Halloween Homemade Decorations: What if I have Two Left Hands?
The greatest part of handmade Halloween ornaments is that the whole family can produce them and it enables you to spend some time together. Many Halloween ornaments can be made by virtually any age child. For instance, your toddler can help and by the way learn how to paint, draw and color.
Of course, this necessitates some supplies from the craft shop. Here is the basic craft equipment needed:
- Various craft paintings: black, white, orange, etc. (pots)
- Gold and silver paint (pots or spraying cans)
- Colored pipe cleaners
- Silver, gold, black and white markers
Obviously, most households already have standard craft supplies like a pair of scissors, glue and tape.
And So, let's begin our crafting project: it's going to be a pleasure!
Picture: courtesy of "Dining Delight" from Gardenweb Forums
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Halloween Homemade Spiders
- The first crafts we are going to produce are spiders, they are quick and elementary crafts and spiders are among the most favorite Halloween symbolic representations. It is the most inexpensive craft as it necessitates recyclable material.
- An egg carton;
- 8 Pipe cleaners;
- 1 pot black paintings;
- Pair of scissors
Here is the material you'll need:After you have cut each and every egg cup, paint them black, add points to feature the eyes with white or orange paint and make four small holes on two lateral faces of the cups. Insert a black or colored pipe cleaner in each hole and stick or glue them to the cup. Shape the pipe cleaners and you're finished.
The possibilities for making unique Halloween homemade decorations are endless, just find some items to make, get the necessary material and spend some time with your children creating your own and personalized decorations.
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Easy to Make Halloween Decorations
Recycle, recycle!!!
Pumpkin Jar
Here is a first idea on how to recycle your former Halloween decoration items.
If you have one or more glass or plastic transparent jars, fill them with small plastic or ceramic pumpkins; alternate pumpkins with maple berries and leaves.
Have bigger jars? You will reuse them as well: paint the jars black, white, gold, orange, or whatever color you want and pour in your Christmas lights.
Halloween Homemade Illuminations
This is an original and unusual Halloween homemade decoration. For this, you will re-use materials you already have; whether it's from the last holidays or things you have in the attic or the cellar.
Paint little jars; their shape is not important and can be any shape you want for as long as you paint them black, white and/or orange. Make use of a gold or silver marker and draw a few Halloween shapes on them and insert a tea light candle into each jar (for greatest effect, make use of scented tea light candles).
Here's an example of a painted jar: paint a jar white, draw the eyes and mouth of the murderer in Scream and in five minutes you get an unique and customized ghost light.
Place your Halloween candles on a black tray and put the finishing touches (i.e. insert mini pumpkins, maple berries and leaves, etc.)
Picture: courtesy of Luvstocraft, aka Karen from Gardenweb Forums who's a GREAT artist and creates wonders!
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Halloween Snow Globe
Featured recycled decoration idea
- A Halloween Snowglobe can be made from an old glass jar, plastic bugs and small stones.
- Clean out the glass jar and dry.
- Fill the jar with Karo syrup and place the stones and plastic bugs in the jar.
- The top of the jar can be sealed in place with some silicone caulking to prevent the liquid from escaping.
- Once the caulk has dried and the rim of the jar is secure, the Halloween Snowglobe will be slimy
To create this Halloween decoration, simply:
Tip: pimp up your Halloween Snowglobes by adding food coloring into the jars!
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A Few Other Great Halloween Homemade Decorations
Halloween Candelabra
Paint candelabra with black paint.
Place orange wax lights.
Hang cobwebs on the candelabra for a spooky Halloween effect!
Make a Halloween Tree
Get a vase where you will place some bare branches
Recycle old small Christmas tree balls by painting them black, white, and orange.
Drawing Halloween shapes on them will add your personal touch to the balls
Hang those balls on the branches.
Halloween Homemade Tree Decorations
There are many other Halloween tree decorations to choose from: colorful painted ghosts, black cat, witches, spiders made out of cardboard.
Another option would be to make a wonderful Halloween garland with popcorn or dried pasta painted orange.
(photo courtesy of Purplemoon from Gardenweb)
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Funny Colored Pumpkins
Here is a very unusual idea that will let you reuse your Halloween decorations while economizing some money.
If you have some ceramic pumpkins, you should reuse them. Indeed, rather than buying new Halloween decorations, paint those you wish to throw away with gold or silver spraying can for a luxurious decoration; black and/or white for a monochrome style, etc.
Take a black, white, silver or gold marker and draw a few shapes on these new pumpkins such as black cats, white witches, a black mansion...
Children love bright colors therefore you would wish to paint your pumpkins in various bright colors such as orange, green, etc. Draw Halloween shapes on the pumpkins.
Teenagers will appreciate pumpkins painted with metallic colors, glow-in-the-dark, sparkling colors.
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And More Halloween Homemade Decorations
Recycled Hat of a Witch
If you kept your pointy black hat from last Halloween, here is a really original and quick manner to recycle it. All you have to do is stick Halloween items like spiders and cobwebs or fake hands or fingers, and pin the hat to your front door.
You may even reuse the hat for Thanksgiving by exchanging the Halloween items with leaves, berries, and other Fall items.
(photo courtesy of Purplemoon from Gardenweb)
Homemade Halloween Centrepiece
If you have a basket for bread, you won't have to spend a dime to make this nice centerpiece as you can reuse your existing Halloween decoration items.
