A Spooky Greeting for Your Porch or Patio

This week finally brought a break in the heat & humidity here in Southport! Anyone out there a huge pumpkin and anything else Fall fanatic? I wanted to break out my sweaters and drink Pumpkin Spice Latte’s all day!

On my way to work, I was inspired by a local business’s Halloween display. They simply placed Dollar Store plastic pumpkin heads between their pillars for an easy and cheerful whimsical home decor idea. Any passerby can easily see the pumpkin heads and most definitely makes a perfect compliment to the company’s red brick fencing.

As I passed through town, it hit me, why not turn my own plastic pumpkins into a hanging display on my porch, inspired by Lori Mitchell Halloween creations? I can hang them where I usually hang my plants and place lights inside. And I knew just where to grab some much-needed supplies to turn this image into reality. I stopped by my favorite store (and place to work)!

With our Solar-Powered Lid Light Angel Tears and 14 oz Mason Jars, I had the perfect combination to create an easy lighting apparatus to go inside the pumpkins. The lights give the impression of little fairies or lightning bugs, adding that same touch of whimsical decor you find in pieces like the Sugar and Spice décor figurine by Lori Mitchell.

I placed a lighted jar in each pumpkin head and hung from my plant hooks. And then….I waited for the sun to set. I was over-the-moon-excited to see the pumpkins a-glow on my porch, almost like welcoming characters from the Wicked Witch figurine or Date Night Dracula figurine into my Halloween scene. My project took an easy breezy total of 7 minutes to set up and I will have plenty of time through October 31 to enjoy these illuminations, perfect alongside collectible Lori Mitchell figurines like the Cowardly Lion figurine or the playful Twist & Shout figurine. And the best part? I can turn the pumpkin faces around and have plain pumpkins to take me through Thanksgiving. Love, love, love it!