Five not-so-scary craft ideas to decorate the house

Turn your refrigerator into Frankenstein’s monster

Required Materials:

  • Large sheets of kraft paper or paperboard: 2 black and 1 green 
  • One 8,5 x 11 purple sheet
  • Scissors
  • Pencil
  • Glue stick 
  • Tape 
  • Ruler


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Create a spooky lab experiment jar

Required Materials:

  • Mason-type canning jar
  • Green acrylic paint or food colouring 
  • Plastic or rubber insect/animal (spider, mouse, bat, etc.). Choose preferably a black figurine, the contrast will be much more interesting
  • Small battery-operated votive candle 
  • Double-sided tape


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Transform your door into Jack Skellington

Required Materials:

  • 22’’ X 28’’ sheet of black paperboard 
  • White pencil 
  • Scissors
  • Double-sided tape or adhesive (your choice) 


If your door is darker in colour, you may choose a white paperboard sheet instead for a great contrast. 


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Create your Halloween garland

Required Materials:

  • Patio light string that you’ve put away after the summer
  • A worn white bed sheet
  • Thin cotton string or ribbon
  • Scissors
  • Sharpie-type black marker


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Create cute lighted ghosts

Required Materials:

  • White cardboard or foam cups – whichever you have on hand 
  • Sharpened pencil
  • Black marker 
  • Small battery-operated votive candle


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