Creative Handmade Halloween Decor
30 tutorials published
Six ways to decorate a pumpkin without carving it: paint, paper cutouts, wraps, felt, thumbtacks and tape, with surface prep and a guide to which methods come off cleanly.
A small, sensible kit of Halloween craft supplies: what to buy first, what can wait, what to reuse from home, and a substitute for every item on the list.
Not sure which Halloween project to make first? Pick by time, mess and skill, then follow a simple three-piece plan to decorate one room without getting overwhelmed.
Build a branch centerpiece hung with paper bats over pumpkins, moss and battery fairy lights, then try two variations: a low tray for dinner tables and a cake-stand pumpkin stack.
Make three sheet ghosts for the lawn from garden stakes, foam balls and old white fabric, with tips on safe placement, trimming the hem and bringing them in during wind and rain.
A styling guide for no-carve pumpkin groups: odd numbers, three sizes, two or three colors, risers for height, leafy fillers and a tray, plus how to protect surfaces under real pumpkins.
Accordion-fold paper strips, join them into rosettes, lock each one flat with a center disc and hang three sizes in an overlapping cluster for a party wall.
Turn mismatched glass jars and bottles into a curiosity-shop shelf display with moss, pinecones, blank kraft tags, twine and glue drips that look like wax. Decoration only.
Layer leaves in one direction on a grapevine ring, wire on three lightweight craft pumpkins off-center, and add a few black accents you can remove once Halloween is over.
A beginner guide to simple porch and yard decor: pumpkins on the steps, a door wreath, fabric ghosts and silhouettes on stakes, solar or battery lights, and basic weather care.
Build a photo wall in three layers: a dark base sheet, vertical streamers or fringe, then paper fans, bats and a yarn web, with pumpkins at the floor and battery lights.
Cut felt or cotton pennants from one cardstock template, decorate each with a simple Halloween shape instead of letters, and string them on twine with knots for even spacing.
A styling guide for the inside of the front door and a narrow hallway: one console vignette, a dressed door, bats rising up the wall and flameless light, with the walking path kept clear.
Two no-sew ways to turn fabric scraps into plump pumpkins, with fabric advice, twig and felt stems, and an approximate size chart based on the circle you cut.
Turn a wooden embroidery hoop into a light, airy spider web wreath with twine spokes, a woven spiral, a small spider and a cluster of leaves at the rim.
