I’m a little late with my Halloween decorating, but today I gathered up a little motivation and retrieved Broom Hilda from the attic. My friend, Handyman Ken, and I constructed her about 5 years ago. Because I have a fondness for procrastination, we began her at about 3:30 pm on Halloween Day and finished her just as the first trick-or-treaters of the evening were arriving.

At our old house, we placed he on a balcony off the side of the house and placed a spotlight in the yard directed towards her. From a vantage point down on the ground, she looked hauntingly real. Kid after kid could be heard gasping, “Mommy! Is she real?”

She looked a little rough when I pulled her from th attic. Missing not only her hat, but one of her arms, her frock in shambles. I had remembered seeing a Halloween Spirit Store in Rock Hill, SC next to Target and decided I’d go in search of a few things to help spruce poor Hilda up.

I discovered that Halloween Spirit has quite a wide variety of Halloween costumes, decor, and props. It’s very dark inside the store and I’ve been experiencing some age-related vision difficulties as of late. This made it a little challenging to find what I needed, but eventually I left the store with a standard (cheap) witch’s hat and some eyeball ping-pong balls. We are low on balls for our ping-pong table, plus I thought Hilda might like to have some eyes.

Looking better – isn’t she?

Next year I’m going to upgrade her broom. It can’t be easy taking flight on a dollar store broom.

Since I was on a roll, I decided to make some Crescent Ghosts for my kids to eat after school. They’re easy to make. You just need a tube of crescent rolls, some shredded cheese (whatever you have in your fridge that you want to get rid of), and olives, peppers, or cherry tomatoes to decorate.

Cut each crescent triangle into two smaller triangles and fold one point of each triangle under and form a head shape. Pull at the dough a little to make a ghost shape. Cook in 375 degree oven until lightly browned (5 minutes or so). Sprinkle with cheese and return to oven until cheese is melted. Decorate as desired.

Do you have a favorite homemade Halloween Decoration or Prop?