Happy Halloween Home Decor Ideas We Love!

If your home is anything like mine, your children have been buzzing about Halloween for months!  But it's not all about the candy, my kids love the costumes and even more the Halloween Home decor!  It's a fun way to get everyone involved and it's a holiday where you can go overboard and just have fun!  It can be cute or scary...the possibilities are endless.

Here are some of our favourites for the holiday


1.  Witches are a must at Halloween and this one is so easy, all you need is some paint (any shade of green will do), a sharpie, a hat, glasses (optional) and some fall leaves (again optional).  Paint your pumpkin, place it so the stem/nose is facing out and add the decor.  If you are in the pumpkin patch and want a witch that is even spookier look for a pumpkin with lots of bumps or look for a bunch of pumpkins of various shapes and sizes and make a pack of witches, those would look great at on the front step either running up the steps or packed together on a bench or bail of hay. this is perfect for the little ones!



2.  Candy corn, yum!  This is the perfect pinata for a Halloween party or an October Birthday party.  Pinatas take a bit of time to make but they are so much fun!  Fill them up with little toys, stickers, crayons and candy!  For the exterior decor, this one is textured with bits of crushed up tissue paper that are glued to the outside which is a fun craft you can do with the kids or to keep it simple just use paint.



3. Go Glam with your pumpkins!  Perfect for a party for the grown-ups.  Use various pumpkins for interior decor.  Wash them off and use glue and glitter and stencils to make spooky images on your pumpkins.  And just like this image, look for different colours of pumpkins and shapes too





4.  We love these Monster Doors!  Again, so much fun and a great craft to do with the kids and you can do these inside as well (think of all the doors you have inside the house!)  This is also a fun activity for teachers at school, you could have the whole school participate.  You can use any materials you like, get creative and have fun!

 

5. Halloween Mummy wreath for the door requires a bit more effort so maybe a more appropriate activity for older children but it's still lots of fun.  What you need: grapevine wreath, white or silver spray paint (do this outside), latex glove with stuffing like cotton, cardboard, torn fabric. Glow in the dark worms in spray painted wreath

 

6.  Bats, bats, bats!  So simple yet effective!  Cut out bats or various sizes in black construction paper (or stiff black felt, if you want to re-use for future Halloweens) and tape to the exterior.  This would also look great on a light colour garage door or inside at the front entry. I love the clumped effect here, scary but not too scary.  Looks great in the day time, too.

7. Broomstick parking!  simple and humorous.  Re-use those summer planters, add some fall foliage or fake leaves and a bunch of broomsticks, you could even add a spooky sign in chalkboard paint that reads
" Parking for Witches"






 8. Love these luminaries! Another use of mason jars!  Follow these instructions: One layer of acrylic craft paint on the OUTSIDE of the jar was enough for these, but you can add another if you like.Use a Sharpie marker to draw on the face, then  simply painted the facial features with black paint.Once it has dried for a few hours (the longer the better), spray on two coats of clear glaze and light the candles while they are inside the jars.  These could be used outside or inside....





9. Double duty decor!!  Try re-using an outdoor lit Christmas tree, plug it in and add a sheet of white fabric and some black marker or paper for eyes and a mouth.  Or if you want to get more elaborate, take a tomato cage, put it upside down, re-use those white Christmas lights and add the sheet.





10.  Creepy spider webs made from black trash bags!  Love this idea and again so easy!  Click here for the step by step and all you need are scissors, clear tape and trash bags!

Be the Haunted House on your street this Halloween

Halloween isn't that far away, so now it is time to start planning ahead to get ready to make your home the spookiest on the street

1.  Spiderweb doormat:  using a basic black door mat you can use white paint to create a spiderweb on the black fabric of the door mat.

2.  Paper lanterns:  light up the stairs to your front door with paper lanterns, you can make your own paper lanterns out of lunch bags and try adding some eerie touches with bats and spiders.  Or get the kids to make their own paper lanterns. Use votive candles to keep them lit.

3.  Plant a witch? Re-purpose your flower urns or planters this Halloween, take some bendable mannequin legs (available online) and dress them up in striped stockings and wicked witch-y shoes.  "Plant" them upside down in your planter and add some moss for a full effect.

4.  Give'm the creeps with crawly things: check out your local dollar store for some spiderweb decor or use cheese cloth.  And now add some spooky spiders to the mix and make them yourself - using various sizes of Styrofoam balls, paint them black, use toothpick to keep them together and use black pipe cleaners for legs.  Stick your extra large spiders to your decorative cobwebs.

5.  Garage door = blank canvas: use this space to create a frightening scene.  Add some spooky silhouettes of witches, cauldrons, bats and ghosts.  If you garage door is already black in colour, add some yellow 'crime scene' tape - urging other to stay back!!

6.  Front yard cemetery.  Check out your local Halloween superstore or even grocery store for some pre-made headstones, add some accents to the headstones like cobwebs, spiders and some random skeletons around the front yard to create a creepy cemetery scene

7.  Ghosts in the wind.  Using old white sheets (or white fabric) , blown up balloons and some twine - you can have your very own ghosts.  Hang the fabric over the balloon and use the twine to tie around the 'neck' of the ghost and hang it in the tree or by the front porch.  If it's windy out it will look very real!

8.  If you love these ideas, but still want more - check out this link: http://www.bhg.com/halloween/outdoor-decorations/halloween-outdoor-makeover/#page=17