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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.

DIY Halloween Costume Ideas

Yeah, yeah, planning ahead is preferable, but sometimes stuff just gets in the way. And maybe you work better under pressure. The Halloween deadline is looming – here are a...

Are you ready to get your Halloween on with Halloween Costumes You Can Make? Whether you like to keep it simple or go all-out with intricate details, there are a...

Halloween Pumpkin Fun

Get your carving set ready! If you like a Zombie theme for Halloween, it can be a challenge to carve a Jack-O-Lantern worthy of the name. Here are some ideas...

A couple of years ago I heard about the Teal Pumpkin Project; the goal being a fun and safe Halloween for all children, including those with food allergies. The idea...

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....

Make Your Own Halloween Masks & Shoes

For some Halloween costumes, a little makeup creates the character, but for others – well, nothing but a mask will do! (And there’s no makeup to irritate sensitive skin or...

Hey, who says Halloween is just for kids? Well, maybe kids do, But some of us have never outgrown our love for costumes, parties and treats. Wearing a mask is...

We put a lot of time and effort into Halloween costumes – from getting the hair just right to the perfect mask or makeup to the most awesome clothes and...

DIY Trick or Treat Bags and Bowls

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...

As I was browsing the local dollar store for Halloween items, I was inspired to make some treat-or-treat bowls. Since they were only $1, I bought three! Here is how...

There are SO many fun things to make for Halloween! Why not make a special Trick or Treat bag that makes it clear whose treats are whose? The plastic pumpkin...

More Halloween

Pumpkins filled and ready for trick-or-treaters

Teal Pumpkin Project

Paint a pumpkin teal and place it on your front porch to let children and parents know you have non-food treats available for trick-or-treaters. Spray glitter!
Crazy Cat Lady

Halloween Costumes You Can Make

DIY Halloween costume ideas, including Harley Quinn, Risky Business, Crazy Cat Lady, newborns, couples, and quick and easy costumes.
Finished fabric trick or treat bowl

Fabric Trick or Treat Bowl

This bowl was fun to make from clothesline and fabric strips with a simple zigzag stitch on my sewing machine. 1/2 yard each of three different cotton prints.
Easy Festive Fall Decor

Easy Festive Fall Decor

Quick decor! Arrange a straw bale, pumpkins, cornstalks and a pretty potted mum to transform a plain porch into an inviting autumn and Halloween outdoor room.
Reggae Skull made from an old mop

Reggae Skull

Take a fake skull with articulating jaw and add a fake boar tongue and ugly tasseled bullion fringe for a funky and awesome Halloween decoration. Hot glue!
fake scythe

Fake Scythe

This fake (and safe) scythe is ready to enhance a Halloween costume or add a frightful touch to your Halloween decorations.
Super Kaden Cape

Super Kaden Cape

A Superhero cape is fun for Halloween or everyday play. The design was machined embroidered with polyester thread on cotton fabric. Hoop it, then stitch it!