I, for one, absolutely love fires in the fireplace. I had a fireplace in the second house I ever bought and it has been a requirement for every house I have bought since. Halloween is typically still too warm to light the fireplace but this was a fun simple way to bring a little fun to the halloween decor and bring some warmth to the fireplace without the fire.
1) If you have doors on the fireplace, it typically works better if you take the doors off for the time being. I thought mine would be hard to take off but it was actually very simple. **What better excuse to give them a fresh coat of paint anyway!?!**
2) Cut the top off of your pumpkins and hollow them out like you would any other jack-o-lantern. Cut flame looking designs around at least 2/3 of each of the pumpkins.
3) Find something to sit one or some of the pumpkins on so that they are at different levels.
4) Dress the design up with things you find in your yard such as colorful fall leaves, branches, or fireplace logs (like shown in the picture).
5) If wanted, dress it up with a festive or just colorful rug. The one shown in the picutre was purchased at TJ Maxx for $7.00.
4 pumpkins @ $2.90/ea
1 bag small pumpkins @ 3.00
1 fireplace log (free)
1 festive rug @ $7.00
Total cost for this festive creation: $28.00
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