg I love all of these! You’re inspiring me- I’m going to make a trip to Michaels this week and see what I can find there. Those wall decals are really cute though (and cheap!) And I love those black cats for the yard- I’m thinking my real cats might actually be scared of them though.
You have to show us what you decide on- I’m glad you’re decorating this year!
I’m with J, I love the little guy that sticks in the garden with his happy face and his trick or treating bucket thingy. I’ve never been really good about decorating for Halloween, but I WAS always caught up in the making of costumes. Ed was born Oct. 18th, and I did start decorating for Halloween because we often did a little Halloween themed b-day party for him. I’m laughing at your text exchange. So funny.
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I give you another A, Nicole. As all over the interwebzzzz!
I am not really decorating for Halloween but friendly ghosts and funny skeleton displays are my favorite. I can’t wait to see what you decide 🙂