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Every year there are more and more enthusiasts who are ready to put on scary rags and decorate the house for Halloween for the sake of entertainment. If you belong to them, here are some tips on how to quickly and easily decorate your house for the holiday. In this master class I will show you how to make DIY Halloween decorations - 20 options with step by step photos how to decorate a house scary beautifully!

How nice it is to dilute the gray autumn weekdays with a bright, warm and tasty holiday. Let this holiday come to us from Celtic countries and its roots go far into Western history, this does not prevent people from other countries from treating it with warmth.

In Russia, the attitude towards Halloween is still ambiguous. Someone considers it an incomprehensible and uninteresting event, which only young people are interested in, and someone is waiting for it with delight in order to have fun from the heart!

In any case, it is worth starting to prepare for this holiday in advance. In order for the party to turn out in the desired style, you should first of all take care of the decor of the premises in which it will take place. Unfortunately, in Russia there are very few places where you can buy worthy jewelry for this holiday.

It is best to order them online, although chain stores often add themed accessories to their assortment before the holiday. But you can do everything with your own hands. So, let's make our Halloween house look scary!

The most popular adornments are:

• Pumpkins with carved eyes
• Cobwebs and spiders
• Ghosts and witches
• The bats
• Walking zombies and mummies
• Brooms, wands and other belongings
• Black cats in any form
• Candles, dry leaves and other attributes of autumn.

The pumpkin walked around the garden ... and got to the party

The main attribute of Halloween, of course, is a pumpkin, and it has many options for embodying the wildest fantasies: it can be cut in the shape of a head with a terrifying smile and crooked teeth, dressed up with an elegant hat, painted with paints, wrapped in bright threads or wrapped in black lace stockings - who is on what is capable of.

Pumpkins ripen in the fields in October. And you can bring one such huge fruit into the house, extract all the pulp, cut out a terrible face and put a candlestick inside.

In the dark, such a head will look very scary.

Jack's lamp

Now you can make a real piece of decorative art from a pumpkin. On it you can draw intricate shapes and patterns for every taste both with paints and with a regular pen. You can also cut beautiful lines across the entire surface or make bizarre through holes to create beautiful patterns in the candle's chiaroscuro.

Pumpkins come in very different colors, shapes, and sizes. Large pumpkins should be placed near the entrance to the house. Smaller ones can be placed in rooms. They can be decorated with beads, sequins, rhinestones (suitable for light-colored pumpkins) or fabric, bows and buttons (for bright orange pumpkins). On the surface, you can depict drawings of spiders, cobwebs, bats, etc.

See how you can quickly and easily make a pumpkin bat.

You can also cut funny faces and scary pictures. Also, the pumpkin can be used as a flower vase. You can put asters, chrysanthemums and any other autumn flowers in it. Here you can also use rowan brushes and autumn leaves. Small pumpkins can be made as candlesticks. It will look very neat and cozy.

Perhaps because Halloween takes place in the fall, the pumpkin is the centerpiece of the day. It can be a decor item, a costume, or a children's handicraft. The main thing is to set a terrifying appearance, to scare everyone.

We, on our website, offer a craft option for small children, since it is they who love to sculpt from plasticine. A pumpkin can be molded from an orange block, but not one, but 3 pieces at once. You can also draw wonderful faces with plasticine and a toothpick on a soft surface. And also then make an unusual pyramid structure, so to speak, a pumpkin snowman.

To create a plasticine Halloween decoration, prepare:

• orange and black plasticine;
• a toothpick.

We will make the autumn fruits ourselves from orange plasticine. Black is needed for the eyes, and you can also wear a black witch's cloak on the figure.

Divide the orange block of plasticine into 3 portions, but not equal, but gradually reducing the amount of mass in each of them. Knead each piece separately in your hands. Pumpkins will be made of them, they will become a kind of lumps for creating a snowman. Ready-made faces will need to be assembled into a pyramid.

Roll into balls from the prepared pieces. Then press each on top with your palm to make the balls more flattened. And it is convenient to push the veins with a toothpick.

Now turn each prepared detail into a muzzle. It will not be just a vegetable, but a kind, an instance that makes up one part of a single structure. The first largest pumpkin has a hard time, because it is at the foot of the pyramid. Make a nose for her, a distorted mouth and eye pits.

Also stick a patch for decoration to show that the strong pumpkin has already burst more than once, it was sewn up to be repaired.