Directions:
Fill the basket with some maple leaves;
Add cobweb, mini pumpkins, spiders...
Money saving tip: keep the basket for Thanksgiving as by just removing the Halloween items and placing grapes and pine cones into the basket you'll easily move from one holiday to the other one.
Get Ready for Trick or Treating!
Gather as many little pumpkin plastic containers as possible and fill them with candies. Voila! Treats are ready to be offered to the children who will knock on your door on Halloween Eve.
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- jhaja jhaja Oct 30, 2009 @ 6:52 am
- wow these are sweet thanks for these ideas, itll help us alot.. :)
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- jhaja jhaja Oct 30, 2009 @ 6:52 am
- wow these are sweet thanks for these ideas, itll help us alot.. :)
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- OhMe OhMe Oct 27, 2009 @ 6:48 am
- Oh Me! Thanks for these great ideas. I am trying to figure out how to decorate my trunk for Trunk or Treating. Lensrolling this great lens to my Halloween Trunk or Treat lens so I can easily refer to it as I plan. Thanks!
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- mmaflow mmaflow Oct 24, 2009 @ 11:39 am
- Love the lens, I can't wait to see what you bring on the table for Christmas.
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- Joan4 Joan4 Oct 22, 2009 @ 4:10 pm
- Delightful ideas!
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- prosperity66 prosperity66 Oct 19, 2009 @ 1:48 am
- Thank you so much, ladies :)
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- Pastiche Pastiche Oct 18, 2009 @ 10:13 am
- The egg carton spider is fun for kids, and I absolutely love the witch's hat decoration for the garden fence - lensrolled to Halloween Crafts for Family Fun and 5*.
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- WhiteOak50 WhiteOak50 Oct 18, 2009 @ 7:15 am
- Oh, I love the witches hat!! I want one :0) how do you think I would look in it? Very good lens, lensrolling over to my squidboo's!!
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- prosperity66 prosperity66 Oct 18, 2009 @ 3:57 am | in reply to NaturalVamp
- I hope so :)
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- NaturalVamp NaturalVamp Oct 17, 2009 @ 6:47 pm
- Did I enjoy my Halloween decorations tour? Why yes dahling. In fact, I am thinking of making a Halloween tree using your directions. I hope it comes out maaaveelous like yours dahling.
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- prosperity66 prosperity66 Oct 15, 2009 @ 3:24 am | in reply to CrazyPirate
- Thanks :) Finally there are many more people like me than I thought, hahaha :)
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- CrazyPirate CrazyPirate Oct 14, 2009 @ 6:49 pm
- Thanks for making it simple for us with "two left hands" matey. Simple to understand and easy to implement to make Halloween time special.
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- prosperity66 prosperity66 Oct 11, 2009 @ 7:48 am
- Thanks WebSpinstress and murphi0401! I also like the idea of a snowglobe - which we generally dedicate to Christmas - it's so original... and easy to make :)
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- WebSpinstress WebSpinstress Oct 8, 2009 @ 9:12 am
- Great selection of hand-crafted Halloween decoration tutorials...I love the recycled witch hat and snow globe creations! :-)
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- murphi0401 murphi0401 Oct 7, 2009 @ 4:20 pm
- this is so cute i love these ideas
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- prosperity66 prosperity66 Oct 6, 2009 @ 4:38 am | in reply to mariam
- You asked, you get: I just added how to make a recycled Halloween Snowglobe!
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- mariam mariam Oct 5, 2009 @ 8:02 pm
- haha this is really cute thnx for the help i really think this will help me out this year oh and can u plz put up more? :)
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- buiecandy buiecandy Sep 28, 2009 @ 7:07 am
- Lots of neat looking homemade decorations, want to make some of them for Halloween so will be back just before Halloween
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- halloweendecorations56 halloweendecorations56 Sep 27, 2009 @ 10:26 pm
- Fabulous Halloween Stuff here .. love the halloween tree and the witches hat alot
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- prosperity66 prosperity66 Aug 31, 2009 @ 1:47 pm | in reply to RinchenChodron
- I didn't make the cat, it's a friend's picture - you'll for sure find more info at Gardenweb Forums - (Home forum - Holidays category).
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- RinchenChodron RinchenChodron Aug 18, 2009 @ 9:41 am
- Hi - I loved the spider idea - simple - cheap - fun!!! I'd also like to know how to do the black cat in the picture by the tree! Great job - five stars.
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- Cherrybomb2009 Cherrybomb2009 Aug 17, 2009 @ 5:45 pm
- Nice Halloween tips!
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- prosperity66 prosperity66 Aug 17, 2009 @ 5:21 pm | in reply to Cygnus76
- Thanks for your input :)
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- Cygnus76 Cygnus76 Aug 17, 2009 @ 12:31 pm
- Awesome ideas for halloween. Thanks!
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- prosperity66 prosperity66 Aug 16, 2009 @ 12:11 pm
- Thanks to the both of you and... oh my Goodness! This is the second time a lens of mine is blessed by an Angel in one week! Thank you so much!
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- a_willow a_willow Aug 16, 2009 @ 9:28 am
- Wonderful ideas! Love that you emphasized reusing things for these crafts! :) Blessed by an Angel!
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- homebasedangell homebasedangell Aug 16, 2009 @ 8:18 am
- Love your lens. I fav'd it and when Halloween gets a little closer, I can't wait to make the spiders and the tree with my daughters! Thanks for the ideas. 5*
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