Stop where you are and let us all agree on one thing. Halloween IS and WILL be the best time of the year (after New Year’s, but you know.) It’s like, Halloween and New Year’s are competitors, just like Pepsi and Coca-Cola, think of it that way.
Right at the minute that October approached, we all got those spooky vibes. We can’t wait to play all dressing up and for one night to be our favorite musician, a movie star, a ghost, or even creep people out with being all extra to scare some fellas away. Trick and treating might be long gone for one, but, hey, we can for sure attend Halloween parties and dance the stress and everything away – for one night to say the least.
Say no more and let us go through 12 Halloween DIYs that are simply spookctacular. Time to roll up your sleeves and have some fun.
1. DIY Halloween Pancakes
Source: Girl Versus Dough
DIYs are really life, I mean you can put a festive spin in pretty much, anything. And, with Halloween approaching, you might as well make a perfect Halloween breakfast.
Yes, dear reader, the colors perfectly match the holiday.
Source: Girl Versus Dough
They’re so easy to get on board, it’s a shame to miss out on them. For the details, you can visit Girl Versus Dough and make them for your family.
2. DIY Halloween Spell Books
Source: Kelly Ladd | POPSUGAR
All you need to turn a secondhand book into something the Sanderson sisters would appreciate are a few sheets of craft foam, some hot glue, a bottle of Mod Podge, and a whole lot of black paint.
To make it even easier for you, check out Kelly Ladd’s POPSUGAR tutorial.
Source: Kelly Ladd | POPSUGAR
Be warned: once you start turning the secondhand books into Halloween-worthy props, you won’t stop.
3. DIY Cousin Itt Trick-Or-Treat Pail
Source: DIY Inspired
Question, are you a true fan of Halloween? Statement: If so you have to watch something of The Addams Family plenty of times during the fall season.
This should definitely be at the top of the to-do-halloween list if you can’t get enough of Morticia, Gomez and the rest of their creepy, kooky family for the trick-or-treat.
Source: DIY Inspired
Simply visit DIY Inspired and have some fun creating it.
4. DIY Ghostly Picture Frames
Source: eHow | Jessica Begum
Now, dolls itself are creepy, imagine how else you could turn them. eHow Jessica Begum has the perfect idea to make a doll even creepier by stepping further and using them to create bone-chilling decor.
All you need to do is cover a doll head with cheesecloth and starch spray and put the ghostly figures in an old picture frame. Simply perfect.
Source: eHow | Jessica Begum
Now, imagine your house’s stairs decorated with this. NOPE!
5. DIY Costume Award Trophies
Source: Make It And Love It
If you are really devoted to Halloween, then you will probably throw a Halloween party. If so, there will be a Halloween theme. And, the people who wear the best costumes deserve an award. Yes, this is why you will need these Halloween inspired awards.
Following the steps that Make It And Love It has put together, you can easily make the cutest yet the creepiest trophies there are.
Source: Make It And Love It
I, for sure would take one at home with me!
6. DIY Creepy Crawly Soap
Source: ErnestKa
Some people out there love Halloween so much that only decorating the porch or the hallway is simply not enough. This is why they are so extra to putting Halloween texture to everything they touch. Take for instance, a soap.
ErnestKa removed the label from a bottle of hand soap and proceeded to stuff it with a bunch of plastic bugs!
Source: ErnestKa
To do this easy DIY project doesn’t cost you an arm and a leg, in fact, all it costs is one trip to the dollar store. Don’t miss out.
7. DIY Faux Pumpkin Topiary
Source: The Stonybrook House
With this DIY even garbage bag and masking tape will look outstanding. Lori, the crafty mind behind The Stonybrook House, used these two everyday products to create the cutest piece of decor for her fall-inspired front porch.
Using a traditional paper mâché technique, Lori was able to give her taped up trash bags the perfect pumpkin makeover.
Source: The Stonybrook House
She finished this snowman, sorry Halloween man, with a bit of paint and then used a plastic pipe to stack her faux pumpkins on top of one another.
8. DIY Haunted Bust
Source: Crafts Unleashed
Anywhere you put this DIY Hunted Bust, will look like the place is really haunted.
Crafts Unleashed used coffee to dye cheesecloth, which they then layered over a foam bust.
Source: Crafts Unleashed
The result of the terrifying piece of decor will for sure make it a hard time for you to turn your back on at night!
9. DIY Shrunken Head
Source: Bradblogspeed
Who thought that the result of adding clay and doll head remnants to a foam skull would be this great? Apparently, Bradblogspeed did and we’re loving it.
Yeah, okay! This looks so creepy I can’t even!
Source: Bradblogspeed
Simply visit Bradblogspeed and get all the details for this DIY scary decor.
10. DIY Upcycled Halloween Candy Table
Source: Sadie Seasongoods
This amazing candy table by Sadie Seasongoods looks so easy to pull off that you might even do it for yourself.
All she did was add a plastic bowl and a white bed sheet to a barrel stand she found at a thrift store.
Source: Sadie Seasongoods
Peel-and-stick felt was used to create a spookctacular ghost face, and before she knew it, Sadie’s amazing Halloween creation was complete.
11. DIY Step Spook
Source: Made By Barb
There’s one rule that we can all swear by for decorating the front porch, it should look gruesome and disturbing. Made By Barb has instructions that show how to make a “step spook,” and while it may look kind of creepy, it certainly isn’t going to scar you for life.
All that you need to do this spook is a number of everyday items, including a plastic soda bottle, a small ball, and a bag of cement mix.
Source: Made By Barb
It is totally worth the effort, to be honest.
12. DIY Glow-In-The Dark Ghosts
Source: Domestic Fits
Domestic Fits has everything that you need if you want to do a project that consists of kid-friendly and easy in itself. Not that it doesn’t need a lot of skills, it also looks perfect for Halloween.
Don’t you think a collection of these would look great hanging from a street-facing window, or even as festive decor in a classroom?
Source: Domestic Fits
The glow stick colors are optional!
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