The second pumpkin is in the middle. It is also hard for her, but not as much as the previous one. She is surprised and tries to pull herself together. Come up with a facial expression for her.

Make a black blot on the side for decoration.

Now the next in line is the smallest and most cunning pumpkin, which completes the entire structure. She smiles and winks at everyone around her, her cheeks stand out, it is not at all difficult for her, because she does not hold anyone on her.

When the pumpkin fantasy is ready, collect the snowman. Stick one piece on top of the other to size.

Mash a large amount of black plasticine in your hands, crush with your fingers, pulling out a rectangular very thin cake. From the prepared part we will make a long cloak with a cap. On one side, close the corners and smooth the seam with your fingers, pull out the sharp cap.

Stick the raincoat on your head or rather your face. The cap will be put on the head and go down in the form of a long cape.

This witch is made from materials at hand - from a plastic bottle, garbage bags and ribbons. The peculiarity of this one is that it can be used on Halloween to decorate the garden and yard.

The bat can be positioned on any surface or suspended from a ceiling or doorframe. The bigger, the better! They can be made from black bags, black duct tape, cloth, and other materials. You can just buy a toy at the store. You can place a cobweb nearby and plant it on a not huge spider. It is convenient to make a web from gauze or thin woolen threads. Most guests will be impressed by this.

How to make a Halloween decoration - a bat out of corks

These bats are made from cork and black paper.

To bring your finished mice to life, be sure to glue your eyes on!

Black Cats

Black cats, as an ancient symbol of witchcraft, will be appropriate always and everywhere. These can be stickers, carved figures, toys, figurines, and even drawings.

How to make black cat from plasticine - master class

Such a cat can be made together with children - after all, they like modeling from plasticine so much!

You should definitely remember about mummies when you decorate the bathroom, kitchen and toilet. The element of surprise is important here. And since guests usually enter these rooms one by one and having relaxed, the effect will be very unexpected. Paint a zombie costume with red spots, and a mummy can even be organized from toilet paper.

Items related to the wizarding world can be evenly placed across all rooms, giving priority to the hallway and living room. It can be brooms, magic wands, old hats, bowlers, etc. The picture will be perfectly complemented by candles of different colors and shapes, wreaths of dry colorful leaves, as well as red apples and oranges.

An owl is one of the paraphernalia of Halloween, it can also be molded from plasticine.

Feel free to decorate any candlestick!

Burn, burn clearly, so that it does not go out! Candlesticks and candles are just as important objects at a Halloween party as the pumpkin. As a basis, you can take a regular candlestick from the IKEA range, and then as your rich imagination tells you.

You can paint, wrap with a white bandage and pour red paint for a bloody effect, scrape together a cobweb pattern on a wax pattern, stick blanks in the shape of flies or bats - everything is very simple!

How without festive table???

Halloween is the perfect holiday for those who break the rules, and that goes for table décor as well. Only for Halloween among delicious dishes severed fingers or dead spiders can be found. For those who prefer a more classic style, we recommend using autumn natural decorations: yellowed leaves, mountain ash, chestnuts, hay, etc. Burning candles on the table will add a mystical atmosphere.

This is a master class on how to decorate a table for Halloween.

Decorating a house for Halloween doesn't take a lot of time and effort. The main thing is a little creativity, good mood and company. Decorating a terrifying house with a fun circle of friends is a great warm-up before a noisy party, isn't it?

There is probably a lot more to talk about Halloween decorations, but these are the most spectacular and popular of them all. Add some food, music and good company and the party will be a success!

Video lesson - how to make a hand for interior decoration using the papier-mâchier technique

Workshop - Balloon Ghosts

5. We decorate the house. As decorations, you can use tangerines with faces drawn with a felt-tip pen, a cobweb cut from paper, garlands.

6."Movie night". Organize family movie screenings at home in the run-up to Halloween. Films should be thematic, for example, a short film by C. Brown "This huge pumpkin".

7. We exchange costumes. No one wants to wear the same outfit for Halloween every year, and getting a new one is not always possible. Therefore, you can exchange festive costumes with your friends or acquaintances. In some cities in the United States, National Dress Exchange Day is held annually on October 10.

8.Pumpkin seeds... Don't throw away the pumpkin seeds that are left after you carve a flashlight from the pumpkin. The seeds can be fried along with sugar and cinnamon and used as a delicious Halloween treat. Also, peeled pumpkin seeds can be sprinkled on bread toast or added to a puree soup.

