If you’ve ever visited a serious Halloween fan’s home decorations and props, you may have asked yourself “How did they do that?” Well, be envious no more, for we have step-by-step Halloween crafts, projects, inspirational ideas and cool games to entertain those trick or treaters. Enjoy these articles, and be ready to have passersby asking “How’d you do that?”

 

Making Body Parts and Monsters out of Fiberglass

Ever wonder how they made the costumes for Darth Vader and the Storm Troopers in Star Wars? Basically they did it the same way car bodies are made… in a mold with fiberglass, or a similar resin. In fact, so many things are made with plastics and resins today that it’s not likely you have any device that doesn’t have a molded part on it. I have seen some really complicated, and convincing, costumes made entirely from molded fiberglass, including whole suits of armor! With the basic knowledge of how to do this, you can make almost anything you’d like. Below I will describe how to make a simple body part, but these concepts can be extended to almost any ...

How to Quickly Make a Halloween Scarecrow Family

Each year I think I’ll add new items to my yard display, but every year the same thing happens: I‘m broke and have no time! Let’s face it, the two most important things we all need if we want to add something really great to our Halloween display is time and money. Both always seems to slip though my fingers like grains of sand in an evil inspired hour-glass. But no matter how short on time and money you are, you’ll have most of the things to make a few fast scarecrows. The only thing you need to have is a few old clothes, garden stakes, and an hour or so and you’ve got instant decorations for little or no money! Supply ...

How to Make Your Own Trick or Treat Bags

Your child is dressed up all adorable, proudly ready to go out trick or treating! The Halloween costume is fantastic, scary and cute at the same time. However, something's not quite right ... something ruins the whole ensemble. Perhaps it's the ugly plastic bag being used to hold the mountains of candy? Never fear, you won't have to worry about that, because you're reading this article and will now make your own gorgeous masterpiece of a trick or treat bag! Or, at least, something better than a grocery bag or pillow case. Materials At least ½ yard of Halloween themed fabric or pre-made canvas bag Sewing machine and thread Fabric glue/needles Interfacing (optional) ...

Advanced Pumpkin Carving Techniques

Are you tired of seeing the same old scary faces on every Jack O' Lantern you see? Are you obsessed with carving and looking for a way to bring your passion from “craft” to “work of art”? Or do you just have a few hours on your hands to try something totally different? Forget the triangle eyes and pointy, crooked teeth – a Jack O' Lantern can be so much more than a face, and is not always black and white! Beginning carvers only see two options when it comes to carving a pumpkin. We can see the orange of the pumpkin's skin, or we can see a candle through holes in the skin. But we really do have more ...

Halloween Mobiles

Constructing Halloween Mobiles are a fun way to spend an afternoon. There are so many different ways to be creative and make fun mobiles for the season. Let's get started! Halloween clip art images are an easy way to get a lot of pictures for coloring. Cookie cutters are also great for making cute shapes out of construction paper. The shapes can be colored and decorated anyway you want. Also, you could make a mobile with just one shape, like bats, or use all the different seasonal icons you can imagine. Materials Cookie cutters or clip art Crayons, permanent markers, colored pencils Glue Fishing line or thread Small diameter dowels Construction paper Optional Items Needle Hot glue gun Glitter, sparkling beads, ...

Spooky Chalk Rubbings for Halloween

Sidewalk chalk takes on a whole new look this time of year. Making chalk rubbings on black construction paper gives it a ghostly appearance and can make for some spooky monster shapes! Check out how to create your own as part of your Halloween decor! Materials Needed Sidewalk or other chalk, or crayons Construction paper-especially black Aerosol hair spray Shapes to rub Leaves and/or Halloween cut outs Textured papers or cloth This is a simple project that even a 2-year-old can get into and enjoy! 1. Lay your choice of shape on the counter or other hard surface. You can do one shape at a time or lay several out at once. However, we found that leaves get lost in each other if ...

Making Halloween Decorations with Bakeable Clay

Halloween is a holiday which has seen a wide variety of decorating options grow over the last decade. These options include Halloween villages, Halloween trees, and the expansion of miniature collectibles, some directly related to Halloween, and others to the fall season in general. Prices for such decorations can range from several dollars to upwards of a hundred, and while they are inevitable worth it at the moment of purchase, guilty can quickly follow – or at least it does for me. In order to satisfy my Halloween addiction, and to keep money in my wallet, my wife introduced me to bake-able clay. Bake-able clay is sold in packets. Most of these packets are roughly one inch ...

Halloween Decoupage – Create a Paper Mache Photo Purse

Paper Mache and decoupage has come a long way, and luckily for you and me, there are hobby stores that carry a full line of Paper Mache boxes, purses, and chests that are a breeze to decorate for our favorite holiday (Halloween, of course!) Here is just one example of how to blend Paper Mache and decoupage a Halloween purse photo frame. Supplies: Paper mache photo purse Decoupage Solution (ie Mod Podge) Small Sponge Brush Halloween paper or prints Scissors Craft knife Photo or antique reproduction of post card for front Ink jet printed pictures and hairspray Scrap booking papers (optional) Paints (optional) Tissues Damp rag (to wipe sticky fingers on)...

How to Make a Scary Movie Using Sony Vegas

Let’s get one thing straight: I’m not here to tell you how to make a 105 minute Halloween horror blockbuster. I’m talking about a little 1 or 2 minute “tickler”, to chill the bones of people at your party or those pesky trick ‘n’ treaters who may come to your door with the intent of scaring you. Ha! And you aren’t going to need a 2 million dollar budget, either. You ARE going to have to have some kind of video camera. These days, even cell phones have those, so you probably already have what is needed. There are four elements to making a scary movie: 1) A scary story. Remember, we’re not talking about voyeurism, or revulsion, like when you ...

Two-Way Mirrors: A Haunted House Must-Have

What is a two-way mirror? Also known as a one-way mirror or a transparent mirror, it is a piece of glass that has been coated with a super thin layer of metal. It is placed between a darkened room a lighted room, which allows a person in the darkened room to see through the glass, but a person in the lighted room to only see his own reflection. Mirrors like this are usually used for security purposes. Police use them in interrogation rooms so that they can see the suspect, but not vice versa. Cameras can be hidden behind them to catch shoplifters, and news programs employ them in the form of teleprompters. If, however, the lights in the darkened room are ...

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