Halloween DIY Decorations using Dollar Tree items (tutorials included)

Halloween is just around the corner and its one of the best times to put up spooky DIY Decorations. When it comes for Halloween be it Halloween Outdoor decor or Halloween Porch decor or Halloween indoor DIY Decor, I just love to do it. Its just so much fun to decorate your Home for Halloween, bring in the spooky ambiance all in to your home.

Halloween is just the best time of the year, and October decorations should spell spooky. Even if you aren't into decorating your house for Halloween, here are some amazing and super cheap Halloween crafts using cheap Dollar store items. All of these items are very easily available in every dollar tree and makes for an astounding decoration for your Halloween home.

Crafts and art are my passion and whenever I get some spare time, I just try to indulge myself into craftIng along with recIpe making. This spooky season, gets the crafty person within me to make some fun crafts which are really easy, spooky and cute. So without ado let me teach you how to make these amazing Halloween crafts at home, using cheap dollar tree items.

Dollar Tree Halloween Decor ideas & DIY tutorials

Pool Noodle Halloween Yard Ghosts DIY

Pool Noodle Halloween Yard Ghosts are super easy to make. You start by grabbing a long about 9" pool noodle. Bend it and insert both the ends into a pair of trousers or leggings. Next add shoes to the bottom. Cover the top with a white shroud and add black paper cut out to make the eyes. You can throw in a hat or cap on top to make it look even cooler or hang these from trees in your front yard for a spooky outdoor decor.

Spooky diy decor

Halloween is a great time to do some DIY Decorations using dollar tree items. You can easily get these hands in all dollar stores. All you need to do is fix them on a sponge, cover it all up with a cloth and add LED Candles on it.

DIY Halloween Ghost Wreath

Make this super cute DIY Halloween Ghost wreath. Just use a small pebble and wrap it up with tissue papers. Tie the heat using any black colored band. Use a marker to draw the eyes and nose and glue them together over a wreath frame.

Halloween Tulle Wreath

Use green colored Tulle and use glue to glue it over your wreath frame. Use white colored paper cut outs to make the teeth of this and add some large googly eyes on top.

Monster Party Centerpieces

Eyeball Plant for Halloween Craft

This cute and spooky Halloween Craft involving making an Eyeball Plant is just so amazing. You can use Green Mesh Tubing, pass a wire through them and make the Green Stems. For the Eyeballs you can get them from Dollar Tree and just use Glue to stick them over the green stems. Now insert them into the planter and its done!

Halloween Painted Planters

Terracota Pots are great for painting. They hold acrylic paint very well and you can easily use them. You can paint them in any spooky design and they will make the perfect DIY Decor piece for your Halloween ready home.

Mexican skull painted planter

Skull painting over planter

Jack Skellington painted pot

Painted Pots Topiary

Pumpkin trick or treat baskets tower

If you have a lot of past years leftover trick or treat baskets which are almost in good condition, you can repurpose them to make a perfect Pumpkin basket topiary. All you need to do is just insert them in a PVC pipe and add colorful LED Lights into them. Top it up with a dollar store Witch Hat and its ready!

Halloween cheesecloth ghosts using tomato cages

You can easily repurpose tomato cages for Halloween DIY Ghosts. All you need is just stick two wooden branches to a sponge and glue it to the tomate cage. Cover with a white shroud. Attach fabric eyes which you can cut out using any black fabric and add a cute little ribbon on top using glue.

DIY Halloween Ghosts

Make this very easy DIY Halloween Ghost using pool noodles. Add them to a pair of denim trousers and cover with a white cloth on top. Add shoes to the bottom. Its always easier to use long boots for this one so that it stands straight. Add black colored cloth cut out pieces on top and its done.

Outdoor DIY Decor

To make this outdoor DIY Ghost you would just need a pool noodle and a white cheesecloth. All you need to do it just bend the pool noodle and add it into a pair of denim trousers. Add shoes to the ends. Cover the top with a white cloth and cut out two black colored oval circles and stick on it to trace the eyes.

Wooden plank craft

You can use any wooden planks you have at home to make these. Not only these you can make so many amazing Halloween Disney Characters like Jack Skellington, Frankenstein, Mummy, Ghosts, Pumpkins and others.

Paper Bats wall decor for Halloween

To make paper bats, you simply need a bat template online. Print it out on cardboard paper and stick black construction paper to the back of it. Now cut them out and stick them using peel off stickers to the ceiling.

Pool noodle candle

To make these spooky black pool noodles candles corner, you would need Pool Noodles, black spray paint and LED Candle votives. Simply cut black pool noodles into various shapes and use black spray paint to paint them over. Now just make a small cut on the top. Insert the candle votives into them and tie them all together using a jute rope. And this easy Pool Noodle Candle Corner will be ready for your Halloween DIY home Decor.

