My decorating for Halloween is standardly pretty tame. I'm very sensitive to "scary" (never have, never will watch a horror film) and tend to stick with pumpkins and gourds this time of year. A few months back I found the above lithograph print and my heart skipped a little.

Witches, ghosts, blood?

Uh-uh.

But bats?

Cute.

Inspired by Cakies' black cats, I cut out paper bats, punched stars for eyes, and pulled twinkle lights through. Here is a Bat Template pdf I created if you'd like to have your own house full of bats!