9. We bake nacho. Prepare a traditional nacho with beans and decorate the top of the dish with cobwebs made from mayonnaise or sour cream. Prepare the nachos well in advance and remove the snack from the fridge one hour before the guests arrive.

10. Cocktails. For more interest, the edges of the glasses into which cocktails will be poured can be sprinkled with sugar, after having painted it black or red. You can use food coloring for this.

11. Catching apples... This is a classic kid's Halloween game, or just inexpensive fun. Participants in the game need to dip their faces into a basin of water and try to grab one of the floating apples with their teeth.

12. Bananas on a stick in chocolate. This treat requires only three ingredients: bananas, white chocolate and glazed colored peanuts. Thirty minutes of work and no baking.

13. Crafts from paper in silence. You can make various flower arrangements from tissue paper, pumpkin-shaped bags for storing treats, funny monsters.

14. We drape the windows. Instead of curtains, you can decorate the windows with pieces of old gauze or burlap. For a festive atmosphere on gauze, you can draw a black cobweb and spiders, which will be illuminated from the window by the daytime sun. The fabric can be attached to the cornice or to the back of the window frame.

15. Spinach appetizer in a bread pot. Surprise guests with a festive snack made from pot-shaped brown bread filled with chopped spinach, mayonnaise and cheese.

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Halloween in our country began to be celebrated relatively recently. The Eve of All Saints' Day gained the greatest popularity in the countries of North America, but even for these states it is not "native". Since the witches in pointed hats and glowing pumpkins on October 31 began to appear more and more often, we have become more serious about the holiday. At first, those dressed up were considered simple eccentrics, then they began to organize themed parties. Halloween was gaining momentum. Celebrating it requires a themed decor. Some companies even compete to see which costumes and paraphernalia will be more realistic. In stores, you can buy artificial spider webs or imitation orange pumpkins, but holiday decorations made with your own crochet are much better than stamped props. Of course, a certain part of society is skeptical about the "alien" Halloween, offering the same Christmastide as an alternative. Last years showed that both holidays can peacefully coexist with each other. Let's get acquainted with the history of the eve of All Saints' Day and consider master classes on making decorations for Halloween.

Holiday history: symbols, attributes and traditions

Halloween was first celebrated in Scotland and Ireland. Subsequently, this tradition spread throughout Great Britain, and immigrants from the Old World brought it with them to America. The Eve of All Saints Day is considered a holiday exclusively for English-speaking peoples. This is part of their culture, which was inherited from their ancestors - the Celtic tribes. Halloween is the new name for the holiday. In ancient times, the Celts called it "Samhain" or "Samhain". October 31st was the last day of the outgoing year. This date marked the end of the harvest, the onset of winter and the contact of two worlds: the living and the dead. When the “doors” were opened, evil spirits in various guises calmly walked the earth and did everything to mischief people. To protect themselves from the attacks of devils, ghosts and witches, the Celts used tricks. They extinguished the fire in houses, and in the courtyards they left treats for the evil spirits in order to appease them. People dressed up in animal skins and painted their faces. In such a cunning way, a person hoped to lead evil spirits, pretending to be one of them. Then everyone gathered around the fires, which were kindled by the priests, sacrificed (animals). Each took home a piece of fire, which was considered sacred. The pumpkin has become the main symbol of the holiday. She was associated with the harvested harvest and carried the sacred fire to the house. Here you can draw parallels with the Slavic New Year (New Years), which was celebrated in Russia on September 14. After the completion of the field work, the Slavs extinguished the lights in their homes. In the morning they lit new ones that "spoke" for the winter. According to a similar scenario, Christmastide was held in the post-Soviet space - the festive period from Christmas to Epiphany. These days they were guessing, walking in "creepy" costumes, carols. By the way, the customs came from paganism. After the adoption of Christianity, they were simply timed to church dates, since people did not want to give up their usual holidays.

