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Web and spiders with their own hands

A spider web is a simple and effective decoration for a Halloween room, especially if you are planning a party with guests and you need to create the right atmosphere.

The most obvious option is to wind woolen threads on the wall in the form of a web, fixing them with push pins. First you need to fix the warp threads (diagonal), and then wind the thread in a circle.

You can fix the thread-web on a plastic disposable plate, populate it with a cardboard spider and hang it on a chandelier.

The basis for the web can be the crosshair of any sticks, for example, thin branches or ice cream sticks.

The web can be cut out of paper or oilcloth according to the same principle as a snowflake for the New Year.

Spiders for Halloween as a web decoration or as an independent decor, you can either buy ready-made or do your own crafts. It can be just a figure cut out of cardboard or a three-dimensional version.

These cute spiders can be obtained from the same plastic plates. Of the materials you will need chenille (fluffy handmade wire) and eyes for toys of different sizes.

But such a not only funny, but also tasty spider can be made from lollipop and chenille:

More complicated in execution is the glamorous spider made of decorative mesh, designed in the form of a bubo.

Here you can make such a cute spider with your own hands from two foam balls of different sizes.

And another version of the balloon spider, this time wrapped with acrylic thread.

A very simple to create, but spectacular looking spider is made of a black ball with paper paws. It may well frighten the guest who entered the room!

Halloween crafts from toilet paper rolls

Rolls (tubes) remaining after using toilet paper are an excellent material for children's creativity. From it you can make figures of any animals and birds, but for Halloween - monsters, mummies and bats.

To create such mummies, nothing but toilet paper and a peephole will be needed. Wrap the roll with paper in random order, glue the eyes - the mummy is ready!

As for the creation of monsters, here you can show your imagination with might and main.

The same applies to making witches, ghosts and bats - no instructions are needed to make them.

Well, if you don’t have extra rolls lying around at home or there isn’t enough material to realize all your fantasies, use empty juice boxes as an alternative.

Candlesticks

An original decoration of the Halloween room decor will be a craft in the form of a candlestick. Making it is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance.

Take a glass container (jar) and stick thematic figures cut out of paper (witch, bat, pumpkin, spider, cobweb, etc.) on the outside. Place a candle at the bottom of the jar, light it - the lamp will light up spectacularly.

The drawing can also be applied with a marker, and the container can be painted with any color - then the lamps will light up in different shades and look monstrously gorgeous in a dark room. Boouu!

You can wrap the jar with gauze and glue the eyes - you get a mummy lamp.

Wrap the cans with thread and plant spiders on them - we are back to the topic of the web again.

Fairy lights

Option crafts for the holiday, representing unlimited scope for imagination. After all, you can hang anything on a garland!

Paper ghosts.

Skeletons, black cats and bats.

Skulls and ghosts made of felt.

Faces of monsters and witches.

Balls made of thread in the form of "sugar heads".

Paper pumpkins.

Thread ghosts.

Or fabric.

Halloween wreath

A wreath on a door or wall is a very popular home decoration. Now such wreaths are made for many holidays - and Halloween is no exception. As a blank, you can use a circle made of cardboard, plywood or a foam circle - they are sold in needlework stores.

These funny monsters can be made if many strips of tulle are tightly knotted on the workpiece.

Helpful Hints

Halloween is a holiday that dates back to the ancient Celts. Ireland and Scotland.

He is noted October 31, on the eve of All Saints' Day and is usually celebrated in English-speaking countries, as well as in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand.

But since the end of the 20th century, this day began to be celebrated in many non-English-speaking countries in Europe and in the former Soviet republics.

On this day, many dress up in scary costumes and decorate their homes and offices with various crafts.

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Here are some interesting ideas about how crafts can be done for home, garden, office or even as a gift:

Halloween Decorations: Tin Can Lights

You will need:

Empty tin cans

Hammer and thick nail

Brush and paint (acrylic or spray)

1. Fill a tin can with water and refrigerate. When the water freezes, take the jar out of the freezer.

* You need to freeze the water in the jar so that the jar does not wrinkle when you make patterns with a hammer and a nail.

