A Not So Spooky Halloween Mantel

October 7, 2013

I’ve never really liked decorating for Halloween, but last year for the first time ever I decided to decorate my mantel for the holiday. My kids loved the festiveness it added to the house. They’re not big on spooky or scary stuff either, but they love getting dressed up to beg neighbors for candy. While my kids are still young enough to enjoy little things like putting a witch hat on White Beauty I figure I should probably keep our new tradition of a Halloween mantel going.

This year I was going for a Hogwarts inspired mantel.

Since we had a Harry Potter marathon this past summer it seemed appropriate.

You know whooooooo obviously needed to come back.

My hideous handwriting is pretty scary. Good thing I used stickers in the frame.

It’s not a very spooktastic mantel, but it does add a little Halloween whimsy to the house.

Do you decorate for Halloween? Are you a spooky or not-so-spooky decorator? I shared a bunch of non-spooky but totally festive halloween decor ideas over at The Chic Site. Head over to check it out!

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I want those striped candles and love the witches hat on the horse head 😉

Love it Carmel! I used to decorate more when the girls were young, but nothing really spooky. We always tend to lean more toward an autumn/harvest mantel so I can keep it up til we are ready for Christmas. You have such a beautiful home!

I LOVE IT!!!

the witch hat on the horse is my favorite!!! LOVE it!

I LOVE the witches hat on the horse! I just bought one of those for a skull I have! Love the entire mantel – that banner is super cute!

i hate decorating for halloween. but since we're having a block party at the end of the month, i figured i'd put up some bats or something. love the witch's hat.

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I love the owl picture. We had that picture in our house when we were growing up! I have to know where you got it!!

Your mantel looks great Carmel. I love all the fun things you do with the horse head 🙂

Not so spooky here. I went so far a black bird and it feels a little crazy!!! Great mantel, as always, friend.

I love it, this is my kind of halloween decor. Fantastic. I would love for you to link up to my Inspire Me party that will be live this afternoon at 2:30 PT. www. astrollthrulife.net Hope to see you there. Hugs, Marty

The gold version of those candles almost came home with me last week at TJMaxx! 😉

Carmel! So cute. Love this. Simple and festive, just the way I like it!

Laura
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I still have those striped cndle sticks from last year too! I may actually burn them this year! Your mantle is very cute

Perfect! Warm and just enough spooky whimsy to make it feel like Halloween 🙂

That is adorable and such a stylish version of Hogwarts. 😉 We had a Harry Potter Marathon with our kids about a year ago. That would be a great Halloween movie.

Found it at Goodwill last year and had to have it – hard to pass it up for 50 cents!

Thanks everyone!

This looks great. I'm sure the kids love it! Can't go wrong with Harry Potter!

Love the owls!

me likey! so cute!

I love it Carmel!

The witch hat is awesome!!! Love it:)

Love your fireplace area, so quirky and fun and perfect for this season, love the pictures on your blog…thanks for sharing it all..I am a new follower of yours…Phyllis

You can use chasing rope light to decorate your home!

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After we got some general knowledge of the LED color changing strip light ,we want some to decorate our house .And we will know the LED strip light how to color changing !
There are two or more dies inside the LED to control the different colors . In the backside we could see some control circuit ,sometimes there are two ,three ,four and five ,we called them leads .The multiple leads within the package control turned on and off by supplying power to the die. For example, a tri-color LED will have four leads: one to supply power to each of the three LEDs and a fourth common lead.

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