So in that respect it IS my time of year. I do fall decorating and I love the colors and scents of the earth at this time of year. But I am not all that much on Halloween.
As a kid, I LOVED Halloween! We lived out in the country and because of that, there was no Trick or Treating in my childhood, but we had something even better! Every year, the school and the community center got together and did a BIG carnival. Fishing booths, Haunted House, Costume contest.....the works! We used to have so much fun as a kid, but when I got to be a teenager, it got even better. I was asked to be in charge of the Haunted House. My friends and I had a blast planning and because we were all in Thespians, (our little high school drama group), each of us excelled at something that helped us in implementing all those plans, be it make-up, costuming or sets. WE ROCKED!!!
Halloween isn't so much fun anymore for me. It has gotten too gory and violent for my taste and not many people agree with me. We have all sorts of icky stuff going on here in Kingman, to include a Zombie Walk, downtown! (There are kids who won't sleep for a month after seeing those costumes. They TOTALLY go all out and the costumes are Just. Too. Freakin'. REAL!!!) So I just don't do much but decorate for the change of season. However, THIS year, I was asked to be on the committee at my workplace to do the..........yep. You guessed it. The Fall Carnival!
OH. YAYNESS!!!!
Because we are gearing it for the younger crowd, it won't be gory and violent. We will leave that to others in our community and believe me, there are many! My contribution is mostly in decorating, so I thought I would share a tad about what I have been doing.
We decided to do a "Babes in Toyland" entrance to our little carnival, so I was responsible for the trees. Here is what I came up with.....
This is the original drawing from the Disney classic movie, "Babes in Toyland". I can remember being scared out of my knickerbockers when those trees came alive in that forest! My hands were over my eyes while I peeked between my fingers. Not sure why I felt safe viewing the movie that way.....But the problem is....can I re-create these? All I have to work with is cardboard, newspaper and paint!
THIS is one of my barrel racing barrels. You know. The ones I was going to paint and never got around to? Well, I need a base, so the tree won't blow over in our lovely Kingman winds!
Thank goodness I work at a place where cardboard and newspaper are abundant! I had no problems with being well supplied!
So let's begin. Cardboard base, held together with masking tape. Hey! Hay string and duct tape can't be painted over!
Add facial features and branches....
My porch started looking spooky. I am sure my neighbors were wondering what in the heck I was doing when they drove by! They do look odd. Sort of naked........they are lacking bark, so that was what comes next.
(Miss Scarlett. Helping me by keeping the squirrels from building a nest in the tree!)
And now the trees have bark!
BARK!
MEOW!
(Sorry Mom. You cannot have THIS box!)
I painted them this afternoon. They look great, but it was too dark to shoot a pic of them for this blog. So THAT will be tomorrows blog! I have to load them, (and a gazillion other things) into the horse trailer and get them down to the facility, set everything up and have it ready to go by 5:00 pm when the kiddos start arriving.
I can't wait!!! Finally I can say, Happy Halloween!
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