Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Halloween Town


Halloween Town {Krafty Kat}
 WARNING: This post contains tons of pictures!


I inherited several pieces of a Christmas village from my parents.  Big houses that light up and little villagers and it was cute but being a person who has to constantly change things around, I got tired of it and spray painted it white and added glitter last year.  I liked it and it gave it a whole new look. 
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 But, I decided to go in a much darker direction this year and use it for Halloween. 

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I painted the buildings and people black and added some yellow to the window panes to make a Halloween town.  I set it up on a black vinyl tablecloth and added some moss and orange lights.  Instead of using the white lights that came with the buildings, I pushed some of the orange lights inside to give it more of a Halloween feel.  I added my Happy Halloween wooden blocks.
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It’s quite spooky with the lights out.
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I love how the people and places have changed from pleasant and cheerful to frightful and eerie just with a change of color. 
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My original plan was to add a graveyard and some spooky trees and really go all out but I have gotten sidetracked every time I try to start so I have decided that I will leave it as is and just add to it each year.  Unless, of course, I end up painting them again! 

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A Few Before & After Shots:
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A sweet little Victorian lady shopping                                                               Wicked Witch!
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      Cute children sitting on a log in the snow                                   Lost souls bound together for all eternity

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               Quaint little court house                                                    Haunted Mansion full of ghosts and ghouls!
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                  Christmas Village                                                                                 Halloween Town



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8 comments:

  1. So cool! I need to start looking for some of these at garage sales to turn in to my own Halloween Town!

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  2. This is awesome! I love the rosette window on the cathedral! Great idea!

    Shannon
    fixingforfriday.blogspot.com

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  3. So spooktacular!! I love the window details in each house. It really makes it look spooky!! So fun!!

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  4. I love the green background one the most. :) Enjoy the variety you can do with those houses. :)

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  5. Thank you for sharing your re invented Halloween Village at Cast Party Wednesday. Have a GREAT week! ~Sheryl @ Lady Behind The Curtain~

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  6. Hi! Stopping in to invite you to join us at the Clever Chicks Blog Hop this week!
    http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/10/clever-chicks-blog-hop-6.html

    I hope to see you there!
    Cheers!
    Kathy
    The Chicken Chick

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  7. Cool idea - too bad the Christmas villages don't come with little tombstones and coffins.

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