Halloween is a traditional European and American holiday with ancient Celtic roots. Today, many Russians celebrate it. After all, this is a great reason to diversify your everyday life and participate in something mysterious, mystical and always fun. A variety of Halloween crafts for decorating the interior can be done with your own hands from improvised materials. Especially for you - a selection of the best and simplest ideas for thematic creativity.
Holiday symbols
The traditional colors of Halloween are black and all yellow-orange colors. You can also use red shades, you can not do without white elements. The main characters of the holiday: Jack's pumpkin, ghosts, bats and spiders. Do not forget also about witches and sorcerers, skeletons and black cats. As ideas for inspiration, you can use everything mystical and gloomy. However, remember: Halloween crafts do not have to look sinister. Even ghosts and skeletons can be nice and friendly. Focus on your own taste, use images from animation and good films. It is interesting to note the eve of All Saints Day will be the children. If there are kids in your family, avoid too scary and negative images when making home decor and table decorations.
Cut the pumpkin
One of the main characters of Halloween is Jack's lantern. This is a hollow pumpkin with a face carved on it and a candle inside. Anyone can make such a craft. First you need to take a fresh pumpkin and carefully cut the top so that subsequently it is easily put in place. After that, with the help of a knife and a spoon, it is necessary to remove the flesh. The inside of a pumpkin can be used to make any kind of food. Try to scrape the walls of the vegetable well - thanks to this, the finished lamp will last longer. Once the pumpkin is peeled, you can proceed to the most interesting part of the process. Make a stencil or draw a face directly on the vegetable, then cut it along the contours with a sharp knife. Halloween pumpkin crafts can be decorated not only in the form of a traditional Jack lantern, but also have a different pattern. Sometimes whole mystical paintings or just bats, or even decorative silhouettes, are cut out on these vegetables. A small candle is placed in the finished pumpkin, and the lid closes.
The bats
One of the main characters of Halloween is bats. It is easiest to make them from black cardboard. Prepare patterns of different sizes and cut out the required number of figures. Mice look most impressive against a light background, but if the walls of your house are dark, try hanging hangings from gauze or a transparent grid. Figures can be hung on vertical surfaces using double-sided tape. You can also make pendants from them, securing with a fishing line. No less interesting will be the garland of bats. To do this, fasten the figures with ribbons or strips of paper. And how do you like this tree?
Casts
Doing crafts on Halloween with your own hands, do not disregard the images of spirits and otherworldly entities. Try to make a cast. The most interesting are volumetric translucent gauze figures. Start with making the frame - take a bottle of the right size, make your hands out of wire, outline the head, securing the ball on the neck. Soak gauze in a starch solution or PVA glue and gently spread on the base, then leave to dry completely. Even Halloween can make such Halloween crafts. The dried gauze should harden and retain its shape. A similar figure can be made by covering the frame with an opaque white fabric and discreetly fixing it with pins. The finished cast needs to draw or glue the eyes and mouth.
DIY do-it-yourself Halloween crafts
What decorations and decorative items for the home can be made for the holiday with the children? Try decorating decorative cups or flower pots. Take suitable containers and glue them with colored paper, making thematic drawings using the technique of application or painting. You can simply wrap the glass with a bandage, and then make your eyes and mouth - and you get a nice mummy. Put flowers in pots in large pots, and put candies in small pots. Of ordinary glass jars, you can make original candle holders. Cut out a pattern from colored paper, for example, silhouettes of bats or the outline of an old castle. Glue the blank on the jar, additionally decorate with lace, a net, use beads and pendants if desired.
Room decor
How to make Halloween crafts to decorate the interior? Connect all your imagination. The web will become a stylish decoration of any room. Weave it from tight threads and fix it to the wall using tape or buttons. An alternative is to soak gauze in a solution of dark gouache with water, crush and dry, then straighten, tear in some places and hang on the walls and ceiling. You can use many Halloween crafts described in this article to decorate the room. It’s also a good idea to print some thematic paintings and posters and hang them on the walls.
Table decoration
What Halloween without a festive party and themed feast? Take the time to decorate the table. A scattering of pumpkins and bats cut from cardboard or colored paper will transform any tablecloth. Make invitations and cards for guests in a themed style. Make witch hats for dessert spoons. They can be made by gluing a circle and a cone of paper. Try to do all the Halloween crafts, photos of which are in our article. Do not be afraid to experiment and recycle an idea.