With Halloween around the corner, now is the time to try some DIY crafts at home. Making holiday decorations at home can be a less expensive, more appealing option than store bought decorations. You can use simple items at home to make fun, spooky Halloween crafts.
6 Must-Try Halloween Crafts
Whether you are hosting a Halloween party or you simply enjoy showing your festive spirit, these six crafts will make your home a delightful spot for any trick-or-treater or party guest to visit.
Halloween Garland
First, try these simple Halloween garland printables. Print the template, punch a small hole on each side, and string the bats and ghosts together with twine to spruce up your walls for the holiday. For best results, use a cutting machine to save time and to get a more precise cutout.
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“Boo” Tea Light Set
Another simple craft idea is the Halloween “Boo” Tea Light Set. After using a die cut machine to make pumpkin and bat shapes, glue them to a decorated paper bag. Inside, place a battery operated tea light. The result is an adorable, rustic tea light set for your front porch or the interior of your home.
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Ombre Pumpkins
You can get beautiful results from painting pumpkins. Check out some strategies on making paint that goes seamlessly from color to color and shade to shade in this article on how to make DIY Ombre Pumpkins. By layering rings of color, you can make vibrant, gorgeous pumpkins to brighten up your Halloween decor.
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Sugar Skull
Add decoration to the inexpensive holiday decor you find in the store. For example, plain white bone-colored skulls are easy to find around Halloween time. You can turn a basic prop into fun party decor, such as this DIY sugar skull. With some paint and a couple additions (a spider on the forehead and jewels at the eyes), the skull becomes a centerpiece rather than something to place in the corner.
Photo credit: Felicia Ramos-Peters, getholidayhappy.com
Cheesecloth Ghost
Next, create a cheesecloth ghost. This is a simple craft to make with some cheesecloth, waxed paper, a jar, sticks or straws, and liquid starch. Whether you place this out as a tabletop piece or add string to the top to hang some from trees, these little ghosts are so adorable that they shouldn’t frighten your youngest guests.
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Bug Jar Craft
Finally, check out this bug jar craft. There are two basic steps. First, add water as well as green and yellow food coloring. Next, place a few creepy, plastic bugs into a mason jar. It’s that simple!
Photo credit: Felicia Ramos-Peters, getholidayhappy.com
Do you have a favorite Halloween craft or unique ideas for decorating your home for Halloween this year? Share in the comments section!
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These craft ideas are great for Halloween. It is not to early to make some of these. Thanks for the ideas!
These are great! I love the DIY Ombre pumpkins! <3
-Clarissa @ The View From Here
So cute! And some of them look so easy! Going to pass them along to my mum who is a librarian!
These are adorable! Will definitely have to give them a try!
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So cute and such great ideas! I love the pumpkins!
I love ALL of these!! I’m so excited for fall, especially now that my daughter is a teeny bit older than last year. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
-Linley
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I love anything Halloween! These crafts look easy enough for a non-diyer too. Id definitely have to do my ombre pumpkins in the classic orange tho!
These are all adorable! I love the garland!!
These look like such fun! Pinning so we can do them for school closer to Halloween. Thanks for sharing!
Very cute ideas! My daughter would love that cat garland!
These are so cute!! I love Halloween so much. It’s never to early to get prepared 🙂 thanks for sharing
Omgoodness with Halloween right around the corner already! Great ideas 🙂
I love these. Fall and Halloween are my favorite. I love the boo bags and the bug jar.
I love the cheesecloth ghosts, we made them last year and hung them all over! They’re so easy and “spooky”!
I like these, they seem easy enough to do with kids too! Great post 🙂
So many great ideas! I can’t believe Halloween is just around the corner!
I love the ombré pumpkins. I will try them out.
these are so cute! i’m totally going to do a few of these. that ombre pumpkin would be so fun for kids to do!
Awesome list! I love those garlands. Thanks so much for including my Ombre Pumpkins!!
Cute!! I love the tea light set! Pinning:-) Already excited for fall!
So cute! I can’t wait to make some of these crafts with my little now that she’s getting old enough to understand crafts!
Cute ideas. Last year was my youngest daughter’s last year going out trick-or-treating, so I’m a little sad and not sure if we’ll decorate this year.
These ideas are so cute. I look forward to using some of them in October!
O-M-G I loved this post!! I love Halloween so much (ever since I was a kid!) I still go crazy with decorations and snacks and treats for the kiddos! I love the garland, thinking it will make its way into my decor this year! Thanks so much for the inspiration!
Such cute crafts! I LOVE the ombre pumpkins!
La Belle Sirene
I love making cheese cloth ghosts! Some of the other crafts are totally adorable as well, like those ombré pumpkins!
I was looking for some easy crafts to do with my kids! Love making our own Halloween decor!
You GOT me with those ombre pumpkins. Especially the pink ombre ones! I LOVE those and think they would super chic in my house! Thanks for that fabulous fall decor tip!
I’m kind of loving those ombre pumpkins! What a cute modern take on painting pumpkins!
xx
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I love Halloween and all the decorations! I will certainly be trying some of the crafts you shared to add to our collection!
I love all these ideas. I love decorating for Halloween, so I’m going to copy some of these crafts.
This is a cute roundup of Halloween crafts. I love the little painted pumpkins. They are so cute!
These are so adorable! I almost never do crafts with my kids and I really need to try at least one of these this year. They would love it.
I love the “boo” tea light set and it would look great on the porch, patio or at a harvest patio…and you could totally get creative about how you design the bags
I am loving these ideas! My favorites are the garlands and the tea light set. I think my daughter will have a lot of fun making these with me as well. Thanks for the list! I can’t wait to show these to my daughter!
I love Halloween crafts! Especially the little bats! They’re so cute! This is the first year my kids are old enough to be excited about Halloween! I think they would love this.
Omg so many cute crafts!!! Fall is my favorite time of year to get crafty!!!!
I am not big on decorating, but these crafts are so adorable and easy to make!
I love Halloween crafts that are fun and family friendly. These are great and even kids can get involved in making them. So adorBLE
I love all of these! Halloween is one of my favorite holidays! I always want to create a really scary scene outside my door.
These are so cute! We will have to try some of them. I know my daughter would love to paint a pumpkin.
These are great ideas for me to do with my nieces. We love making holiday crafts.
What adorable crafts! I know my daughter would love the ombre pumpkins and I think the tea light sets would be perfect on our front steps!
I just love that Halloween garland! What a cute and easy way to get the kids involved with the Halloween decorating!
I live in the Netherlands. Here, Halloween isn’t as big as in the usa. But I love it. I love horror movies. And all the Halloween events. I’m glad there are more and more events every year. Love it. Great decorations!
I love a home decorated with handmade items, adds an extra element. The cheese cloth ghost would be my fav 🙂
The black cats are just adorable! This is great for my niece and nephew.
I like the garland but i think my kids would like the bug jar! The ombre pumpkins were cute too. Maybe I could pull that off as well.
I am loving all of these crafts. My kids love the Halloween season because of the things that you can make to celebrate.