handmade halloween decorations

Thanks! I think those are wonderful! I will definitely be using them.

I always have my kids make paper spiders using a large circle punch for the body and then their  hands for the legs. It is fun to see how much bigger their hands have gotten over the year,

this is the garland made from garbage bags, so easy, so spooky!

We made a halloween themed mobile using cookie cutters to draw the shapes on construction paper of a witch, cat, ghost, pumpkin, bat, etc.

We used straws and fishing line to assemble to mobile like this:

It's very lightweight and the slightest breeze makes it move. The girls love it and I know we'll be making these for other holidays.

wow carrie grace!  those are fantastic!

So did you just cut the bags in strips?  How did you get it to look like cloth?  That looks so cool!

Quoting carrie_grace:

 

this is the garland made from garbage bags, so easy, so spooky!

I LUV THESE IDEAS !!!

THANK YOU !!!

I WILL BE USING THEM FOR MY CHILD'S HALLOWEEN PARTY !!!

You all have some awesome ideas!!! The kids and I are going to make the pumpkins and curtain tomorrow after school :)

To make the pumpkins light up did you just use the little battery operated tea lights?

One year, I went to the thrift store...bought a pair of mens jeans, a flannel shirt, and was lucky enough to find a straw hat. I layed everything out neatly on the table, shirt tucked in the jeans and everything zipped and buttoned. I hot glued the two together. The jeans stay zipped but the shirt needs to be able to be unbuttoned for stuffing.

Every year "Mr Man" gets stuffed with either leaves or straw. He is then seated in the chair on our front porch. We place an old trick or treat bucket on his neck for a head, it has a smiley face. His straw hat goes on top.

Mr Man picked up a nasty habit last year when a friend put a box of Marlboro's in his shirt pocket. (joke: it's an empty box)

The girls absolutely LOVE Mr Man and they look forward to him coming to life every Halloween!

Sorry no pic.