This fun, easy, and inexpensive craft will make your house the talk of the neighborhood this Halloween! This project is a great opportunity to enjoy some family together time and work together as a team as you plan your theme.
What You Need:
What You Need:
- Black poster board
- Yellow or orange tissue paper
- Pencils or white chalk, for drawing the silhouettes
- Scissors
- Double-sided tape
What You Do:
1. Start with your concept. You may want each room to have its own theme, or go for a theme that covers all the windows in your house. We have a few suggestions, but be creative:
- Halloween Theme: ghosts, witches, zombies, skeletons, bats, cats, owls, jack o’ lanterns, etc.
- Books: pick a favorite book or series, such as Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan or Harry Potter
- TV, Cartoon, or Movie themes
- Don't limit yourself. Fairies, dinosaurs, pirates, robots, and other themes are all fair game.
3. Draw your silhouettes on the poster board. The farther your house is set back from the street, the larger the silhouettes need to be for a good view. Small cutouts are hard to see, so go BIG. Focus on the outline, and keep inner cutouts minimal. Not comfortable drawing your own silhouettes? If you're familiar with Canva, search for "Halloween silhouettes" in the Elements area to find lots of simple Halloween graphics (see the image above) that you can print and trace.
4. Cut out the silhouettes. Use double-stick tape to fix the silhouettes to the window.
5. Once the silhouettes are in place, cover the window with a single layer of tissue paper (the lights will shine through the paper at night, giving it an eerie glow).
6. Wait until dark, then turn on the lights and go outside to view your spooky window designs!
Note: If your room does not have bright lighting, consider hanging white string lights around the inside of your window to boost the effect.
