Halloween Decor: Creepy Family Portraits

Last year I used the Halloween photo editing tools over at Pic Monkey to transform some of my favorite photos from our summer family photo shoot into some creepy family pictures. I love how these beautiful portraits among gorgeous oaks on a sunny day take on such a sinister and creepy background when tweaked just a little.

Well I finally printed these off and hung them in the place of our normal Warhol-esque family pictures hanging above the dining table. I don’t know why I didn’t do this earlier! I think this is my new favorite Halloween decor. People don’t notice right away, but when they do they gasp a little bit before busting out laughing. Of course little kids are like, Whaaaa?

Pic Monkey has quite a few different Halloween themes–vampire, witches, zombies, day of the dead–to accomplish a range of spooky results. Of course if you don’t want something truly sinister, they have more cutesy options as well. I just printed these out on our home computer on regular computer paper–so fun to make and pretty much free. If you like to mess around with photo editing and you like Halloween you need to give it a try. While there are certain tools on Pic Monkey that you have to pay for (I think $35 for the whole year–worth it!) I believe these Halloween tools are free. Check it out.

Lets just hope my kids don’t have nightmares seeing their mother look like this.

I love the idea one of my instagram followers had of putting this picture up in a guest bedroom–ha! Also, a hilarious alternative to traditional Christmas photos? The possibilities are endless…