DIY Spooky Tree (How to Make Spooky Halloween Trees)
DIY Spooky Tree
Here is a DIY Spooky Tree I created as one of my Halloween decorations. I love the look of trees as they transition into fall so thought it would be fun to create a creepy Halloween tree. Even though he has a scary face, I think he came out kind of cute.
This Haunted DIY Halloween tree is very inexpensive to create. I used recycled items and things I had around the house. The only materials I had to buy were LED lights for the inside of the stump. The trunk is made from an oatmeal container, the branches from twisted brown paper bags and the bark texture is crumbled tissue paper painted with a solution of white glue and water. I also used thin wire to position the branches. It is a paper and wire Halloween Tree.
Download my printable FREE PATTERN for the spooky tree creepy face.
This project shows how to create amazing, artistic Halloween props for using thing you may already have around your house. In this video, I also made a second, more magical version with an eerie blue glow! The technique is the same as the brown tree, but the painting is a little different, using blues and whites to create a moonlight effect
The full, step-by-step video is right here:
Here is video showing a detailed tutorial on how I made this DIY Creepy Halloween Tree. If you would like the pattern for the creepy face for the blue tree, let me know in the comments in my YouTube video!
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Here is how to make a spooky tree (Step-by-Step Instructions)
Materials:
- Pattern for the spooky tree creepy face
- Oatmeal Container
- Brown Packing Paper
- Tissue Paper
- White Glue
- Dark Brown, Light Brown, Black and Yellow Acrylic Paint
- Cardboard
- Thin Wire
- Faux Leaves
- LED Lights
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How to Make Spooky Halloween Trees:
- Draw a spooky face on a piece of paper or print my pattern for the spooky tree creepy face. Tape it to the oatmeal container.
- Cut out the face with a craft knife.
- Twist pieces of brown packing paper or a paper bag to make the branches and arms. Add pieces of wire in the arms and branches to give them a good shape. Attach to the oatmeal container with craft glue.
- Glue the oatmeal container to a cardboard base and add twisted pieces of paper to the base to form roots. Attach strips of tissue to the container using white glue.
- Paint the entire tree with white glue and let dry…this will secure everything and keep the branches from unraveling. Glue twigs to the end of the branches to give the tree a more lifelike look.
- Paint the tree with different colors of brown to make it look like bark and paint the inside yellow.
- Glue leaves and moss around the base and fill with lights.
