And then there were 4. I figured I’d just close out the Halloween Party Series with a final post of decorations on the cheap. I didn’t want to keep in you suspense from the last post. Believe that? I didn’t think so. Actually, I am relying on images that were preloaded on our Smugmug site due to some web access limitations we are fighting through at the moment. Since all the decoration pictures were uploaded at once, I can simply reference those rather than fighting any new image uploads. Hopefully concentrating on this post will help take my mind off the Cardinals’ second blown game of the series.
As mentioned previously, we originally went to the Dollar Store to find specific materials for our Halloween Party Haunted Trail (link here). The pumpkins mentioned in that previous post were a bonus find. What I was really looking for was some round looking objects that were made of glass or plastic that was roughly 6 inches in diameter. That was pretty much the entire description we were heading in with. Oh, and it needed to deflect or reflect light in some manner. “Should you choose to accept this mission …” After the euphoria of the foam pumpkin find had fallen off we started down each of the aisles trying to find something that fit the bill. This resulted in 20 minutes of “Nopes” until halfway down the glass and candle aisle. Right there on the top shelf was the perfect item.
It is actually pretty heavy glass similar to what you would put on a ceiling fan light except it has a flattened bottom. I have no idea what the real purpose is, but this was going to be a nice add to my Halloween decorations … if it worked out as planned. Since this was an unproven idea, we went with 4 of them – each for a very respectable $1.00. Going this route made the decision on which of the two ways to go on the design. If they were plastic, I was going to cut out shapes and put a candle in them to help light the path. Glass as the base resulted in the second option to simply paint the globes. A quick stop at Home Depot was needed to get some paint. After a lengthy discussion with the paint clerk, it was decided that the Rustoleum Multi-Purpose Orange Gloss would work best on the glass. There isn’t enough time to go into details on my checkout experience, but it is worth mentioning I had to go through nearly the same process to buy spray paint as you do Psuedophedrine.
Hit the jump to see how this and an another Halloween decoration turned out
