October’s here – and we look forward to festivals and celebration. The trend of celebrating Halloween in Switzerland is lately catching up amongst children and young adults.
The days are getting shorter and there seems to be more time being spent indoors than outdoors. This Halloween why not try to do some simple and interesting DIYs with your kids?
Halloween craft! It has something for everyone. You can make it as elaborate as you like or keep it really simple.
I am sharing my Halloween window design and I hope this gives you the inspiration to do some interesting Halloween décor.
Spooky ghost
Materials required
- Butter paper cut into circles of approximately 20 cm diameter
- Polystyrene balls ( You can get them at any DIY store, like Jumbo, Migros Do-it, Coop Bau und Hobby)
- A pair of scissors
- Black marker
- Glue stick
Method
Step 1: Apply glue on 2/3rds of the polystyrene ball.
Step 2: Stick the ball to the centre of the circular butter paper.
Step 3: Draw eyes and mouth with a black marker, and you are done. An easy spooky ghost that flutters eerily in the wind!
Scary Spider
Materials required
- Black chart paper cut into 8 circles of approximately 10 cm diameter
- White paper cut in 2 small circles of approximately 1.5 cm for the eyes of the spider
- Black pipe cleaners cut in 8 pieces of approximately 12 cms length. You can get them at any DIY store, like Jumbo, Migros Do-it, Coop Bau und Hobby
- Pencil and eraser
- A pair of scissors
- Black marker
- Glue stick
- Hot glue gun
Method
Step 1: Fold 7 circles in half as shown
Step 2: Stick the 7 semi-circles on top of each other
Step 3: Open the free ends of the semi-circles (of semi-circle 1 and 7) and stick it to the circle.
Step 4: Draw eyeballs on two small white circles. Fold the center 2 semicircles a little inward and stick the eyes on. Fold the pipe cleaners downward towards the end to form legs. Stick the 8 legs, 4 on either side, to the back of the spider’s body (on the flap just above the flat back).
There you go! A super scary (or not!) spider.
Creepy Life-like Spider Web
Materials required
- Black yarn
- Scissors
- Glue dots or double-sided tape
Method
Step 1: Cut pieces of yarn of similar lengths and stick their ends on the window frame. Starting with two pieces of yarn, stick one end of each yarn, then twist them at the centre such that they meet at the center, and then stick the free ends down. Continue with the rest of the yarn so that they spread radially as seen in the image below.
Step 2: Now take a long piece of yarn and tie a knot on one of the yarns of the frame towards the center.
Step 3: Weave the yarn around the frame making sure to go around each yarn length on the frame once to secure it. Pull at it slightly to create a shape. It need not be symmetrical. Go around the entire length of the frame making it look like a spider web.
Putting the decoration together
Using double sided tape or glue dots, stick them to your window. My daughter Dhriti and I made a couple of more simple crafts and we had a lot of fun putting them up together. We made a few simple bats using black chart paper and a huge paper pumpkin. We used orange colored paper and shaded it in with colour pencils.
Here is the finished look during the day.
How are you celebrating Halloween? Comment below and share your Halloween decorations with us on our Facebook and Instagram. Happy Halloween!!!
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