17 Easy DIY Halloween Decorations

The Do It Yourself (DIY) craze has not yet ended, and for good reason. It is a great way to impress your friends and family by showcasing your creativity. Not only that, but it typically is a great way to save a few extra bucks. Halloween is becoming exceedingly close, so this means it is time to get crafting! We have found 17 great Halloween decorations that you and your friends can easily make. Soon enough your house will be creeping and crawling with all sorts of spooky decorations. And, it will all be finished just in time for your much anticipated Halloween party.

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Jack-O’-Lanterns in a Jiffy

Turn orange tissue-paper balls into proper Halloween pumpkins that can line your front porch. Simply cut facial features and stems from construction paper and apply to the balls with glue dots.

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Ghouls’ Night Out

To call forth this gathering, use glue dots to stick construction-paper eyes and mouths onto white tissue-paper bells, then drape them with cheesecloth.

Effortlessly Eerie Living Room

These decorating tricks are so easy, it’s frightening. Take a page out of Miss Havisham’s book and use sheet-draped chairs to give your room the look of ruin. Then, string a cheesecloth “cobweb” across a mirror and secure curly willow branches in candlesticks with museum wax (Quakehold, $4.99 for two ounces; amazon.com).

Black Candles

Use ebony tapers

Black Paper Flowers

Take typical harbingers of good cheer to the dark side. This shadowy floral arrangement is made from inexpensive crepe-paper streamers.

Phantom Presence

Keep up ghostly appearances with this witty reflection. Draw a figure on the back of a sheet of frosted window film(Remlor, $14.95 for a 24″W roll; amazon.com). Cut out the silhouette, as well as its eyes and mouth, with an X-Acto knife. Apply the film to a mirror, smoothing as you go.