![ornamental-grass-minions.png Ornamental grass minions](http://lh4.ggpht.com/-d4ZYKnb2GsE/VDTO0ytMoBI/AAAAAAABFwg/34-hhFzvaoU/ornamental-grass-minions.png?imgmax=800)
But then a friend of mine posted the most awesome Halloween landscaping project on her Facebook page and I just had to share it!
You typically don’t see landscaping or outdoor projects from me because I don’t have a yard, so that makes this post even more awesome. It is something I never even would be able to pull off, even if it had been my idea (which it totally wasn’t!).
Lara lives in the mid-Atlantic region of the country and tall ornamental grasses are really typical in landscaping (I know we have a bunch of it around our North Carolina house):
![tall-decorative-grass.png Tall decorative grass](http://lh3.ggpht.com/-wVM8b0iYljc/VDTOnYkt1KI/AAAAAAABFvo/SZ0xISF1X8s/tall-decorative-grass.png?imgmax=800)
In the fall you cut it back and it regrows in the spring. It is really hearty stuff. But before cutting it down, you can create hilarious halloween landscaping by turning a bunch of it into a Despicable Me2 Evil Minion:
![minions.png Minions](http://lh3.ggpht.com/-oPEGgIyeDXM/VDTOpKAmO3I/AAAAAAABFvw/0Y0x2rkVZEA/minions.png?imgmax=800)
How did they do it?
Well, first they tied up the bushes into either a tall bundle with a full top (for the one-eyed minion) or split the grass bundle in the center to create “pig tails”
![bushes before.jpg Bushes before](http://lh4.ggpht.com/-zzdPGs2W-3g/VDTOq9LUzwI/AAAAAAABFv4/GYzh4Tf4vHo/bushes%252520before.jpg?imgmax=800)
![spray-painting-minion-bush.png Spray painting minion bush](http://lh4.ggpht.com/-UuODFZR2UFQ/VDTOu-qcdEI/AAAAAAABFwI/Rn2kULmYK5I/spray-painting-minion-bush.png?imgmax=800)
It is cool that this is a pretty kid-friendly project (since you don’t really care if the paint is perfect since you are eventually going to cut the bushes down anyhow.)
![spray-painting-grasses.png Spray painting grasses](http://lh4.ggpht.com/-mgY3Cy3iVns/VDTOs9sY0oI/AAAAAAABFwA/G9UQ55Qz9WU/spray-painting-grasses.png?imgmax=800)
Next they attached the eyes and mouths (you could make them easily out of foam core) and you end up with EVIL MINIONS standing watch in the front yard:
![purple-minion-bush.png Purple minion bush](http://lh5.ggpht.com/-juXaetf3k3c/VDTO7LtshsI/AAAAAAABFw4/frbg6kyO7T0/purple-minion-bush.png?imgmax=800)
![purple-minion-from-grass.png Purple minion from grass](http://lh4.ggpht.com/-k3FXtUQBFhg/VDTO8k8Fx2I/AAAAAAABFxA/AAJ1zSn4O6M/purple-minion-from-grass.png?imgmax=800)
I love this project so much. It is so simple, yet so creative. I knew my readers would love it!
![purple-grass-minions.png Purple grass minions](http://lh6.ggpht.com/-NaSFsysjG8Q/VDTO4SwEN6I/AAAAAAABFww/Om3MzjK25DY/purple-grass-minions.png?imgmax=800)
I am sending a huge thanks to Lara (and Don) for this super great idea, and for letting me share it with all of you! Apparently this blog is a team effort these days!
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