HALLOWEEN DIY TUTORIALS
A Halloween DIY activity or a spell, the choice is yours!
Get into the Halloween spirit as a family by creating original and spooky decorations yourself and with your children!
How about making some fun, slightly spooky decorations for the home ormaking unique costumes for Halloween night?
Our partner Marie-Claire Idées is offering a host of new online DIY workshops that will guide you step-by-step through the creation of spooky projects for young and old alike.
We've also unearthed some great ideas from designers in France and abroad!
Our latest selection of Halloween tutorials
A pretty autumn wreath for Halloween
What if Halloween was also a good excuse to create a charming autumn decoration? Marie Claire idées suggests 8 ways to create a pretty wreath for the occasion. With columbines, branches, berries, autumn leaves and mini pumpkins, as well as velvet and felt... take inspiration from all these materials to create your own made-to-measure Halloween wreath.
There's no doubt that with a beauty like this hanging on your front door, only friendly ghosts will dare cross the threshold of your home!
© Eve Cardi and Bernard Exbrayat¬ / Marie Claire idées
Ideas for terrifying cocktails!
With or without alcohol, the party's even crazier! Marie Claire idées has come up with 15 surprising cocktails in terms of taste, colour and texture to surprise your guests from the aperitif on 31 October! The easy trick that works every time: use lychees to make eyeballs!
© Rinck content studio / unsplash
A Calavera mirror that glows in the dark!
Use Cricut's Glow vinyl to cut out a glow-in-the-dark Calavera! Aesthetically pleasing, these richly decorated skulls of Mexican origin are put on display during the Festival of the Dead.
Here, the Bleu de Sienne designer has stuck it on a mirror. Once night falls, by candlelight, this Calavera will see the shadows pass... Be careful, if you're not reflected in the mirror, you're a spirit!
Meet Cricut at the show.
© Bleudesienne
The Addams Family is in for a treat!
We're big fans of the idea of Alandalicia, an ultra-creative mum, who has transformed her whole family into Cyclops using simple paper Chinese balls! She hollowed out a circle in the centre of each ball, painted a coloured circle around it, then stuck a black fishnet in the hole for the pupil, while keeping the air and sight of the person wearing the eye! You can add eyelashes, strings of lights... It's the extra size of the eye and its position on the head that create the surprise effect!
© Canva
Friendly little ghosts
This tutorial from the blogger "Maman sur le fil" is ideal for young children. She cuts paper doilies into triangles and simply adds a mouth and two eyes to turn them into friendly little ghosts!
© Mum on a String
The ghost kings of recycling!
On the Instragram account of "Mummy and my tre", find out how to transform toilet paper rolls into ghosts, pumpkins and other mushrooms... with a few grease chalks and a good dose of imagination!
© Mummy and There
A cushion that goes "Boo!"
To reassure the most frightened, here's a soft cushion in the shape of a harmless little ghost! It is machine-sewn in Sherpa fabric. Her flowery Liberty eyes don't look like they're asking for a "trick or treat", but rather a big hug!
You'll find Berlina sewing machines on the Coudre Paris stand at the show.
© Bernina X Quillt Studios
For more inspiration...
DIY Halloween lanterns
Halloween eyes with ham and mozzarella
12 easy-to-make Halloween garlands
Add a touch of mystery to your home with a handmade garland.
20 make-your-own Halloween masks!
Halloween cupcakes
How about a scary meal?
The mini-chefs transform into little monsters for Halloween and prepare a blood-sational menu with our partner Chefclub. Frankenstein's Madeleine, spooky Petits Fours and Halloween Tiramisu will give your guests the choco-cots! Share a convivial moment in the kitchen with these easy-to-make recipes, guaranteed to thrill and delight after a day full of family activities!
Share your ARTS AND CRAFTS creations with us on social networks with the hashtag #SalonCSF and join us at the 2025 edition of Créations & savoir-faire, from 26 to 30 November.