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Turn plastic skulls into creepy candle holders.Brand X Pictures/Brand X Pictures/Getty Images
Get life-size plastic skulls from your party supply store. Carefully cut a hole in the top of the skulls large enough to hold the bottom of the taper candles snugly. Stick red taper candles in the skulls to give the appearance of blood dripping down as the wax melts. - 2). Section off a corner of the yard with a primitive fence made of branches and twigs. Tie the twigs and branches together with craft wire and cover with silk vines. Place an old iron kettle on a circle of rocks inside the fence. Paint orange and red flames on poster board. Cut out the flames and staple them to small yard stakes and place them around the bottom of the kettle. Pour dry ice in the kettle so that a witches brew appears to be simmering in the pot. Hang chicken bones and doll heads from the pot and place a broomstick in the corner of the fenced area.
- 3). Stuff men's and women's shirts with pillows. Stuff pants with extra clothing. Tuck the shirts into the pants. Secure women's gloves inside the blouse cuffs and work gloves inside the men's shirts. Secure shoes to the leg bottoms and display these headless zombies around the yard and your home. Hang them in trees, set them in old rockers or sofas.
- 4). Hang several spider webs, filled with plastic bugs and spiders, around the house. Attach plastic spider rings to the webs. Use black elastic to dangle fake bats from the ceiling, trees and doorways.
- 5). Cover the side of your house with a red-eyed tarantula. Cut black 39 gallon bags down the seams. Cut them in 18-inch strips and fold them over lengthwise and tape shut. Stuff these "legs" with newspaper. Stuff a garbage bag with newspaper and tie the ends of the eight legs to the bottom of the giant head. Tape several inflated maroon colored balloons to create the evil eyes and secure the spider to the side of your house.
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