Bats!

They've taken over our dining room...

When I saw this idea on MADE last Halloween, I knew I wanted to try it. I put it off last year because I couldn't get motivated to cut out that many bats. I decided to do it on the spur of the moment this year. My four year old and I gathered every piece of black construction paper we had in the house. We had enough to make thirty bats, and the cutting actually went pretty quickly. I folded three sheets together so I could cut three bats at a time. It probably took longer for me to put them up on the wall than it did to cut them out.

I didn't even think about it until the bats were up on the wall, but our old "beware of trespassing" sign looks pretty spooky with bats flying over it...

That's all I've got for new Halloween decor this year. I have a couple of projects I'd like to squeeze in, but we'll see if I actually get them done. One handmade decoration that I didn't share last year was my Halloween bunting...

I just sewed triangles of fabric onto pieces on black felt and sewed them all to a ribbon. I made this to fit the fireplace in our previous house, so it's a little short for the mantel in our dining room now, but I think it looks alright. I like how bright and bold the colors are compared to everything else in the space.

The girls and I did a little Halloween art project last week, too. They were supposed to make spiders out of handprints, but they just ended up smearing black paint everywhere...

Doesn't matter... they had fun :)