DIY Halloween Patio Decorations

Halloween is around the corner and its time to get crafty. You’ll be busy carving pumpkins and sewing costumes, but don’t forget about your front porch! Check out these bewitching DIY outdoor decorations for this spooky season.

Ding-Dong

1. Cut two pool noodles to leg size (about 30" tall).
2. To make knees, draw a 3" half-circle in middle of each leg and cut the shape out. Pull edges together and secure with duct tape.
3. Tape quilt batting around pool noodles, adding extra layers to hip and thigh areas and an almond shape where it bends to complete knee. Use more tape to smooth out form.
4. Pull tights over legs. Stuff witch boots with batting and secure to legs by tying laces tightly.
5. To make sign, hot-glue six paint stirrers together to form a jagged rectangle, then hot-glue another stirrer to the back as a signpost. Paint on a phrase like "Poison Apples for Sale."

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DIY Gravestones

1. If desired, hot-glue a 1"-square dowel to either side of black kickboard.
2. Adhere letter stickers to kickboard to spell out a phrase, like DEAD ZONE. Secure peeling edges with straight pins.
3. Apply stone spray paint to kickboard. While paint is wet, use pins to carefully help remove letter stickers, then use end of skewer to draw cracks in painted surface
4. Once completely dry, hot-glue a 1/4"-round dowel to back of kickboard as a stake

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Witches Hats

1. Figure out where you’d like the Witches hats to hang and attach one command hook to the ceiling in each spot. Let the hook set up for about 10-15 minutes.
2. String about 2-3 feet of fishing line onto the needle. Feed the needle through the point of the Witch hat on the outside of the hat. Bring the fishing line through to the interior of the hat. DO NOT pull all the fishing line through the hat, leave it on the outside of the hat.
3. Remove the needle and tie the fishing line around a safety pin
4. Use the safety pin to attach a light stick, it can be LED or the temporary kind you can find at Halloween in stores. Just make sure it’s lightweight.
5. Now just tie a loop at the end of the fishing line on top of the hat and hang it on the command hook. That’s it!

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