Simple Halloween Decortaions

I was looking through some old Halloween issues from various magazines and I found some basic ideas for simple decorations. Halloween is not just ghost and witches but there are a lot more ideas. Old birdcages are a great idea. You want the cages look vintage and old by painting them black or sprits it with coffee. If the cage is already rusted you don’t need to do much. I saw this one cage that was painted black and then white. After wards you take a scrubby and scrub off some of the paint. Be careful not to take too much off, you want a worn look. You can add some craft moss, twigs, spiders, cobwebs, bats and other ideas.

Blackbirds and ravens are very popular birds for Halloween. Vultures would be great for the top shelf or staircase would be eerie. The best is when you do it in the kitchen or dining room. Having it stare down at you is great.

 The old glass jars give your decoration an old fashion look.  You can fill the glass jars with small gourds, apples or Halloween items like eye balls. Fill a jar with dark candies then cut out a pumpkin face to put on it. You can use clear plastic bottles too. You can recycle that old water bottle and fill it with candy corn or small Halloween toys like rats and bats. If the bottles are small you can use colored water. Just add a few drops of food coloring. There are lots of ideas for labels here are a few: bat wings, eye of newt, spider legs, poison, zombie antidote and hair of wolf.

Silhouette pictures are a popular Halloween decoration.  You can also make black and white copies of paintings and embellish them with glow in the dark paint and googly eyes. Some people who have family pictures have Halloween pictures that they exchange. Nails are already in the wall so you don’t need new ones.  

You can decorate your kitchen chairs by covering them with black netting and tie them off with Halloween ribbon.

I hope this give you some simple ideas and remember to be creative. Look through Halloween magazines or watch movies to get inspiration. Sometimes the simple decorations are the added touch to any haunted home. Happy Haunting.

Coriander Bats