Create Whimsy

Inspring makers and sharing their stories

Halloween

Category: <span>Halloween</span>

A handmade Halloween makes memories that are a real treat – and DIY projects are for everyone! Make costumes, crafts and decorations (both outdoors and indoors) just as scary (or not) as you want. Last minute? No problem! If you are a keep-it-simple kind of holiday decorator, choose easy homemade ideas for costumes and decorations.

So cast your spell and make your Halloween costumes, house and yard your way! Browse our ideas for some creative fun.

Halloween Decorating

When asked to “decorate an art pumpkin” for a local arts alliance exhibit, what’s a fiber artist to do? Add the personal challenge of using materials already in my studio....

Describing her work as whimsical dark humor, embroidery artist and designer Lindsay Swearingen takes cross stitch to a level beyond traditional schoolchild samplers. Designed and stitched with as much precision...

Halloween graveyard fencing and gravestones are so easy to build, you don't need to spend a lot of money at the local Halloween stores. Make them yourself in a little...

DIY Trick or Treat

This Fabric Trick or Treat Bowl is fun to make from clothesline and fabric strips. I joined the coils with a simple zigzag stitch on my sewing machine. My open...

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Reggae Skull

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Fake Scythe

This fake (and safe) scythe is ready to enhance a Halloween costume or add a frightful touch to your Halloween decorations.
Halloween graveyard fence and headstones

How to Make a Halloween Graveyard

Halloween Graveyard Fencing is so easy to build and really sets the mood for a great Halloween party! The gravestones are made from painted Styrofoam