2. Use a marker to draw any image or face on the bank. It is desirable that the drawing be simple - the silhouette of a cat, a witch's hat or a flying mouse.

3. Place the jar on a towel to soften the blows from the hammer.

4. Using a hammer and nail, make holes that will outline your design on the bank.

5. After you have finished making the holes, put the jar in the sink and turn on the hot water to melt the ice.

6. Paint the jar. It is possible that the paint will cover some of the holes, in which case you will need a toothpick to remove the paint from the holes.

7. Put a candle inside the jar.

* If desired, you can make two holes in the top of the jar (on opposite sides), attach a wire so that the jar with a candle can be hung.

DIY Halloween Decorations: Flying and Burning Witch Hats

You will need:

Simple witch hats (can be found in the supermarket)

Glow Sticks (LED)

pins

Safety pin (safety pin)

Adhesive hooks or suction cup to which you can tie a fishing line.

1. Attach the adhesive hooks where you want the witch hats to hang.

* You can skip this step if you will tie the fishing line to a chandelier or other objects.

2. Using a needle, thread 80-90 cm of the line through the tip of the hat, but do not stick the line back.

3. Tie one end of the fishing line to the hook (you can make a loop in advance and hang it on the hook), and tie a pin to the other end and attach a glow stick to it.

Do-it-yourself pumpkin for Halloween: lamps in the form of black cats

You will need:

Pumpkins of suitable shapes (one oblong for the body and one round small for the head)

Knife, spoon and / or other items that will help clean the pumpkins from the internal content

Felt or colored cardboard

Scissors

Skewers (if needed)

Sweets (optional)

1. Cut off the bottom of an oblong and round gourd and clean their contents.

2. Using a knife, cut out the eyes of a cat in a round gourd. You can draw them first and then cut them out.

3. Cut out your cat's ears from felt or colored cardboard. To keep them on a round pumpkin, make small cuts in the pumpkin and insert the ears into them.

4. Paint the pumpkins black by stuffing newspaper into them. If you are using spray paint, then you should paint outdoors or in a very well ventilated area and wear a mask.

5. When the paint is dry, remove the newspapers from the gourds.

6. Prepare a candle, you can put it on a saucer or plate made of clay.

7. Place a round pumpkin on an oblong one and make sure it holds up well. If necessary, you can use skewers to thread pumpkins on them. You can also paint the skewers black.

* If desired, you can use small pumpkins for the paws and tail of the cat.

Do-it-yourself Halloween at home: a ghost hovering in the air

You will need:

Plastic bottle (in this example 1L)

liquid starch

old towel

Gauze (sieve cloth)

piece of felt

Styrofoam ball

Scissors

Wire

Hairdryer (optional)

1. Lay a towel over your work surface.

2. Place a foam ball on a plastic bottle and screw it slightly into the neck of the bottle.

3. Use wire to make hands.

4. Put the gauze over the resulting form. Spray your ghost with starch - the more starch, the stronger the ghost will be.

You can use a hair dryer to make the liquid starch dry faster.

5. When everything is dry, remove your shape from the bottle, ball and wire and cut out the felt and glue the eyes to the ghost.

DIY Halloween Crafts: Bat Chandelier

You will need:

Black thick paper or felt

Black acrylic or spray paint

White pencil (if using felt, use a white fabric marker)

tassel

Scissors

Hoop (3 different sizes)

Electrical tape or washi tape

Thick thread (preferably black) or fishing line.

1. Take apart the hoop and paint it black.

2. While the paint dries, make some flying mice. Draw on paper and cut out the silhouette of a bat - this will be your template. Trace the template on black paper with a white pencil or marker. Cut out all the shapes.

