5 Ways to Make Creative Halloween Decorations

How to Make Creative Halloween Decoration for Your Home:

If you take a walk around your neighborhood before Halloween, there is a good chance that you will see the same type of decorations at every home. Jack-o-lanterns, orange lights, trash bag pumpkins, and witches that have “crashed” into garage doors or nearby trees.But, if you are looking for something different to do this year, read on for some creative ideas that you can do with things you have around the house or purchase at any thrift store.

1. Masks

A great way to scare people is just hang a creepy mask on your front door. Another is to decorate a homemade scarecrow or garden gnomes with them. You can even hang them at the height of a human in the windows so it looks like someone creepy is peaking out from behind the curtains. You can amp up the scary tone by placing a flash light on the ground or under your scarecrow's clothing, turning it on, and adjusting the light to illuminate the mask. Just make sure that the masks you use outdoors are waterproof and fastened down so that they don't get damaged or fly away.

2. Glass Vases and Mason Jars

Glass vases and Mason Jars are a fun way to decorate inside of your home.You can purchase these at a thrift or dollar store, if you don't want to use the one you have at home.You can fill them with all kinds of different objects in Halloween colors – colored leaves, black and orange marbles, Halloween candies, or even plastic bugs. Another idea is to fill Mason jars with items that look like specimens from a mad scientist lab. The neat thing about vases is that you can always reuse them for other holiday by making a few changes in the contents. You can find a variety of “fillers” at your local craft or dollar store.

3. Fake Spider Webs

Fake spider webs can make your front yard look creepy, but you can also use them inside your home, where you get the added benefit of having them last longer. Try hang them in doorways or in corners throughout your home. You can even consider add some spiders, flies or other bugs to perfect the look. You might want to think about spraying the webs with an insect repellent to keep the real ones from moving in. You also want to make sure that you do not hang the webs anywhere that would pose a fire hazard.

4. Murals

Do you have some budding artists in your family? Have you thought about designing your own Halloween murals. You can have older children design their own fun or scary Halloween scenes and younger children can color in the words “Happy Halloween” on a piece of paper or the letters that you have cut out of poster board, then hang your designs in a window, a blank wall, or even outside if the weather permits.This can also be a cute memento to pass on when your children get older to remind them of their childhood Halloweens.

5. Simple Halloween Accents

Now if you don't want to go all out with your Halloween decorations, their are ways to add a few tasteful accents to set the Halloween mood without turning your home into a Haunted house. Here are a few simple ideas that you can do. You can hang orange and black curtains in your front window or find some Halloween or Fall themed throw pillows and place them on your sofa and chairs. Look for a Halloween welcome mat or move your smaller potted plants into plastic Halloween trick-or-treating containers. You can even look for some Halloween figurines or static window clings.

If you are tired of the same old traditional Halloween decorations, a little imagination can help you make your own creative Halloween decorations. Simply look for items that you like that have a Halloween theme and create your own designs.