[Jack'sEckstein]

What is that one thing that you can't go without for Halloween? For me it's spider webbing! I use that stuff everywhere.

 

[sumrtym]

Jack-o'-lanterns

 

[22606]

Tombstones are a staple.

 

[Jack'sEckstein]

Any suggestions for designs? I love jack-o-lanterns, I didn't get the chance to do any this past year :/ I will be this year though!

 

[Jack'sEckstein]

Yes! People have told me they are old and no one should use them, I love tombstones! I don't prefer cheesy ones but I've found some great ideas online on how to dress them up to be scary, classy, or whatever style your looking for for your haunt or party.

Tombstones are a staple.

 

[stormygirl84]

Definitely jack o'lanterns. Probably my favorite decoration of all for Halloween.

 

[Jack'sEckstein]

I think they're great they definitely set the scene right for any theme!

Definitely jack o'lanterns. Probably my favorite decoration of all for Halloween.

 

[Stochey]

Creepy cloth, faux candles, and spiderweb!

I use creepy cloth on tables and draped over anything! Spiderweb can make a blank wall look decorated very cheaply and faux candles set a great mood!

 

[Jack'sEckstein]

I have on wall in my living that is very large and I used black spiderweb and UV reactive spray to decorate and it came out great. Everyone loves it because there was still light in the room but not enough to distract from the movies.

Creepy cloth, faux candles, and spiderweb!

I use creepy cloth on tables and draped over anything! Spiderweb can make a blank wall look decorated very cheaply and faux candles set a great mood!

 

[mariposa0283]

jack o lanterns, i love them. also cobwebs but after last year im not sure if ill bother again this year. i might, but ill wait till closer to halloween to put them up because they just got destroyed in the wind and were full of box elder bugs, lady bugs and bees.

 

[Hilda]

Clutching my blowmolds.......

 

[sumrtym]

Any suggestions for designs? I love jack-o-lanterns, I didn't get the chance to do any this past year :/ I will be this year though!

I'm not so into the designer pumpkin scenes. They're neat, but look like nothing till lighted (not to say that I wouldn't have one....I saw a headless horseman scene with bridge and all not from pattern that was GORGOUS one guy did a number of years back I'd love to have a copy of in a Funkin). I've always loved the simplicity and beauty of Pumpkinrots carvings. Myself, I tend to go for resin / ceramic pumpkins and Funkins over real just to re-use ea year.

Some of Pumpkinrots real ones over the years below:
http://www.pumpkinrot.com/images/2009_27.jpg
http://www.pumpkinrot.com/images/2009_45.jpg
http://www.pumpkinrot.com/images/2008_36.jpg
http://www.pumpkinrot.com/images/2008_38.jpg
http://www.pumpkinrot.com/images/2012_28.jpg
http://www.pumpkinrot.com/images/2009_10.jpg

If that doesn't get your Halloween juices flowing, nothing will.

 

[Great Pumpkin]

I would say Charlie Brown and the gang and of course blow mold pumpkins and more pumpkins. If you want to see pictures, check out my website.

 

[stormygirl84]

I think they're great they definitely set the scene right for any theme!

To me, Jack o'lanterns are just the quintessential Halloween icon. You can't see a carved pumpkin and NOT think of Halloween. Best of all, they can be designed to convey any mood (scary, silly, cheerful) or theme. I love fun patterns and the fancy-schmancy ones, like on Pumpkin Rot, but to me, a good old eyes-nose-mouth Jack face is the best.

 

[RCIAG]

I gotta agree with JOL. Even people that won't go all out on Halloween will put out carved pumpkins.

 

[Paint It Black]

I like my skeletons - you can dress them up for any theme.

 

[Jules17]

Jack-o-lanterns, some Poe decor, and creepy cloth /cheesecloth.

 

[Tarker Midnight]

Jack-o-lanterns and black cats. For years I collected black cat decorations or decorations that incorporated black cats somewhere within the theme. And then one dark night about a week before Halloween, a real black kitten somehow appeared in my (fenced) back yard. I don't know where he came from. He's grown into a beautiful silky cat and I always joke that he's now my favorite Halloween decoration.

 

[Jules17]

Jack-o-lanterns and black cats. For years I collected black cat decorations or decorations that incorporated black cats somewhere within the theme. And then one dark night about a week before Halloween, a real black kitten somehow appeared in my (fenced) back yard. I don't know where he came from. He's grown into a beautiful silky cat and I always joke that he's now my favorite Halloween decoration.

That's awesome!

 

[Scatterbrains]

My Pumpkin-headed skellies