Fall 2008...Pumpkins, Scarecrows, and Things that Go 'Bump' in the Night!

The local Dollar Tree was a great friend to me for Fall 2008. The scarecrow and crows below are almost three foot high and were each only $1.00. The pumpkins we've had forever and most all falling apart and in need of new leaves, but they worked again this year.

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Then of course I found Frankenstein and Dracula at the Dollar Tree a few weeks after the scarecrow/crows. Again, these are about three foot tall. The ghost we received from a store a few years ago (it is double sided). Pumpkins are just misc. cut-outs.

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The decoration along the top is my traditional haunted house scene above the doorframe of children's. Included is a witch, ghost, clown, haunted house, fence, tree, and moon. The spider/wite/mummy/owl/frankenstein/pumpkin borders on either side of the door are new this year, again courtesy of Dollar Tree.


The decorations saved me a ton of time for the small amount of money I paid for them and they really helped fill the room...always a challenge!

August 2008 - Back to School

In Indiana, school started this year ridiculously early (August 12); ergo, my school decorations went up earlier than usual! On one wall I put the "Miss Bindergarten's Kindergarten" set that I created a couple years back. I scanned the characters from the book, enlarged them, and printed them on several sheets of A3 paper. I then assembled them and glued them together. Miss Bindergarten is about 4 foot tall! You can see a slight moire pattern from scanning, but only if you get really close. Otherwise it's just an adorable (and easy) set for this time of year.

My newest creation is my "Back to School with Classic Characters" set. This is another computer generated creation. As you can see it consists of Arthur, Froggy, and the Berenstain Bears. Last year when I first created this set I also squeezed Miss Nelson (Miss Nelson is Missing) into the scene as well. The blackboard was left over from a set we no longer have (made in the early 90's). Ellison die cut letters were placed on the blackboard with a couple of pieces of laminated chalk. To the left of Arthur are too fall trees bought from the teacher store in the area. Once storytime gets closer, we will put the names of our storytime kids on leaves and apples and put those on the tree.