Want an inexpensive Halloween decoration? Draw from these simple ideas to do yourself to create an atmosphere that will make you shiver. And if you’re short on time, also discover where to find ready-to-install decorations, to transform the house without breaking the bank.
Originating in Ireland then popularized in the United States, this holiday is today a real opportunity to decorate your home in a creative way. Profusions of pumpkins, skeletons and other ghosts… Your home is transformed into a real haunted house!
Need inspiration and ideas to imagine your homemade Halloween decoration? You’re in the right place, but first you’ll have to choose your side! Some will prefer a very autumnal decoration that highlights pumpkins, dead leaves, acorns and other natural seasonal decorations and others will prefer to create a spooky haunted house-style Halloween decoration. No need to look far to create Halloween decor! Simply bet on orange and black decorative accessories that you will place on your table, your sofa or your furniture. For example, candles in these two colors will immediately set the tone and at a low price!
Traditionally, Halloween is an opportunity to dig out a turnip or a pumpkin and place a candle in it to scare away evil spirits. The famous Jack O’Lantern and his terrifying face can easily set the tone in your interior. Be creative, you can also carve the pumpkins as you wish to make an original tealight holder. Besides, the pumpkins will be very decorative even if you don’t carve them. As a table runner or stacked on a piece of furniture with a few candles, they will have their little effect. They can even be decorated with glitter or used to write a message. For even more originality, choose a white variety!
Do you want a more mysterious atmosphere? The simplest thing is to stretch fake spider webs on your furniture and all over the house. And you can even create it yourself with rope, as explained in the video tutorial below. You can add plastic spiders or spiders that you have made with cardboard and even adopt a few fake bats in the decor. The idea is then to recreate a scary mansion atmosphere. To refine your esoteric atmosphere, you can install witch hats and old brooms.
Spiders aren’t scary enough for you? So make room for skeletons and ghosts to transform your home into a haunted house where the living dead coexist. The joke stores are full of more or less terrifying decorations that you can place in strategic places. Know that it will be easy to draw a skeleton in white paper and that a simple white sheet with a balloon will make a very good ghost. Halloween is the perfect opportunity to put your creativity to good use and decorate yourself. The good news is that you can opt for inexpensive homemade Halloween decorations using inexpensive materials. Don’t worry, it’s easy: hollow out your pumpkins or customize them to your liking simply using a marker, paint or even glitter. You want to change the classic pumpkins, prefer an orange balloon on which to draw the face with a felt-tip pen. White balloons or balloons covered with a paper towel will act as ghosts to hang around the house. From paper or cardboard, you can easily cut out shapes that will serve as decorations: spiders, bats, pumpkins, ghosts, etc.
Do you want to make a Halloween-themed table decoration? Nothing could be easier, you can use small decorative accessories from the rest of the house to create a spooky table runner or go all out on pumpkins for a colorful decor. Choose mini pumpkins and write your guests’ first names on each one to use as place cards. Also consider adding flowers to bring in hints of color. For example, it is the season of chrysanthemums which you will also find in orange tones. Another option for a more original Halloween table decoration: focus on black, from placemats to tableware and enhance everything with touches of orange or red. You will surprise your guests!
To make your own Halloween decorations, go to stores that offer creative leisure materials such as Cultura, Zôdio or Sostrene Grene. Also note that these brands offer ready-made decorative accessories to enhance your spooky decor. You will also find many Halloween decorative accessories online and in IKEA, Hema, GiFi, La Foir’Fouille, Action, Flying Tiger… stores as well as in party and fancy dress stores. Even easier? Think about the supermarkets which often have a small selection as October 31 approaches and which also stock up on pumpkins in the fruit and vegetable section. Also take a trip to a garden center like Botanic or Jardiland or even to your florist to find accessories and decorative elements that will be used in the decorations you make yourself. During the All Saints’ Day holidays, take the opportunity to register your little ones for the workshops offered in Truffaut stores. They will be able to dig their own pumpkin and leave with it, so cool!
