Terrifying Halloween Decorations That Will Send Shivers Down Your Spine
Halloween is all about spooky decor, creative costumes, and a bit of fun fright. It’s also the perfect time to dive into some easy DIY crafts. These beginner-friendly projects are simple to make, use a variety of materials, and will add the perfect handmade touch to your Halloween setup.
Mason jars
A head in a jar is guaranteed to give anyone a quick scare. To make it look convincing, use three photos of a person’s head and merge them in an editing program for a 3D effect. Add a greenish or yellow tint for realism, laminate the image, and place it in a clear jar. Hide it in the fridge or a cupboard for the perfect Halloween prank.Check out Instructables for more details.
Boo burlap
Not all Halloween decor needs to be terrifying. Try something playful by making paper bats and attaching them to wooden skewers to place in small planters or buckets. Add a simple “BOO” label for a fun, festive touch that’s more charming than chilling. If you want to know more about how to make the ensemble, check out Thediyvillage.
DIY Halloween Severed Head
Who knew a severed head could look so…artistic? This is one of those projects you can’t wait to try for yourself and which always comes out different, as it should. If you’re interested in how this decoration came to be, you should know it started out as a blank foam display head.
After a makeup session, it seemed like it was almost ready to be put on a pedestal. The final touch was some cheese cloth dipped in fabric stiffener and coffee which was tightly molded onto the head, forming loose ruffles at the base.
Mason jar ghost
Ghosts this tiny wouldn’t really scare anyone unless they’re tiny too in which case the decoration makes total sense. You never know when some tiny evil elves may come to visit you so it’s best to be prepared just in case.
You can make this using a glass jar, some styrofoam balls and disks, a little bit of moss, a few twigs, gauze, some glue and a sharpie. You can display your ghost in a jar on the fireplace mantel, the window sill or basically anywhere you want. You can find the full tutorial for this craft on Masonjarcraftslove.
Harvest yard sign
You can momentarily turn your yard or garden into a graveyard. You can put up some tombstones which you can make out of some reclaimed wood or plywood, even cardboard. For the scene to truly be spooky you should also add some skeletons or to scatter some body parts around.
You can make it look like some of the deceased are trying to come out of the ground or that the grim reaper is watching over them. In any case, you can get creative with this in lots of ways.
Mummy Mason Jars
These mummy jars strike the perfect balance between spooky and cute. To make them, spray-paint glass jars gold, let them dry, then wrap rubber bands around them. Apply a coat of black spray paint over the bands, let it dry, and remove them to reveal the gold lines. Finish with googly eyes or painted ones for a fun Halloween look. {found on itallstartedwithpaint}.
Spider
Spiders are a Halloween classic, and this simple DIY turns them into fun, creepy decorations. Use 8 oz jars as the spider bodies and pipe cleaners for the legs. Spray-paint everything black—mixing matte and glossy finishes for contrast—then glue on googly eyes. It’s an easy project that adds just the right amount of spooky to your decor. Find the full description of this on Masonjarcraftslove.
Horseman
The Headless Horseman is a Halloween classic, and you can bring him to life as a spooky greeter for your home. Use old dark clothes to dress a simple dummy made from MDF and pipes, then place a carved pumpkin in its hand as the missing head. It’s an easy way to make a bold and eerie first impression.{found on hgtv}.
Jack-o-lanterns
Jack-o-lanterns are traditionally carved-out pumpkins but that doesn’t mean you can’t be improvise or be creative. You can make an interesting version of the lantern using a reclaimed wooden pallet. You’ll need a template and a few other things such as some MDF, nails, orange paint and some wire. You can find the complete list of supplies required for this project on hgtv.
Hanging ghost
Maybe you won’t scare a lot of people with these fabric ghosts but you’ll definitely catch their attention. The ghosts are easy to make and there are actually many different methods you can use. For example, you can use balloons and some white fabric or small pillows and even fabric in other colors. Just combine colors in such a way that the eyes and mouth are visible. {found on hgtv}.
