I love it when people decorate their homes for Halloween, especially when it’s not too gory and oh so clever. I’m not one to go all out for this particular holiday, we just don’t get a lot of trick-or-treating kids at my door. But just around the corner, the kids all flock to to Mic’s place, he’s a legend. I just had to share the coolest Halloween house in my neighborhood.

Meet Captain Mic, a true buccaneer at heart.

Mic’s wife stamps hundreds of those bags every year and fills them with treasure for all the kids (chocolate doubloons and candy gems inside).

On an ordinary day the house looks like this:

For Halloween, Mic transforms it into a pirate ship! This was last year’s version, he built the bow, raised the mast, hoisted the sails, and took over as Captain of the Mourning Star.

iPhone pictures do not do her justice, the “ship” is simply incredible! All the kids in town love this stop along the trick-or-treat trail.

Skeleton pirates fire the homemade cannon (check out the chain and rope details) and they walk the plank that Mic also constructed, aarrgghh.

To get to the door, you must pass through this skull arbor, beware!

On the lawn is this coffin raft he built, I love all of the details, the pulley, the ropes, the bamboo oar, and the rat!

Captain Mic pulls out an old rowboat and fills it with another skeleton pirate.

Get near the front door to ask for candy and this scurvy dog awaits.

Mic definitely gets in the spirit of Halloween with his incredible pirate ship house! It’s fantastic by day, but veeery spooky at night, all lit up with his pirate music playing.

Mic couldn’t be nicer and the kids love the big show. He definitely gets my vote for the Coolest Neighbor Award. Got any spooktacular Halloween houses in your neighborhood?