Question – What are some cheap Halloween decorating ideas?
I need some inexpensive scary ideas and special effects ideas and tips. I’m only thirteen and have a limited budget.
Suggestions: Make a graveyard scene – Make some wooden stake crosses, paint them white and write R.I.P. on them. Mound some dirt up to resemble fresh graves and post the stakes into the headstone area. If you still have some timber left, make ghosts with stakes and pumpkins. Put small sheets over the stakes them and place a pumpkin on top for the head.
Hang a sheet in a tree. Outstretch the arms a bit by tying fishing line to the ‘hands’ and tying them to separate branches. The breeze will make the ghost move. You can do this with black sheets or fabric for a creepy shadow effect too.
Have lots of eerie lighting, black lights, green…spooky and dark. Just buy some coloured bulbs and put them in some lamps hidden under low tree branches or near scary props to give a dim glow. Stay safe. Make sure the lights don’t get wet from rain or dew!
It’s easy to dress up a tall pvc pipe cross to look like a witch or monster.Tie the pipe in a cross shape, drape a sheet or fabric over it, then stick a full-face rubber mask on the top.
You can make a coffin using a huge box. Paint it and stick a dummie hand coming out of it.
Make tombstones out of foam, painted and decorated with funny sayings. Have these positioned up the pathway so people can have a laugh on the way to the door.
August 26th, 2009 at 8:51 am
Well I love all things horror as well. And I do all the decorating on a budget. Things I love to make are ghost-wooden stakes with pumpkin heads put sheets on them and tie them, together or seperate. I also use the tall wooden stakes and put fake heads or skulls on them…bloodied up of course.
Lots of eerie lighting, black lights, green…spooky and dark.
I’m made a witch 7ft tall with pvc pipe…on a stand with a weighted bottom and wrapped chicken wire around the body and dressed it up, got a scary witch mask and gloves…very cool. Put a cauldron in front of her too.
I think homemade dummies are the best. I’ve made a Michael Myers in my front window looking out from a wooden T with stand, out of 2×4s and put a blue mechanic coveralls on him and a mask, knife, and put a strobe light facing him…very cool.
Also made a mad scientist and lab…fake body parts…glow in the dark stuff with paint…vases full of scary stuff and put a black light on it all.
I’ve also made a scarecrow standing on a huge pvc pipe, spraypainted and stuck in the ground.
My husband made me a coffin for the front yard out of wood and I painted it and stuck a dummie inside.
Tombstones out of foam, painted and stuck in the ground with metal stakes.
Hope that gives ya some ideas….have fun!
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August 26th, 2009 at 9:31 am
It all depends on how big a budget we’re talking about. Even someone spending $3 Million is on a budget, just a big one.
I’ve linked two of my favorite Halloween prop sites. LOTS of ideas and projects to do, some more expensive than others. There are also email groups like the Halloween-L list where people share tips and ideas.
References :
http://www.hauntproject.com/
http://www.halloweenmonsterlist.info/