It’s time to get your Halloween DIY on! Speaking as someone who is severely allergic to craft projects, I understand that you may think you have to spend your whole paycheck at Target to have a spooktacular Halloween. But you don’t.
As Halloween quickly approaches, my friends at Great Wolf Lodge shared five DIY Halloween décor tips to easily bring the holiday home. And for those who want to make this an extra special Fall, you can enjoy the resort’s Howl-O-Ween celebration. You can create a howling good time anywhere this year!
Great Wolf Lodge’s Director of Kids Experience, Lindsay Rauls, who oversees the Howl-O-Ween celebration and its craft activities, shares five simple, easy Halloween DIY tips anyone can use.
Top 5 Halloween DIY Tips
1. Start with a theme.
You can make yourself go crazy trying to do every spooky thing you’ve ever seen. Just narrow it down, pick one Halloween theme, and play it up throughout your space. Will it be ghastly ghouls? Spooky spiders? You decide!
2. Save money by recycling old items.
After you’ve picked your theme, there’s no need to spend hundreds of dollars to bring it to life. Try repurposing items you already have (or can find in a secondhand store) with spray paint to make them fun and festive. Upcycling items can help them be seen in a whole new light with just a little creativity. Plus, it is cheap!
3. Use decorations to create an overall Halloween aesthetic.
One unique trick is to hang things from the ceiling to add dimension to a room. It can make things extra scary.
4. Go minimal.
You don’t have to make your house look like a Halloween fairy threw up on it. Sometimes, minimal effects can be just as spooktacular, if done correctly. Stop stressing yourself out and just keep it simple.
5. Let someone else do the work.
DIY doesn’t have to mean you do everything. Use balloons or other party accessories to easily decorate your space. Pumpkins work great too. And you don’t even have to carve them if you don’t want to!
Or maybe book a getaway and let someone else decorate.
If just one night of Halloween isn’t enough for you and your little goblins, grab your costumes and join in the fun for Howl-o-ween. Costumes and family water park come together during Great Wolf Lodge’s Howl-O-Ween celebration at all Great Wolf Lodge locations across the country, including Atlanta!
Lasting throughout October, the kid-friendly festivities include costume parades, scary-silly story times and monster bash dance parties, making for the most spooktacular Halloween. Bring your pack to blend with the “wolf pack,” It’s a safe & fa-BOO-lous time at the lodge. Even your big kids can get into the fun side of Halloween here!
What do you have planned for Halloween this year?
[…] I am someone who doesn’t have the patience to spend lots of time decorating. I also don’t think you have to spend your whole paycheck at Target to have a spooktacular Halloween. You can use simple things you have around the house to make some pretty fabulous decorations. I got 6 tips from an expert and wrote about them here. […]