Inexpensive Halloween decorations

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Inexpensive Halloween decorations
By Cassie (cynefin)

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Halloween has become an increasingly popular holiday over the years. Those who celebrate it could say that decorating in anticipation of the holiday is half the fun. Store bought decorations can be expensive, however. Read on to see suggestions about decorating for Halloween at lower prices.

Tealights are an inexpensive yet nice decoration (both lit and unlit) to use. You can put them on table tops, shelves, or on other areas of your house. Many stores do sell orange or black tealights around Halloween for low prices. If you'd like, you can also creatively make candle holders out of clean mason and food jars, or plastic carving pumpkins. On Halloween night, you can put light tea bags into brown paper bags with festive cut-outs to light the way. Do not leave lit tealights unattended.

Try using a small set of white trash bags to make ghosts. Bags intended for small trash cans work best. Fill the tip of the trash bag with tissue or newspaper, and tie it off with a twist tie or rubber band. Next, use markers to make a ghost face. Perch your ghosts around the house, or use some ribbon to hang them from the chandelier or curtains.

Purchase some white or festive colored poster board. Cut out Halloween shapes, such as a pumpkin or haunted house, and decorate them. Then, tape or tack them to empty spaces on your walls.

Use a clear gallon sized milk or iced tea container to make a lantern. First, clean and dry the used container. Next, use black paint or markers to draw a face. Finally, put some battery powered lights inside the container and light it up at night.

Paint a cardboard egg carton black, or leave it plain. Cut the carton into rows of three and then turn them upside down. Add googly eyes, and you've just made yourself a few bats.

Decorate a "dead tree". Purchase a small fake plant or make a plastic bouquet of your own. Paint the plant black to make it look dead, and then decorate it with Halloween ornaments. You can use the ghosts and bats from above, candy, or you can re-purpose old Christmas ornaments for this. You can also purchase festive lights to light up the tree.

Don't have time or energy to carve pumpkins? Use stickers, paint, glitter, markers, or a combination of all to decorate a jack-o-lantern without the gooey mess.

If you're ready to throw out empty glass jars after you've eaten the food, think again. Clean the jar, and then fill it with festive items of your choosing. You could use fabrics, candy, garland, tissue paper, and more.

Use construction paper and other art supplies to decorate toilet paper or paper towel rolls. You can make them into ghosts, witches, or whatever you choose.

Decorate with figurines or stuffed animals. These can be more expensive, but can be found at lower prices from a thrift store. Look into ones that resemble Halloween, such as bats or black cats.

Don't let the prices of Halloween decorations deter you from decorating! Take a look around your home or a dollar store to purchase inexpensive accessories or re-purpose your own.