Porch Skeleton
A skeleton casually sitting on a rocking chair on your porch is best left alone or complemented with some of the usual fall decor elements such as pumpkins, hay bales or garlands. The idea is to set a decor that doesn’t suggest anything is amiss. You could throw in some crows to set the mood if you want. Check out this setting featured on Nobhilldesign if you need some inspiration.
Tombstones
An idea is also to give your front porch or yard a whole new structure by building some fences or adding some tombstones. you can also make it look like a crash site or like a forgotten land if you add a ton of spider web and debris. Just be prepared to clean it all up when Halloween is over.
Skeletons and coffins
If you want your Halloween decorations to be scary and creepy, the trick is to make it look plausible. For instance, you can come up with a scenario and if you plan on using skeletons and coffins, you can make it look like the skeleton has managed to get out of the coffin or to come out of the ground or to make it seem like it’s blocked behind some boards but could get out to get you any second.
Spooky jack-o-lanterns
There’s no need to go overboard to get the desired effect on Halloween so if you don’t want to invest in a lot of decorations, just make some jack-o-lanterns but make them look spooky. Scatter them around the yard and they’ll look awesome after nightfall. Maybe you could also hang some in the trees or from the roof.
Snakes Wreath
Sometimes the element of surprise is your best option if you want to get some good reactions on Halloween. Let’s say you want to put up a wreath on your front door. Instead of making it the usual fall wreath, full of flowers and berries, make a snake wreath.
That’s right, we’re not even kidding. Don’t worry, the snakes aren’t real but they definitely look great. They’re little plastic snakes painted black like the rest of the wreath. This amazing idea comes from Instructables.
Brush huge eyes
Would you be frightened if a bush or a tree were to suddenly open its huge eyes and look right at you? Probably yes and we’re counting on that when we suggest you bring your front yard or garden to life this Halloween. The idea is very simple actually. You just need to find two round things like two pumpkins for example, paint them all white and then paint the iris and some thin veins radiating from the center. Put them up in a tree or a bush. You can find out more about this from Kitchenfunwithmy3sons.
Giant spider egg sac
A giant spider egg sac seems like a perfectly scary Halloween decoration. the trick is to make it look as real as possible. There’s a nice tutorial about that offered by Marthastewart. For the project you need a foam egg, some white batting, a white stocking, various plastic spiders and a hot glue gun.
Wrap the foam egg in batting and pull the stocking over it. After that, put some small spiders inside, between the batting and the stocking and glue the other ones on the outside. Hang the sac from the ceiling.
Collection of liquor bottles
In this case, it’s all in the details. Sure, this seems like a nice collection of liquor bottles on a table, the usual setting for a party. Look closely however and you’ll see that the labels suggest something different. The custom labels can be printed out and then glued onto the bottles and you can even go a step further and make the contents look like the real deal as well. Check out Fynesdesigns for details.
Blow in dark toilet paper tubes
In order for these decorations to have the desired effect, it needs to be dark around them. Imagine you have a bunch of guests over and suddenly you turn off the lights and it all becomes pitch black, except for a few pairs of glowing eyes that scare everyone as soon as they’re noticed. If you’d like to try this idea, you can follow the simple instructions offered on Rustandsunshine.
Table seating
You can add a spooky touch to your Halloween table setting as well. The table cloth could feature a spider web pattern and you can add a snake table runner as well. You can do this yourself using nothing more than toy rubber snakes (you can also throw in some siders and insects as well), black spray paint and glue.
Flower pots
Most people use planters to grow beautiful flowers but there’s nothing scary about that. Since it’s Halloween, a bunch of severed hands would be much more appropriate. Fill the pots with soil and then insert the hands but not before you punched them with skewers so they stand up straight. You can paint some blood on them to make them look ever scarier.
Window Decoration
We’ll end with a project that needs to be seen from a distance to be fully appreciated. The idea is to make your home look like a haunted house by decorating the windows with creepy silhouettes of zombies, people without heads and all sorts of other spooky things. You can use templates or you can make the silhouettes yourself. All you need to know about these Halloween silhouettes is on Makezine.
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