3. Tie 3 threads to a large hoop (see image). Next, tie medium and small hoops at the same distance from each other - you will get a chandelier.

4. Use black duct tape y to attach your paper bats to the chandelier.

5. Now you can tie the craft anywhere.

Halloween Ideas: Hanging Ghosts

You will need:

Styrofoam balls (preferably different sizes)

Black paint (acrylic)

tassel

Gauze (sieve cloth)

Loop screw

Super glue

Scissors.

1. Insert the loop screw into the foam ball. You can add glue to make the screw hold better. Let the glue dry.

* If desired, the screws can be painted white.

2. Using black paint, paint the eyes of the ghost on the Styrofoam ball. Let the paint dry.

3. Cut off a square piece of gauze or sieve cloth and place it on top of the ball.

4. Use scissors to make a few cuts at the ends of the gauze. Pull the slightly notched gauze to make a slightly sloppy ghost outfit.

DIY Halloween for kids: glowing eyes

You will need:

Cardboard cylinders from toilet paper or paper towels

Glowing sticks

Duct tape (wide opaque tape, masking tape, or wide duct tape)

Scissors or utility knife

Pencil.

1. Draw eyes of various shapes on cardboard cylinders (see image).

2. Use scissors or a utility knife to cut out the places where you drew the eyes.

3. Use the glow sticks to "light up" the eyes by inserting the sticks inside the cylinders.

4. Cover the sides of the cylinder bores with duct tape.

5. Left to hang or just put the luminous eyes in the dark places of the house or garden.

How to decorate your house for Halloween with your own hands: a huge cobweb on the wall

You will need:

Double-sided tape

Gray or black thread

Toy spider (optional).

1. Think about what your web will look like - what size it will be, and how your threads will go. Based on this, stick small pieces of double-sided tape to the wall - you will need a lot of pieces.

2. First glue the pieces of thread that go from the center (straight lines), and then start gluing the threads that go in a circle.

* Optionally, you can attach a toy spider with tape.

Halloween Ideas: Glowing Ghost Garland

You will need:

Garland (preferably from round light lanterns)

cotton fabric

white thread

Scissors

Black marker.

1. Cut the fabric into square pieces. In this example, the side of the square is 35 cm.

2. Fold each square into a triangle and cut off the tip. When you straighten the square piece of fabric, there will be a hole in the middle.

3. Carefully remove the lanterns from the garland, put fabric on them so that the hole is on top, and insert them back.
4. Tie a thread at the bottom.

5. Use a marker to draw the eyes and mouth.

How to Decorate a Room for Halloween: Mummy Candlesticks

You will need:

glass jars

PVA glue

Brush or sponge brush

Scissors

Toy (plastic) eyes

Battery powered candles or simple tealights

Acrylic or watercolor paints.

1. Cut the gauze into several long strips.

2. Apply some PVA glue to the top of the jar.

3. Glue one strip to the jar and start wrapping it around the entire jar. Secure the gauze in some places with glue.

4. Continue winding the jar and adding glue in places.

		Holiday colors Red, black, orange
		Flowers chrysanthemums
		Decor Balloon ghosts, window stickers, artificial fog, cobwebs, stuffed animals
		paraphernalia Pumpkins, candles, costumes
		Thematic entertainment Pumpkin crab, three-legged racing, pumpkin hockey, nimble donut, steal a pumpkin, web, pack a mummy

Halloween children's heroes

HALLOWEEN PREPARATION FOR CHILDREN

1. Kids Halloween Invitations

If you decide to host a Halloween-themed children's party at your home, try to send out invitations as early as possible. For two or even three weeks. Firstly, this is necessary so that your guests can think carefully about their costume (after all, a Halloween costume is an extremely important attribute!). Secondly, for you, as the event organizer, knowing the exact number of guests is essential as the starting point for the entire celebration. It depends on the number of children what kind of entertainment you offer, in which room you organize a reception, and even how many sweets you need to buy for the holiday.

