Eyeball and Skull Paper Fans for Halloween
A while back, I did a craft showing you how to make some round paper fan decorations which you can hang from a ceiling or on the wall. Today we're taking that concept a bit further and focusing on a much more grown-up version of that decoration.
Enjoy these skull and eyeball paper fan designs which make great hanging and wall decorations for Halloween. There's also a spider and web one too, not shown in the photo, which you can make with the free printable at the end of this post.
These Halloween paper fans are enhanced by the free design motifs that you can print off and use in the center of each decoration. Choose from a spiderweb, some eerie eyeballs to watch your guests everywhere they go and a menacing skull.
Note: This post may contain affiliate links for which I can be compensated.
What You Need to Make These Decorations
Step 1: First thing you need to do is to refer to the tutorial in the list above to make some round fans using black paper. Solid black looks great or you can also choose patterned black and white scrapbook papers or perhaps another color entirely. Green, blue or red would also work well with the free designs.
Once you've made the fans, you'll need to print out the designs which are further down this page. I can't tell you what size to print these at because the size is going to vary regardless.
I would print it out at a normal 100% on a single sheet of paper - letter size or A4. See how that fits with the size of fans you've made and then adjust to make the sheet smaller or larger accordingly.
You want the circular designs to sit in the middle of the fan decorations and still show some of the nice zig zag folds around the outside.
Step 2: If you have a cutting machine like a Cricut or similar, you may be able to cut out your own circular frames from black card. This was a custom design of circle frame that I purchased from eBay some years back. You can normally find a number of sellers who are offering packs of cut outs for a flat fee.
Of course you can use a compass or a round object like a small salad plate, bowl or mug to trace a circle shape onto some cardstock, I use Bazzill Basics, and make up your own circular frame very easily.
You want one of the printed designs to stick neatly inside a nice frame of cardstock. I used a Zig glue pen to stick this inside the frame. Alternatively you don't need to use a frame at all, simply print the designs onto a cardstock and stick them straight onto the completed fans.
Step 3: A glue gun comes in very handy to stick the designs to the middle of the folded fans. Because of the zig zag folds, there's not much surface area to stick the spooky designs to so you need a decent amount of glue from a glue gun.
A glue gun will bond the pieces pretty quickly or a thick and wet adhesive like white pva glue which has not been watered down can work well too. Wet glues will require you to press and hold the design down for a while until it sets in place.
Step 4: Once dry and all stuck together, use a hole punch in the top of the decoration to make a hole through one of the zig zag folds. Make sure it's not so close to the outer edge of paper that you risk the hole tearing easily.
Loop through some cord, twine or ribbon so you can hang your finished piece up. I hung mine from the wall but you could also make these double sided by adding a design to the back as well and hanging it from the ceiling instead.
Here's one of the eyeball designs hanging up. The eyeballs are great fun and look creepy since they look like they are watching you around the room.
Click on the image to open up the full size which is best for printing and choose "Save As" or "Save Image As" to download it.
This free eyeball and skull printable is for your personal use only. You are welcome to blog about how you've used this freebie along with your own photos providing that you include a link back to this page.
Have fun making these easy paper crafts to decorate your home or party venue. I hope you've enjoyed reading my justhalloweencrafts page today, thanks for your visit. Come back soon to get creative with something else.
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Enjoy these skull and eyeball paper fan designs which make great hanging and wall decorations for Halloween. There's also a spider and web one too, not shown in the photo, which you can make with the free printable at the end of this post.
These Halloween paper fans are enhanced by the free design motifs that you can print off and use in the center of each decoration. Choose from a spiderweb, some eerie eyeballs to watch your guests everywhere they go and a menacing skull.
Note: This post may contain affiliate links for which I can be compensated.
Make These Quick and Fun Eyeball and Skull Paper Fans for Halloween
What You Need to Make These Decorations
- See how to make the paper fans with my JustHalloweenCrafts tutorial
- Black paper: plain or patterned sheets to make the fans
- The free printable sheet on this page with eyeball, skull and spider designs
- Scissors, glue or adhesive, optional black card
- Hole punch and twine or cord for hanging
Step 1: First thing you need to do is to refer to the tutorial in the list above to make some round fans using black paper. Solid black looks great or you can also choose patterned black and white scrapbook papers or perhaps another color entirely. Green, blue or red would also work well with the free designs.
Once you've made the fans, you'll need to print out the designs which are further down this page. I can't tell you what size to print these at because the size is going to vary regardless.
I would print it out at a normal 100% on a single sheet of paper - letter size or A4. See how that fits with the size of fans you've made and then adjust to make the sheet smaller or larger accordingly.
You want the circular designs to sit in the middle of the fan decorations and still show some of the nice zig zag folds around the outside.
Step 2: If you have a cutting machine like a Cricut or similar, you may be able to cut out your own circular frames from black card. This was a custom design of circle frame that I purchased from eBay some years back. You can normally find a number of sellers who are offering packs of cut outs for a flat fee.
Of course you can use a compass or a round object like a small salad plate, bowl or mug to trace a circle shape onto some cardstock, I use Bazzill Basics, and make up your own circular frame very easily.
You want one of the printed designs to stick neatly inside a nice frame of cardstock. I used a Zig glue pen to stick this inside the frame. Alternatively you don't need to use a frame at all, simply print the designs onto a cardstock and stick them straight onto the completed fans.
Step 3: A glue gun comes in very handy to stick the designs to the middle of the folded fans. Because of the zig zag folds, there's not much surface area to stick the spooky designs to so you need a decent amount of glue from a glue gun.
A glue gun will bond the pieces pretty quickly or a thick and wet adhesive like white pva glue which has not been watered down can work well too. Wet glues will require you to press and hold the design down for a while until it sets in place.
Step 4: Once dry and all stuck together, use a hole punch in the top of the decoration to make a hole through one of the zig zag folds. Make sure it's not so close to the outer edge of paper that you risk the hole tearing easily.
Loop through some cord, twine or ribbon so you can hang your finished piece up. I hung mine from the wall but you could also make these double sided by adding a design to the back as well and hanging it from the ceiling instead.
Here's one of the eyeball designs hanging up. The eyeballs are great fun and look creepy since they look like they are watching you around the room.
Your Free Printable Spooky Designs
Click on the image to open up the full size which is best for printing and choose "Save As" or "Save Image As" to download it.
This free eyeball and skull printable is for your personal use only. You are welcome to blog about how you've used this freebie along with your own photos providing that you include a link back to this page.
Have fun making these easy paper crafts to decorate your home or party venue. I hope you've enjoyed reading my justhalloweencrafts page today, thanks for your visit. Come back soon to get creative with something else.
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Just Halloween Crafts is a site dedicated to my favorite time of year and the whole spook time season that surrounds October 31st. I love to decorate the home with handmade, DIY and crafted items for Halloween as well as make costume accessories and do fun crafting activities. Using papercrafts, sewing with felt, no-sew techniques and more, you can create a wonderful scheme to your decor whether you are going for scary themes or more fun ones with pumpkins and more. Ghosts, witches, wizards and more make for fun crafting sessions. Thanks for leaving me a comment. Comments do not show until I approve them. Marie