Den of Spookiness

After assigning a room for the dead, I turned my attention to the living, more specifically, the living room. Below are this year's Halloween decorations for the second floor. 

I purchased the foam spider webs last year from my local Michaels store. They're actually drink coasters, but I never wound up using them as such; they're just too decorative to hide under mugs.

The rubber eraser cat is a gift I received from a student I once tutored. So adorable and thoughtful (the cat and the student, respectively).   

I made the notebook featuring Frankenstein—or rather Frankenstein's monster, to be accurate—using only printer paper, permanent marker, and craft foam.

The ghost mug required even fewer materials, just a tad more manual dexterity.

If you'd like to make your own notebook and mug, watch the following YouTube video, starting at timestamps 4:21 and 5:33, respectively.

To craft the pumpkin, I started with a stuffed ball I had knitted several years ago, following Alexis Hamann-Nazaroff's pattern "Simple Ball" and using US 8 knitting needles paired with Brown Sheep Lamb's Pride Bulky yarn in the color "Orange You Glad." Next, from a sheet of black foam I cut out 2 small triangles for the eyes and a shape roughly resembling a V-necked blouse with short, wide sleeves for the mouth. Then I glued all 3 pieces to the front of the ball with a hot glue gun. Finally, I cut a thin strip of green foam for the stem, tapered 1 end into a sharp point, twisted it around several times, and attached the sharp end to the top of the ball.  

How do you decorate your living room for Halloween?