And for an invitation card, you can use one of our ideas:

Bat Halloween Invitation

To make something similar at home, you will need: colored paper (black), scissors, and reflective (neon) paint.

Invitationon Halloween"Owl"

This version of the invitation card is a little more difficult to make. To make an owl, you will need to prepare three templates: a torso with a head, a right wing and a left wing (since the wings of a night bird will be movable with us). We draw the details of the owl on thick black cardboard. Then - we fasten the wings to the body with the help of miniature metal nails. We write the text of the invitation with reflective paint (you can even use a real pen if you know how to use it), pack it in an A6 envelope and send it to your guests.

Invitationon Halloween"Pumpkin"

This version of the invitation card is also not too complicated to make. For a postcard, you need: half a sheet of A4 cardboard (orange, yellow), a couple of meters of finishing tape for suits, blouses (also orange, for the mouth and nose of a pumpkin), a piece of bright orange fleece (from it, using ordinary scissors, we will cut pumpkin body). We glue all the details with ordinary PVA glue.

Regarding the accompanying text, everything is also simple here: invite the children to listen to scary stories, taste sweets, have fun and see the miracles that will certainly happen on the eve of All Saints' Day.

And the bat, and the owl, and the pumpkin are cute, harmless attributes of a children's Halloween that can neither cause psychological trauma nor scare. And the philosophy of the holiday of Spirits in such postcards is on the face!

2. Decorations and decor for Halloween at home or school

Here are some amazing ideas that, if you manage to recreate them to the fullest in practice, will create a unique atmosphere of a childish fear room in your home:

- Artificial fog for Halloween

Twilight, gray haze of fog, burning eyes of a pumpkin around ... The blood runs cold in the veins!

Artificial fog can be made as follows. Place buckets half-full of water around the house. And then - add dry ice (there should be enough water in the buckets to cover the dry ice). Proportion: 2 parts water: 1 part ice. If there is warm water in the buckets, create a dense curtain of fog; if it is cold, create a light, illusory haze.

The only "but"! Dry ice is very hazardous to health! Place buckets of water so that they are at a safe distance (height) from the place of children's games and entertainment.

- Tulle Ghosts

Remember the charming, sweet, kind ghost of Casper - the main character of the cartoon of the same name? What about Lizuna from Ghostbusters? A similar, not at all terrible miracle, you can do it yourself!

For "ghosts" you will need: white balloons of different sizes (they need to be inflated with helium), tulle (or a small old sheet), a black marker. Cover the balloon with a cloth and draw a cute face with a black marker. The ghost is ready to celebrate Halloween with you!

- DIY window stickers

Black cats, bats, pumpkins and spiders will peep out of the windows of your house like New Year's snowflakes, in the light of the soft fire of candles and street lamps.

You can make them from thick cardboard or felt. To enhance the "terrifying" effect will help the light source, which must be placed near the window, so that the silhouettes of Halloween can be clearly seen from the street.

- Pumpkins for Halloween

Pumpkin is an obligatory attribute of the night on the eve of All Saints' Day. To make cute faces and light candles inside is a must for everyone who is not indifferent to Halloween.

- Scarecrow for Halloween

A straw scarecrow with a pumpkin head will become a reliable guardian of your house and yard from the influence of real evil forces, and will cause a lot of positive emotions among your little guests.

- Halloween Table Decor

Pumpkin is a great decoration for a festive table. The tablecloth - the basis of the festive serving can be taken in classic black or orange colors, and then decorate the overall composition with cobwebs with spiders, etc. In addition, on this day it is better to serve dishes in black dishes, use black napkins.

In the decor for children's Halloween, it is better to avoid characters with bloody wounds, sharp vampire fangs, etc.

3. Children's Halloween costumes

Costumes should also be chosen without a sharply negative semantic coloring. Cute little witches, or - close to the ethnic understanding of Russian Koschey the Immortal - exactly what you need!

