How to Make Outdoor Halloween Decor
Create a spooky or fun outdoor theme for Halloween. Pick a theme for your lawn or compile several ideas into one. When choosing your theme decide whether you want it to be scary or fun. Have a clear pathway for trick-or-treaters or anyone else going to your house. Use luminaries to light up the path on Halloween. To further the Halloween look, put in a colored porch light bulb. Add colored bulbs to rooms facing the outside and turn on at night. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Sheets
- Markers
- Wire cages
- Wire
- Wire cutters
- Cardboard
- Gray paint
- Glue
- Scissors
- Hay bales
- Pumpkins and gourds
- Glass jars
- Sand
- Tissue paper
- Fake cobwebs
- Plastic spiders
- Tape
Instructions
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Ghosts
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Color a ghost face on an old white or off-white sheet.
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Put the sheet over a wire cage.
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Cut a long piece of wire with wire cutters. Poke a hole through the sheet with a piece of wire. Wrap the wire around the top of the cage. Wrap the other end of the wire around a tree branch.
Tombstone
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Cut an arched tombstone shape out of thick cardboard.
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Paint it gray.
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Write a name and dates of death and birth with a marker. Think of something clever, such as Ima Goner, or something creepy, such as movie villains.
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Cut strip of cardboard and glue it to the back of the tombstone similar to a picture frame. Prop it up outside. Put rocks and dirt around the tombstone. Add fake bones to the dirt.
Pumpkin Display
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Stack and arrange three hay bales together against a tree or in front of a scarecrow.
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Place pumpkins and gourds on and around the hay bales.
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Scatter leaves from the ground around the hay bales.
Luminarias
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Tear up tissue paper into small strips.
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Mix one cup of glue with one-fourth cup of water.
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Dip the tissue paper in the glue. Apply the tissue paper to the outside of a glass jar. Use any size jar. Cover the jar.
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Put a thin layer of sand in the bottom of the jar. Place a tea or votive candle inside. Set the jars along a path. Light the candles.
Porch
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Spread fake cobwebs over the porch railing. Leave the area in front of the door clear.
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Stick plastic spiders in the webs.
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Tie a large spider to a thick piece of webbing. Tape the webbing over the door so the spiders hangs low.
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Tips & Warnings
To avoid decorations being stolen, only put expensive pieces out when you are home. Do not put fake cobwebs in trees. Animals get tangled inside of them.
