Frugal Fall Decor & Link Up

Fall is my favorite time of the year and I love to decorate my house to reflect that.  What I don’t like is spending money on seasonal home decor.  Here are a few Fall and Halloween projects that might help you save money and get your home ready for the season.

Fall Centerpiece

I picked up a square mirror on clearance at Walmart for $2.00, a pumpkin for $5.00 and the tall vase for $2. I already had 2 glass vases leftover from teacher gift projects. The 4th was from the Dollar store. I bought some fabric at JoAnn’s with a 40% off coupon. I only bought what I would need to cover all 4 vases.

I spray painted the mirror frame, and the pumpkin.   Then I cut up the fabric and used double-sided tape to adhere it to the vases. Stuck in a couple tea light candles and it was ready to go. I placed a few leftover leaves from the wreath project on the mirror as well.  The pictures do not do it justice when it’s lit up at night.

Fall Wreath

I picked up this wreath at a thrift store.  It was so sad and it was just asking to be adopted and taken care of. I brought it home, took off its clothes, and hosed it down. Yes it was dusty and needed a power washing! Then I let it bask in the sun for a few hours. I purchased a strand of fall garland and small bunch of flowers at JoAnn’s. They were buy 1 get the second free. When I laid them all out to make my wreath, I noticed the garland was almost the same ‘length’ as the wreath. Being the lazy and impatient crafter I am, I decided to just attach the garland to the wreath instead of cutting it apart and attaching the leaves separately. You can see the green ties but I used my glue gun to cover it with a leaf.

Then I took these pumpkins from the dollar store and spray painted them with hammered spray paint from Home Depot. I stuck them on a stick outside and was able to spray paint the entire thing at once. Because of the material, I had to do several coats. I also saw these pumpkins at Walmart for $1.00 incase you can’t find them at your dollar store.

I use the extra bouquet from JoAnn’s and a few of the spray painted pumpkins to finish off the wreath. I LOVE how it turned out!

Halloween Decor

Check out our cool Foyer Halloween Decor.  The branches are from our yard and I spray painted them black. The container they are in is a plastic cup from a football game, also painted black. The sign, web & spiders, crow and sculls were from the dollar store. The kids think it’s cool and it was fun! Final Cost: $6.00

What frugal Fall decor have you done?  Link up your faves!