Wednesday 26 October 2011

Mouse Hotel -- oooo, scary!

Last year we also constructed a Mouse Hotel for the front steps. This is much easier to make than a jack-o'-lantern because you don't need to clean out the pumpkin. Just cut a few holes and stick in some plastic mice from the dollar store. Easy-peasy!


Here's my attempt at an arty photo with witch's hats, candy and rubber rats. Yeah, I know -- "don't give up my day job." The rats' names are Cardinal Ratzinger and Archbishop Fang. They squeak when squeezed and have been with us for a few years now. Her Royal Highness the cat does not care for them. I think it's their little evil red eyes and long ratty tails.


And here's a blurry action shot from the front steps on Halloween night 2010. Scary, eh? LOL!

29 comments:

  1. This is too cute! I love the witchy hats too ;-)

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  2. That is so cute. Pumpkins go missing from my front porch, so we can't put them out until the 31st. My cat kiki would love to have her own mouse hotel...

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  3. OMG! That is scary and cute at the same time, LOL. I love it, low maintenance Halloween, that rocks!

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  4. oh, my, those rats look nasty, I'd scream and jump into your arms if I saw them :)

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  5. Love the mice! But I think Teddy and Cassie would both want to play with them.

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  6. Someone posted a picture of a pumpkin giving birth to another pumpkin... pushing and grunting faces on the mom and a big crying face on the baby. That was definitely different!

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  7. what a cute idea...will tell them about it at wrh as they need something easy to do.

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  8. Love this idea, Debra. This is really cute. I have some nice big rats around here somewhere but they're in a box from when we moved here 3 years ago and I still can't find them... and we're working on moving again within the next 6 months. Maybe they'll turn up for the next Halloween. lol

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  9. verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry scaaaaaaaaaaaaaaary! :)

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  10. What a great idea! I love it :) Halloween is one of my all time favourites.

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  11. You're giving me so many ideas for next Halloween. So very clever!

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  12. I might take this idea and make more gruesome...I'll use real mice and rats!

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  13. Love love love love!!! I wanna do one of those!! Huge hugs:)

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  14. You gals are SO imaginative! Don't know if I'd want a treat from this house though! lol

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  15. thats crazy cute! Never saw this before!

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  16. I like the mouse hotel...maybe I'll make one this year...thanks for the idea...

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  17. LOVE the mouse hotel. I would totally do it too, except I'm not sure I could handle the plastic mice.

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  18. Love the front porch photo!! Could possibly scare the bejeezus out of a someone!

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