Boo-tiful
Halloween Decorations
Spooky
Door
Materials:
2-1/4 yards of sheer black fabric or
cotton fabric,
scissors,
15 black VELCRO®
brand STICKY BACK® coins
Instructions:
Cut or tear fabric lengthwise into 2 inch wide strips.
Separate STICKY BACK® coins. Adhere hook halves evenly spaced across
the top of the door frame. Adhere a loop half to one end of each strip.
Press halves together to suspend the strips in the door frame; trim lower
ends if needed.
Hanging
Ghosts
Additional
Material:
white gauze fabric,
scissors,
spray starch,
2-liter soda bottles,
small black felt hats (Can be purchased at craft stores.),
craft glue,
black VELCRO®
brand STICKY BACK® coins,
black felt spool of nylon fishing line
Instructions:
Cut a 24" square of gauze for each ghost; spray the squares
with starch until saturated. Drape squares over soda bottles; arrange
gauze to form ghost shapes. Let dry; remove from bottles. Glue hat on
each head. Separate one STICKY BACK® coin for each ghost. Adhere
2 halves to head for eyes. (If necessary cut down to the appropriate size.)
Cut "spooky" mouth shapes from felt; glue to each head. Cut fishing line
to desired lengths. Separate remaining STICKY BACK® coins. Attach
hook halves to ceiling and to top of each hat. Attach a loop half to each
end of each line. Press halves together to suspend ghosts from ceiling.
Pom-Pom
Spiders
Additional
Material:
large black pom-poms (which can be purchased
at a craft store, or make your own)
black pipe cleaners (4 pipe cleaners per spider),
craft glue, scissors
VELCRO®
brand STICKY BACK® coins in black, white
Instructions:
Twist
4 pipe cleaners together at center; glue to bottom of each pom-pom for
legs. Bend legs outward as desired; cut away excess, if needed. Cut tiny
circles from white STICKY BACK® coins; separate halves. Adhere 2
halves to each pom-pom for eyes. Separate black STICKY BACK® coin
halves. Adhere loop side to bottom of each spider; adhere hook sides at
desired placement of spiders.
Porch
Spider Webs
Additional
Material:
black yarn
scissors, black
VELCRO®
brand STICKY BACK® coins
Instructions:
Separate
STICKY BACK® coins. Working in corner near porch rail, adhere hook
halves along wall, ceiling and porch rail. (See drawing below.) Cut yarn
to fit loosely between coins; adhere loop halves to each end of yarn.
Press coin halves together to attach yarn strands in place. Weave other
yarn strands through the attached strands to form web; press coin halves
together to secure yarn strands in place. For a great effect, add a Pom-Pom
Spider (see above.)