So, Samhain was celebrated by the Celts until the moment of their conquest by the Roman Empire. Almost a century later, Halloween took on new features, as it managed to mix with two Latin holidays. Pomona Day - dedicated to the goddess of abundance. An apple was considered one of its symbols. Many speculate that the Halloween game of "catching apples" is a direct reference to this holiday. Feralia - Day of Remembrance of the Departed (Parent's Day). Later, when Christianity began to supplant pagan beliefs, Catholics created new holiday... On November 1, All Hallows Even was announced, which literally translates as "Mass of All Saints." Subsequently, the long name was shortened to the laconic "Halloween". De facto, this is a Christian church holiday, but it has firmly merged with the legacy of pagan rituals (coaxing spirits, dressing up). They fought against "wild" customs for a long time, but could not exclude them from Halloween. On this holiday, children dress up, take baskets with them, huddle in a company and go to neighboring houses, begging for sweets. More precisely, they offer a choice: either a treat or a dirty trick (trik or trak). Girls tell fortunes on apple peels or with the help of candles and mirrors (this is very similar to the tradition of Christmas divination). Adults also dress up, decorate apartments, invite guests to house parties or visit clubs where they hold themed meetings. Large-scale masquerades are held on this day in large American cities.

Halloween decor should be scary. "Blood in my veins" is unlikely to harden from him, but the design should still cause a slight fear and awe. The main symbol of Halloween is a hollow pumpkin. In the states it is called Jack-o-lanterns. Various faces are cut out on it, which are illuminated from the inside with flashlights. Houses are also decorated with cobwebs, bats, skeletons, glowing bones, silhouettes of ghosts, chests with sinister predictions, mummies, witches, spiders and wreaths of snakes. Decorations can be very diverse. They are borrowed from their native cultures and beautifully adapted to the classic attributes of Halloween. The main thing is that the decor is scary.

Holiday colors

The design of the room in the style of "Halloween" is carried out in the colors traditional for this holiday. Since the design should be as dark and scary as possible, the main role is given to the most dynamic combination - black and red. The composition is supplemented with "shades of autumn", that is, with tones of yellow, brown, orange, pumpkin, dirty brown, burgundy, wine. You don't need to combine all these colors in one room. It is enough to choose only two or three tones. They will become the basis of the composition. To bring harmony to the interior, they use "dusty" gray (asphalt and mouse shades), blue (dark tones) and less often purple or lilac.

How to create festive lighting

Halloween lighting should be dim and ominous. If the lamps in the room are too bright, then they are replaced with candles and decorative lamps. You can also wrap the light source in a matte shade. Halloween light is diffused. It is desirable that it be colored red, yellow or blue. The shade depends on the situation in the area illuminated by the light bulb. For example, for haunted stone crypts or burial mounds with bony zombie hands sticking out of the ground, blue light is suitable. Red and yellow emphasize the "bloody" decorations. The purple hue is more suited to the "ghoul" theme.

How to make bloody candles

"Bloody" candles will be an ideal option for decorating a festive table. It's easy enough to make them. All work will take no more than an hour. To create a decor you will need:

• Regular white paraffin candle.
• Stationery knife, matches.
• A paraffin candle colored red.
• Paper (work surface) and flat saucer.

Cut a white candle across into several pieces different lengths... Use a utility knife. You need to cut it carefully so that the paraffin does not crumble. Then, on each miniature candle, the "tail" of the wick is released. Now they are placed on the saucer in an asymmetrical group. A red candle is set on fire and generously dripped with "bloody" paraffin onto the "plate" composition. With the help of the composition, decorate is carried out and the group is fixed on a saucer. The composition is placed in the center of the festive table. Additionally, you can pierce the candles in several places with black pins or put miniature spiders near the saucer.

The red candle should be completely colored. When buying, you should pay attention to this nuance. There are candles that are painted only on the outside. You cannot get the effect of "blood spots" from them. You can buy regular white and add dye to the molten paraffin.

Pumpkin: traditional lanterns and other design ideas

Jack-o-lanterns also did not appear from scratch. Jack's lamp illuminates in the darkness the road to Purgatory for restless souls. The Celts also endowed the pumpkin head with just such symbolism. The Scots had a legend about the drunkard Jack, who once decided to have a glass with the Devil. There was nothing to pay for the drink, so he invited his companion to turn into a coin. Instead of giving it to the innkeeper, Jack threw the money into his pocket, which already contained a silver cross. The devil fell into a trap, since he could not regain his former appearance due to the proximity of the sacred Christian symbol. As a result, Jack made a deal and released the Devil. In return, he promised not to trick him in revenge for a whole year. A little later, the unclean once again fell for the bait of the cunning blacksmith-drunkards and made a new promise not to hunt for his soul after death and to give him another 10 years of life. Perhaps Jack would have spent those years well if he hadn't died. He was not accepted into paradise. To hell too. The devil remembered his promise and sent Jack to wander the world in anticipation of the Day of Judgment. Finally, the unclean threw a coal to the blacksmith, with which he illuminated his path.

