love this!!!!

 

great job!

 

I've see the arch done years ago somewhere and so wanted to do one. I waited for the after sales and have several garbage sacks of them. Have yet to do it. Kinda glad we didn't I so like the pumpkin pail towers more.

 

I really, really love this. It's not frightening for the littles, and it is fun/whimsical and colorful and definitely Halloween with a capital H. I also think the towers and arch are pretty nifty but it's just lovely overall.

 

Thank you Halloween71. I am glad you liked it.

 

Thanks for the encouragement chachabella.

 

Thank you Frankie's Girl. Hearing that makes it all worth it. That is exactly what I was going for. The children really love it.

 

Thanks for the comment Stinkerbell n Frog Prince, I was inspired by a post on here called Pumpkin Pail Columns by CycloneJack on 02-08-2018 in the Forum: Halloween Props section. He has photos of how to make it. Check it out if you want to make on for yourself.

 

I was inspired by a post on here called Pumpkin Pail Columns by CycloneJack on 02-08-2018 in the Forum: Halloween Props section. He has photos of how to make it. Check it out if you want to make on for yourself.

Do you mean this post? https://www.halloweenforum.com/halloween-props/133759-pumpkin-pail-columns-4.html#post1622293

 

Years ago when I live in Arizona we would put out luminarias for Christmas. They were warm and inviting, and it was a joy to see a house lit up with them. You've accomplished the same thing with pumpkins for Halloween. It is just about the friendliest looking place I've ever seen, but still has that spirit to it that lets everyone know this is a Halloween House to be reckoned with. Great job!

 

Yes Lord_Kobel that is the post that inspired me to do the columns. Thanks.

 

I think its great!
If you were to add anything, it would be the little pumpkin treat holders.
Drill a hole in the bottoms, attach twist tie to the handle and twist on to the branches of your tree.
I put about 100 in a dogwood each year and its MY favorite.
Its a Pumpkin Tree, where pumpkins grow like an apple tree.
Then they fall to the ground and grow bigger!
I then use up lighting at the base of the tree.

Jerseyscare

 

Thanks Jerseyscare. I like your suggestion. I was going to put the same kind of pumpkin lights in the trees that I have on the fence but I ran out of time. Mayby I will be able to add them this year.

 

Wow, that's a lot of plastic pumpkins! I love the look of your house and I really like the archway.

I remember seeing some pics years ago of someone on this forum hanging the pails in a tree and lighting them. Looked terrific!
Something I want to try one day.

 

Thanks DaveintheGrave. I appreciate the compliments. Glad you enjoyed seeing the photos.

 

Just beautiful! What lighting did you use in the towers & archway?

 

Wow so how many pumpkins do you have exactly? It has to be like 100 or more. It looks great!!

 

You can always turn them creepy if you ever get bored with them too haha. Great set up though there is just so many.

 

Thank you Wolfman Joe. To answer your question I just used strings of orange mini lights for the lights in the columns and the archway. Each column had a string of 100 orange mini lights wrapped around it for a total of 300 lights for each column grouping. For the archway I used strings of orange mini lights. I put about 11 or 12 lights in each pumpkin.

 

Thanks Rigormortor. There are 13 pumpkins on each column of pumpkins, so 39 for each grouping for a total of 78 for the columns. There are 35 on the archway. There are 5 on each topsy turvy stake. That makes another 10. For a total of 123 plastic pumpkins.

 

Thanks Haunted Corner. I enjoyed the tutorial.

 

The great thing about your display is that it looks great in the daylight too.

 

Another idea to reuse pumpkins when you get tired of plastic ones is cut them up and tie them back together.

 

Thanks RCIAG. I think it looks great in the daylight too. That is one part of what I was trying to achieve. The other being not too scary for the children but still saying Halloween in a big way.

 

Thaks Adalah, I hope it does inspire more people to decorate for Halloween.

 

Here are a few things I have don woith pumpkin pails over the years. See my website for more pictures. Enjoy...