Ready to board the express train to All Hallows' Village, home to all manner of folk?
Cameras ready as we round the last curve (warning — expect lots of pictures taken!)
There's plenty of things going on in the village as they prepare for the spookiest night of the year
.jpg)
Lots to see on Main Street
.jpg)
We are now entering Cemetery Circle
Heading up the hill to Ghoul Street
Now we'll leave the town and climb the ridge to the castles
* Update! The evening tour
Conceptual designer and technical marvel — Greg
Assistant extraordinaire — MIL Jean
Photographer and general go-fer — yours truly
Addendum: On Halloween the neighborhood kids and their parents/chaperones will enjoy the village lit up with animation and light effects (there are 2-5 per building and in the cemetery vignettes). Mercifully the sounds will be turned off! (Video below)
The details in these are amazing, endlessly clever and frequently tongue-in-cheek. Hope you have as much fun on Halloween!
Shared with Metamorphosis Monday
Oh wow! This is incredible!!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
DeleteI've added a video
DeleteI have never seen such a complete Halloween village; I was fascinated. Although I have a Christmas village and some Easter pieces, I have tried to stay away from the Halloween ones as I know I would have an EXTENSIVE collection; we love Halloween! I have an unfinished H dollhouse (party in progress with trick or treaters to come up the walk-way) and this suffices!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you enjoyed the tour! We enjoy decorating for Halloween and are delighted to share the village with all the trick-or-treaters. They look forward to it every year. Your dollhouse sounds spookily fun! We have a Christmas village as well and enjoy that too. I did a couple of posts about that a few years ago.
DeleteI've added a video!
DeleteSandra, I tried to comment yesterday but kept getting an error message, so I am trying again today. I saw this post on my phone, and knew it would not do the pictures justice. So here I am on my computer and I was right. This is incredible! Greg's vision is amazing. I can't even pick a favorite - its all stunning. I also can't even imagine the work that went into this display but all those trick or treaters in your neighborhood are in for one show-stopping surprise! Thanks so much for sharing and happy Halloween!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Kim! I've shared your comments with Greg and he's really pleased that you enjoyed his village. The village has grown over the years and it now requires 3 leaves for the table and the buffet, lol. He takes a lot of satisfaction in designing it each year and really likes to see the reactions of the kids. It will be extra fun this year since he didn't do it during the pandemic.
DeleteI've just added a video!
DeleteLove it! What fun!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm so glad you stopped by!
DeleteOh, Sandra!! How cute! I definitely had to share your post tonight at Share Your Style #366. I hope the kids had a fun time seeing your village all lit up and moving!!! We had fun at school setting up a Day of the Dead table for Día de Muertos (yesterday and today) combined with Halloween with scary books and more. It has changed to the next theme but that one was really fun and soooo many books got check out from our library, which was great.
ReplyDeleteHope you are having a great fall and happy decorating for Thanksgiving!
Barb :)
Thanks so much, Barb, for sharing this at the party! It was such fun to put together -- and to watch the delight on the kids' (of all ages) faces.
DeleteNever seen a Halloween village, but now I would love to have one. So much fun seeing this, lit and unlit.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Betsy! We enjoy putting it together each year -- and each year it gets a little bit bigger, lol.
DeleteSandra!!
ReplyDeleteWow! Wow! and WOW!!
Love, Love and LOVE!!!!
I had a small Halloween village that I bought at JoAnn's when my sons were young and used to set it up on our DR buffet but I passed it on to relatives...I also had JoAnn's Bunnyland village for Easter and passed that one one too!! I did save my Harvest Village which I also bought at JoAnn's and found 3 more houses in The Christmas Tree Shop several years ago...I do use the Spooky Town pieces made by Lemax for my Doll House when decorating it for Halloween...Your village is absolutely amazing and so much fun...What a joy to be able to invite the neighborhood children in to see it!! Kudos to you!! Thanks so much for sharing it with us...I really enjoyed it!! Happy Halloween!!
HUgs,
Deb
Thank you, Deb! The village is my husband's creation, but I graciously let him take over the dining room table for most of October lol! It is fun to do and the kids get excited to see it. And the dads too; the moms not so much. I think it's the train
Delete