Halloween season is so much fun! It provides the perfect opportunity to get creative and brush off your crafting and sewing supplies. Here are 10 fun creative ideas to decorate your house for Halloween.
Crafty Ideas to Decorate your House for Halloween
1. Hang a Garland
Make a fun garland to string up around the house. String them across windows, doorways or along a mantle or shelf. Get your kids involved to and make it an activity you do together.
Craft Felt Pom Pom Tutorial
Paper Plate Candy Corn Bunting Tutorial
I made these with my kids one year and they are so easy and fun! Just 4 paper plates were enough to spread across our triple window.
2. Make a yarn spider web
One of our houses had a half wall in our entryway where we would string a hug spiderweb out of gray yarn. Ours looked like this big spiderweb tutorial. I don't have a great picture but you can see it to the side of our table in this picture. We were making Haunted mansion graham cracker houses during our mini Halloween Party.
You could also string a spider web into an empty picture frame like this one from That Crazy Craft Lady
3. Add a wreath to your front door
I found this yarn wrapped bat wreath idea on Pinterest years ago when yarn wreaths were popular. The moon and bat are cut out of felt and hotglued onto cereal cardboard.
Sometimes to add another layer stretch a long piece of cheese cloth behind my wreath to make it look like a spiderweb is behind it.
4. DIY Tombstones in the front yard
Make thes fake tombstones out of styrofoam packing board. Just cut them out and paint them with acrylic paint. Your kids will have fun thinking up creative names for them. Don't forget to add the birth and death years.
5. Make Big Felt bats for Outdoor Decor
Cut big bats out of felt to hang up outside using this free tutorial
How to make Big Felt Bats
6. Make a Spider Web Pillow
Decorate inside with fun pillows like this Spiderweb Pillow by Pieces by Polly. I sewed one up years ago and we enjoy it every season. Here's a tutorial similar to the one I made.
7. Sew up a Skeleton or Mummy Buddy
Here's a fun project you can sew up using a fun printed fabric panel by Riley Blake. He's called Mr. Bones Skeleton, and there is a mummy out there too. Find tips for how to put Mr. Bones together in this post...
5 Tips to Make Mr. Bones Skeleton
8. Make a Bat Mini Quilt
Make a beginner friendly Halloween Bat Mini Quilt that you can hang up for the season or use as a table topper. It's a fun Halloween sewing project to make and use up some of that cute Halloween fabric you've collected!
Halloween Bat Mini Quilt Tutorial
9. Haunted Mansion Countdown Calendar
Make a Halloween countdown calendar! This cute calendar is made from a simple printed felt panel. All you have to do is cut it out fold up the pockets and stitch along the lines. See how to make it this my Haunted Mansion countdown Instagram reel.
10. Sew a Ghost Pillow
Make a cute Pottery Barn inspired Ghost Pillow using this Free tutorial. The perfect Halloween decor to add to your couch or entryway bench.
Thats the end of my list for now! What about you? What crafty ways do you decorate your house for Halloween? Let me know in the comments below!
I hope you enjoyed this list of ideas? If you make something from this list, I'd love to see it. Tag me on Instagram @bluesusanmakes
