Tips For Homemade Halloween Decoration

Halloween marks one of the most exciting days in the yearly calendar, not least because children can fulfill their fantasies of living in a spooky house, dressing up in spookier costumes and go around trying to frighten friends and neighbors. It also gives the perfect excuse to unleash all your latent talents to transform your house into a truly haunted and scary place and you need not spend a fortune on all those Halloween decorations. Homemade Halloween decoration works out as nice as store-bought ones and of course, costs much less.

Making your own decorations will not only keep the budget in check but will also give that personalized touch which no readymade stuff can impart. Also, it's a great way to involve the entire family and children especially will love helping out with the decorations.

To scare all those 'trick or treat' troopers, what better way than to hang a frightening looking scarecrow on a tree in the yard? Simply take an old pair of jeans and a shirt and stuff them with hay or leaves. Next, draw an evil face on any old piece of burlap and hang your scarecrow on a tree with the help of a rope and watch your guests scamper away in fright!

Create an eerie atmosphere in the house by hanging pillow-cases ghosts across the rooms. Plain white pillowcases and wire hangers are all that is required. By cutting a small hole in the top, closed part of the pillow case and sliding the hanger from the bottom, you can put the hook through the hole and gently pull down the hanger in a diamond shape. Then, with a twist tie, tie up the bottom of the pillow case and sketch a ghastly face on it with a black marker and voila! Your hanging ghosts are ready to spook your visitors.

If you love the idea of your visitors screaming in fright as bats swoop down on them, cut up bat shapes out of black garbage bags and hang it on the ceiling or doorways with the help of a twist tie and let the banshee yells start!

Raid your grandma's or mom's thread supply for quilt batting and use it to create a spidery effect around the house and yard. By adding a few plastic spiders and skeletons, your house will look haunted enough to scare even you!

Pumpkin carving is an age-old Halloween tradition and the entire family can get involved in carving out the spookiest faces. Small pumpkins are ideal for carving traditional faces and lots of them can be scattered throughout the house. If you just want a centerpiece, a very large pumpkin will work well for elaborate designs and this can be placed on the porch or on the table. The dark Halloween night is traditionally lit up by Jack-O- Lanterns and carved out pumpkins can be used to put candles inside.

For homemade Halloween decoration, just give rein to your imagination and perhaps, you will surprise yourself with your own creativity!