Although winter has officially started, it still feels very autumny in our house. I couldn’t resist these perfect little pumpkins in our local florist. I also picked up some cheap little wooden candle holders from Netto. They were an ugly colour so, as they resembled pumpkins, I gave them a quick coat of orange hobby paint. I was tempted to give them faces but decided to stop whist they still looked OK. I can see them have a new lease of life for Christmas with another lick of paint – not bad for 10kr each!

I also picked up these happy looking bats to go with our jack o’ lantern candle holder and these pumpkin pompoms I made last year. There will be more halloween things to add plus some more handiwork by my son later in the week.

I spent a few happy evenings with my Hama beads and created these little decorations to stick around the house. I am not a fan of the trick or treat element of halloween but decorating is fun, especially with a child.

Finally on a very tasteful note, I have this amazing wreath on the front door and I am drying out these superbly autumnal hydrangea.Do you decorate for Halloween or autumn?

Autumn and Halloween are truly upon us. I am not a huge fan of some aspects of Halloween, such as trick or treating, but it is a good opportunity to celebrate the change of season. Autumn here in Copenhagen is very orange and yellow. The florist in Torvehallerne had a wonderful selection of flowers to fit into this colour scheme.

I spent a few crafty hours over the weekend with a pot of decoupage varnish. I made a lantern from an old jar and pressed leaves from our visit to the Frilands Museum. I also used it to preserve more leaves, conkers and Chinese Lanterns. This meant that they looked shiny and also lasted longer.

I made some pumpkin pompoms with real sticks for stems (although my son said they looked more like apples – but hey, they are autumny too).

I dug out some Autumn decorations from last year in Berlin and bought a paper pumpkin from Tiger, which was a lot bigger than I thought.

A little Lego skeleton sneaked into the decorations! I also found the egg box bats my son made last year and added some bats and cats from Søstrene Grene. We spent some happy hours yesterday making pompom spiders and pipe cleaner cats. So there is definitely a handmade feel to our Halloween and Autumn displays and that is the best way!