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    Home » DIY » 65 Best DIY Halloween Props

    65 Best DIY Halloween Props

    July 16, 2020 by prudentpennypincher.com 4 Comments

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    65 Best DIY Halloween Props

    Give your neighbors a spook with these creepy and creative DIY Halloween props. There are DIY ghosts, zombies, monsters, body parts and much more! Some of these DIY halloween props are super easy to make for those who want something quick and cheap and some projects are more time-consuming for Halloween enthusiasts who want a challenge.

    Easy Packing Tape Ghost from Crazy Green Thumbs

    Chicken Wire Ghost from DIY Network

    yard ghostsYard Ghosts from Listotic

    Creepy Ghosts (source unknown)
    doll, fabric, fabric stiffening spray
    Get a doll and drape fabric around it. Spray with Aleene’s Fabric Quick Stiffening Spray and remove doll once its dry.

    DIY Chicken Wire Cheesecloth Ghost from DIY Show Off

    Levitating Ghost from HGTV

    The Ring Prop from Lothar’s Lair

    Samara from The Ring from Pinterest
    white foam head, witch wig, child’s white dress, arms from party city, old television, traffic cone, wooden stick

    Lawn Ghosts from Pink Pixie Forest

    Creepy Ghosts from Grim Hollow Haunt

    Ghost in Window
    No tutorial, but very cool and wouldn’t be hard to figure out.
    You could use the idea down below to make this.

    Easy DIY Ghost from Pinterest
    foam head, tomato cage, night gown, light underneath the gown

    Spider & Monster Halloween Props

    Giant Spider (source unknown)
    pvc pipe, fittings, pins, foam insulation, black spray paint, pvc pipe primer,  duct tape, spray foam insulation

    Giant Spider Web from Instructables

    Life-Sized Spider Victim from Instructables

    Giant Tentacle Monster from Instructables

    7-Foot “Man-Eating Monster Plant” from Eden Maker’s

    Body Part Halloween Props

    Garage Door Victim (source unknown)
    shirt, pants, shoes, straw, plastic bag or newspaper filling, blood
    You can get the clothes at the thrift store for cheap if you don’t have any extra clothes around the house

    Body Bag (source unknown)
    cheap white trash bags rope or twine
    Create an outline of a body with trash and wrap it up in the trash bag and rope.
    (Ex: use a milk jug for the head)

    Budget Bodies in Bags from Haunt Forum

    DIY Halloween Severed Head from Crafts Unleashed

    Heads in Jars from Homeward Found Decor

    DIY Decayed Corpse from DIY Projects

    Masking Tape Hand from Wholesale Halloween Costumes

    Mummy Hand from Through My Looking Glass

    Creepy Hands (source unknown)
    painter’s tape, wire, wire cutters, paint

    Head in a Jar from Handimania

    Zombie Halloween Props

    Halloween Zombies with Buckets from Dapper Cadaver

    Acid Bath Zombie from Brewster Yard Haunt

    Zombie Pallet Gate from Atta Girl Says

    Pallet Trapped Door from Pinterest
    pallet, red light, fake hands, shovel

    Zombie Cage (source unknown)
    $1 laundry baskets, zombie, floral moss, bag of fingers, tape, spiders
    You can get the laundry basket, moss, fingers and spiders at Dollar Tree

    Zombie Dolls from Instructables

    Zombie Plated Hands from Sew Woodsy

    Other Halloween Props

    Trash Bag Witches (source unknown)
    black trash bags, foam shapes, long garden stake, witch hat, black ribbon
    You can do the same thing with white trash bags to make ghosts

    Wicked Witch Legs from Grillo Designs

    Halloween Mailbox Monster from All You

    DIY Giant Scarecrow from Hallmark Channel

    Halloween Pop Up Prop from Instructables

    Monster Mud Reaper from Halloween Forum

    Merlin’s Reaper Stone from Haunter’s Hang Out

    Life Size Mummy from Crafty Mommy and Me

    Halloween Monster from Civ’s Legend of Sleepy Hallow

    Fake Boarded Up Windows from Haunted Yards

    Cousin It (source unknown)
    Tomato cage, grass skirts from the Dollar Store

    Zero the Dog from Scrap Happens

    Accessories for Halloween Props

    DIY Faux Chains from Ribbons and Glue

    Quick and Dirty Tombstones from Haunted Yards

    Foam Halloween Tombstones (source unknown)
    floral Styrofoam sheet +  knife + marker + black spray paint + dark gray and white acrylic paint

    Cardboard Tombstones from eHow

    $20 DIY Fog Machine from TeeDiddlyDee

    Water Only Fog Machine from Instructables

    Bed and Breakfast Halloween Sign from BHG.com

    Floating Candles (source unknown)
    Tip: instead of cutting out foam to look like candle wax, use a hot glue gun to put the wax design on each candle


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    Comments

    1. Feather says

      August 4, 2019 at 4:34 pm

      You have a broken link to my packing tape Ghost tutorial. This is a working link: http://crazygreenthumbs.com/2017/10/07/easy-packing-tape-ghost-2/ I also have an entire section on Halloween tutorials in the tab at the top of my home page, if you are interested. Thanks for sharing!

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      • prudentpennypincher.com says

        August 5, 2019 at 7:26 am

        Thanks for letting me know and providing the new link! I updated the post to include it. I will be sure to check out your halloween tutorials too!

        Reply
    2. Sandy says

      September 21, 2020 at 9:17 am

      I am going to try some of these they are good ideas

      Reply
      • prudentpennypincher.com says

        September 21, 2020 at 9:37 am

        Thanks! Glad you like them 🙂 Have fun

        Reply

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