Creepy Halloween Window Silhouettes

I love Halloween, it is by far my favorite holiday and I love to add new decorations to the house each year.  This year I decided to give window silhouettes a try.  I'm not good at all at drawing and because I've been sick for the past few weeks (pneumonia still, ugh it'll exhaust you) I did a very rough version this year. 

What you need to make these (forgive the lack of pictures and demonstration) is:


Fabric for the windows (white or cream, I found a bed sheet on sale for $5 at Walmart that I cut up)
Black paint
Light to back light the window

I cut my fabric to the dimensions of my windows (22x55) and then traced my own arms with pencil, and free drew the rest (which you can see by my free drawing is oh so not hot).  Then just paint your objects!  Be careful to place something under the fabric, the paint will most likely bleed threw, I did not and thank goodness I did this in my back basement, I now have freaky stains on the floor!

I waited a day for the paint to dry, then hung them up in the windows and placed the color lights behind the curtains.  I connected the colored lights to a timer for ease.

From the inside of the attic, I used clip on work lights that you can find at hardware stores, this one cost $6

I think they turned out pretty good!

I apparently gave this guy 3 arms and a pitchfork?

That's supposed to be a bat and a knife

Here's what the front of my house looks like

I love these pumpkin lights I found at Target one year