Aren't they charming? And so easy to do. All you need is a roll of duct tape, some string, and scissors.
I cut a length of string - in my case I did about five feet. I then began by cutting off a strip of duct tape about 8" long, laid it sticky side up and placed the string about mid-way between the two ends. I then cut off another strip of duct tape the same length and stuck it on top of the first piece, sandwiching the string between. I cut a simplistic bat shape out of the sandwiched tape, with the string taking up the body/head portion. One bat down, five more to go.
The final garland took all of 10-20 minutes to do.
The duct tape gives the bats just enough shape while allowing some "natural" batty movement to occur. The best part is that they are water proof and we can hang them outside without worrying about the rain. They were the final piece of Halloween decorating that went up today.
You might be noticing a different colour to our front door, mailbox ... and, in fact, to the house itself. Yes, we had the exterior of the house painted. Once Manuel has the shutters back in place I'll take some photos and show you the results.
Before we did our Halloween decorations outside the house we went for our yearly pumpkin picking on Westham Island. This has become something of a family tradition for us. I think this must be our fourth year going? The farm we go to does a great job in getting everyone into the spirit.
Along with the pumpkin theme, the farm has some animals that the children love to visit - donkeys, goats, chicken, and cows.
Of course, the most important part of the day is finding our pumpkins.
The whole day was very inspiring ... especially for Walter who started practicing his monster moves.
The funny thing is, he's not going as a monster - he chose a policeman costume!
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