Jack's lamp is made from ordinary pumpkins. The "lid" of the vegetable is cut off, the middle (pulp and seeds) is cleaned, then slightly dried. Now the "faces" are cut out on the pumpkin rind. The most common expression is a sinister grin in the teeth of sharp teeth and frowning eyebrows. To make it easier to cut, first the drawing is applied with a pencil. If even the image of a face is given with difficulty, then templates are used. After working on the pumpkin face, put a candle inside the vegetable and close the lid. By the way, Jack's Lamp can also be made of papier-mâché. To make the artificial pumpkin hollow, a paper-glue mass is applied to a balloon, which is subsequently "burst". Those who are greatly intimidated by grinning pumpkin faces, decorate the vegetable differently. It is painted, sprinkled with sparkles, decorated using decoupage technique, knitted "sweaters" and hats are put on.

Jack's lamps were originally made from turnips and rutabagas, and were turned to pumpkins much later. If this vegetable is out of stock, there is a great natural alternative. Sometimes the lamp is replaced with a balloon, which is painted with a black marker.

Branches, driftwood and fallen leaves

Branches and driftwood are collected directly in the park or in the forest. The future decor is harvested for future use, shaken off of litter and thoroughly dried. Then the surface of the twigs and snags is generously covered with black paint. It is this color that looks the most gloomy and impressive. After the decor has dried, compositions are made from it. The twigs are collected in "bouquets". They are complemented with a cobweb made of thread or gauze and artificial spiders. The driftwood is simply placed on the floor or on the shelves. Stuffed crows "sitting" on branches will look realistic and ominous. You can make a luxurious lamp from a branchy driftwood. It is decorated in the manner of a Christmas tree with tiny pumpkin balls. Fallen leaves are also collected in parks. It is enough to dry them slightly and can be artistically scattered on the floor, windowsill and shelves. Wide vases and jars filled with leaves will look creative. If you string them on a thread, you get an autumn garland.

Wall decoration and more

The walls are decorated with various Halloween decorations. Artificial animals include bats, spiders and snakes. These are the three most "vile reptiles", therefore, the atmosphere surrounding them is appropriate. Bats and spiders are easy to cut out of cardboard. A couple of stencils with animals of different sizes are enough so that the decor does not look like stamping. Traces of human feet or paws of animals are cut out according to templates. These black prints are chained to walls, floors and ceilings. Black silhouettes of ghosts, cut from paper, are fixed on the windows. The figures of the "gallows", illuminated from behind the curtains, will look very gloomy and unusual. A group of wall mirrors of different sizes is pasted over with pictures with "creepy" faces, as if peering at guests from the other side. A very "evil" door will greet guests if it is decorated with a frowning grimace. At the top, fabric strips are fixed, which will become hair. Eyes are glued under them. The mouth strip is sealed with masking tape. Severely knitted eyebrows are made from it. Real trees decorated with a flock of artificial crows, rags and candles in glass flasks will look great. Witch-clawed hands can grow from some walls. You can play with the plot of Snow White and put a fake apple in one of them. Hanging from the ceiling are plafonds made of black polyethylene in the form of pointed witch's hats with lanterns inside.

Garlands are considered the simplest wall decor that can be built in just a couple of hours. If you make a lot of them, then other decorations will not be required for the room.

How to make a stylized garland with an inscription with your own hands

Halloween garlands are easy to make. For work, you will need sheets of cardboard in three colors (usually orange, white and black), templates, scissors, coarse thread, glue, tape, a pencil and a marker. First you need to print stencils of crows, bats, skulls, cats and simple triangular flags. No need to choose complex figures. For example, the silhouettes of spiders with numerous legs will take a long time to cut. Then the templates are laid on sheets of cardboard and outlined with a pencil. Now you can cut. To make inscriptions, they take white cardboard, draw circles on it, draw outlines with a black marker and write letters. These elements are cut and pasted onto the triangular flags. All the details of the garland are fixed on a harsh thread with the help of scotch tape squares.

