A huge thank you to all of the participants in this year’s Halloween decorating contest. You brought a lot of fun, spookiness and whimsy to the neighborhood this year. This year’s contest had a record 32 homes participating– our largest yet- and a record 21 new homes on the haunted tour. We also raised $825 for CPNO projects.
Now what you want to hear. drumroll… It was a close contest and required a “celebrity judge” to break the tie. (Thank you District 3 Atlanta Public Schools representative Ken Zeff!)
1st place: 451 Hardendorf “haunted carnival” house
2nd place: 417 Clifton “construction crew” house
3rd place: 516 Candler Park Drive “huge witches and more” house
Additional winners include:
- 4th place: 1851 McLendon “everything” house
- 5th place: 1475 McLendon “spider sat down beside her” house
- 6th place: 441 Leonardo “rivals” house
- 7th place: 451 Harold “white lotus” house
- Honorable mentions: 2126 McLendon “Yikes Nursery”, 1201 McLendon “partying skeletons”, 421 Ridgewood “Dolly & friends”
First place winner Patricia Farmer, shared the inspiration behind her Halloween creation:
“I love creating fun Halloween scenes each year. I’m so happy that everyone loved them. The idea came from a mash up. My friends & I used to have a little circus performance group & with it being fall, it’s carnival season so it just seemed like a fun idea. One challenge we had – I need to find a better building material than cardboard. Sadly, the mid-Oct hurricane did a bit of damage to the swings & the rollercoaster and they were never quite right afterwards, but thankfully the effect was still there.”
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