Cheesecloth ghosts

These cheesecloth ghosts are so much fun to make. You can just use any leftover waterbottles. Also blow up some balloons. Next add the balloons over the bottles open end. Use white cheesecloth to drape it over.

You can make a mixture of white glue and water, mix in one part of glue with 2 parts of water. Dip the cheesecloth in the mixture and cover all over the balloon and bottle. Use black fabric cut out to make the eyes and stick them over. And these will be done!!!

DIY Light up Mop Ghost

DIY Table Ghost

DIY Ceiling Decor

DIY Halloween Chandelier

To make this DIY Halloween Chandelier, you will need plastic Ravens and a bunch of dried twigs and branches. So start by using spray paint to paint the branches and use wire to tie it to your chandelier. Use peel-able sticker glue to stick the plastic Ravens over it and it will be ready.

DIY Bats decor for mirror

To make this decoration, you can use rubber or plastic Bats as well. The best thing would be to use a bat template, which you can get online, download it and print it out. Paste black construction paper to the back of it and cut it out. And now you can use these paper bats for decoration.

Construction Paper Bats for Wall

You can get bat template online, get a printout of it on cardboard or any paper and stick construction paper to the back of it. Now just cut out these paper bats and stick them to the walls using peel off stickers and this looks super batty and spooky!

DIY Ravens for ceiling decor

You get pack of plastic Ravens which are super easyily found these days and are great when it comes to DIY Halloween Decorations. You can use those, stick them to dried up branches and just fix them to the ceiling. I think the best way to fix these branches to the ceiling is using hooks which peel off easy.

Hanging Hats and LED Candles

Witch Hats are so easily available for Halloween decorations in the dollar tree these days. You can get them in black and purple colors. Just get about three or four of those and hang them from the ceiling. Also you can get these really cute, LED Candles which you can hang from the ceiling and this looks super spooky.

DIY Halloween Spider Wreath

You can easily get Tinsel wreaths of all colors in the dollar tree. Also you get those plastic spiders which are perfect for decoration. Just glue them to your tinsel wreath. Use any bow on top, preferably black or red and its done.

Halloween wine bottles craft

Halloween toilet paper holder mummy craft

You can buy any figureine or any stuff doll and wrap that using white fabric or gauze. use felt cut outs to make the eyes and stick a pumpkin basket to the hands and use it as a stand to store the toiler papers. Also make it more fun and creative by sticking some plastic or felt bats around it.

Glass Pumpkins with decorative hats

You can buy glass pumpkin jars, battery tea lights, black witch hats, ribbon, and small plastic spiders - all of these from dollar store. Just place a small tea light or LED Candle in them and glue the hats to the top. Tie the ribbons around the base of the pumpkins and glue the plastic spiders using hot glue gun.

Halloween Mummy couple craft

You can buy foam mannequin forms or even use any unused dolls you have lying around in your home. Wrap them using white crepe paper or gauze. Add the ribbons around it and to the skilrt and stick the plastic spiders on it.

DIY Mummy for home decor

You can use foam mannequins or craft dolls. Wrap them up using white fabric strips or white gauze. Tie halloween themed ribbons as bows or headbands. Use a brush marker to paint the eyes. arrange these trio on a table with some decorative pumpkins and halloween signs around it.

Easy DIY Halloween chair ghost craft

For making this chair ghost craft you'll need a big ball or a pillow which you can glue to the top of the chair. then simply cover it up with a white cloth. Use felt black cloth to cut out the eyes and mouth and glue it.

Halloween mummy craft using packing paper

You can buy white packing paper sheets, clear tape, hot glue, black poster board or foam, ribbon, a small plastic pumpkin pail, a balloon, a gift-wrap tube, and a small bowl/bucket for the base.

Start by taping the tube upright to the upside-down bowl, tape the blown balloon on top for the head. (you can use a ball as well in place of balloon). Twist two long ropes of packing paper for arms and tape them to the tube. Crumple a few sheets around the neck/shoulders for shape, then drape full sheets of packing paper from the head down, pleating and taping at the neck until the body looks full. Cut and glue black foam eyes (and stars, optional). Roll a poster-board cone, add a circle brim to make the hat, and glue it on. Tie ribbon at the neck. Hang or glue the pumpkin pail to a hand and drop in a battery tea light.

Halloween craft

Halloween witch cauldron craft

So these were some really easy and fun Halloween DIY Decorations. All of these decorations are made using very cheap Dollar Tree items. So if you are looking for affordable Halloween DIY Decorations, you will absolutely love these ideas. Hope you loved these and shall follow them for your Halloween Decor this year.