NEW USES FOR OLD THINGS
Halloween decorating 1 1 GHOSTLY GARLAND
2 FLYING-BAT DOOR DECOR
Want to create boo-tiful ambiance? Clean out used coffee K-Cups and poke a hole in the bottom center of each. Enlist the kids to draw ghost faces on them with marker. Pop the cups over the bulbs of a strand of holiday lights.
Let it vamp for visitors. Bend the arms of a wire hanger upward. Place black felt over them; snip a hole in the center for the hook. Secure a ping-pong ball under the felt in the center with a rubber band for the head. Cut the felt into a scalloped shape (use the template at realsimple.com/batwings). Glue on felt triangles for ears and white paper triangles for fangs, and add red nail-polish eyes.
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Written by
Yolanda Wikiel Photographs by
T H E R E A L I ST
Philip Friedman
3 4 MORE DIY DECORATIONS
3 FANG PLACE CARDS
4 CREEPY CANDLE HOLDERS
Invite friends to stay for a bite. Cut small slits into black note cards. Break off the handle of a white plastic fork and “paperclip� the tines so the outer ones are visible in the front of the slit, with the inner ones on the back. Use colored gel pens to draw drops of blood and write names.
Time to recycle those snagged black sheer panty hose and fishnets. Cut a section of one leg, pull it over a glass votive, then trim around the top edge to fit. Rough up the hosiery even more with scissors. Place the lit candles close to a wall to cast spooky shadows.
OCTOBER 2015
P R O P S T Y L I N G BY B L A K E R A M S E Y
Get detailed instructions for these projects and two more at realsimple.com/ halloween newuses.
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