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The night of October 31st is a time that unleashes the most terrifying fantasies of adults and children alike. To immerse yourself fully in the world of thrills and spells and create a haunted atmosphere, here are Casavo's 10 tips for trick-or-treat-proof Halloween decorations for your home. Transform your home into a dark cave with these DIY ideas!
1. The classic carved pumpkin
We can't talk about Halloween decorations without starting with the classic carved pumpkin. Behind this decoration, which has become an unmissable and instantly recognizable icon, lies the legend of Jack O'Lantern, a classic tale of Irish folk tradition. To bring it into your home, get a large, orange ornamental pumpkin, scoop out the pulp, and create the now classic openings in the shape of eyes and mouth with a serrated knife. To increase the horror effect, place candles inside and light them when it gets dark: they will cast sinister shadows on the walls.
2. Other pumpkin decorations
Pumpkins are the perfect vegetables for decorating your home in autumn, and not just on Halloween. In addition to carving the traditional Jack O'Lantern, use them to make DIY Halloween decorations by transforming them into candle holders or painting and decorating them with all your imagination.
3. Choose the right colors
Orange and black are the two quintessential hues of this magical time of year. So let them enter your home in the last days of October to line cushions and sofas, to set the table, or to hang curtains on the windows. Orange is also a color of surprising elegance for walls: once you've tried it, you might get a taste for it and decide to repaint all the rooms.
4. Creative themed recycling
DIY Halloween decorations are a great way to recycle unused objects in an original and fun way. Take old shoeboxes, for example, and cover them with paper and newspaper to decorate with pencils and markers with the children to create a witches' village. Milk cartons also work great as a base for building your own village of enchanted creatures.
5. Floating ghosts for the living room
Ghosts, spectres, and spirits are great protagonists of Halloween decorations. Create a terrifying procession of little spirits with white handkerchiefs, paper or cloth, perhaps by recycling old T-shirts or sheets you no longer use. Place a small ball of paper in the center and then close the cloth by tightening it with a piece of string, and complete the work by drawing eyes and a mouth with a black marker. All that's left to do is hang them around shelves and bookcases for a spooky atmosphere!
6. Spooky Bottles
Let's stay on the subject of ghosts and ideas for a Halloween that focuses on creative recycling. Do you have empty plastic bottles, jerry cans or transparent containers lying around? Don't throw them in the recycling bin! With a black marker and a string of battery-powered LED lights, they're ready to become spooky decorations: draw eyes and a mouth, insert the lights inside, and hide them around the house.
7. A wreath for the front door
Welcome your guests this Halloween with decorations right from the front door. For a simple and eco-friendly solution, simply collect some dry leaves and glue them together using a circular piece of cardboard as a structure to create a wreath in autumnal colors. And to make it clear that fear is always lurking in your home, hide some toy insects among the leaves!
8. Bring Halloween outdoors too
Balconies, terraces, and gardens also need Halloween decorations. Recycle an old mannequin or simply tie two broomsticks together to transform them into a scarecrow, complete with worn work clothes, straw, and a scary pumpkin head. Alternatively, use helium-filled balloons covered with a white sheet to make them float like ghosts, or covered with black drapes and a hat to transform them into flying witches.
9. Spiderwebs are a must-have
Spiderwebs are the perfect answer to the question of how to decorate my house for Halloween. If you're looking for classic, lightweight white threads, you'll find dozens of options online, but for a DIY solution, you have two options. The first is to get a ball of thick black or white thread to use to create the classic radial structure with a series of knots. For the second one, you need a simple black garbage bag: fold it in half and then into a triangle and start cutting away small plastic corners until you get a spider web to hang.
10. Halloween to eat
The joy of party arrives in the kitchen with these ideas for an edible Halloween. If sweets and candies are the loot to be collected around the city, your table can't be without horror-themed preparations to share with friends. Make way for insect-shaped cookies, hard-boiled eggs decorated like eyes, splatter decorations with tomato sauce or ketchup, and many other suggestions for a terrifying dinner.
With these 10 ideas for Halloween decorations, you know where to start to organize an unforgettable party while enhancing your home. All you need to do is find a suitable costume!