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How to Make a Halloween Swag

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Summary: To make a Halloween swag to hang over a doorway, gather corn husks, autumn leaf sprigs and twigs with a twine or wire and wrapping it all together with a ribbon before hanging it on the wall with a nail. Create an easy autumn swag, using natural elements, with a demonstration from a professional costume designer and makeup artist in this free video on Halloween attire.

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Angel Jones has been designing and costuming for shows and events for more than 20 years. Jones owns and operates Wenches and Warriors, a costume rental store. She is also a licensed...read more

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"How to make a Halloween swag. What can't you make a Halloween swag out of? Any kind of Halloween decoration can become a Halloween swag. You can get your lovely garland of any type for your local store that supplies any Halloween decorations. The biggest key to a Halloween sway is knowing your dimensions of your door that you're trying to make your decoration for, your swag. And also making sure that you have something to hang your swag by. Making sure that if you have something like this, that's already wired that you're creating a loop somewhere to put that on the hook or nail, whatever it is that you use to hang your swag. So, the two most important features, the little hook, and that it's very secure to the swag that you have created always using that on any type of decoration. You can use ribbon and other whatnots if you want more of a country kind of Halloween feel. Ribbons used with corn husks make a really great swag. You can just simply twine them around, making it a great little look for your Halloween house or event. Whatever type of look it is your going for, there is a swag out there that is easy enough to make. Just simply add your little decorations to it. Make sure that you take your wire, twine it all around. Make sure that everything is nice and secure, ending with a lovely little loop that you can put on the nail to hang it from. And there you have an easy to make Halloween swag."

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