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Last-Minute DIY Halloween Costumes from Things You Already Have
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.
Handmade Halloween ideas since 2015
Create a bewitching Halloween with witch-themed crafts and decorations. Make a spell book prop, label potion bottles, print witchy book spines and signs, and build a witch house fairy door.
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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.
Decorations
Turn old jars and bottles into spooky potion bottles: clean them, age the glass, fill them with colored liquids or dry ingredients, then cork and label them.
Costume Accessories
Make a rustic witch's broom for a costume or porch display using a garden stick, a bundle of twigs and twine. Step-by-step, with tips to make it last.
Costume Accessories
Make a witch hat from felt or card with one cone and one brim. Simple measuring, a no-sew option, and ideas for bending the tip and decorating it.
Craft Tutorial
Make your own Halloween fairy door craft: turn a plain wooden fairy door into a witch house with paint and altered art techniques, step by step.
Halloween Food
7 quick and easy Halloween cupcake ideas for Fall parties, with simple decorating techniques for eerie-looking treats anyone can make.
Craft Tutorial
A free 'Flying Lessons' witch printable for Halloween. Print this fun sign for your door, broomstick display or witch-themed party decor.
Craft Tutorial
Six easy Halloween Perler bead patterns: a jack-o'-lantern, an eyeball, a skull, a spider web, candy corn and a witch owl, with tips for ironing fused beads.
Crafts for Kids
A list of websites with free Harry Potter coloring pages to print and color in: a relaxing activity for kids and Potter fans before Halloween.
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.
Free Printables
Free printable Halloween potion bottle labels with an aged parchment look. Print, cut and stick them on jars and bottles for a spooky apothecary shelf.
Free Printables
Ten free printable Halloween book spines to give your bookcase a witch or wizard look, plus a quick how-to for covering books on show.
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.
Craft Tutorial
A cute Perler bead witch owl pattern for Halloween, topped with a pointy witch hat and buckle. Includes a bead chart and ironing tips.
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.
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.
Craft Tutorial
How to make an easy tulle wreath for Halloween in a few hours, with tips on choosing tulle colors, cutting strips and tying them to a wreath ring.
Costume Accessories
How to make a Maleficent horn headband for a Halloween costume, with step-by-step photos from shaping the horns to the finished headpiece.
Costume Accessories
A very easy Maleficent headpiece DIY: make quick costume horns from simple materials for a last-minute Halloween outfit or dress-up party.
Costume Accessories
A free printable Maleficent horns template for a Halloween costume. Print it, trace it onto card or craft foam and make a horn mask or headband.
Costume Accessories
A pom pom wand tutorial: top a wand with a satin fabric or tulle pom pom in witch colors, or style it for fairies and princesses.
Costume Accessories
Photo tutorial: make a Maleficent bracelet from Rainbow Loom bands with a fused Perler bead charm. A fun villain craft for kids and adults.
Craft Tutorial
A Maleficent Perler bead pattern inspired by Sleeping Beauty's famous villain, with a chart and tips for making fused bead keyrings, magnets and decor.