loveandanarchy: Halloween Decor DIY

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Halloween Decor DIY

Halloween Decor DIY:
Have any cool Halloween DIY ideas to share? Leave a comment! I'll be sending out some FREE Printables!

1. Halloween Paper Bats: Using 4-6 sheets of construction paper, good scissors, printable bat template (download below), and scotch tape. Create a "path" for the bats to travel along rather than hanging them randomly.

Halloween Paper Bats

2. Black and White Halloween decor: Group some black spray-painted frames and mirrors and hang. Use a black tray or platter to display mini white pumpkins. Use white candles on a chic black candleabra. Spiderwebs over everything to give the extra creepy effect!

Black and White Halloween Decor

3. Creepy Halloween Party Food: Replace your Jello Brain Mold this year with instant Flan (find it near the jello boxes). It already has that creamy look, but by adding a few drops of red food color to the caramel sauce, it looks quite bloody! Take it to the next level by displaying it with a large knife or cleaver. For the Bread Bones, get a can of french bread dough (e.g. Pillsbury) and divide into pieces with a sharp knife. Roll into finger sized pieces, and cut each end about 1". Round out the ends and bake in about half the suggested time. For a "dirty bones" look, sprinkle black sesame seeds on before baking. Serve with a guacamole!

Halloween Party Food - Brain Flan (or Jello), Bread Bones

4. Witch's Bottles of Potions - Use old wine bottles, beer bottles, and jars. Soak in hot water to remove labels. Use some twine and a little Elmer's Glue to wrap around neck of bottles. Soak a green or yellow highlighter in water for a few hours to overnight, pour into the jars and turn on a black light.

Want some free printable labels? Leave a comment below!

5. Black Light Decor - Get black light paint from a craft store like Michael's, Use a neon posterboard, draw a scene with sharpie, and paint areas with black light paint. Use an old beat up frame and splatter some of the black light paint on the frame for a 3-dimensional look.

Black light paint & Poster paper in a frame

6. "Black & Cheese" - More party food! You can use homemade or out of the box mac & cheese - creep it up by adding a few drops of black food coloring to the milk and cheese at the end. Looks disgusting, but tastes delicious!