This spooky halloween mantel came to me in the middle of the night.  This happens when my brain is less active and can be creative.  I wanted to create a mantel with a ghost.  So I was brainstorming ways to make ghosts and even looking on Pinterest.  I finally decided that I wanted large one that lighted up.    I had this vision of a large ghost hanging on the side of the television.  But also thought about hanging it above the television and wrapping his arms around it. 

I then thought of big sticks or twigs on each side of the television so it looks like the ghost is hanging in the trees.  And, I wanted it woodsy looking.  

Spooky Halloween Mantel

Once I was coherent enough in the morning, ????  I decided to search Amazon for a huge ghost that lighted up. I found one that I thought would look so cool.  It actually arrived in one day.  It was better than I thought.  Deb hung it for me from a hook in the ceiling.

The arms are actually bendable which makes it so cool.  I could wrap his arms around the television frame.  I decided to use a few pieces of porch posts that I keep on hand in my stash for the branches that I had in mind.  The branches are actually some that Deb found on a Polaris ride with one of the girls and baby, Jack… (our grandson.)  They grabbed some dried milkweed and some other dried pods.

I just stuck them down inside of the hollow porch post. I wanted the branches to fill the entire area around the television.  Of course, I had to add some candle sticks and candles.  

It only made sense to add all of the black crows to the branches to make it even spookier.    I added a few pumpkins to the mantel, also.

Here is my version of a spooky halloween mantel.  You could totally recreate this with your own ghost and lots of different branches and dried weeds from your own yard.  This was such a fun mantel for me to create.  I hope that you got inspired by this look.