Fall Decorating & Halloween
Published: October 8th, 2009
Today I am joining the DIY Show Off, for her Fall Festival . When your finished here, make sure to head over there to see all the other Fall inspired ideas. I have begun my 2nd round of Fall decorating. I have been adding more Halloween inspired decor, to the Fall decor, that is already present, in our home. Here are a couple things, I have added. This little guy was made using a painted flower pot and a round piece of wood, with a stem screwed to it, for a lid. My
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October 8th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Halloween/Fall decorating?
I work in a call center and we are having a fall decorating contest for our cubicles. Does anyone have any inexpensive ideas on how to decorate a cubicle for fall? We are also having a contest amongst our teams, as far as most original. The entire team dresses up as the same thing, well for example, last year half of our team were angels and the other half were devils. We decorated one side of the area in flames and pitchforks and the angel side in cotton and white sheets. It was pretty cool. Now we need an idea for this year, whether it is half and half like last year or all one theme for entire team. Come on, I need to some creative ideas for both questions. I want to win the cubicle fall decor contest.
October 8th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
How about Medieval? The cubicles could be little castles and forts.
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October 8th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
What about a harvest theme? You could decorate with pumpkins, corn and cotton (and possibly grain sorghum) —fall harvested crops. You might also decorate like a field and have pictures of farm machinery (combine, grain cart, cotton stripper, module builder, tractor) on the walls.
Then you can have everyone dress up like farmers, which would be something like this:
Clothing–
–blue denim overalls with at least one patch, hole, almost-a-hole, or burn mark from welding. Faded is better than not for this. Galluses (the things that hold the shoulder-straps up and together) must be removed and replaced with large paperclips.
–blue denim longsleeve shirt, also faded and with same holes/patches/burn marks as overalls. (this is worn under the overalls, and if worn regularly for farming, the shirt will have a fading pattern showing where the overalls were)
–work boots. not new ones, mind you, but the most worn-out ones you can find. or, if you have to, new ones on their way to being worn-out. (round laces, redwing is a good brand for this. last pair I saw lasted about 3 years, which is incredible for a farmer)
–beat-up-worn-out-dirty hat. must be straw or cloth, must look like it has been trapped in a tractor engine more than once and lost in *gasp* the farmer’s pickup (always dirty and full of farm-junk, also used to transport half-dingo cow dogs who….get over excited.) If you can’t find an acceptable hat, a baseball style cap with the emblem of whatever cotton gin, grain elevator, or seed company was giving them out for free this year. the cap can be new or dirty, it’s your choice.
Make-up:
a dark, reddish-tan on the face, ears, neck, and hands is essencial. This is normally acomplished by years in the feild in the above outfit without sunscreen, but you could probably create the same effect with make-up.
Props:
–dirty red or blue bandana. clean is ok as long as it is in the back pocket of the overalls.
–checkbook with notes written all over the back. this goes into the bib pocket along with the empty tally-book and wallet.
–broken pocket-watch (crystal shattered, rest works fine. wall-mart has good starter-watches, just put in side pocket of overalls with other props and lay under the pickup trying to fix some unknown problem with the engine and it will turn into the perfect farmer’s watch.)
–pocket-fillers ie: coins, sprinkler pads, washers, nuts (metal kind), bolts, cotten seed, wrench, knife (rusty or utility-style), any part of a (pre-1986) tractor, combine, or pickup that is small and light enough to carry in a pocket.
Glasses (wire-frames, big lenses that turn into sunglasses when sun is bright, preferably with one that cracks without reason or warning) and dirty earplugs are optional.
You might also add used parts of the above-mentioned farm machinery to different corners of your area for extra decoration.
Well? How’s that for a good theme? It sounds like a winner to me.
(And if the judge has an agricultural background, you’re sure to win!)
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In case you haven’t realized by now, I live on a farm….and the farmer costume is what my dad wears to work every day! (See! I wasn’t just conjureing up the image of the "steriotypical american farmer". This one really exists and has been farming for more than 30 years. )
October 8th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Go to this site. Click on ‘ costume ideas for a group ‘. See what you all like ( remember these are costumes you can make ) When you all decide on one, let that dictate how you are going to decorate your area. I can also give you a site that has really inexpensive decorations for almost any party.
http://www.costumeideazone.com
http://www.orientaltrading.com
Good Luck!
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