6 Halloween crafts with recycled material

Decorate your home on Halloween without spending too much money! Now you can decorate the party on October 31 with fun and very clever elements without having to invest hardly any money. How? Making recycled crafts with objects and materials that you surely have at home. In this way, you will be able to create a 100% themed party in an atmosphere of terror but, in addition, you will also contribute to the respect for the environment by giving a new use to the containers and lengthen, as well, their useful life. In this article we are going to discover 6 Halloween crafts with recycled material that you can easily do and make your house become the perfect home of the spirits ...

A candle holder for Halloween made with oranges

We started this list of Halloween crafts with recycled material showing you how to create an original candle holder with the skin of an orange. Yes, yes: you read well! To carry out this adornment you will need:

  • Oranges (counting that 1 orange is 1 candle holder)
  • Knife
  • Spoon
  • Black marker
  • Small candle
  • Cloth

We will start by cutting the top of the orange horizontally to make it the lid of the candleholder. When we have done it, we will have to remove all the contents of the fruit, because what we are looking for is to remain alone with the skin of the fruit. Once we have removed all the pulp, wash the orange and dry it so that the adornment is clean and not sticky.

Next, we will take the pen and draw a face on the orange ; You can make it as you want but we recommend that, to be set in Halloween, you choose to draw the usual features of the pumpkin. On the top of the orange, draw a star or a round so that, when we put the candle inside, give more light.

Once we have finished the drawing, we will have to take the knife and cut them so that the orange is with gaps and thus promoting its terrifying expression. Cut following the markings of the pen so that the result is impeccable. And finally, put a candle inside the orange, turn it on and go!

Funny bats with coffee capsules

We continue with a fun Halloween ornament that you can make with recycled materials. This time we are going to show you how to reuse the disposable coffee capsules so that they become perfect bats to hang around your house. For this you will need:

  • Black coffee capsules (whichever you want)
  • Sheets of white paper
  • Sheets of black and red paper
  • Scissors and marker
  • Zeal or glue
  • Rope or thread

We begin by cleaning the capsules to eliminate any remaining that may be there, and then we use the foot to crush it and perfect for our decoration. When we have them ready, we keep them because we are going to start making the wings of the bats. For this we will need black cardboard and, on top of it, draw some wings that we can take out of a pattern or make them at our whim. As soon as you have them, cut and glue them on the back of the capsule with glue or zeal.

If we want the bats to be hanging from doors, windows, lamps, etc., we need to provide them with ropes or threads to allow them to be hung. So, you will have to make a small hole in the capsule, in the upper part, and from there pass a piece of string so that it can be hung.

To finish, we will draw the face to the ornament; use white paper to make your eyes, draw the pupil with a marker and glue them to the capsule. If you want to make a mouth or nose you can add whatever you want by combining markers of different colors. And ready!

In this other article you will see how to make this Halloween craft step by step with photos.

Ghost candy with cardboard tubes

The confectioners are the recipients of Halloween designed for children to keep their candy and all the sweets that are getting this special day. Therefore, if you want to prepare a fun ghost candy, you can reuse cardboard tubes (such as those found on toilet paper) to get fun characters from the sea.

You will need to:

  • Cardboard tube
  • White, black and other colors
  • Glue stick
  • Marker pen
  • Scissors
  • Candies (to fill the confectioners)

The first thing we have to do is cut the white sheet following the measurements of the tube because we will use it to cover it and give it the white color so typical of ghosts; When you have it, wrap the tube with the sheet and glue it with the glue.

Next we will have to cut the faces of the ghosts on a black card; Try different expressions, mouths and eyes so that children have a great time customizing their confectioners. As soon as they are ready, stick them to the tubes. And, finally, insert several candies and sweets inside this candy store. Happy Halloween!

Funny monsters with plastic bottles

Another of the Halloween crafts with recycled material is the one shown below. It's about giving free rein to your imagination and getting to create cute monsters by reusing plastic bottles. You will need to:

  • Plastic soda bottles (whichever you want)
  • Sheets
  • Marker pens of various colors
  • Cardboards to make hair
  • Glue
  • Scissors

We will start this manual cleaning in depth the plastic bottles and eliminating any remaining dirt that may be accumulated. When you have it, we will have to make a hole in the lower half to simulate the monster's mouth.

Then, we will take the folios and paint them with bright colors because they will be the face of the monsters: try green, blue, yellow, and so on. Cut the part of the mouth that we have pierced and then stick the folio on the bottle.

Now is the time to customize the doll: with other folios you can create the teeth, the eyes, the eyebrows and any other element that you want your monster to have. Then, you should take the cardboard to create a crest, some loose hair, etc., with which we can make hair. And ready!

You just have to put some candy inside the mouth so that, well, it is a perfect Halloween craft .

In this other article we show you how to make Minions with eggs.

Cans converted to Frankenstein!

If you want to try to make a very simple but very striking craft, you can try these reused cans that are very easy to make and have a perfect result. You will need to:

  • Reserve cans
  • Green paint
  • Black paint
  • Brushes
  • 2 wine corks (for each can)
  • Super glue
  • Glue eyes (available at craft stores)

The first thing we have to do is clean the cans thoroughly to remove any dirt. Afterwards, we will have to take a brush and paint the whole can with green paint; Let it dry completely for at least 1 hour.

After this time, we will turn the can (the ass should be up) and we will paint it with black paint simulating Frankenstein's hair. We can give the shape that we want by trying to drain the brush so it does not drip and drops fall into the rest of the craft. With a smaller brush, we draw the typical monster mouth on the bottom of the can. Let it dry.

To finish, we will use super glue to stick the wine corks, one on each side of the face; then, we will stick our eyes in the center and we have our peculiar ornament ready!

In this other article we give you more ideas to make Halloween ornaments.

Painted bottles to turn them into ghosts

And we finish with our recycled crafts for Halloween showing you one of the most fun and easy to do. It's about turning our glass bottles (wine, soda, milk, etc.) into cute ghosts that will fit perfectly in your party. You will need to:

  • White paint
  • Black paint
  • Brushes

The first thing we have to do is to clean the bottle well to eliminate any remaining product that previously contained. Dry it well and, then, proceed to paint it completely white; If you want the result to be impeccable we recommend you read this other article in which we explain how to paint a glass bottle. Let it dry completely.

Then, you must take the black paint and draw, with a smaller brush, the eyes and mouth of these ghosts; You can give it the shape you prefer. Let it dry and go!