Handmade Halloween ideas since 2015
Step-by-step tutorials for cloaks and hoods, spell books, wreaths and paper decorations, plus free printables and spooky party food. Most projects use everyday supplies and suit both grown-up crafters and families.
Skeletons and Skulls
Easy Day of the Dead crafts to make with kids: tissue paper marigolds, cut papel picado banners and decorated paper skulls, with a short note on the tradition.
Costume Accessories
Last-minute DIY Halloween costumes from clothes and supplies you already own: a black cat, witch, wizard, skeleton, zombie, scarecrow and more in under an hour.
Costume Accessories
How to make a hooded cloak from start to finish: measure, cut a half-circle body, draft and sew a matching hood, join them neatly and add a clasp or ties.
Costume Accessories
How to make fake blood at home: a simple corn syrup and cocoa recipe, thick scab and thin drip versions, and tips to keep it off clothes and wash it out.
Decorations
DIY cardboard tombstones: cut headstones from boxes, paint a stone finish, add epitaphs, then seal and stake them in a front-yard Halloween graveyard.
Wreaths
How to decorate a wire wreath frame for Halloween: deco mesh, tulle, ribbon or wrapped fabric, then spiders, bats and a bow. Step by step, with tips.
Fantasy
Luna Lovegood's best quotes from Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows, with ideas for Ravenclaw-themed Halloween crafts and signs.
Costume Accessories
Make a hood for a cloak or cape without a pattern: take three easy measurements, draw the hood shape on folded fabric, then sew it. Photos for each step.
Costume Accessories
How to sew a hood onto a cape or cloak: match the center back, pin and ease the neckline, stitch, clip the curve and finish the seam so the hood sits well.
Fantasy
The most famous Severus Snape quotes, book by book, from "Always" to "Turn to page 394", plus ideas for using his lines on Halloween signs and cards.
Costume Accessories
Sew a simple unlined cloak or cape without a pattern: take two measurements, cut one piece of fabric with a curved neck, then hem it. Hooded option included.
Cutouts and Silhouettes
Free printable crow and raven silhouettes to print and trace for Halloween stencils, window decorations, cards and gothic party displays.
Craft Tutorial
How to make a witch's spell book prop for Halloween, step by step: ageing the cover, adding embellishments and styling a spooky display piece.
Cutouts and Silhouettes
A large free printable half butterfly silhouette in black and white. Print it on letter or A4 paper, then flip it to trace a full butterfly stencil.
Costume Accessories
How to fasten a cloak or cape: sewn ties, metal cloak clasps, frog closures, hook-and-loop tabs and buttons, plus how to attach a cape to a shirt safely.
Pumpkins
How to make a carved pumpkin last longer: pick a fresh pumpkin, carve late, clean it well, use a mild bleach rinse, seal cut edges and keep it cool and dark.
Costume Accessories
Make a cloak without sewing: a no-cut blanket cloak, a fleece half-circle cloak and a hood tied on with fringe knots, plus safe neck closures for kids.
Halloween Food
Eight edible Halloween crafts kids can make and eat: banana ghosts, clementine pumpkins, cracker spiders, pretzel broomsticks and more, with safety tips.
Free Printables
Every free printable Halloween craft on the site in one place: silhouettes, templates, banner letters, door signs and potion labels, plus printing tips.
Decorations
How to pack away Halloween decorations so they last: sorting, cleaning, the best boxes, and storage tips for wreaths, costumes, lights and crafts.
Felt and Fabric Crafts
Make felt Halloween finger puppets with simple shapes: a ghost, pumpkin, bat, black cat and witch. Sewn or glued, with sizing tips and easy stitches.
Decorations
Six easy glow-in-the-dark Halloween crafts, from glowing ghost jars to spooky eyes in the bushes, plus tips to make glow paint shine brighter.
Crafts for Kids
Make paper plate Halloween masks with kids: a pumpkin, black cat, bat, ghost and friendly monster, with simple steps and tips for safe eye holes.
