Halloween: 2025 Haunted House Tour

 

Welcome to my Haunted House! Here is how I used several of the projects I shared along with others from years past. Things bolded and w/hyperlinks are things I made this year! 

Entry table with projects from years past.

Spooky Sitting Room

Witch Cottage, Resin Stand, Tombstones, and Witch Furniture, 2025

Dia de los Muertos Sipper from Disneyland last year, Dollar Tree Skelly Coffin Boxes, Tiered Tray made from chargers and candlestick, and Skulls

I didn't do a post on this, but made this skull from a DT plastic skull and tissue paper. Used acrylic pens and rhinestones to decorate.

Dollar Tree Doll Houses to Glam Haunted Mansion. I painted and decorated a DT crate for the "foundation and made the stairs from DT wood blocks. 

Pottery Barn cloche on my bedroom dresser that I change out seasonally, filled with a set of DT figures I painted to coordinate, and embellished. Five Below Mirror Ghosts. 

DT "Sugared" Skull

Haunted Shelves 

Side Table with Glam Pumpkin Bucket and DT lights. DT Skelly, Rustoleum Chrome.

I added a tulle tutu and witch hat. 

Da Tree. Made the skirt three years ago with fabric panels, fleece, and rhinestones.

DT picks, ornaments, skulls, treat holders, ribbon

I debated about doing the viral Pottery Barn twine wrap on the Witch Boots, but decided the purple went so well as is. 

Couldn't resist the "Pinkoween" trend so devoted this little painted tiered table to that with spray painted and acrylic painted skulls. The crowns are some beads I had in my stash. DT sign.

Pinkoween Skeleton Plaque

Jack Skellington Glass Block Makeover with Mini Top Hat I've had for years!

I didn't do a post on this centerpiece for our table. Pool Noodle base, metal candlesticks, mesh pumpkins, all Dollar Treek with DT, Michaels, and Walmart florals. 

We may not entertain like we used to and we live where we don't get Trick or Treaters. People have asked why I bother. Because it brings me joy! Something we should all seek. 

Thanks for coming to my Haunted House! 

BFF Open House

Happy October and peak crafty, creative, and cooking season! And just like that, our weather's a bit cooler, the humidity that comes with monsoon season seems gone, and I find myself saying "I'm cold" which is a joke to the rest of the country because I say that when it's below 90. I used to tease my mom and friends mercilessly when they'd say they were cold, and then we moved here and I had to eat those words. Bodies do adjust and change! 

Still having fun with Halloween projects (although I'm feeling that Christmas itch). This week I shared: 

Glam Sugared Skulls

Repurposed Halloween Decor

Some fun ideas shared at last week's party! 

Two Chicks and a Mom shared this fabulous Hanging Halloween Bat, perfect for a porch, door, or inside! 

Whether for Halloween or Harvest, this time of year is pumpkins time to shine! Master Pieces of My Life has some stunning and creative ways to display them! Check out 10 Unique Ways to DIY Pumpkins.

Transform a simple brown bag into an elegant way to display Fall flowers! My French Twist shows you how to make these beautiful Paper Bag Vases. 

Finally, how perfect for the season are these Chocolate Chip Autumn Leaf Rake Cookies from Cindy's Online Recipe Box?!

A huge thank you to all who shared, and I hope everyone's taking a moment to visit other posts! The world needs our creativity, especially now. We, the Makers, are sometimes the ones who bring a bright spot to someone's day with a handmade gift or shared enthusiasm when we find another Creative. Let's use our superpowers for good! 

 

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Halloween: Repurpose Old Decor...Jack Skellington Glass Block

 

Every time I put out decorations Mr. Chocolate unnecessarily tells me, "Feel free to get rid of stuff!"

Not that I need the reminder, and he also knows I've been making new stuff, but since he's the keeper of the bins...

I had a Halloween-themed glass block made years ago that I've debated about making over, but the lights kept working until now, which gave me a reason to make it over. 

Supplies: 

• Glass Block (the kind with an opening / seal unless you want to drill!)
• Black Vinyl and Transfer Tape
• LED Battery Operated Lights (Dollar Tree)
• SVG image of choice
• Digital Cutting Machine (Cricut Maker)

This was my original with some spider webs in each corner and decorative rhinestones. I was initially going to remove them and then looked at the block and the other side was blank so I used it and left this as is. 

Removed the broken lights, cleaned up the block, and then looked for a "Jack Skellington" face to use. I found this one here.

I missed that one of his nose holes got stuck to the vinyl as I was weeding, but didn't feel like cutting again. 

Positioned my image on the glass, and then used my scraping tool to apply the vinyl. I thought I'd just use an acrylic paint pen to draw his missing nose hole in, then remembered I had some rhinestones that would work!

I removed the other nose thingy and used two of the teardrops. 

I had some of these LED lights from Dollar Tree in my stash and thought they'd be perfect for this, so threaded those into the block, and...

It's actually a bit brighter than the pic shows. I love it when I can reuse and repurpose things, and it got the Mr. Chocolate seal of approval! 

Halloween: Glam Sugared Skulls

 

Happy New Week! Sharing a play on words inspired project with these Glam Sugared Skulls. Living in the Southwest, Sugar Skulls, Catrinas, and Dia de los Muertos iconography and creations are EVERYWHERE and I love them. So, my brain doing what it does, came up with this idea. 

Supplies:

• Plastic Skulls (Dollar Tree)
• White Multi Surface Acrylic Paint (Waverly)
• Mod Podge
• Glitter
• Gemstones (Dollar Tree)
• Silk Roses (Michaels)

I used these plastic skulls from Dollar Tree and my favorite multi-surface Waverly paint. 

Cover the skulls thoroughly with paint. Those sponge spouncers work better to me than brushes. 

I wanted these to look like the skulls were cast from sugar so I grabbed some white glitter from my stash and mixed a bunch into some Mod Podge. Then, using the spouncer thingy (very technical term!), applied to the painted skulls. 

I craft like I cook. "Some"..."a bit"...so I don't have exact proportions but just mix until you're happy!

You can see the glitter effect here. I grabbed some of these irregularly shaped gemstones (Dollar Tree) and decided to use them for the eyes. I just started gluing them randomly and filling in. Yes, they're self-adhesive, but for better adhesion, I reinforced them with some dimensional glue. 

Mr. Chocolate had thoughts on the rhinestones I put in the noses. Pffft. 

I unintentionally made these to match us! Me, with black curly hair represented by black roses, and him, "clean shaven". I used a black rose spray from Michaels, cut it apart, and then glued leaves and flowers as shown.

Mr. Chocolate!

Me!

Us!

I'm planning a future decor tour post when I'm all done using all these projects I've made so you'll see how I used them (if I can stop making more stuff!). 

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