Halloween is getting closer and closer and you may already have all the decorations you want to put in your home. But what if we tell you that you can also "dress" your garden? Do you know how to transform your garden into a Halloween one?
If it has caught your attention and you thought that you could not do anything to create a terrifying effect in that area so as not to damage the plants, from now on we tell you that it is possible to do so. You just have to put the following ideas into practice.
Hang bats, ghosts, and spiders from trees or climbing plants
One of the ways to draw attention to those who walk through your door or at least enter your garden is to have them look at the trees or those climbing plants.
For example, you could put scattered cobwebs and spiders on climbers, as if they had taken over that specific area.
In the trees, you could hang silhouettes of bats. Of course, to be credible it is very necessary that you put the silhouettes upside down, since that way they will think that they are resting and that, if they make a lot of noise, or give light, they will fly. We can even recommend that, instead of silhouettes, you think about putting dolls or the like to give the feeling of realism.
You can also hang ghosts. For this, we not only recommend as realistic as possible, but also cover the tree, as much as possible, with cobwebs or threadbare sheets, giving the impression that the tree is dead.
Skeletons by the yard
If you have a garden, the safest thing is that you also have a patio and you may have furniture in it. For example, some chairs, a sofa, etc. Well, how about you make it look more "imposing" by placing skeletons?
Could you put one in a chair with a posture as if it were that of a person. Another on the sofa, for example lying down. Or, to make it even more terrifying, you could consider putting one attached to the roof of the patio with some chains (as if you had made sure it did not move from there).
Posters with messages
Surely you remember that in some movies there are many posters that the protagonists follow, even though you yell at them to go the other way. As well, With cardboard and some wood you could also make these posters to "scare" the guests who come.
If you put them in the garden you can take advantage and create different environments that make everyone have a great time.
An area of graves
How about we make a grave area in the garden? Here are two ways to do it. For instance, create those "graves" that can be made of cardboard, painted and with names ... and nailed to the ground. You can nail them with some hooks so as not to break the earth or you can make a hole and bury it a little.
Here it will depend on what you have on the ground. To "spice up" that decoration, we recommend put some cobwebs and even doll parts (a hand, an arm, a head ...) that you can bury or cover in such a way that it seems to come out of the ground. Get also parts of a skeleton, since you can put a work cart full of dirt and in it let bones of that skeleton protrude.
A bloody lawn in your garden
Do you have grass in your garden? One of the best decorations would be for it to be in "blood." But unless you have Japanese grass, which is the one with the tip of the red grass, you will have it totally green. Now, what if we color it a bit? Could you Find a spray that won't harm your grass or plants and use it to give that area a bloody touch. And there is, you just have to look for it.
Thus, you can even put in the garden, with clothes that you do not use and filling it to look like a person, a scene in which there has been a massacre. To give more fear, take advantage and put some bloody footprints going towards the house. That way they could think that the murderer is inside and anyone is the brave one who comes to ask for sweets from a house like that, right?
The typical Halloween pumpkins
Of course, we can't forget about Halloween pumpkins. They are the symbol of the party and must be present both in the house and in the garden. Now, in this place there are many ways to put them.
For example, you can transform your garden into a Halloween one by placing the candle pumpkins along the path, since only they will illuminate that area. Also, as it will be at night, with that lighting you already create the environment to be scared.
Make a coven in your garden
One of the ways to transform your garden into a Halloween one is through a coven. How can you get it? It is easy. All you have to do is put a large cauldron. A strange smoke should emanate from it, but you can get that with green, white and blue tissue paper and, inside the cauldron, some lighting, to give that feeling.
Around you could put silhouettes of witches, but you could also put ghosts or even a group of "women" as if it were a forbidden gathering. You should only illuminate their heads (for example with balloons with led lights inside) and cover them with a fine white cloth, in addition to putting white dresses on them. For this scene, a fire would be better than a cauldron (which you can do in the same way, put some logs and white, red and orange tissue paper with led lights).
A cage-box
Another of the decorations that can transform your garden into a Halloween one is a box. It is best to use one made with pallets, because that way you have space between the strips. And why do we want space? Simple, because inside we are going to put dolls, if possible painted in a specific way (with some blood, scared, crying, etc.) and even we will make a hand, an arm, a head stick out… so that it seems that they have been locked in there for a long time.
If you give it a dark appearance (for example with black fabric that will give depth) and you age the wood and the surroundings, no one could assure that you do not use that area to "punish" children.
As you can see, transforming your garden into a Halloween one is not that difficult, you just have to put a little imagination into it and create the perfect environment for that dark night. You dare? Can you think of any more ideas?