Halloween 2025: How to Creatively Decorate Your Home
There are only 4 weeks left until Halloween, so it's time to get ready and decorate your home and yard, writes EEHealthSo let's get started with these pleasant chores!
How to carve a lantern from a pumpkin
To carve the traditional Halloween symbol, a Jack-O-Lantern, from a pumpkin, you will need the following materials:
- pumpkin;
- medium tablespoon;
- medium knife;
- small knife;
- newspaper;
- medium cup;
- erasable marker;
- candle;
- lighter.
Step 1: getting ready to go
Cover your work surface with newspaper.
Step 2: cut out the stalk
Cut a hole around the stem at about a 45-degree angle to the center of the pumpkin, large enough for your hand to pass through.
Attention! If the cut is not at an angle, the stalk will fall into the pumpkin.
Step 3: take out the core
Using a spoon, remove the seeds and pulp from the pumpkin and place in a bowl.
Step 4: sketching
On the roundest or most beautiful side of the pumpkin, draw the outlines of the desired pattern.
Step 5: cut out
Using a small knife, carve the selected pattern into the pumpkin.
Note: Erase any excess marker marks when finished cutting.
Step 6: highlight the pumpkin
Light the candle with a lighter and place it inside Jack's lantern. Replace the handle.
Step 7: expose the pumpkin
Install the resulting flashlight in the desired location.
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How to make creative Halloween decorations with your own hands
YouTube channel HGTV Handmade offers some great ideas for stylish and unusual Halloween decor. You will definitely find something to your taste.
Spider frame
Paint the old frame orange. Stretch the artificial spider web creatively and secure with staples in several places of the frame. Use a glue gun to attach a large toy spider to the corner of the frame. This decor looks great both on the wall and on the front door of the house.
Crow wreath
Using a 20 cm string tied to a pencil and set in the center of a piece of paper, draw a 40 cm circle. From twigs of different thicknesses tied to each other, make a wreath of the same diameter. Using spray paint, paint it black. Attach a toy crow or other dark colored bird. Hang on the front door.
"Eyed" wreath
Take a polystyrene foam circle and balls of different sizes, paint the circle black and the balls green. Using toothpicks dipped in glue, attach the balls to the circle, alternating large and small. Using a glue gun, glue plastic toy “eyes” onto the balloons. Another unusual wreath for the door is ready.
Photo: video frame YouTube / HGTV Handmade
Skull candlestick
Take a plastic toy skull and make a hole in it the size of the base of a candlestick using a hollow metal tube. Cut the top of the skull halfway so it can be opened wider. Reconnect the halves and secure carefully with tape or tape. Fill the skull with the prepared plaster or cement mixture through the tube. Once set, remove the tape and carefully separate the plastic halves. Paint the resulting figure using a spray. Done - you can insert a candle into the tube. Sounds complicated? Instructions in the video below.
Plates with frightening drawings
You will need some plates and black and white drawings (skulls, spiders, etc.) printed on laser printer paper. Lubricate the drawing with decoupage glue, press firmly to the center of the plate and leave to dry overnight. The next day, wipe the surface with a sponge soaked in warm water and remove any excess paper. Secure the drawing with decoupage glue.
Braided web
You will need a skein of black yarn. Select a suitable section of the wall and arrange the pieces of yarn first crosswise, securing with transparent tape in the corners and in the center, and then creatively braid in a circle, starting from the center and moving towards the periphery of your installation. Add some plastic spiders and you're done!
Creepy eyes
Take several white polystyrene balls and paint them with gouache, depicting the pupil and iris of the eye. Place on toothpicks and let dry. Use thick red yarn, splitting the ends into several pieces. Using PVA glue, glue the red threads to the “eyes” and leave until completely dry.
Face in the bank
Take a photo in panoramic mode (or just take a selfie). Add some contrast to your shot and print, cut to fit a glass jar. To preserve the photo, it is better to laminate it. Fill the jar with water, adding food coloring. Place the photo and the faux fur pieces in there to simulate hair. Horror!
Photo: video frame YouTube / HGTV Handmade
Wreath with snakes
Use a pre-made braided vine wreath and some rubber toy snakes. Weave them into a wreath, make sure the snakes are securely attached, and paint the entire installation black or dark gray with spray paint. Stylish decoration for your door or wall!
No sewing pillows
Draw half the outline of a traditional Halloween candy on a folded white cloth in four (as shown in the video below). Cut along the contour and fasten the parts of the workpiece with glue, leaving a small area unsticked. Through this hole, turn the future pillow onto the front side and paint in the desired colors with fabric paints. Fill with soft filler and seal the hole with glue.
Space Bank
Buy a pack of cotton balls and roll them out to create long fibers. Take a jar or cup with a lid. Alternately fill a small glass with water and one or another food coloring or paint, dip cotton fibers into it and place them in layers in a jar. The layers can be sprinkled with multi-colored sparkles and other decor. Continue until you fill the entire jar or cup. Close the lid. Using this principle, you can make several “bottles of poison.”
Pinata "Black Cat"
Draw the outlines of the cat on the cardboard, cut and duplicate the blank. Cut a sheet of thin cardboard into strips 2,5 cm thick.Using one of the cut out contours of the cat figurine, form the sides from strips of cardboard for the future three-dimensional figure along it, gluing the strips with paper tape. Cover with a second cat-shaped piece and tape it in place, leaving a small hole for filling in the candy later. Make small holes in the upper part of the resulting figure and stretch the string for hanging. Cut long strips of black paper napkin fringe and decorate the figurine from bottom to top. Make the details of the face out of colored paper. Fill with candy, securing the hole with black duct tape. Done!
You can find detailed instructions on how to create each set in this video:
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