Creative Halloween Crafts for Spooky Decorations

Paper mache pumpkins

These original creations will adorn both the exterior and interior of your home. Be careful, however, that they don’t fly away at the first gust of wind!

In a saucepan, mix one part flour to five parts water. Heat over low heat while stirring until you obtain a viscous paste. While your homemade glue cools, inflate a balloon to the desired size. For a more realistic effect, do not hesitate to surround it with a string to give it an angular appearance. Using a brush, brush the balloon with glue, before covering it with at least three layers of newspaper, including the knot which will act as a stem. If you want to light up your pumpkin instead, simply cut the balloon knot and remove it once the sphere is completely dry. Then paint your pumpkin the color of your choice. Multiple coats may be required depending on the type of paint used. Finally, draw the eyes, nose and mouth using the marker or cut them out with a knife to insert an LED candle!

Spooky lanterns

You don’t know what to do with your too many glass jars? Turn them into lanterns!

To do this, cover them with tissue paper, crepe paper or construction paper using glue or tape. For a pumpkin, use orange paper on which you have drawn or glued eyes, a nose and a mouth. Proceed in the same way with white paper to create ghost or mummy lanterns. All you have to do is place an LED or flame candle there, and that’s it!

Recyclable monsters

Rather than sending your paper rolls for recycling, give them a 2^e life by creating a bunch of horrible monsters to place all over the house. An ideal craft to do with young children!

First paint the rollers, for example gray or black for a bat, orange for a pumpkin, white for a ghost, or any other color for characters straight from your children’s imagination. toddlers. Once dry, decorate them with eyes, a nose and a mouth, depending on the model chosen. To do this, simply draw them with paint or felt-tip pen, glue paper previously cut to the desired shape, moving eyes for example made with your old medicine packs, as well as strips to make a mummy . Older children can also decorate their creations with wings, a hat, teeth or hair made from construction paper.

Haunted Maple Leaves

What if you took advantage of a family walk to collect beautiful maple leaves and at the same time create pretty ghosts to decorate the house?

Back in the heat, cover each sheet with white paint using a brush or pad to prevent it from flaking, then let them dry. With a black marker, then draw the eyes and mouth of your ghosts. All that remains is to lightly cut the top of the leaf to give it a rounded edge, as well as its stem, and that’s it!

Floating ghosts

Let it be said, there can never be too many ghosts in a Halloween setting, especially if they are floating in the air in an inexplicable way.

Get as many white or transparent balloons as you want ghosts and inflate them to different sizes. Then attach fishing line or black thread to each knot so that you can hang your haunted balloons, for example from a tree. Then cover them with a sheer curtain or a white fabric that you have pierced in the middle to pass the wire through. Finally, using a thick pen, all you have to do is draw them a sinister look.

Bottles dripping with wax

Don’t throw away your wine bottles anymore when you can transform them into gloomy decorative objects as you wish!

First of all, sit in a place sheltered from drafts and at children’s height, and don’t forget to protect your work surface so as not to damage it. Then place a candle in each of the necks and let the wax flow until it is completely consumed. Don’t hesitate to use candles of different colors and peel off the label beforehand for an even more mysterious effect!

Brain in formalin

Here is a centerpiece that is sure to make your guests shiver… and which can even be enjoyed afterwards!

To realize this experience worthy of a horror film, you must first have a cauliflower, on which you will draw red lines with food coloring and a cotton swab. Put it in the refrigerator for a few hours, then place it in a large glass jar before covering it with water. Add a few drops of soy sauce to lightly brown the liquid and make that formalin-soaked brain even more disgusting.

Above all, be creative and let your imagination run wild.

We wish you a happy Halloween!