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    Spooky season is just around the corner. We all want our homes to look scary on Halloween and you can do this on a budget from everyday household items. We want to show you the best homemade Halloween decorations that you can place around your home!

    With our DIY homemade decorating ideas, we will make sure your house looks scary on Halloween! There are many great ideas for kids and the whole family to get involved in and make Halloween a scary night to remember.

    child making homemade halloween decorations

    Halloween Pumpkins

    homemade halloween pumpkins
    A very basic but practical idea. All you need is mini pumpkins and your creative minds. The pumpkins can be decorated on with bright coloured drawings, stickers or even carving the pumpkin itself. Each family member can make their own designs up, drawing pumpkin faces to make it look like a Halloween decoration.

    You can draw a scary face on the pumpkins or even carve out the face. Don’t forget to place a candle inside the pumpkin to make it look terrifying on the day! If you don’t want to use real pumpkins you can always use plastic pumpkins and draw faces on them.

    The spooky pumpkins can be placed inside or outside the house, scaring all your neighbours on Halloween!

    Jack O’ Lanterns, orange peels

    orange peels of jack o lantern
    Instead of pumpkins try orange peels instead. It’s cheap and you’re not wasting your peels. All you need to do is get an orange, make sure you scoop out the inside of the orange. After this you can cut or carve the orange’s face into Jack O’ Lantern for Halloween! This is a quick and creative decoration which lets everyone get involved!

    These little decorations can be placed all around the house with a little candle inside to make it glow. This would also be a great outdoor decor to scare everyone on Halloween!

    Paper Pumpkins

    craft set for halloween
    Another easy craft for kids is a paper pumpkin, all you need is orange tissue paper and green tape. Place the orange tissue paper into a round ball and place the green tape at the top of the ball.

    One completed draw on a little scary face and your paper pumpkin is done. This is a great idea for kids to help get involved with Halloween and to also be creative too!

    Spooky Pumpkins

    black and white pumpkin decorations
    All you need is a pumpkin, black paint and white paint. This is a quick and easy idea for kids. You need to paint the whole pumpkin black. Once dried with your white paint you can write BOO on the pumpkins to make it extra scary. If not you can also draw little ghosts on each painted pumpkin to make your house a Halloween theme.

    If you do not have black and white paint, you can always use acrylic paint or spray paint. This is a fun and messy idea for the whole family to get involved in. If you want to make the pumpkin more attractive, you can place googly eyes or even plastic spiders.

    Balloons

    collection of halloween balloons
    Don’t let your balloons go to waste. Turn them into Halloween decorations! You can either have orange or white balloons for this fun craft idea. On the orange balloons with a black pen draw on a scary face or skeleton face! The white coloured balloons can be seen as little ghosts, you can draw the ghost’s faces on each balloon.

    The balloons can then be placed or stuck onto the walls around each of the rooms! This fun decoration idea lets everyone draw their scary faces onto the balloons! Just make sure you don’t accidentally pop the balloons!

    Rubbish Bag Ghosts

    ghosts as bin bags
    Now this may sound silly but trust me it’s a great creative idea. If you have any white garbage bags and a ball this will be easy to make. You can use real sports balls or use balloons. After this place the white rubbish bag over the ball and tie the neck of the ghost with some strips of another rubbish bag.

    Then all you need to do is draw a scary face onto the front of the ball and you’re done. A quick and easy homemade Halloween decoration!

    Garland of Ghosts

    row of homemade halloween decorations of ghosts
    This fun ghost craft idea is going to give your house an extra spooky touch! All you need is loads of white paper, fold the white paper in half still keeping them together. Draw a little ghost onto the white paper then get your scissors. Cut around the ghost image leaving the folded side of the ghost untouched. After this pull your ghost apart and you will have a row of ghosts altogether!

    This Halloween decor idea can be placed around the fireplace or along the walls of your house to make it extra creepy! If you’re feeling even more creative you stick fake spiders onto the wall with the ghosts to make your walls stand out!

    Paper Bats

    homemade halloween decorations of paper bats
    This is one of my favourite designs for Halloween. You need black paper for this one, you can use a template of a bat or just draw it yourself. After this, you can cut out the drawing and place googly eyes on each bat. If you want to make the bat scarier looking, why not add red paint for the eyes and drops of red paint around its mouth? To make it look like real blood! Spooky right?

    Toilet Paper Tubes

    homemade halloween decorations of toilet tubes characters
    Instead of throwing the tubes away why not make something exciting out of it? Each toilet paper tube you have can be painted or designed as a different character for Halloween. You can use white spray paint and draw a little ghost or green spray paint and draw Frankenstein!

    You can also use black spray paint and turn the little tubes into cats by drawing cat faces on them! This is great for everyone as each family member can pick a character they want to design! Sounds like a great homemade Halloween decorations!

    Fake Spiders

    spider on wall
    We know most people are scared of spiders, so why not make them for Halloween? You can use black balloons or cut a circle out of black paper. After this, you will need to stick on six legs, three on each side of black pipe cleaners. This will make the spider come to life and look more realistic.

    Don’t forget to bend each pipe cleaner so it looks like the spider had been walking around. You can then draw on your face with two long fangs and big scary eyes! This scary but imaginative design can be placed outside your door on Halloween or on the stairs as party decorations!

    Zombie Glass Jars

    homemade halloween decorations of zombie glass jars
    Sorry adults I think we need to empty out all the jars for this design! Get an empty jar and wrap it with a first aid bandage. This will make the effect of a scary zombie! Then you can add your googly eyes to the front of each jar. Hey, presto you’re done, quick and easy. If you don’t have any glass jars you can always use glass bottles too!

    You can even use this jar as a candy jar to put all your favourite candy in there! If you want the jar to stand out even more instead of putting candy in there, place a battery-powered tea light candle or an actual candle inside. This will light the jar up and the bandages will stand out too.

    Have you found the perfect homemade Halloween decorations to design your house with? Whether you are making zombie glass jars or paper bats We hope you have found the right homemade Halloween decorations for the scariest night of the year!

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