If you’re too busy to spend a lot of time on Halloween crafts with your family but you’d like to do some kind of activity together, not to worry. The Internet is full of free Halloween images that can be used to create quick and easy craft projects. For example, crafts made from vintage Halloween postcards found online make projects simple, due to the fact that vintage images are versatile and also quite effective when it comes to delivering a Halloween message. There’s something for everyone, because vintage Halloween images range from sweet to gory to scary. Vintage images can also be downloaded and used without fear of copyright infringement. That’s a terrific bonus, because you don’t have to worry about using other people’s art illegally.
Just a simple Web search with the search term “vintage Halloween” will give you a huge selection of free vintage images from which many fun crafts projects can be made. And if you’re not a fan of vintage, contemporary Halloween clip art can also be used to produce beautiful projects.
Here are examples of two Halloween projects nearly anyone can make by using free art found online:
Handmade Halloween Postcards
When you’ve downloaded the Halloween image you’d like to use, paste it into a word processing or PowerPoint document. You can make the card virtually whatever size you want using the software’s settings. Place the image on one half of the card, so it can be folded in half after it’s printed. Print the card on card stock as heavy as your printer will allow, fold it and and apply just a little glitter glue to make it sparkle. You might also want to make your own envelopes or just buy two-for-a-dollar card and envelope sets at the dollar store and then recycle the cards.
Spooky Halloween Wreath Decoration
Crafting Halloween wreath is simple. Here are the supplies you’ll need:
- 1 plain Styrofoam wreath ring (your choice as far as size)
- Scissors
- Short straight pins
- Ribbon or a metal or plastic door-hanger
- Vintage Halloween scrapbooking embellishments or vintage Halloween cards of your choice (between two and four inches long), printed and cut along the outlines
- This paper (optional)
Download images you like to your computer. Then, print enough clipart images so they can be spread around the entire wreath and cut them out, being careful to follow the outer edges closely. You can also vary the look by using Halloween scrapbook paper cut into bat or leaf shapes. Once all the pieces are cut, stick them to the Styrofoam wreath with the straight pins. Be prepared to adjust the positioning of the pieces a bit to get everything to look balanced. The straight pins should make it easy to reposition the elements. (Just make sure to watch the little ones around the straight pins!) When you’re done, use a door hanger or a ribbon to display it.
I hope you enjoy making these simple and fun Halloween crafts and that you have a fun holiday!
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