Let me tell you one little secret. On Halloween, you can reanimate old New Year's costumes. For example, my daughter was at the New Year's masquerade - Strawberry. Red and green (and these colors are very relevant for the holiday of spirits) - they were present in her costume. We put on black tights under it (adding a little gloom would not hurt) and made a festive make-up (in the style of Halloween - we drew a spider with a cobweb on the cheek). All! Look what a miracle!

But this pumpkin girl in general is a symbol of the whole holiday!

On this day, the costumes of chickens, dragons, superheroes, sweets, sweets and birds (for the smallest participants of the holiday) will be very relevant!

4. Halloween souvenirs

I recently returned from the States, so there is a tradition according to which children in carnival costumes go from house to house, sing songs, tell all sorts of stories, and for this the owners give them a lot of sweets, gingerbread and other souvenirs. I remembered our tradition to be generous on the Old New Year. Russian children (especially in the countryside) also go from house to house, playing all sorts of funny scenes.

Here are some interesting ideas for treats, small gifts for children on the eve of All Saints' Day.

Candy on a stick - ghosts

Rag puppets

Gingerbread "Pumpkin Smile"

It’s just that the costume itself (which the kids wear with such pride!) Is worth it to thank for it with something delicious. And if the child also tried to learn and tell something, be sure to put a gift in his basket!

HALLOWEEN CONTESTS AND GAMES

1. Games and entertainment for Halloween

Game 1. Pack the mummy Props: toilet paper and stopwatch. Children are divided into two teams - "mummies" and "priests". In one minute, the priests must wrap the "mummies" in a shroud. Whoever has more of the "body" of the mummy will be covered with toilet paper, he won!

Game 2. Web Props: a ball of yarn with a surprise hidden inside. The essence of the game: unravel the ball and get to the surprise. But you need to do this so that the thread does not get tangled and does not turn into a web!

Game 3. Steal the pumpkin Props: 15 small pumpkins, timer. From 8 to 15 children can participate in the game. The essence of the game: Before the start of the competition, you must install all the pumpkins in the middle of the room. Then - divide the children into 4 teams (start for each team in one of the 4 corners of the room). At the go-ahead of the leader of the "march", one participant from each team runs to the middle of the room for pumpkins. When one participant returns, the second one runs. When the pumpkins in the middle of the room run out, the fun begins! Participants can go out one by one from the team, and "steal" one pumpkin from the opponent. Whichever team manages to collect the most pumpkins in 5 minutes wins..

Game 4 Props: a rope on which gingerbread and donuts are hung on threads. The essence of the game: Without the help of hands, eat a donut for a while.

Popular in Western countries, the Celtic holiday Halloween lost its symbolism and became an occasion to have fun and fool around, wearing costumes and making jewelry in a gothic and intimidating style.

If you don't know how to make an original Halloween costume at home, you can watch this. How to organize a party at home and what you need for this - read below.

What you need for Halloween

To make it immediately clear that today is not February 23, not March 8, guests and the host must dress appropriately. The scarier you look, the better. Welcomed in black and pink, with streaks of blood. As for the costumes, you have something to strive for, the world knows many ghouls, boars, witches who left their mark on history - Viy, Mary Stuart, Count Dracula, vampires and zombies.

Halloween decorations must be appropriate. Black bats, spiders, candelabra candles and lots of cobwebs.

When organizing a holiday, it is worth considering the scenario, otherwise the party will become ordinary, including music and a lot of alcohol. It is worth saving a couple of sinister melodies. You can organize a competition for the scariest story and the best pumpkin. Or develop something like a quest when you need to find the mysterious will of a cannibal baron. You can tell fortunes on a book, hold a competition for the most terrible howl or dance of witches. Everything is in your hands, it is important that everyone is interested, and most importantly, it is scary.

How to decorate a room for Halloween

The traditional colors of the holiday are black and orange, so the paraphernalia should have the appropriate shades. First, the site and the facade of the building are decorated. Lots of leaves fall to the ground at this time of the year. Do not burn it, but collect more to create the basis for decorative compositions.

