With fall right around the corner, many people’s thoughts turn to Halloween. Halloween means putting up yard and lawn decorations, but how early should you put them up? Do you go with a specific smaller theme, or do you want more elaborate ideas and displays? If you have lights, what about your electricity consumption? We’ll answer all of these questions and more for you below.
How Early to Put up Halloween Decorations
Generally speaking, the most popular time to start putting up your decorations for Halloween is inside the first two weeks of October. However, it’s not uncommon for people to start putting their Halloween decorations up as early as the last two weeks of September. The scale of your decorations will help you decide your timeline.
How Long to Plan for Elaborate and Simple Halloween Decoration Ideas
Maybe you have elaborate plans, and you go all out for your Halloween decorations. If you’re planning on transforming your home into a full-fledged haunted house that spills out into lawn decorations, you’ll want to start decorating in late September to give yourself an ample amount of time to finish before the holiday comes around. The same goes for more intricate setups in your home or yard. If you’re just going to keep it simple, you can wait until early October to start decorating. This will give you plenty of time to finish before the 31st.
Where to Get Halloween Decoration Inspiration
You don’t want to go with the same old design or idea this year. Instead, start looking for inspiration for your theme early. Go on the web and look for Halloween decorating ideas on Pinterest or do a simple Google search. Google will bring up thousands of ideas that range from simple and chic to full-on graveyards, zombies, or haunted houses. Most websites have step-by-step instructions available to make various decoration items too.
How Long to Keep Your Halloween Decorations Up
How long you’ll keep your decorations up is a personal choice. Some people are out taking them down the day after Halloween, and other people leave them up for up to two weeks after the holiday. You can always pull your Halloween-specific decorations and keep your fall decorations up until after Thanksgiving. Generally, keeping them up two weeks after Halloween is too long, especially if you have a huge setup on your house and yard that is very noticeable. If you have bare spots, you can fill them in with Thanksgiving-specific decorations or add more fall decorations until you swap out for Christmas.
Is Electricity Consumption with Halloween Decorations a Concern?
Whether or not you incorporate lights into your display will determine your electricity consumption. Again, more elaborate displays can incorporate a decent amount of lights. You can get Christmas-style lights in shades of orange and black. Depending on the lights you get, they can cost between $0.41 and $3.50 to run for several weeks per strand. If you get LED lights, this will lower your electricity consumption while keeping them shining brightly from the time you put them up until you take them back down for the season.
What Decorations to Avoid to Protect Your Lawn
As a rule of thumb, you should know that the heavier the decorations are, the more damage they can and will do to your lawn. Avoiding heavy decorations can protect your lawn from root tearing or mold. Your lawn can also sustain damage from excessive foot traffic or heat, so you want to have clearly marked pathways with lights on timers. This will minimize how much wear and tear your lawn has. If you have light decorations and you want to have them up for weeks, you may want to plan to move them at least once, so you don’t kill your grass.
Contact Evergreen Landscaping
If you’re looking for ways to protect your lawn and set up your Halloween decorations, our staff are ready and willing to help. You can contact us today with any questions or concerns you have regarding this project to ensure that you get the Halloween setup you want without sacrificing your lawn or yard.