Table decoration starts with the tablecloth. An identical snow-white canvas for Halloween will not work. Choose a tablecloth in bright colors (orange, red, black). The shops sell special fabrics with thematic drawings. Instead of vases for bouquets of scarlet or white flowers, papier-mâché skulls covered with gray or black paint are used. A drop of fun will be brought in by sparkles, which are sprinkled on the decor, after sprinkling it with varnish. White candles in black candlesticks and currant berries in transparent vases add gloominess to the atmosphere. Pumpkins are used as lamps. A small tree with bare branches in a pot is placed in the center of the table. You can use another arrangement of twigs, ears and dried flowers. A bouquet is assembled from the components, which is dipped in black paint. Then it is suspended to allow the excess glass composition. After drying, the bunch is placed in a pot. To make the festive table imbued with the spirit of Halloween, use snow-white dishes, silver cutlery and black napkins. A “scroll” tied with a dark ribbon is placed on each plate for guests. It may contain a greeting, divination, or a task if a masquerade game is planned. The legs of the table can be “put on” in striped stockings and witch's boots, and “backpacks” for gifts can be put on the backs of chairs.

Scary dishes for the holiday

The Jack-o-lanterns theme can be played up differently and served in pots in the shape of a vegetable. For the first, real pumpkins are also suitable. In some restaurants, traditionally, this is how dishes are served to the table. Decanters, glasses and bottles can be painted black or orange. It is enough to cut out the template and stick it on the place that should not be painted. The whole container is dipped in paint. After the composition has dried, the sticker is removed. Most often, in this way, "faces" are applied to bottles and glasses, expressing various emotions. It is not always possible to recreate complex shapes (skulls, for example) on your own. It is better to purchase such dishes in advance in a specialized store. Glasses and cups can be decorated with bruised paint (non-toxic). Scarlet napkins rolled up in a tube and fixed with special fanged jaws-clips will look laconic, but frightening. This decor is placed on every plate. The bloody material contrasts best with black dishes, which will also emphasize the whiteness of the "teeth".

Sweetness or passion

The menu should surprise not so much the taste as appearance... No Halloween table is complete without cookies. They also need to stock up for children who, in an ultimatum, will demand sweets. For cookies, you should buy special molds in advance (in the form of skulls, brains, teeth and skeletons). They prepare pastries according to their favorite recipe. Sweets should also be added to the liver. The treat is wrapped in orange crepe paper or mesh pieces and tied either with green ribbons (pumpkin tails) or satin stripes. From cold drinks, preference is given to tomato juice for children or "Kiss of the Vampire", "Bloody Mary" for adults. Slippery lychee berries, which resemble eyes, are added to the favorite cocktail of "bloodsuckers". To amaze guests with an unusual serving of drinks, they are not poured into glasses, but into syringes. Tools are filled with pomegranate juice and put like spoons in glasses. "Bloody" cranberry sauce is perfect for appetizers (chicken or Mexican nachos). Ghosts are made of marshmallows by painting on their eyes and smirks with chocolate. These babies are used to decorate pumpkin pie. Additionally, it can be decorated with "witch's fingers" with tiny claws. Stuffed eggs are decorated with olive spiders: one half is on the body, and the other is cut into strips for legs. The froth of a chocolate cocktail with a scatter of ground cocoa ideally imitates "loose earth". A couple of jelly worms are placed in it: the disgusting drink is ready. Grapes are strung on canapes or toothpicks. The "muzzle" of the disgusting caterpillar is decorated with carnation eyes. Miniature brooms are made from straws and cheese chunks with fringed strips. Serve salads in cups of oranges, which are prepared like pumpkins. Peel the pulp (go for juice), cut a face on the side and fill it with food.

Making a Halloween wreath on the door

A Halloween wreath on the door is created according to the same principle as a Christmas wreath. For work you will need:

• Wire;
• Cotton wool;
• Scissors, nippers;
• Thread or fishing line;
• Black feathers;
• Christmas balls;
• Paints, glitters, brushes;
• Black satin ribbons.

Making a wreath is not so difficult, it may seem so at first glance. They start with a wire frame, which needs to be given the correct round shape. Then it is thoroughly wrapped with cotton wool to add volume and secured with a thread. Next, Christmas balls are tied to the fishing line. It is also wrapped around a wreath in a circle so that the decor is evenly distributed. The balls are colored black, gray, orange and covered with sparkles. Now the black feathers are collected in bunches. Each bouquet is tied to a thread that is wrapped around the frame. They use a lot of feathers so that voids do not form in the wreath. They can be easily replaced with autumn leaves.

The wreath can be made from intertwined branches or wrapped around the frame with cardboard bats on a string. Red rhinestone eyes will complete the gloomy look of artificial animals.

