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Nobody is tired of Halloween crafts yet, right? ^_^

I had to take a black and white shot for the added spooky atmosphere.

I actually started this little papercraft haunted house back in the spring. I was stressed out and needed something that I could focus on to relax. I stopped working on it when I was no longer stressed and then absolutely had to finish it in time for Halloween.

Come in, won't you?

I got the pattern from this website.

I know haunted houses are drafty, but I thought the smoke was a nice touch.

Little three-dimensional porch, cut before I owned an x-acto knife.

If you're very tiny, you can go inside of it!

Solarium.

The interior. It looks way more crooked in this picture than it does in actual life.

Cellar door!

Teensy.

The insides match the outsides. There's a fireplace where the chimney is, etc.

And it has little tiny dormer windows!

This is Boris. (Bonus points if you get the reference!)

He's bigger than normal spiders but still quite a small fellow.

Natural habitat.

His butt has a little hook for hanging.

Underside.

Boris is the friendliest spider you'll ever meet, despite the blood.

Gomer!

Gomer was just a discarded Halloween pumpkin sitting in the woods until someone passing by placed him on an oddly human-shaped tree stump, thus bringing him to life.

Tiny leaf!

Everyone needs a removable head.

Gunther. Like all of his other friends, Gunther is also friendly. He has a sugar addiction, though, and he likes to scare people and steal all their candy. (They tried an intervention, but he left candy rehab after a day.)

Tiny candy corns.

Size comparison with a real candy corn.

This is Jackie-O, my festive Halloween necklace.

Group shot!

I had wanted to make a bag out of this fabric, but I didn't have time to start on it before Halloween without rushing. Isn't it lovely, though?

I did two pumpkins this year.

On Halloween night with real candles.

My mom isn't big on decorations, but I snuck up some subtle Martha Stewart stencils that I cut and painted with sparkley black paint.

They stayed looking nice all month, although the heat tried to take its toll on my tape. One of the rats kept blowing into the garden, and I believe it got watered a couple times.