My Halloween porch is up. And by porch, I mean my tiny downtown Colorado Springs balcony, which now has a mummy Stitch holding a pumpkin bucket and a surprising amount of Halloween happening along the railing.
There is no sprawling front lawn involved here. There is a very blue alien in a red chair.
The Home Depot gifted me the Stitch decoration and LED pumpkins for this project. The photos are mine.
A little balcony can still have a whole Halloween personality
The idea I pitched to Home Depot was simple: how cute can we make a tiny city balcony for Halloween? I wanted to show an actual apartment-sized space, because plenty of us love holiday decorating without having a yard that can accommodate an entire skeleton family.
In the finished setup, the orange pumpkins and black cat shapes give the railing its Halloween outline. The red chairs are still part of the scene, and Stitch gets his own ridiculous little moment beside the wall.
What I like about the view from below is that you can pick out the pumpkin faces and cat silhouettes before you can see all the smaller details. Up close, it is all about Stitch’s giant grin, mummy wraps and tiny candy bucket. The two views tell different parts of the story.
Stitch has apparently claimed a chair
If you saw my Stitch unboxing and porch-goose costume plans, this is what happened next. He is assembled, dressed as a mummy and surrounded by the colorful light string that makes him look like he has already started thinking about Christmas.
The Home Depot sent its 3 FT Animated LED Stitch for the project. His interchangeable Halloween and holiday costumes were part of the appeal for a small space: the same character can get a different outfit when the season changes.
I have already discussed my plans to treat him like a porch goose. Seeing him sitting there with his little pumpkin bucket has done absolutely nothing to discourage me.
The pumpkins make the Halloween part read from a distance
The other pieces Home Depot supplied were its Home Accents Holiday 10-inch plug-in LED Happy Jack-O-Lanterns. The orange pumpkins give the display that classic Halloween color, with the black railing and cat shapes around them.
This is the part of a small-space display I would think about first: what can you actually see from the angle where people will view it? A little face or shape can disappear behind a railing. The wider photos help show how much of the scene is visible from below, while the close-up gives Stitch his full main-character treatment.
I am sharing the look here, not a tutorial for attaching decorations to a balcony. Keep decorations secure and within your space, and leave doors and walking routes clear.
One detail to check before copying the setup
Home Depot labels both this Stitch and these LED pumpkins for indoor use only. My balcony photos do not change that rating. A covered porch does not make an indoor decoration outdoor-rated, so use these exact pieces indoors and choose outdoor-rated decorations for an exposed balcony.
The links above are the exact products supplied for this project. Check the current listings for price and local availability; this photo reveal is not a promise that either item is in stock at your store.
For me, the fun of this little Halloween scene is the scale of it. A few pumpkins, some very recognizable shapes, and one extremely pleased-with-himself alien. Apparently that is enough to give a tiny balcony a personality.
Stitch does look quite comfortable in my chair.
