Halloween Decorations

13 Easy Halloween Ornaments to Make at Home

13 Easy Halloween Ornaments to Make at Home 1

Have you started organizing your Halloween party yet? So get inspired by 13 halloween ornaments.

You don’t necessarily need to look for a party house to buy halloween items. It is possible to put creative ideas into practice and bet on easy-to-make Halloween ornaments. Read the article and check out 13 adornments with very dark references to use in your decoration.

Halloween is a traditional celebration in the United States, but it also arouses the interest of Brazilians. On October 31st, some people like to organize a party to have fun with family or friends. In order for the event to be unforgettable, it is necessary to abuse the imagination and make the most of the decorative pieces.

Easy to make Halloween ornaments

Home & Party has selected 13 easy-to-make Halloween ornaments that can be used to decorate your party. Check it step by step:

1 – Mummy lamps

1 – Mummy lamps
Glass jars became mummy lamps.

1 Mummy lamps

The mummy lamp is a very easy ornament to make and it gives an amazing effect to the halloween decoration. The making of the piece is very simple: take a glass jar (canned food, for example), wrap it with gauze and then glue fake eyes. It is also possible to use a pen to draw the macabre features. Once that’s done, just light a candle inside this custom container.

2 – Bloody candles

2 Bloody candles
Blood soaked candles.

2 – Bloody candles

Bloody candles can make any halloween party feel more terrifying. To make them, all you need to do is melt a red candle onto the white candles. The paraffin splash is very similar to the drained blood effect. Simple and sinister, isn’t it?

3 – Halloween flasher


Halloween lights. 

3 – Halloween flasher

Halloween decor requires well-crafted lighting to create an atmosphere of mystery, so a themed flasher is worth a bet. In the image below we have lights decorated with ping pong ball and gauze ghosts. Visit the Unoriginal Mom website to check out a tutorial on this Halloween ornament.

4 – Apple heads

4. Apple headsCarving fruit is a great idea.

4 – Apple heads

Do you like to sculpt? If the answer is yes, then you’ll probably love making this halloween ornament at home. Remove the peels from the apples and make human features on each one. Then just use them to decorate the red punch.

5 – Mini orange pumpkins

5 – Mini orange pumpkinsHalloween pumpkins made with oranges.

We’ve already taught here on the blog how to make halloween pumpkin, but not everyone has the disposition (or talent) for this kind of manual work. If that’s your case, here’s a “Brazilian” tip: mini pumpkins made with oranges.

Provide an orange (very orange) and draw a grimace on it, using a small black pen with a thick tip. Then put a few strands of green wool on top.

6 – Terrifying eyes

6. Terrifying eyesEyes with ping pong balls.

6 – Terrifying eyes

Provide some ping pong balls. Then use a red marker to draw a circle in the center and some veins around it. Fill this circle, also with red paint. Finally, make the pupil with black pen. Terrifying eyes can decorate your candy plates and even your party drinks.

7 – Spider web

7. Spider webGarbage bag spider web.

7 – Spider web

Do you know the black garbage bag you have at home? Well then, it can be used to make cobwebs. The procedure is very simple and you just want a pair of scissors. Check out the step-by-step instructions on the How About Orange website.

8 – Phantom balloons

8 – Phantom balloons
Phantom balloons.

8. Phantom balloons

Draw ghost features on white balloons with helium gas. Then cover each balloon with a very thin, almost transparent fabric. Once that’s done, it’s just a matter of lighting the environment.

9 – Paper bats

9 – Paper bats
Paper bats decorate the wall.

9 – Paper bats 1

Paper bats are a must for halloween, after all, they serve to decorate the walls, ceiling, furniture and main table of the party. To make this ornament, provide a template, mark it on black cardstock, and cut out with scissors.

It is also possible to make just the wings of the bat to customize black balloons. It looks super cool!

10 – Halloween Wreath

10. Halloween WreathGloomy Halloween wreath.

The halloween wreath is one of the easy Halloween ornaments to make . It can be made with dry twigs, leaves, garlic heads and other items that make reference to Halloween.

11 – Mysterious Trees

11 – Mysterious TreesMysterious trees.

11 – Mysterious Trees

With black cardboard, you can mark the design of the mysterious trees and cut them out. Use these pieces to make the back of the main table or any corner of your Halloween party. This idea is a way of valuing the climate of a “haunted forest”.

12 – Arrangement of flowers with insects

12. Arrangement of flowers with insects
Use insects to “spruce up” flower arrangements.

12 – Arrangement of flowers with insects

Rubber bugs are welcome in halloween decor, especially when they decorate flower arrangements.

13 – Mice on the stairs

13. Mice on the stairs
Steps decorated with mice. 

13 – Mice on the stairs

Does the Halloween party environment have stairs? Then decorate the steps with mice, made with black cardboard.