Today we will give you a step-by-step process for Making Inexpensive DIY Halloween Wreath and Halloween Village Decorations. For several weeks now, we have been running a series on becoming more self-sufficient. We are taking a break from that to offer some seasonal stuff. With the holidays coming up, we wanted to do some fun holiday talks.
We decided that we would do our holiday decor a bit differently than most. Everyone makes the traditional Christmas wreath, and they are lovely. But we decided on Making Inexpensive DIY Halloween Wreath and Halloween Village Decorations this year, something we had not done before.
Making Inexpensive DIY Halloween Wreath and Halloween Village Decorations is split into two parts, but it should be pretty quick and easy.
We will start with Making an Inexpensive DIY Halloween Wreath.
Not wanting to get gory, we decided to go with classy. There is always the issue of cost on new projects. So we took a trip to The Dollar Tree and picked up everything we needed at a price we were comfortable with. We made our classy-looking Halloween wreath for about $12.00. There were a number of glue sticks and several burned fingers to add to that tally.
Materials for Making an Inexpensive DIY Halloween Wreath:
metal wreath ring ($1.00 each)
black wrap ($1.00 each) used 5
silver branches ($1.00 each) used 3
silver Christmas balls ($1.00 a package)
black and silver ribbon ($1.00 per roll)
glue gun and glue sticks (we already had these on hand)
Steps for Making an Inexpensive DIY Halloween Wreath:
1.
Wrap the black cloth wrap around the metal wire wreath. This is a type of crochet loop method done by hand. Use a glue gun to secure the ends so they do not unwrap.
2.
Make the ribbon. The ribbon we used was black with silver, glittery swirls. Trim the ribbon ends to keep it from fraying.
Using the glue gun, secure the ribbon to the wreath.
3.
Use the glue gun to secure the silver, glittery tree branches to the wreath wrap.
4.
Use the glue gun to secure the Christmas balls to the wreath.
We used silver, glittery materials to add some bling to our Halloween decor. Again, we were not going for gory or traditional Halloween; we wanted fun and shiny.
Here you have a classy-looking, black and silver Halloween wreath for under $15.00. It was pretty simple to make; the wrapping took the longest time. A hot glue gun is a must for this kind of quick, simple DIY art.
You can, of course, substitute any variety of materials, colors, textures, and themes you choose. Pick your colors, materials, and make it your own way. Use your imagination and your own experiences to make a Halloween wreath as unique as you are. This works for other holidays year-round as well.
This is also a good project to get the kids involved in. Every kid can make their own unique holiday wreath to decorate their room or door.
Just be careful to supervise kids with the hot glue gun. There is no faster way to kill a kid’s love for crafting than to get a really nasty hot glue burn on their first project. Although there is not really any good hot glue burn, yes, we speak from years of experience and many burns.
The second part of Making Inexpensive DIY Halloween Wreath and Halloween Village Decorations will, obviously, be Making an Inexpensive DIY Halloween Village.
We are not “in to” Christmas villages, never have been, never had one. So we thought, let’s make a Halloween village instead. Again, we did not want any gory stuff, just cute and fun. Holding to the lower price requirements, we bought 4 Christmas village buildings on the trip to The Dollar Tree.
building ($1.00 each) used 4
set of mini lights post and bench ($1.00)
mini l.e.d lights ($1.00 each) used 4
spray paint (we already had on hand)
art pens (we already had on hand)
1.
Spray paint the buildings.
In hindsight, it may have been better to use a primer coat, as the buildings are plastic. Although this was a cool look, we decided to go full dark. We had to make several coats to get all the holdouts coated. There were some places that just did not want to hold the spray paint. We did a quick primer on the places that would not take the black paint.
Once the paint was set and dried, we made sure all the eaves, doors, lights, and creases were covered with paint. Again, it took several coats per building to get complete coverage.
2.
Spray paint the lamp post. Again, a primer coat is best, let it dry, and then use the black paint. Make sure the lamp post is fully painted with the spray paint.
3.
Spray paint each building and lamp post again with metallic, glittery, black spray paint. We were sure to get all the “hard to get to” spots.
The adults handled all the spray paint. It is best, even with simple projects, to have adult supervision with spray paint. No one wants a holiday trip to the E.R. with spray paint in the eyes or face.
4.
Add accent colors with the metallic art pens. The kids handled the accent details with the art pens.
5.
Add the lights.
The buildings were originally made to hold a plug-in light to light up the windows. We went with battery-operated tea light candles. This avoids the need for electric plug-ins as with the original lights. It also keeps us from burning down the house with real flames. We did consider real flame candles but thought better of it. The tea lights we used are color changers, so they cycle through the different colors.
6.
Arrange the Halloween Village. Put your Halloween village where you can display it and arrange the buildings to your liking.
7.
Turn on the lights and watch the show. The color-changing lights gave our Halloween village a unique look, but you can use regular lights also.
There are the quick, easy steps to Making an Inexpensive Halloween Village. We made our Halloween village for $9.00 in bought materials and the stuff we already had on hand.
Of course, you can make any changes you want to your village. Choose your own colors, accents, and placement to make your Inexpensive Halloween Village unique to your artistic style. This will work for other seasons and holidays as well; just change the colors and accents, and you are good to go.
As a family-friendly project, you can get the whole family involved.
We hope you have enjoyed this talk on Making Inexpensive DIY Halloween Wreath and Halloween Village Decorations. Try your hand at it and see how much fun it can be, and show off your own style by decorating your own space.
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