Hang balloons covered with white sheets from the ceiling and paint the faces of impromptu ghosts.

You need to decorate the entrance to the house for Halloween - arrange brooms. You can put a witch next to you, making it from improvised materials.

You can hang a wreath of hay or feathers dyed black on the door. Do not forget about the main attribute of the holiday - pumpkin. They can be purchased in large quantities, made into candlesticks and placed in all living quarters.

Inflate black balloons, decorating them with sinister faces, wrap the chandelier with white threads, creating the illusion of a cobweb, and all glass surfaces can be painted at will or creepy inscriptions can be made on them. Everyone will love these Halloween decorations.

If the house has a fireplace, then attention should be paid to it by placing gloomy stuffed animals, paintings, candles and jack lanterns. Ghost figures can be cut out of white cardboard and hung in all places. Old books, chests, suitcases and paraphernalia from the past will help decorate the house.

The main attribute of the holiday

The central symbol of the holiday - a pumpkin-lamp appeared thanks to the Celts, who believed that these lanterns help souls find their way to another world. Initially, turnips were used for this, but the Americans adapted a tavern - a type of pumpkin that was more affordable.

A pumpkin with a carved face and a candle placed inside is called a Jack-O-Lantern. Allegedly, there lived such a blacksmith-drinker who was able to deceive the devil twice. Therefore, it began to play the role of a talisman against evil spirits, which on the day from October 31 to November 1 leave shelters and frighten citizens.

Possessing creativity and extraordinary imagination, you can work with a tavern so that the finished pumpkin head for Halloween will make a splash. First, it is better to draw a sketch on paper, and then transfer the drawing to the surface of the vegetable. Instead of trivial circles, square and round elements, you can cut out paintings, landscapes, portraits. Crosses, stars and bats will be in the theme. To win the fight for the best pumpkin, make a pumpkin monster that devours another tribesman.

Victory will be in your hands if you make Jack the Pumpkin Snowman. All you need is a hat, an old shirt collar, a couple of buttons, felt-tip pens, glue, and a wine bottle cork. A Jack-o'-lantern can be made from paper by cutting it into strips and fixing it on both sides, giving it the shape of a ball. The role of the leaves will be performed by green velvet paper or thin fabric. Everyone will remember such a pumpkin for Halloween for a very long time!

What's a holiday without treats?

Everything should be spooky on All Saints' Day, including food and cocktails. Boiled pasta with two eyes made of balls of mozzarella cheese and two olives will look like a mummy. The same effect can be achieved by making sausages in the dough and leaving the tips peeking out so that you can put 2 eyes on them with mayonnaise.

Any cookies or crackers can be painted according to the theme of the holiday with the help of sauces, vegetables and fruits. A sweet dessert can be decorated with melted chocolate by drawing a web on it, and do not forget to put gelatin worms on it.

Halloween food can be ordinary, but you need to decorate it with a chilling entourage. When baking cookies, try shaping them into a bone shape. Whipped squirrels, when baked, will provide the product with an eerie natural look. Eggs can be boiled so that a mesh appears on their surface. And grilled chicken wings can be passed off as bat wings.

Drinks are of great importance. There are no recommendations for taste, but the color should fascinate with eerie beauty, which means green absinthe, multi-colored liquors, Grenadine syrup will do.

With the help of Baileys liquor, you can build brains in a glass, and dry ice will allow you to achieve the effect of a smoking glass. If you freeze ice, then put different plastic items of the appropriate subject into the molds.

You can make an ice hand by filling a rubber glove with water and placing it in the freezer.

The same Grenadine and sugar will allow you to make a red border on a glass, and a web, like on a cake, can be drawn on the glass walls with melted chocolate.

Implementation of ideas will require little money and time. The main thing is to approach wisely and do together with friends. Good luck!