Halloween craft ideas for the crafty among us
Get your ghouls ready with these inspirational Halloween craft idea books! You'll find plenty of craft ideas from pumpkin carving to horrible haunted houses, from "Devilish Delights" to a full Halloween dinner menu.
These Halloween craft idea books have instructions for innovative, unique costumes, parties,and plenty of 'out-of-the-box' decorating ideas. Some focus on class and elegance, others on Halloween craft ideas for children at home or at school.
Fun for the family, or for the devious!
1. 175 Easy-To-Do Halloween Crafts
by ... whooooooo? ... edited by Sharon Dunn Umnik
175 Easy-To-Do Halloween Crafts
Amazon Price: $183.72 (as of 06/01/2012)
Halloween crafts for kids - grades 3 to 5. In this crafty, spooky craft book you'll find 175 quality ideas for craft-making, costumes, masks, and Halloween decorations. Most required materials are recycled and each craft should each take no more than an hour to complete.
2. Halloween Tricks and Treats (Better Homes & Gardens Crafts)
by Better Homes & Gardens
Halloween Tricks and Treats (Better Homes & Gardens Crafts)
Amazon Price: $0.01 (as of 06/01/2012)
Halloween party decorating ideas! Make your house spooky, delightful, and full of crazy surprises for your neighbors, family and friends. This crafty Halloween book also contains party ideas and how-tos including recipes, homemade costumes, and plenty of Halloween fun for your guests.
3. All New Crafts For Halloween
by Kathy Ross
All New Crafts For Halloween
Amazon Price: $4.50 (as of 06/01/2012)
Halloween crafts for elementary school aged kids. Here's plenty of fun and innovative crafts for children to have fun with during the Halloween season. There's a "Witchy Pen", "Batty Ear Dangles," "Something Weird in a Jar", and much more. Fun, fun, fun!
4. Creative Costumes & Halloween Decor: 50 Projects to Craft & Sew
by Editors of Creative Publishing
Creative Costumes & Halloween Decor: 50 Projects to Craft & Sew
Amazon Price: $5.34 (as of 06/01/2012)
Halloween costumes and decor - ideas for creative adults. Learn creative costuming design techniques by breaking your ideas down into separate elements. Sounds complex but some unique Halloween costumes can be very simple! A spooky sewing machine would come in handy for many of these Halloween costume ideas - over 100 pages of them! The decor section of the book contains pumpkin carving projects, scarecrows, life-sized figures, skeletons, wreaths, Halloween wall hangings, picture frames, and much, much more! Party ideas included.
5. Spooky Halloween Crafts
by Susan Cousineau
Spooky Halloween Crafts: 35 Hauntingly Easy Projects and Decorating Tips
Amazon Price: $2.10 (as of 06/01/2012)
Halloween crafts for parents and children to work on together. Quick and easy Halloween craft ideas for families! There are 35 exciting project - mostly cute and slightly creepy, including party favors, recipes, Halloween gifts, and home Halloween decorations. Parents and children will have a wonderful time working together to create a festive Halloween atmosphere for their home, or to decorate and prepare for a Halloween party.
6. Halloween Crafts: Eerily Elegant Decor
by Kasey Rogers, Mark Wood
Halloween Crafts: Eerily Elegant Decor
Amazon Price: $5.90 (as of 06/01/2012)
Halloween decor with class for the creative adult. Think outside the box! That's what the authors of this Halloween craft ideas book did, with carved hubbard squash, graveyard tea, and electric black candles. There's a mouth-watering "Boo-fey" (recipes) and two versions of spooky punch. A reviewer noted that most materials were easily obtainable in her remote area of the country and that the ideas are just right for a "grown up" Halloween. Most projects require no more than a glue gun, painting, and sewing for vintage looks that are beautiful and worthy of becoming family heirlooms.
7. Halloween: The Best of Martha Stewart Living
by Martha Stewart Living Magazine
Halloween: The Best of Martha Stewart Living
Amazon Price: $9.94 (as of 06/01/2012)
Elegant Halloween crafts for adult crafters with style. Beautiful photographs of dozens of Halloween decorating and party ideas - including a plethora of pumpkin carving and lighting ideas that are way-far out of the box, a complete supper menu and Halloween party ideas, "eyeball highballs", even "spider-web sundaes". Guided by these classy Halloween party and decorating ideas your guests will find your tricks and treats eerie, fascinating, and memorable.
8. Halloween Propmaker's Handbook
by Ken Pitek
Halloween Propmaker's Handbook
Amazon Price: $35.00 (as of 06/01/2012)
Imaginative, gruesome, scary props for your Halloween haunted house. From blood to brains, this book will teach you every thing you need to know to make the spookiest, scariest Halloween haunted house ever. This book is NOT for the little kids, know what I mean? This book teaches how to craft a frightening ambiance with black lights and the setting of scenes. It focuses on tension and suspense. You'll learn to make fake vomit, molded hands, and barbecued skulls. Get the picture?
9. Homemade Halloween: Creative Crafts for Ghosts and Ghouls
by Chronicle Books LLC Staff
Homemade Halloween: Creative Crafts for Ghosts and Ghouls
Amazon Price: $2.49 (as of 06/01/2012)
Fun for kids who love Halloween crafts. This book contains instructions for twelve fun crafts. There are sixteen sheets of decorative paper, stickers, and stencils. The crafts are cute and some are very practical like a Halloween lantern flashlight and a trick-or-treat basket. There are yummy food treats like ghostly marshmallows to toss onto a cup of hot chocolate and sweetie spiders and cobweb cupcakes... plus some adorable decorations!
10. A Ghostly Good Time: The Family Halloween Handbook
by Editors of Woman's Day
A Ghostly Good Time: The Family Halloween Handbook
Amazon Price: $1.50 (as of 06/01/2012)
Halloween crafts for family fun! Halloween games, costumes, recipes and decorations. This book will keep your family busy whether you just want to decorate your home or if you're preparing for a huge Halloween party fest! From creepy crafts to "Devilish Delights" you'll enjoy working together on the crafts in this book.
Your favorite Halloween craft ideas book
...of those on this page.
Your comments are welcome!
...as always!
What are your Halloween plans this year?
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LauraSchofield
Jan 6, 2012 @ 5:51 am | delete
- What a fantastic resource! My kids love halloween and I'm sure they'd enjoy doing these year-round: We're always so busy with schoolwork when October rolls around and don't get the proper time to prepare. Thanks for curating this list!
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emmalarkins
Oct 8, 2010 @ 8:18 pm | delete
- Great lens! Added to Halloween on Squidoo. http://www.squidoo.com/halloween-on-squidoo
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