I wanna know when you guys start setting up your decorations. Is the second week of September to soon? I'm adding a lot this year & I change things around as I'm setting up. Plus I get more ideas too! I also am still building & working on other projects for my decorations too. Last year I started the last week of Sept. & was stilling adding a few final touches on Halloween! I want to be able to put everything up & be done so I can enjoy the last week of Oct. & not be working down to the nitty gritty.
My Halloween items start to trickle out in early/mid September. I put out a few items at a time, but I don't put anything outside or up in the front windows until October.
In Aug, I begin to bring out the Gargoyles. In the beginning of Sept, we will bring out some of the scarecrows in the back yard. Otherwise, the displays come out on the last week of Sept.
I used to put a couple of things out mid-September. I got out of the habit of doing that solely because our yard is tiny, and we can't seem to keep the neighbor's kids out of it and away from the stuff. (can't fence, HOA)
When I lived in a different house that had an attic window that faced the street, I put things in the window on Sept. 1. I guess I was always a little over-anxious to start the season.
I've had to succumb to waiting for the week of Halloween for the big stuff, and the closer, the better. Less goes missing that way, or quits working due to weather or over-use. I hate waiting that long, I would dearly love to have it all up, all October long, at the very least.
I admit that I do keep just a couple of small Halloween decorations up year round in my art studio but August is too soon for me to start decorating the rest of the house. Living in the Northwest I hold onto summer as long as possible. I usually start decorating around the first weekend in October. I start with just a few things and then every weekend I bring out more stuff. It keeps the neighbors guessing on what is going to happen next!
We don't do a big yard haunt or anything, but we do quite a bit inside the house for our own pleasure. We always decorate the first weekend in October so we can have Halloween every day until November.
I started several weeks ago on the interior. It's a big, old house w/ a lot of rooms and I have a lot of stuff to put out ( I set up the whole house as a haunt for the party). I am trying to get a lot of the decorating done in the areas of the house that don't get used much so I am not overwhelmed later in the season. I'll start putting out the exterior stuff in the middle of September.
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I started decorating with pumpkins of all stages. I am doing this in my farm house rather than in my house, as my farm house is in woods. I am making a huge Halloween with wood and have to lift with heavy lifters. Really That place looks like place of vampires and its near a graveyard and planning to give my friends a surprise.
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September 1-Fall decor
October 1-Halloween
November 1-Thanksgiving decor
December 1-Christmas
January 1-New years eve decor
February 1-Valentines decor
March 1-St pattys day decor
April 1-Easter decor
May 1- Spring decor and by then I've had it with decorations
July 1-Summer plus American flags and banners all over the place
September starts all over again and this has been my regiment for years. I have to decorate according to the season. Halloween of course is my favorite.
I usually start beginning of Oct. Wind blows pretty bad here so I find myself
repairing a ton of stuff all month long as it is. The wife has a Lemax village and we usually put that up a bit earlier.
Christopher
Always first week of October. Any time before then and the weather and general atmosphere just doesn't feel right, for me.
I have Halloween things in my bedroom year-round, but I put more things up and in the windows and make Halloween treats all month. I'm so excited. Last Halloween seems like only a couple of months ago. I'm not sure how I like it.
I cannot believe how many of you guys have stuff stolen! Hope I don't jinx myself but knock on wood that has not happened to me. Never have had to worry really about anything. Mostly just an occasional car break-in & kids TPing a house. Guess I better start working on methods to prevent that though. This summer there has been some home break-ins in the area. My city's had a big population boom.
I too also start decorating starting September 1st. Me and my dad always figured that since we put some much effort into the props, we might as well enjoy them for as long as possible. Actually my dad is planning on keeping out our Pumpkin Scarecrows up through Christmas. He's even going to buy santa hats for them.
I can't decide!! We aren't having a party, but I still want to decorate the house. Halloween will be the only holiday my husband will be home for this year. He is deploying in November. And he left today for training and will be gone until September 25.
So I'm thinking I want to have everything inside done by the time he gets home in Sept. And then we can do the outside together. But some stuff I want to do (inside) will be time consuming. I feel like i should start now. But I don't know.
Outdoor decorations go out October 1st. I don't have many that are both safe for the weather and inexpensive enough that I won't have a hissy fit if they're stolen (we once had a 3 foot high solid wood bear heavy enough to break Atlas's back stolen from our front yard during daylight, and a neighbor once had her straw bales set on fire, so I'm a bit paranoid). It doesn't take more than a couple of hours for initial set up. I add a few random things here and there throughout the month, then go all-out only on the day of, when both the neighbors and my family are on high alert for hijinx.
I have things set up all year all over the house. I love seeing it everyday! I start getting anxious around now because the stores are getting stocked with new goodies! Today everything came down from the attic so I can "take inventory" and make my list of things needed. I did do the main bathroom today, I just couldn't help it!!
GhostMagnet I think you should go for it! Start now & do a little here & there since some will be time consuming. I bet he'll be so surprised & love it!
Also, my thanks to your Husband in the service! My thanks to you too!
Looking forward to this weekend, finally get to start putting up the decor... we are throwing a kick "a", halloween party this year so we need to have everything laid out early so we can see what we need to purchase.
Also we finally have a house so its good to get started early.