Homemade Decorations on the Cheap

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Homemade Decorations on the Cheap

Post by Athenagwis » Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:55 pm

So another post inspired me to start this one. We are on a super limited budget this year and I was wondering if any of you Halloween gurus had any good ideas for good homemade Halloween decorations on the cheap. Here are two links that I have found, but I am sure you guys have done some things yourselves or have collected other links for different projects that are inexpensive to create.

http://www.geocities.com/~uncialle/dehauntpage.html
http://www.madhauscreative.com/one%20do ... raves.html

Thanks everyone!!
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Post by sweet lil vampire » Mon Aug 13, 2007 1:58 am

Thanks Athenagwis! I love different ideas for very cheap.
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Post by mandy0221 » Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:26 pm

Those are really neat ideas. I love the spooky deamon bat cups and I never thought about those boards as tombstones!
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Post by MHooch » Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:34 pm

Great sites, thanks! :D
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Post by mamawof2 » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:32 pm

Thank you for posting these. I can use these ideas.

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Post by Madhaus32 » Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:50 pm

Hey guys! I'm a new member, but a seasoned haunter. Those $1 graves are on my site - but I have a bunch more projects for us frugal haunters. Seems like a lot of people like my "cheap bats" project here: http://www.madhauscreative.com/bats.html and my "cheap Spiders" here: http://www.madhauscreative.com/cheap_spiders.html

Happy Haunting!

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Post by jadewik » Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:54 am

My sister-in-law (SIL) told me that Martha Stewart has some great, low-cost ideas for decorating. One idea in particular that my SIL mentioned was taking a black, plastic trash bag... cutting it into strips and then streatching them to create eerie black curtains.

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Post by chocoholicmom » Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:49 am

I made my own tomb stones last year, some blew off but heres a couple. i just used polystyrene sheets, a soldering iron to make the wording, and then painted them.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d140/ ... /tombs.jpg

Heres a grandfather clock i made out of cardboard boxes too.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d140/ ... 1_0124.jpg

in the process of making lots of goodies for this year now, especially after picking up loads of good tips.

will post some pics when completed.

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Post by Xofer » Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:31 am

Here's my newest addition to decorating..for cheap.
Took less than 2.5 rolls of standard black hockey tape.

Voila!

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Post by Catzilla » Tue Oct 02, 2007 4:34 pm

TY for the links. :)

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Post by I B Howlin' Wolfman » Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:38 am

Tazmania meets Harry Potter

1 Full Size Resin Taz Sculture, (Warner Bros. Store)

1 HP Placement Hat (Spirtit Store)

Mix well. (And if it don't mix well, use duct tape)

Place on top of fridge for whenever.

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Post by MHooch » Wed Oct 03, 2007 8:43 pm

Xofer: I absolutely LOVE silhouettes!!! Looks awesome.

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Post by Winnie Sanderson » Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:45 pm

Xofer.....I love it!
Happy Halloween!!

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Post by Stranger with candy » Fri Oct 05, 2007 2:20 am

Winnie Sanderson wrote:Xofer.....I love it!
ditto! that's so clever.

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Post by witchy » Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:46 pm

I too love what you did to the place!!!Witchy
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