Creepy Halloween Craft Ideas

Some folks like to make really creepy Halloween craft ideas. I totally admire the ingenuity they use.

If you want to make your yard the creepiest one on the block, look at some of these ideas. Many of them use things you already have around your home.

Edgar Allen Poe Topiary

Make this wonderful creepy Edgar Allen Poe topiary for your Halloween centerpiece. It's easy to make and uses a few recyclables.

Where Edgar Allan Poe Shops

Discover where Edgar Allan Poe shops!

Decaying Bodies and Body Parts

Paper Mache Skeletons

This paper mache skeleton is time consuming, but yields great results. Use newspaper to make the paper mache.

Creepy Creatures for Your Graveyard

Use PVC pipe, old garden hose, metal clothes hangers and newspaper mache to make these creepy creatures. You'll have a great scene!

Make a Wrapped Mummy

Complete directions for making a wrapped mummy using styrofoam and fabric.

Make A Mummy

Create this realistic looking mummy using plywood, 2 x 2 lumber and muslin.

Scary Witch

For a great scary witch, use a good witch mask and hat, and build the body with stakes or dowels and plastic tablecloths.

Stuffed Dummies

How to make stuffed dummies from old clothes, newspapers and plastic bags. Make several to people your Halloween scenes.

Polymer Clay Zombie

Shape the body with wire and cover with aluminum foil before adding the polymer clay to make this polymer clay zombie. Well made project.

Bloody, Dripping, Head Sack

You need a clean milk jug, burlap, a piece of rope and water with red food coloring to make a cool bloody, dripping head sack!

Severed Fingers

These severed fingers are creepy! Add some fake blood to the severed end and they will be really scary. They are made with art plaster and look VERY real!

Dismembered Hand

Use a joke arm and add a few embellishments to make a dismembered hand.

Realistic Eyeballs

Make these eyeballs from deoderant bottle balls. Use these in your skeletons and mummies!

Eye-Bead Demons

How to make eyes in the bushes using cans, black spray paint and candles. Use battery operated candles for safety.Great idea!

Make a Haunted House

Instructions on how to make a neat haunted house using black plastic, spider webbing, skeleton and spiders.

It includes more ideas for how to make it creepier.

Cheap Stone Wall

How to make a cheap stone wall with styrofoam insulation board and paint.

Guillotine

Make a guillotine using wood and stain, to creep out your guests.

Spiderwebs

Interesting spiderwebs that are made with black puff paint sprayed on a nonstick baking sheet.

Giant Halloween Spiderwebs

Use strips of friction tape to make giant Halloween spiderwebs on your haunted house.

House Zombies

These clever and fun cardboard house zombies can be made quickly.

Dungeon Shackles

Use heavy packing tube rings and plastic chain to make these realistic looking dungeon shackles.

Faux Candelabra for Halloween

Use plastic foam and black spray paint to make this candelabra - perfect for a haunted house! Drape some fake cobwebs over it to make it appear neglected.

Spooky Chandelier

Easy spooky chandelier creates a great effect. Cut out of foam board and add black glitter and cobwebs.

Paranormal Portraits

Clever, creepy idea for using regular photos to make paranormal portraits.

Spooky Portraits

Fun idea for Halloween decor make these spooky portraits and put in Dollar Store frames.

Moving Eye Portrait

Make a moving eye portrait by copying a photo into a poster size and add ping pong ball halves for eyes.

Face in a Mirror

Sand a corner of an old mirror and attach a frightened face photo printed on translucent paper for a great face in a mirror.

Creepy Curtains

Shred cheesecloth stained with coffee or tea to make creepy curtains.

Forgotten Flowers

Spray silk flowers black for a perfect Halloween centerpiece of forgotten flowers.

Sinister Centerpiece

Use 99 cent skulls from the Dollar Store to make this great sinister centerpiece.

Bleeding Candles

Dip red candles into white wax, and when lit they "bleed" red wax. Paint candlesticks black to hold your bleeding candles.

Creepy Bubbling Cauldron

Spray a pile of foam insulation to fill top of pot and add body parts and insects. Clever and easy creepy bubbling cauldron.

Witch's Broom Pail

Scroll down a little to see a pail painted black with perfect witch's brooms parked in it.

Witches Kitchen Jars

How to make potion jars for a laboratory or witch's kitchen.

Graveyard Fencing

Great Halloween yard idea to go with your other creepy creations. Graveyard fencing is easy to do.

Graveyard Gate

Weather picket fencing to make a graveyard gate look rundown.

Breakaway Tombstone

If you like your props realistic, this breakaway tombstone is perfect. Made with a sheet of foam insulation and spray paint, it's just what you need to put inside your graveyard fence.

24 Hour Tombstones

Make these cast concrete 24 hour tombstones for impressive and tough Halloween props.

More Tombstone Patterns

More tombstone patterns to give your graveyard a distinctive look. You don't want all your tombstones to look alike!

Front Yard Cemetary

More gravestones and other ideas to creep up your front yard cemetary.

Haunted Tree

This craft requires a lot of effort.. but what a great finished spooky tree!

Grave Ghoulies

This eerie Halloween project can be put together quickly and easily. Who wouldn't love to see this ghoulish hand coming up out of their front yard!

A Ground Breaker Corpse

For those who like their Halloween decorations creepier, try this unusual idea for a ground breaker corpse.

Creepy Creatures for Your Graveyard

Use PVC pipe, old garden hose, metal clothes hangers and newspaper mache to make these creepy creatures. You'll have a great scene!

Creepy Snakes

Try these great creepy snakes made from pipe insulation. Hang them from tree branches or curl around a gravestone.

Halloween Monster List

This is a humongous list of all the creepy Halloween craft ideas you could ever want to make!

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