How to Make Halloween Window Treatments

Make a dark window festive for Halloween.

Create festive and spooky window decorations with these easy Halloween window treatments. The Halloween window treatments can be used in the front windows of a home or apartment, before Halloween. Or, use these Halloween window treatments to decorate a home before a Halloween party for kids or for adults. These easy Halloween window treatments do no require use of a sewing machine, or a sewing needle.

Things You'll Need

• One Halloween tablecloth per window
• One roll of hook and loop fasteners in strips or dots
• Pieces of scrap felt in any size, in orange, black, yellow and white
• A pair of scissors
• Existing curtain rod
• A piece of chalk

Instructions

1. Remove existing window treatments including curtains and valances. Place the Halloween tablecloth over the existing curtain rod, folding it over the top. Fold it over enough to make a six to eight inch border at the top. Use a piece of chalk to mark where the fold is in the top. Remove the tablecloth from the rod.

2. Cut the tablecloth in half, to make two curtains for the Halloween window treatment project. Place each half of the tablecloth on a table or on the floor. Attach the hook fasteners to the very top of each piece of the cut tablecloth. The hook fasteners will attach to the loop fasteners to create a strong closure, without having anything to sew together.

3. Place the matching row of loop fasteners to create an insertion for the curtain rod. To do this, fold the top of the cut tablecloth over, using the chalk line as a guide. Repeat on the second piece of tablecloth. The curtain rod should easily slip through this wide opening, creating easy Halloween window treatments.

4. Draw fun Halloween shapes with chalk on of the pieces of felt. Use Halloween images including crescent moons, pumpkins, candy corn, black cats, witches, candles and ghosts.

5. Cut out each felt shape with scissors. Attach a hook fastener to the back of the felt shape. Place the loop fastener on the Halloween window treatment. Use a random pattern to create an interesting design. Stick the felt shape with the hook fastener onto the loop fastener to decorate the Halloween window treatments. Continue making felt shapes and attaching them until you are happy with the look of the Halloween window treatments.

6. Glide the curtain rod through the top of each completed Halloween window treatment. Use a long piece of felt to tie the Halloween window treatments back from the window.

Tips & Warnings

• Create a faux window look in the basement by attaching the Halloween window treatments to the wall.

• Any plain tablecloth can also be used and decorated.

• Hook and loop fasteners are adhesive on one side.

• Hook and loop fasteners in strips or dots both work the same, buy what is available or is the cheapest.

• Leave existing window shades or privacy shades on the windows.

• Do not buy special fabric, re-use what you have on hand.