30 Halloween Crafts You'll Actually Want To Display In Your House
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Halloween decorations usually fall into one of two categories: scary or kitschy. But there's good news, there is a way to decorate for the Fall season that doesn't involve an oversized skeleton or faux spiderwebs. The best Halloween crafts blend a cute idea with precise execution. And many are fun for the entire family to participate in making. Plus there's nothing better than responding to a compliment with "thanks! I made it."
A few easy Halloween crafts include pumpkin painting, paper bag monsters, and on-theme garlands to display during this year's Halloween party. The kind of decorations and crafts that you can make during Halloween are limitless. And many can be made with materials you already have at home like paper towel rolls and construction paper. Create votives about of miniature pumpkins, or make your child's costume for trick or treating. No matter if your ambition and ability is large or small, amateur or professional, we've rounded up the 35 best Halloween crafts to make this year.
Sugar, Sugar
This colorful sugar skull planter would make a creative Halloween centerpiece. Bonus: It'll double as Dia de Los Muertos decor!
Get the tutorial at Sugar and Charm.
Get Lit with DIY Skull Candles
As long as the candles aren't black flame, you're good to light them up!
Get the tutorial at Earnest Home Co.
Monster-Mash Ready
Welcome all your party guests with a quirky and colorful Halloween banner.
Get the tutorial at Tell Love and Party.
More: How to Throw a Fun Adults-Only Halloween Party
Cutest Candles Ever
These mini pumpkins candles aren't just totally adorbs, they also smell heavenly. Use cinnamon flavor to amp up the pumpkin pie smell.
Get the tutorial at Hello Glow.
Cheers!
A party isn't a party without drinks. These easy, DIY decals will turn your standard copper mugs into spooktacular Halloween glassware.
Get the tutorial at Sugar & Cloth.
Bring The Party To Your Pumpkins
A confetti pumpkin = instant party.
Get the tutorial at The Crafted Life.
Ghost-mojis
Imagine how cool these would look in your Halloween photo booth?!
Get the tutorial at Aww Sam.
Who Invited You, Orange & Black?
Paint mini pumpkins your favorite bright colors and use them to make a wreath. As long as there's pumpkins involved, it's still seasonally appropriate.
Get the tutorial at Lovely Indeed
Sash(a) Fierce
Step it up from last year's pumpkin vase and decorate the actual gourd with a sash of blooms. A drill can quickly poke holes through the rind in whatever pattern that comes to mind.
Get the tutorial at Good Housekeeping.
Go For The Gold
Cover faux pumpkins with metallic paint and no one will know the difference. Just hot glue them to a wreath form and hang before trick-or-treating.
Get the tutorial at Good Housekeeping.
Here For the Boos
Scrape off the label, and a bottle of red works as both party decor and good, old-fashioned booze.
Get the tutorial at Woman's Day.
Spooky Succulents
It doesn't get any cuter than these mini skull planters. Fill glassware with soil instead of liquor for a skeleton crew of teeny-tiny plants.
Color-Block Party
Don't worry about laying down newspaper for this paint-free idea. Colorful balloons make "dip-dying" a literal snap — just get the opaque ones!
Get the tutorial at Good Housekeeping.
Tote-ally Rad
Stash all of your treats (and tricks) in a cute bag ready for fall. If cats aren't your thing? Carve another Halloween motif into a potato stamp and create your own graphic pattern.
Get the tutorial at Good Housekeeping.
Garland Goals
Does a row of black cats bring more good luck or bad? You'll soon find out.
Get the tutorial at Country Living.
Scary-Good Wreath
Try your hand at weaving a web for your door, or check out even more Halloween wreath ideas for a spooky welcome.
Get the tutorial at Good Housekeeping.
Wicked Awesome Cocktails
A strong drink never looked so bewitching. Top liquor bottles with tiny witch hats and serve the not-so-poisonous brew with a broomstick stirrer.
Get the tutorial at Country Living.
Foliage FTW!
Admire the colorful leaves long after they've dropped to the ground with an all-natural decoration you can leave up through Thanksgiving.
Get the tutorial at Good Housekeeping.
Go Candy Crazy
In honor of the too-short candy corn season, glue as many as you can onto a wreath form that literally looks good enough to eat.
Get the tutorial at Woman's Day.
Pump(kin) It Up!
Stop what you're doing and make teeny pumpkin planters. In black and gold, they're insanely chic.
Get the tutorial at Posh Little Designs.
Bling, Bling
Bead garland is inexpensive, but it looks elegant when wrapped around a pumpkin. Gold makes for a classy contrast, but you can also try black or purple for classic Halloween colors.
Get the tutorial at Yahoo! DIY.
Skulls That Sparkle
When serving guests Halloween punch, double-down on the theme and pop in a glittery skull or candy corn stirrer.
Get the tutorial at The Chic Site.
Macrame Magic
Adapt this retro decor accent for the spooky season by trading potted plants for chubby pumpkins.
Get the tutorial at Adventures In Making.
Squash Goals
Dressed in black lace, a group of squash turns into a subtle Halloween centerpiece.
Get the tutorial at Flax & Twine.
Stacks on Stacks on Stacks
Painted in chic shades, a handful of small pumpkins look beautiful in a hurricane vase. We especially love the singular sparkly accent.
Get the tutorial at Busy Mommy.
Bat-Sh*t Crazy
One live bat? Terrifying. One DIY bat? Chintzy. But a bevy of tiny black paper bats? That's a surprisingly stylish wreath we can get behind.
Get the tutorial at Little Red Window.
A Mad Tea Party
Instead of carving out your pumpkins for the front porch steps, scoop them out for a spot of tea. The big guy becomes the teapot.
Get the tutorial at Thirsty for Tea.
Frame Paper
This eclectic picture frame stars scrapbook paper and Scrabble tiles.
Get the tutorial at My Blessed Life.
Spooktacular Garland
Use a variety of orange tones when you create these simple origami pumpkins. String them across a mantle for a hint at the spooky season.
Get the tutorial at My Poppet Makes.
All That Glitters
Place an arrangement of fall florals into a carved out pumpkin jazzed up with metallic gold paint.
Get the tutorial at Vicky Barone.
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