It's October 1st... Time to start decorating for Halloween!

[Jellybean]

Always a good display is an island of skulls, no matter the season!

Hard to argue! ::shrug::

 

[halicabi]

Taking a break for now...

"Pumpkin Island" is done

A cemetery has started to invaded our yard!

Campfire scene

I wonder what's going to go in these enclosures...

halicabi

 

[Sassarazzmadazzles]

If I were a kid in your neighborhood growing up, I would absolutely look for your house every year

 

[OctoberMoon]

Your house looks like so much fun! Do you get lots of trick or treaters? I used to in my old house but get zero now! It's ok I save money on candy. Here's some pics of my inside decorations I put out. Some stay all year but I put most away so I can really enjoy it while they are out. I have some ponies scattered amongst the stuff. My outside stuff is a little messy right now after a windy storm this weekend.

 

[Draco]

I love it when people put tons of decorations out for halloween!
I didn't put much out. No kids comes around and I am in a co-op, my property is obscured so no one would really see. But I did put a rabid rat on my front stoop and a few neighbors complained it scared them (I kind of had it hidden for an element of surprise)

 

[halicabi]

Your house looks like so much fun! Do you get lots of trick or treaters?

Love all your decorations!
Yes, we do! Even last year, when it was raining, and my lights shorted out. My back-up involved using battery-powered pumpkins up the walkway! Although it turned out to be a bad idea, I put my light-up ceramic trees by the door. Some repairs were necessary.

I meant to post last night, but...
Anyway, here's where I stood after yesterday:
Empty soap bottles filled with water

The fire is made using 2 battery-powered lanterns!

A bunny coming to investigate!

I still need to resize and upload today's additions.

halicabi

 

[halicabi]

Teddy Bear's

Bats in the tree

Large Bat and Flamingos

Adult monkeys capturing a pig

while the kids play in the tree

This one is a work in progress (by my daughter)

Spider victims

Scorpions and iguanas going to war with the spiders for possession of said victims

There were two bunnies, but one hopped away!

halicabi

 

[Sassarazzmadazzles]

Do you ever have issues with people messing with your stuff? Just a thought that ran through my head lol

 

[halicabi]

A few more additions were added today:
Pigs coming to help save their friend from the monkeys!

Rabbits being hunted by raccoons and foxes:

My daughter has finished this display. The cats herded the rats and mice into the enclosure, then the dogs attacked the cats!

close-up of one of the dogs, using his broken-off leg as a cane!

The start of the unicorn display (wonder what's going on here!)

View from across the street

The nightly bunny investigation:

Do you ever have issues with people messing with your stuff? Just a thought that ran through my head lol

No. I've heard it happening to others, but I've not experienced it. Of course, I don't put out all the bigger skeleton until Halloween Day.
Those are currently piled-up in the front room:

Although last year, I did notice some decorations had been moved. My son later told me that it was our neighbor's youngest who had been playing with them.

I have more trouble with the wildlife (bunnies?, squirrels?, chipmunks? other?) chewing through the cords!

halicabi

 

[Rebeldream]

SO MANY SKELETONS!!!

 

[halicabi]

After getting home yesterday, it threatened to rain, so I started the inside decorations:

Realizing I need more batteries

Of course, I could have worked outside, as it didn't actually rain until much later.

SO MANY SKELETONS!!!

Most were bought on clearance, over many years!

Again, I need to re-size and upload today's additions!

halicabi

 

[halicabi]

Yesterday's additions
My son was in charge of putting out the bird skeletons

2 would-be Kings making pacts, while the former King is being eated by snakes!

Daughter is charge of unicorns. One side is protecting the four unicorn creating the rainbow, while the other group attacks, headed by 2 Griffins!

Couple more scenes

Nightly bunny

halicabi

 

[halicabi]

Well yesterday, we (actually my daughter) managed to put 8 skeletons out before it started raining!

4 Griffins added to the line-up

and 4 glow-in-the-dark crows, scattered about.

Daily bunny shot:

The kids and I are constantly walking near this bunny, and it no longer hops away from us! It's one of at least 3 that I've seen in our yard this season.

I did buy more batteries for my ceramic trees

It rained most of last night and off and on throughout today, that we've decided to take the day off. It's not raining now, however, the ground is wet and muddy!

halicabi

 

[halicabi]

This week has been hectic. Between the rain and other things, couldn't get much done.

More Dragons:

White dragon trapped by Oil Slick Dragons

This represents Hiccup and Toothless from How To Train Your Dragon

Start of the Dinosaur section

Of course, the bunny

I was able to add some decorations this afternoon. Still need to upload to the computer, resize them, and upload to imgur.

halicabi

 

[halicabi]

Here are yesterday's additions:
Skeleton on the mailbox, yes, I edited out my license plate!

Monster scene

Start of the UFO crash scene

Start of the Mermaid Pool

And, of course, that silly bunny

halicabi

 

[halicabi]

Here are yesterday's additions.

Mermaid Pool's additions

4 Cows want to join in

Turtles and Armadillos squaring off while the Goat and Squirrels watch

Bunny munching on the grass

Still need to work on the UFO crash scene, and string lights through the displays. One week left!

halicabi

 

[halicabi]

UFO crash scene (taken last night, the LED lights didn't photograph well)

and this afternoon, after removing the UFO ahead of the coming rain!

Strung some lights through the displays

halicabi

 

[BethMcBeth]

So awesome!! Love how much decorating you did!!

 

[halicabi]

So awesome!! Love how much decorating you did!!

Thanks, but I wasn't done!

I intended to post these last night, but our internet went down!

Let's not forget inside!

Hope you enjoyed this thread! Now is the really fun part of packing it all up, taking it back to storage, and returning home with the Christmas decorations, so I can start the decorating process all over again!

halicabi

**edited for grammer!**

 

[ActionHank]

Dang that's a lot of skeletons, did the hoards of skeletons attract any trick or treaters?