Today I'm sharing how I combined some Martha Stewart Halloween silhouettes along with some DIY silhouettes to create a spooky Halloween stairway.
.jpg "You can scare your Halloween party guests with hidden Dollar Tree rubber rats.")
I promised I'd show you something I did for Halloween with my friendly (creepy, spooky) rat silhouettes. I have to say, though, that those innocent silhouettes made me think outside the box and give in to those squeaky, rubber rats from Dollar Tree. Can you say Ben? I was so enamored of the rat silhouettes I had to take it one step further and add a 3-D element to the creepiness.
.jpg "These Dollar Tree rats look very life like.")
Wouldn't you just love to stumble across this one in the dead of night?
.jpg "You can mix the rubber rats with rat silhouettes for a spooky feel.,")
Chickadee number two helped me decide where to put them all, and she even drew some rat hole doors for effect.
.jpg "Place your Halloween silhouettes at the bottom of your stair landing.")
.jpg "PLace a rat silhouette on every step for maximum scary effect.")
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.jpg "Place your rat silhouettes in whimsical spaces.")
I especially love this one on the clock in the foyer.
I originally got this idea from Martha Stewart's Halloween Book, "The Best of Martha Stewart Halloween Handbook." You can buy her silhouettes on line here, or you can go to her website here and get the templates to print and cut these critters out for yourself. Actually, you'll be able to print out ALL her templates from birds, to mice to witches to owls. And speaking of witches and owls....
.jpg "A black owl silhouette is spooky placed on a vintage gold mirror.")
This owl is another one of my Dollar Tree silhouettes. Doesn't it look absolutely marvelous on my vintage gold leaf mirror? I also have a bunch of bird silhouettes from last year. Who knows where they're going to go?
.jpg "Placing pumpkins on candlesticks is one way to showcase your special pumpkins.")
I've always loved this white pumpkin with the witch's silhouette painted on it. This year I placed it on a chippy, shabby thrift store candlestick and added some plastic spiders on top for effect.
.jpg "Placing a rubber rat under a glass cloche is a great Halloween trick.")
And last but not least, I couldn't help myself and just had to place one of my teeny, tiny mice under glass. I mean, what are cloches for, anyway?
.jpg "The possibilities are endless for displaying Halloween rubber rats.")
Well, that's it for today, friends!
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YIKES! I can't even watch Ratatouille, those tails are too real. I am plugging in my fake pumpkin and hoping no one scares the heck out of me during treat or treating. Your chicken friend, Penny
ReplyDeleteNow this is scary, but so much fun! Love the 3-D rubber rat surprise:-)
ReplyDeleteNo Rats for me, thanks. I love bats, owls, crows, etc. There's pumpkins all over the house here and I hope to get more this weekend at the farmer's market.
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Ewwwww! They look real! Great Halloween decorations! Love your steps! Happy Halloween!
ReplyDeleteI would wind up scaring myself at night if I did this, Kathleen! Even though I'd have put them there myself. : )
ReplyDeleteYou have the
ReplyDeleteperfect stairs ~
heck, whole
house ~ for
these darlings!
Love the owl
in the mirror,
too....But what
I love the most
is your child-like
heart, embracing
all the season has
to offer : ) !!
Happy Sunday,
xo Suzanne
How did I miss this post earlier?!?! You would have heard from me !! :-D
ReplyDeleteNo rats here!!!!! :D
I really don't decorate for Halloween - my children did when they were here.
Thanks for stopping by. Have a great week.
Looks cute in your house, but we have had so many dealing with real mice, that I don't want anything that reminds me of the little critters in my house.
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