Want quick and easy DIY decoration ideas for Halloween, without breaking the bank? Here are a few sinister looking crafts which will get you maximum adulation from your ghouls and goblins with minimum effort from your part. All Halloween supplies listed below are available at the Dollar Store.
1. Spider Web Vase
SUPPLIES
Glass vase of any size
Black Sharpie
Hot glue gun
Black metallic spray paint
White acrylic paint (optional)
A plastic spider
INSTRUCTIONS
With a Sharpie, draw a spider web on the glass vase.
Using the hot glue gun, slowly trace the spider web on the vase.
Let it cool down and dry for 30 minutes.
Next, in a well ventilated area, spray paint the vase, making sure you give the entire vase, including the bottom, even coverage. Give it a few coats if needed.
Once the vase has dried, you will notice the raised portion of the spider web above the paint.
At this point, you can leave it as is, or paint the raised spider web white, to give the vase a pop of color.
Stick a spider on the side with the hot glue gun.
Pop in some dried/droopy flowers or a creepy eyeball bouquet (see below), and there you have an eerie looking vase!
2. Creepy Eyeballs Bouquet
SUPPLIES
Pack of Halloween eyeballs
Artificial black rose bouquet
Hot glue gun
INSTRUCTIONS
Hot glue the plastic eyeballs to the center of each rose in the bouquet.
Place the flowers in a Halloween themed vase or in the spider web vase (see above)
3. Finger Food
SUPPLIES
Plastic bloody hand
Bloody fingers
A medium sized pot (of the garden variety), with soil
Cobwebs
INSTRUCTIONS
Firmly push hand and/or fingers into the soil in the pot.
Wrap cobweb around the hand and/or fingers to give it a scary look.
This makes a great centerpiece for your appetizer/finger food table.
4. Witches Parking Lot
SUPPLIES
3-4 witches hats
Cobweb
(Optional) 3-4 witches brooms
INSTRUCTIONS
Hang the witches hats from your chandelier or fan or ceiling
Wrap cobweb around them to give a sinister look.
Optional : Place just as many witches brooms somewhere close by to give the illusion of a "witches parking lot"
5. Skeleton Crew
SUPPLIES
5-10 mini skeletons
Hot glue gun
Glass vase with straight sides
Twine
INSTRUCTIONS
For the climbing skeletons:
hot glue one of the hands of each of the skeletons
arrange them against a fireplace or a light pole or a table.
For the skeleton vase :
hot glue the skeletons around a vase with straight sides.
Tie a twine around them
Fill the vase with dried/droopy flowers or the creepy eyeball bouquet (see above)
6. Dracula's Specimen Lab
SUPPLIES
A collection of small plastic critters and reptiles like bats, snakes, lizards, mice, etc.
Mason jars
Food coloring
Water
Halloween creepy cloth
INSTRUCTIONS
Fill mason jars with water and add food coloring to give it a formaldehyde / lab chemical look.
Stuff the reptile or critter into the jar. The tighter the fit, the more creepy the jar will look. Shut it tight so the water doesnt leak.
Arrange the jars on a table covered with Halloween creepy cloth, in a dark corner of a room. Add some light effects to give it an ominous effect.
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