We weren’t able to do quite as much Halloween decorating as we had hoped for, but here’s a quick Halloween House Tour of our geeky Halloween decorations. From 8-bit & horror movie pumpkins to a Dexter inspired tablescape and Batman garlands. And a big thanks to the awesome bloggers who are partaking in this tour with us!
We’ll be posting tutorials for some of these projects over the next few days (just in time for Halloween!), so stay tuned for those. Also – warning, TONS of pics in this post, so it may need a minute to load.
This is our living room wall. We made the easy 8-bit pumpkin using the exact same technique we used for our 8-bit fire. Our DIY cross stitched skull is not cross stitched at all, and is just Sharpie marker X’s on blank canvas. The Batman garland is cut out of poster board, inspired by this project (we used the same template on our DIY Batman pillow).
To fill some of the smaller frames and add more color, we framed pages from comic books. Yes, Hellraiser.
We made a second Batman garland, for the opposite living room wall, which is otherwise blank.
The 3D skull art is a Target dollar spot black glitter skull, cut in half . The “frame” around it is a dollar store placemat, with the center cut out.
On to the dining room…
Our dining table decorations include a plastic drop cloth (inspired by Dexter), which we splattered red paint on with a paint brush. The twig bouquet is just branches from our backyard, spray painted black. The black and red vases and candle holders all came from the dollar store.
The dining room chandelier was already there, we just draped beads from it (red plastic holiday garland, spray painted black), to give it a more gothic feel.
Here’s a close-up of the beads. We purposely tried to keep some of the red showing through:
And yes, that’s a MASSIVE wall-sized Han Solo mural on our dining room wall. But we’ll save him for another post. 🙂
In the background you’ll see our old DIY Death Star globe. We also have another black spray paint branch back there, along with a big black owl we’ve been dragging around for years.
Our easiest geek Halloween DIY is our pumpkin – which is wearing a Friday the 13th inspired mask. We picked up this hockey mask from a dollar store (it was pink, for some reason), painted it white, and splattered red paint over that. Done.
We also stabbed a cheap plastic knife from the dollar store into the pumpkin next to “Jason”, and added some dripping red paint.
And while we’re outside, take a look at our front door. It’s Boo! Aka a Boo Buddy, from Super Mario Bros. The original Weeping Angel?
He’s basically made just like our DIY fandom wreath.
Anyway, that’s it for Our Nerd Halloween tour. Want more Halloween? Check out the tours from these very cool bloggers, as part of our group Halloween House Tours!
Stephanie – Sandpaper and Glue
Stephanie @ Sandpaper and Glue says
October 20, 2014 at 5:24 amlove it all– especially the Jason pumpkin paired with the knife. Thanks so much for joining in… and I’m so excited to follow along with your new house! 🙂
ournerdhome says
October 20, 2014 at 11:59 amThank you! The Jason pumpkin was spawned from laziness, haha. And a complete lack of pumpkin carving skills. 🙂
kaycreate says
October 20, 2014 at 6:28 amI love these! I think the tablescape is my favorite part – the plastic sheet with ‘blood’ splatter is brilliant!
ournerdhome says
October 20, 2014 at 12:03 pmThanks, Kayly! It was so, so easy to make (and only cost $1!).
Gretchen@BoxyColonial says
October 20, 2014 at 7:35 amEverything looks great! And Batman=bats=obvious Halloween decor! I’m not sure how I’ve never made this connection before!
ournerdhome says
October 20, 2014 at 12:05 pmThank you! Our favorite part about the bats is that our non-geek friends don’t even realize it’s a bunch of Batman logo’s – they just think it’s a string of bats.
usag1 says
October 20, 2014 at 8:04 amYour table setting is pretty! I love it. Also, that Han Solo wall!!!! My heart!
ournerdhome says
October 20, 2014 at 12:06 pmThat Han Solo has moved from apartment, to house, to house with us – he’s starting to get a little rough around the edges, but we still love him. 🙂
Lory at Designthusiasm.com says
October 20, 2014 at 8:19 amLove the chandelier and the whole dining room look. Very cool!
Lory at Designthusiasm
ournerdhome says
October 20, 2014 at 12:07 pmThank you so much! We were lucky to already have an old rusty chandelier in the dining room, haha. At least it worked out for Halloween!
This Old Colonial Home says
October 20, 2014 at 9:00 amThis is all so fun! I love your placemat “frame” – what a great idea! And your dining room is fantastic! Great job!
ournerdhome says
October 20, 2014 at 12:10 pmThanks so much, Kelly! We love your rooms too.
Mike says
October 20, 2014 at 5:02 pmThis. Is. Awesome!
ournerdhome says
October 30, 2014 at 4:22 pmThanks, Mike!
Ashlie says
October 21, 2014 at 10:33 amThe pumpkins are my favorite thing ever, and I love the “cross stitch” skull. I came to you through Stephaine’s blog, and I’m excited to check out more of your nerd home!
ournerdhome says
October 30, 2014 at 4:23 pmThank you, Ashlie! I wish I knew how to actually cross stitch, but until then, I’m pretty happy with how the Sharpie version came out. 🙂
Kim (TheKimSixFix) says
October 21, 2014 at 9:23 pmYou had me at “Giant Han Solo” 😉
I love your home so much!! And a pink hockey mask? Hilarious!!! So excited to join you on this tour!!
ournerdhome says
October 30, 2014 at 4:23 pmI knew you’d appreciate the Han mural! And thank you. 🙂
Kerry says
October 23, 2014 at 6:03 pmGreat Halloween decor! But, I’m seriously drooling over than Han mural.
ournerdhome says
October 30, 2014 at 4:24 pmHopefully we’ll get a tutorial for it up soon!
Lisa says
October 26, 2014 at 4:59 amWow, that Han Solo wall is amazing! I love your decorations, especially your vase collection ^___^
ournerdhome says
October 30, 2014 at 4:25 pmThank you! I have an obsession with black vases, so every Halloween the collection grows and grows. 🙂
Kieren says
October 28, 2014 at 11:42 pmPlease tell me you guys will do an article on the Han Solo Mural
ournerdhome says
October 30, 2014 at 4:19 pmThat’s the plan! It was a DIY gift from someone else, but we’re working on recreating it for a tutorial soon. 🙂
Kieren says
October 30, 2014 at 11:08 pmAwesome! You guys are the absolute best!
May the Fourth be with You Party: Anette says
May 10, 2015 at 1:46 pmOh my Gosh! I NEED one of those Death Star globes. Did you guys make it or buy it?