Casting, spider webs and other ideas

A ghost is easy to make from balloons and gauze. Also, for work, you will need a marker with which to draw a face. The balls are filled with air. Then they are painted and tied to the ceiling. Now they are covered with a “cloak” of gauze, the ends of which dangle freely in the air. An artificial web is made from the same material. It is soaked in a bucket of diluted black gouache. The result is a grayish fabric, as if covered with a layer of dust. For thick, old cobwebs, a couple of holes in gauze and artistic hanging in the corner are enough. To get a thin cobweb, the material will have to be unraveled for a long time. Vials of various sizes will be needed for witch supplies. Liquid (tinted water) is poured into them and "creepy" objects are placed: artificial fingers, spiders, rat claws and other witchcraft paraphernalia. The lids are decorated with twine, burlap, gauze cobwebs and bloody paint stains.

The main decoration of the porch of a private house will be a composition of traditional pumpkins. Courtyards are often decorated with groups of cute ghosts who greet guests. Crooked driftwood, compositions of bare branches, heaps of autumn leaves and even shoes forgotten by some unlucky witch with a "parked" broom will help to add a Halloween entourage to the site. Cardboard silhouettes of mice or spiders are glued onto the steps. Garlands of black and orange balloons are placed over the entrance. The veranda or terrace is covered with a layer of gauze cobwebs and creepy furry spiders. A wreath of dry twigs on front door will immediately show guests that "big Halloween troubles" await them here. You can accentuate the decor with the help of lighting.

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Bloody footprints on the glass, sinister witches above the ceiling, pumpkins with a vampire grin ... - on this day you can “let the genie out of the bottle” and enjoy the terribly funny atmosphere of mysticism. Preparing cool decorations for Halloween.

He came to us from the West and charmed us with his mystery and unbridled enthusiasm. This is one of those holidays, which without and loses its meaning and charm. During Halloween, everyone can feel like a bit of a mystic and a wizard, turning their home into an abode of evil spirits and the other world.

Scenes for decoration for All Saints Day can be very different. But the main themes are almost always unchanged - they are occultism, horror, death, mystical characters. The main palette of the holiday consists of black and orange shades with rare inclusions of white, green and red. The initial attributes of the celebration were the symbols of autumn and the harvest: pumpkins, yellowed leaves, garden scarecrows, ripe corn, bare tree branches.

All this is relevant to this day. But nowadays, the bet is more and more often placed on horror and fear: the decorations have become more and more creepy, and the colors are more and more gloomy. But it is always important to know when to stop, avoiding bad taste and unnecessary tragedy. It's still a holiday! We share with you the original ideas for Halloween decor:

1. Jolly pumpkin jack

A simple and affordable way to add the atmosphere of the famous holiday to the interior is to use its most famous symbol - "Jack-lantern" from a pumpkin. However, in order to skillfully cut a flashlight, you need to practice a little in carving and, as they say, fill your hand.

If you don't want to bother with pulling out and scraping the pulp, you can simply draw a face on the vegetable peel, and place a candle on the top of its head.

For drama and contrast, some pumpkins can be dyed black and mixed with orange ones.

Vampire pumpkins will look original and ominous. It is enough to cut a small hole for the mouth and insert purchased vampire jaws into it. Rowan berries are suitable as red eyes.

There is no need to specially catch and dry these harmless animals. Figures of mice cut from colored cardboard are quite suitable. For more expressiveness, attach button eyes to the figures. In the company of a garland of black mice, a garland of white paper ghosts will look harmonious.

3. Cocoons with spiders

Cocoons with small spiders, suspended from a chandelier or ceiling, look funny and beautiful. They are made from dense white threads, which are soaked in PVA glue and wrapped around a small balloon. The next morning, when the glue on the thread is completely dry, the base ball is pierced and removed. From different sides of the cocoons, small spiders are attached - purchased or made independently from cardboard.

Leaving them is nowhere easier: dip your palms in red paint and attach them to the glass of a window or door. Such a small but eerie detail in the Halloween atmosphere will come in very handy.

5. Mice on the steps

If the house has a staircase, it is a pity to leave it without decor. A good option is homemade stickers in the form of mice with minks. In the presence of small pumpkins, they, along with candles, can be used to decorate the edge of the steps. Only in this case, it is important to remember about safety measures in order to prevent a fire.

