80 + Cute and creepy Halloween decorations for a truly spectacular party
We’ve already devoted an article on fun DIY couple costumes, and offered you some spooky face paint ideas. Now, it’s time to take a look at another important aspect of Halloween – the decorations! Although you can buy a huge variety of ornaments from supermarkets and party shops, it is always better to make your own. This way you can be absolutely certain that your house will be 100% unique, while also saving money. Plus, way too many people buy cheap plastic halloween decorations, only to throw them away on the November 1st! Why not break the consummerist cycle and make something a little more environmentally friendly and sustainable?
In this article, we have included several fun tutorials which you can easily make repeat at home. From beautiful pumpkin decorations and funny balloon ghosts, to spooky bat ornaments and glow in the dark stickers, we have lots of great ideas to spice up your Halloween party!
A selection of ArchZine’s very best Halloween tutorials:
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Not all Halloween decorations must be creepy, however! In our firts tutorial we will show you how to create these gorgeous painted pumpkins
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Painted pumpkins DIY tutorial
You will need:
- White faux pumpkins in different sizes
- Alcocol-based liquid paints in colors of your choice (we used purple, red, orange and blue)
- Spray bottle filled rubbing alcohol
- Silver acrylic paint for the finishing touches
How to do it:
- Begin by taking a pumpkin and spraying it generously with rubbing alcohol.
- Then, pour some alcohol-based paints on top. (Bear in mind that alcohol dries very fast, so you must be quick!)
- Allow the paint to drip down the pumpkin – this will create a beautiful pattern.
- Continue applying colors, until you get a result you like.
- Leave the pumpkin aside to dry for a few hours and then add a few speckles of silver paint.
- Voila! Your beautiful pumpkin Halloween decorations are ready!
Super easy and very effective!
You will only need some pumpkins, a few alcohol-based paints, and a spray bottle with rubbing alcohol
Let the paint drip down the pumpkin, to create cool patterns
Work in progress…
Add a few splatters of gold or silver acrylic paints for a chic finishing touch
The final result:
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The next tutorial is our favorite! It’s super easy and the final result looks amazing!
Spiderweb tablecloth – Halloween decorations
What you will need:
- A black table cloth
- Fabric safe bleach
- A small bowl
- A disposable brush
- Latex gloves
- Old newspapers
The process:
- Place the old newspapers out on the floor and spread the tablecloth on top of them.
- Put on the latex gloves and pour some fabric safe bleach into the little bowl.
- Take the brush, dip it into the bleach, and carefully start drawing cobweb patterns onto the tablecloth. If you are having trouble getting started, you can use the diagram bellow.
- Once you have finished drawing, leave aside to dry for 1-2 hours, then wash by hand, rinse and dry on a clothes line.
- Your spooky spider web tablecloth is ready!
Isn’t it beautiful? You can also use this technique on old clothes!
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And here is a fun DIY project that’s suitable for kids as well as adults!
Halloween decorations for kids
Materials:
- A white sheet of paper
- A black pen or pencil
- A large Ziplog bag
- Dimensional glow in the dark paints in different colors
How to do it:
- Draw some basic Halloween-themed shapes (a ghost, a pumpkin, a bat, etc.) on the sheet of white paper, using the pen/ pencil.
- Put the sheet of paper inside the Ziplog bag.
- Trace the Halloween shapes onto the Ziplog bag, using the dimensional glow in the dark paints
- Color in the shapes and leave them to dry overnight
- In the morning, carefully peel off the shapes from the Ziplog bag and stick them on any smooth surface you like. You won’t need any glue as the dry paints will still be slightly sticky.
You will need the following materials:
Place the sheet of paper inside the Ziplog bag
Then simply paint over it
The end result:
Spooky and cute!
This nifty video has even more cool suggestions:
Why not try making some funny balloon ghosts?
Balloon ghosts DIY Halloween decorations
You will need:
- Several medium sized white balloons
- White arts and crafts paper
- Black permanent marker
- A sheet of pink paper
- Some sticky tape
How to do it:
- Inflate the balloons and put one aside.
- Take a piece of white arts and crafts paper, and cut a wavy pattern along its long end.
- Carefully wrap the paper halfway around the balloon, and fix it in place, using sticky tape.
- Now, draw a funny face onto your ghost, using a black permanent marker.
- If you like, you can add some pink paper cutouts for the mouth or tongue. Easy peasy!
The materials:
This tutorial is super easy and suitable for children
Easy and fun!
This lovely Halloween bat tree is super easy to make
Bat tree DIY tutorial
You will need:
- Several thin, dried tree branches
- 20 sparkly black card bat shapes
- A glue gun
- A vase
The process (with pictures):
Prepare the materials
Take a bat shape
Put some glue on it, using the glue gun
Carefully stick it onto one of the dried branches
Rerpeat the process, until you have decorated all branches
Place the branches in a vase
Easy as pie and rady in just a few moments!
Our next tutorial is fund AND cute – origami jack-o’-lantern string lights!
Origami Jack O’ Lanterns
You will need the following materials:
- White origami paper
- Orange origami paper
- Sticky tape
- Black permanent marker
- Plain string lights from the Dollar Store
The process (with pictures):
First, get everything you need
Then, cut the origami paper into medium sized squares and fold them, following the instructions bellow. Keep folding until you have enough origami shapes to cover all of the sting lights’ bulbs.
When you are done, begin decorating them. Take the permanent marker and use your imagination to draw as many different faces as you can
You can draw jack-o’-lantern faces on the orange shapes, and ghost faces on the white ones:
Finally, attach the orange and white origami shapes to the string lights, using some sticky tape. Make sure every bulb is covered
Ta-dah! Your spooky pumpkin string lights are ready!
And now we have something truly special for you – a DIY moon witch lamp!
DIY witch lamp
You will need:
- A round white lamp
- Some beige acrylic paint
- A sponge
- A sheet of black card
- A printed black and white image of a flying witch
- Scissors
- Glue
- A White pencil
- A plate
The process (with pictures):
Begin by getting your materials ready:
Remove the bottom part of the lamp
Pour some of the beige acrylic paint on a plate. Using the sponge, start gently dabbing paint on the inside of the lamp.
The end result should be spotty and uneven, resembling the surface of the moon
Leave to dry overnight and then turn the lamp on. Beautiful, no?
Cutout the black and white witch image and reverse it. Using the white pencil, trace the shape of the witch onto the sheet of black card
Cutout the traced shape and stick it on the lamp. Done!
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Have a spooky Halloween filled with treats!