![]() For environmentally friendly decorating, recycle clean baby food jars as spidery votives by using yarn, Elmer’s glue, water, plastic spiders, and an LED tealight. By moving the pumpkins into a less-expected locale, use the front porch for other decorations. If you choose one of our new homes with an optional fireplace, fill it with fall gourds to use every inch of space for Halloween decorating. Fill the vase with festive flowers for a long-lasting piece of fall decor. Now that you’ve got a gourd that rivals Charlie Brown’s, what’s next? Instead of carving it into a jack-o-lantern, gut it and place a water-filled vase inside. If you have little ones, chances are you went to the pumpkin patch this year. For an extra touch of October magic, wrap festive ribbons or lace around them using double-sided tape or douse them in silver glitter. Tip: Fill coffee table bowls with no-fuss mini pumpkins. If you’re worried about melting candy, use colored water beads instead like Country Living. ![]() Fill traditional glass containers with bold orange and yellow leaves for autumn, or plastic spider rings for Halloween. Every new home has existing jars, but many homeowners don’t think to fill them for decoration. Tip: You can also create Franken-tastic frights by blackening the front-door wreath and adding a raven. ![]() Top it off with black sand for an extra scare. To add a deathly look to your haunted house, spray paint faux plants with black spray paint. For this ghoulish touch, check out Good Housekeeping’s gallery. Wrap the blown-up white balloon in black tulle, and tie the tulle at the base with black string. Blow up ordinary white balloons, and then tie black string at the base. For this week’s Kitchen Wisdom, are you ready to do literal witch crafts? With the help of some creative homemakers and do-it-yourself experts, Ryan Homes at Brunswick Crossing is giving you our favorite Halloween decorating tips:
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