6. Ghosts in the windows

Another easy way to decorate windows for Halloween is to attach paper ghosts peeping out of the frame to the glass. If desired, ghosts can be painted on the glass with white or black paint.

7. Someone from the tank

You can decorate for Halloween not only living rooms, but also office ones. Pretty something peeking out of cistern, easy to make from black adhesive paper.

8. Leads in the banks

LED strips or garlands of different shades are good for making creepy funny jars. Draw some funny faces on the front of the jar, place an LED string or tape there, and close the jar with a lid. Such glowing Jackies and ghosts can be placed throughout the house.

White plastic jerrycans or barrels are also good options. Draw creepy faces on the outside of them, and place the LEDs inside. Candles will no longer work in this case.

Mice with wings are the most popular Halloween attribute. From what they just do not make. But the simpler and more profitable, the more you save your time and budget. For example, a good solution is to make mice out of toilet paper rolls. Paint the material black and fold the sides of the cardboard at both ends to give the sleeve rectangular shape... The sharp corners will serve as ears and feet for the mice. Glue cardboard wings to the back and hang the finished product from the ceiling or chandelier.

10. Table for the witch

It is quite easy to turn an ordinary table into a witch's table, putting on striped stockings and frayed black shoes with a pointed toe, traditional for Western folklore, on its legs. Of course, a witch in Russian folk culture does not wear that. Rather, bast shoes and a torn onucha (a white strip of fabric for wrapping a leg with a tourniquet) are suitable for her.

11. Creepy flowers

Floral decor is relevant for any holiday, including Halloween. But the approach to drawing up bouquets should be special ... For example, white roses look terribly beautiful surrounded by small spiders, snakes and midges.

Black or dark purple roses with large pupils instead of a core look no less terrifying. For this craft, use artificial flowers and eyes from old dolls, or bought in a joke store.

12. Funny briquettes

They can be made of bricks, pieces of boards, or cardboard. They need to be painted in the desired shade and decorated with curly pieces of fabric or paper.

13. Jack's pillows

If your home has a lot of small pillows, decorate a few of them in a Halloween-themed way. You can purchase orange or black pillows and complement them with themed faces, stories or phrases.

One of the most daunting decor ideas is getting your head in glass jar... But first, you need to find a suitable creepy photo of a human head, print it, roll it up and place it in a jar of water. Due to the water, the image will look three-dimensional and more realistic.

Decorate the entrance or interior door in an original way in the style of the famous creation of Victor Frankenstein. You don't need a lot of details. A strand of hair will be a black fabric hanging from the top of the door, cut in uneven zigzags. With eyes - circles of white and black paper, and instead of a mouth - a strip of black paper or cloth and one or two white squares as teeth. Be sure to add the emblematic black scar to the side.

By the way, Frankenstein is far from the only character who can decorate a door. Mummy, monsters, villains, witches ... - any of the heroes of the holiday you like can be honored to be symbolically imprinted on your door.

Plain white candles can be turned into a scary Halloween decor with red paint. Apply it on the base under the fillet and on the leaked wax - and in front of you are candles melting with blood.

17. Soaring ghosts

Don't like witches, skeletons and pumpkin faces? Then try to let a flock of funny ghosts into the house. Make them out of gauze. The easiest way is to take a white balloon, inflate it a little, throw gauze or tulle over it, wrap them at the base of the balloon with white thread and hang them from the top.

If you want airy and weightless ghosts, use the ball only for the base. The principle here is the same as in the manufacture of cocoons - you need to dip the gauze in PVA glue, cover it with a ball on a plastic bottle with wires in both directions and let the composition dry. Then it remains to get rid of the base and add the ghost of eyes from buttons, fabric or cardboard.

18. Evil Web

According to legends, evil spirits love to settle in abandoned places where a person's foot rarely steps. And therefore, dust and cobwebs in such corners cannot be avoided. Use this symbolic attribute in your interior decor. For him you need balls of white, thin, woolen threads. Thin gauze will also work. Artificial spider webs can wrap any part of the room, wrap it around a chandelier, chairs or part of a window.

They can be everywhere! Stick out of a pot of flowers, from a wall, or peek out from under a sofa. Choose bright, striped socks and fill them with foam or cotton wool. Then shoe the resulting legs in dark black shoes or high heels.

20. Mysterious refrigerator

The refrigerator is also worthy to be smart for the holiday. Its monochrome shade will serve as a good background for the embodiment of any character, from a ghost to a mummy.