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Scary Shadows and Dark Figures

Don't dare to leave your windows bare on Halloween night! A spooky silhouette might be just the thing you need to draw in a mystical appearance through your empty panes on both sides.

You can create full scenes using silhouettes and cutouts, like a haunted house and spooky tree setting, or use just a single shape (such as a cat silhouette sitting on the window sill) to add to the rest of your creative Halloween decor...

Simple Silhouette Forms

Traditionally (and now continuing into the 21st century), silhouettes are cut from thin black card to depict a featureless portrait, object, or scene using a dark representation on a lighter background. Silhouettes were a cheaper format to record one's image rather than the use of photography, and simply obtained by tracing one's shadow as a side profile view onto paper from candlelight.

Silhouettes of scenes are known as paper-cuts and many illustrations and popular artworks have been derived using mainly silhouette forms. One of the most popular Halloween paper-cut scenes is of a haunted house with spooky trees, bats flying overhead, and a full moon.

Creature Silhouettes

Dark Creepy Creature Shadows

Use these creature templates to stencil your own crafty Halloween decorations. Cut them out as silhouettes from black paper or trace the design to use as pumpkin carvings.

You can layer as many smaller silhouette forms as you like together to create a full scene.

Creepy Creature Templates: A great bat silhouette, plus bones, skulls, spiders, and a few more crawllies.
Owl Template: Perched owl coloring page that is also the perfect size for a large owl silhouette.
Bats and Ghosts: even the kids can help you with these ghost and bat pattern printables.
Halloween Stencil: Raven: A raven is an important omen, according to Native American Indian wisdom. When you see a raven, expect magic, shape-shifting and creation!

Black Cat Silhouette

Stencil on a pumpkin, or use as a template for your window...

Silhouette Mice

Martha Stewart Crafts Mice Silhouettes

Amazon Price: $8.99 (as of 06/04/2012)

Halloween is probably the only time you'll want to show off your mice that run up and down the stairs at night.

You may need a big black cat silhouette to keep them at bay...

Creepy Crows

Martha Stewart Crafts Crow Silhouettes

Amazon Price: $9.10 (as of 06/03/2012)

These creepy crow silhouettes peel off easily and are also reusable.

Halloween Objects and Scenes

Spooky Scenes and Symbolism

Halloween Stencil: Haunted House: Simple haunted house stencil for Halloween.
Ghost, Witch, Cobweb: Easy to cut Halloween silhouettes.
Pumpkin Silhouette: Medium sized orange pumpkin silhouette.

Witches' Cauldron

Add-on Silhouette for a Halloween Witch Scene

Sparkly Spiders

Martha Stewart Crafts Halloween Spider Silhouette with Gem Eye

Amazon Price: $9.00 (as of 06/04/2012)

For both walls and windows, there are 12 spiders included that all have an extra added sparkle from their jeweled eyes.