Saturday, 21 September 2013


Halloween crafts serve as the most exciting idea for spooky fun. Anything from a cotton stuffed stitched ghost to an interesting pumpkin, all can be major fun for guests. The best thing when designing crafts is spending quality time with friends and families and using relatively inexpensive prices for producing the final product. Here, take a look at the variety of Halloween craft ideas you can have to notch up the mood of Halloween party.




Craft Ideas


1.       The most favorite of all is spinning a Jack O’ Lantern. This is an excellent way of letting your creativity reflect through designing the Jack O lantern. You can simply design anything by using a pumpkin and a knife and sculpting out triangle eyes and also a smiley face. After you have totally carved out the pumpkin, fill with candles in it and so you have the most beautiful Halloween decoration.

2.       Another most excellent craft idea would be to carve out non-perishable Jack O’ lanterns. What you can do is take an empty pot and then turn it upside down. Use orange paint all over the pot and when the paint is dry, use yellow paint to mark out eyes and mouth on the pot. Once your craft is complete, fit a broken twig inside the hole of the pot and make it look most adorable and also environmentally friendly.

3.       There are other ways of creating exciting crafts and one of the most interesting ways is crafting a life sized skeleton by using milk jug head and plastic pipes. What you do is connect the pipes and shape them into a skeleton and there you have it hanging in the porch.

4.       Children love to craft spider webs. Start by drawing spider’s web with a pencil on thin white paper or large sheet of wax paper. Do not forget to use carving lines so as to produce a stunning effect. Use white glue over the lines and sprinkle some glitter. When done, hang the web on windows.

5.       If you are ready to celebrate Halloween, then you must know how to make Halloween masks. Use paper plate to carve out Halloween masks. Draw a pumpkin shape on the paper plate and then use scissors to trim it up. Then, cut out nose, eyes and mouth to resemble a Jack O’ lantern. Paint the pumpkin in orange hue and add strings on either side. The idea is to hang the mask.

6.       There are some amazing Halloween craft ideas that require you only use egg cartons. What you do is use the cartons to craft out bats. It can look lovely when bats are hung together. The first step is to use three egg cups attached to one row. Then cut the front and back of the cups so as to simulate wings. Your next step is to paint the bat black. Add googly eyes and hang the beautifully designed bats from ceilings. When done, you will surely have an effective display.

7.       Why not manifest crafting skills by creating amazing party invitations? There are some interesting and engaging ways of creating Halloween party invitations. These invitations need to be scary and based on themes. You simply need a paper, a pair of scissors, and some colored pencils or crayons. Added to these, you might also need some accessories to smarten up the show.

8.       You can never run out of ideas when Halloween is round the corner. Make a scarecrow and hang it in the front yard. To make it highly interesting and invigorating, use old shirt and jeans and stuff them with straws to bring out a dramatic effect. Use a plastic pumpkin for the head and your Halloween craft is ready.

9.       Have you ever thought of creating hand printed ghosts? No, then use non-toxic white paint smeared on your palm with fingers held together. Press your hand on a black paper and then use a pair of scissors to cut around the hands. Leave a little bit of black on the edges. Do not forget to paint black holes for mouth and eyes. Hang it loose in rooms or in the corridors and see how much they add to the fun.


10.   For ladies, this is good news. Use pumpkin seeds to make necklace. Use a sturdy needle for threading the seeds and do not forget to paint the seeds in varied colors.    

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