This is a repost from last year. Â Little one asked to get the halloween decorations out this weekend, and it reminded me of this post. Â My oh MY am I glad that I sorted all the decor last year and got rid of a bunch. Â I will be doing the same decorations as last time. Read on to hear all about it.
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When I got our Halloween decorations out, I was surprised to see that over the years my
one bin of Halloween decorations have multiplied to
three! Â I knew right away that would just not do. Â Why? Â I have been much more purposeful in minimizing, thanks to the influence of Joshua at
Becoming Minimalist. Â I love the freedom I am feeling from both getting rid of stuff and refraining from buying more unnecessary stuff.
I went through the bins and tried to keep things that would add just a touch of festive fall. Â I’m not putting lights up outside. I’m not hanging messy spiderwebs. I did not keep every little pumpkin I had. I only kept things that I liked and that I knew would add atmosphere.
My kids love Halloween, and I know they delight in fun decorations the season brings. Â I kept things that I knew would appeal to them, like faces that light up and the sparkle of a pumpkin wrapped in white twinkle lights.
There were a few sentimental things in the bins. Â Paper pumpkins my kids made. Â I threw those away, but kept these little monster jars we made together a few years ago. Â They loved creating these jars and knew exactly which monster was ‘theirs.’ Â They look so cute all aglow in my windowsill. Â
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I did not decorate every room. Â I added some decor to the living room and dining room, which is our main living space. Â I put a festive candle holder in the bathroom and a pumpkin in my sunroom. Â My kitchen got an apple cider scented candle. Â I let my girls go through the bins and choose some things they wanted in their rooms. Â Just a couple small things like a couple plastic spiders and a rubber mouse, a skeleton head. Â Things I didn’t want in my main living space, although they keep showing up all over, strategically placed to make Mom scream and jump.
Things I kept:
~monster jars made by little hands that bring the memories
~large lit pumpkin
~a few fake pumpkins and gourds
~festive candle holders to make our evenings at home glowy & fun
Things I got rid of:
~large outdoor decorations that take up too much storage room
~messy cotton spiderwebs that catch all things including dust and leaves
~old Halloween costumes
~old creations made by my girls, especially paper fragile ones (confession…I took a pic of a few for memories sake. Â It is hard to get rid of such cute little things!)
~lots of fake fall foliage that used to sit around and collect dust & get in the way of dusting!
~fall twigs for vases…I’m over it.
Last night was the first night with our minimal fall decor out. Â I really am starting to believe in this “less is more” thing. Â It was so warm and glowy and festive and fun in our home. Â The girls loved it and did not comment on missing any of the things that I didn’t put out. Â Love it!
