For this shelf we used stuff we already had and added the Halloween tree/bush I made this year. I got the idea for it from a blog called Sutton Grace. I painted a pot from a dead plant we had and ended up only paying a couple of bucks for black spray paint I can also use on other projects. The branches are left over from a floral design class and I used dry white beans in the pot to keep the branches in place. The ornaments are made using colored paper and thread.
A few days after the top picture was taken my sister came over and we each made a pumpkin felt creature. All we needed was felt, pipe cleaners, thread, and a couple of beads we already had. We got the idea from this link. We used shredded paper instead of the excelsior wood shavings.
We bought the welcome sign from the dollar store last year. The bat is just made from pieces of felt that I cut out.
The "trick of treat" banner below is based off of the same blog post on Sutton Grace as the Halloween tree. Instead of canvas and freezer paper I used felt again. I decided to change the triangles into tombstone shapes and tie the pieces together with small pieces of string. I like how leaving the ends from the knots there's a barbed wire or vertebrae look. It seems more Halloween-like to me :).
For this pumpkin canister I just painted an empty formula container and added some fake leaves and branches I had left over from a floral design class. I did buy some orange paint, though not with this project in mind.
Total cost of decorating this year was about $6 for some paint and a couple sheets of felt.
