That wonderful witches cottage in the window of one of my local charity shops was made by one of the volunteers using lots of upcycled stuff that would otherwise have gone to waste. I think it shows just how inventive people can be, and also shows that Halloween decorations needn't be too harmful to the planet.
The entire display is at the Living Well Bromley charity shop in Penge High Street, SE20. I went inside and there were lots more fancy dress costumes, seasonal decorations, and gothy homewares. If you buy these kinds of things secondhand then you are stopping them going into landfill and usually saving money too. You're also supporting a good cause if you buy from charity. If you have Halloween stuff you then want to get rid of at the end of the spooky season, take it all back to the charity shop to be put out in the displays next October.
I realise that pagans who celebrate Samhain as a Wheel of the Year ritual to honour the ancestors are less likely to want to dress up in anything other than their usual robes, but I struggled to resist buying that purple dress. In fact, I might pop down to the shops again and see if it's still there. I'd also love to have a go at making a witch's cottage like the one in the window, but I'm already doing a crafting project this October. I'll be blogging about that soon.
Here are some of my previous posts about crafty Halloween or Samhain projects:
- Turn a Ramekin into a Scrying Bowl
- Painting in Mushroom Ink
- Bring the Haunted Wood Indoors for Halloween
- A Halloween Mandala for October
- Poppet of Protection for Dark Nights
- An Upcycled Ghostly Winter Queen
- Woollen Ghosts and Shadow Monsters
And here's a close-up of that wonderful witch's cottage.
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