DIY Halloween Decorations

Trick-or-treating and dressing up is loads of fun, but if you want to make it a holiday to remember, these Halloween craft projects will make your house the talk of the town. If you want to know what to craft at Halloween, you’re in the right place!

We’ve got some super-scary DIY Halloween decorations for kids and adults to provide that extra spook-factor for those who dare to knock on your door on October 31st!

Whether you’re an eerie expert or a bloodcurdling beginner, where homemade Halloween decorations are concerned, we’ve got you covered!

Before we start, a quick word of caution. Most of these Halloween craft projects use things from the toolbox including scissors, glue and paint so please be very careful and make sure an adult is present to undertake these tasks. There are loads of great homemade halloween decorations for you to make to create a truly spooky house! Now, it’s time to make Halloween a night to remember!

One of the homemade Halloween decorations that’s guaranteed to frighten your friends and family are these scary spider jars. All you need are some big glass jars or vases, small plastic spiders from the toy shop, glow sticks and a bag of cotton wool balls. Glue the spiders to the inside of the jar and add a couple of glow sticks and the cotton wool.

Carving pumpkins is a classic Halloween decoration, but for an even more gruesome twist, this Halloween arts and crafts project is hard to beat! Instead of eyes and a mouth, carve round holes out of the pumpkin and in each hole, put small plastic toy mice or lizards facing inwards and outwards and then one on top for good measure!

If you’re wondering what to craft at Halloween and you’re expecting loads of kids to come trick-or-treating, then your front door is the perfect canvas! Using paper or felt or off-cuts of fabric, you can create teeth, scars, eyes and a mouth with wonky teeth and hang plastic spiders or fake bugs from the knocker!

If you’ve got trees in your front garden, this is one of the easiest – and scariest – DIY Halloween decorations. All you need to do for this one is to make some scary cat eyes from cardboard, paint them black and yellow and stick them to your trees. For an added touch of terror, use fluorescent paint or markers so they show up in the dead of night…!

This is super-easy and super-spooky, in fact Halloween craft projects don’t come much simpler than this! All you need to do is blow up half-a-dozen white balloons and draw the classic eyes and open mouth with a black marker pen. Add white and black streamers for a more ghostly, floaty look.

Have you ever noticed how much a cauliflower without its leaves looks like a human brain? Fill some large glass jars with water and drop in a cauliflower for a quick and easy Halloween arts and crafts project that will scare anyone who sees them! For added realism, spray paint the veggies a light pink colour and add coffee-stained labels to the jars with a name and date of death!

This is definitely one of the most fun answers to the question ‘what to craft at Halloween?’ All you need for this one is a big pack of wobbly googly eyes and stick them on the fruit and veg in the fridge or the bowl. Anyone reaching for an apple or an avocado will get the fright of their lives. Also, the eyes aren’t limited to food. Put them anywhere to scare everyone. After all, that’s what Halloween is all about!

These DIY Halloween decorations require cardboard, wood and a big mallet so ensure you have the proper safety equipment and make sure an adult is present. The first bit is easy – paint some big squares of cardboard white with red painted blood drips around the edges and write creepy signs on them for the trick-or-treaters. Like the old favourite ‘abandon hope all ye who enter here’ or ‘warning, this house is haunted’ or ‘knock if you dare’. Then, fix them to the wooden stakes and either lean them up against your garden wall or hammer them into the grass. You’ll soon find out who’s brave enough to come calling!