Quick and surprising Halloween crafty ideas

DIY candles without wax and skull glasses by Luxirare

So you planned your Halloween outfit, you also crafted a costume for your pet, now it's time to transform your house into a spooky mansion. A few touches are enough to create the atmosphere. I've found some clever ideas that will make your guests go "wow, cool" that don't require too much time to set up. Luxirare teaches us how to make beautiful candles without messing up with wax, the Band wife made bookends that are halloween approriated and also a cool piece of design for all year round. The artist Shane Waltener uses doilies to make spiderwebs that are also very nice to see. Dip into this collection and don't forget to share with me your tips to transform the house for halloween.

Monster cake and cakepops via think different act normal

Cake pops and cake all in one.

skull bookends by The Band Wife Blog

Shane Waltener spiderweb doilies via make craft

bananas and oranges via Christen Prudence

mummy lights by Sticky fingers

cute pumpkins peeking out via All you

Black rose wreath by First home love life

High fashion Halloween inspiration

Claudia Schiffer pic via wicked halo

 Dubious about what to wear for Halloween? Get inspiration from the dark side of fashion. Spiders, phantoms, black wings, elements of the classical halloween atmosphere have acttracted many designers during the years and inspired them to create unique clothes and accessories that sometimes became collector's items like the Dsquared2 spine boots. The inspiration from the horror iconography is at times evident, other times is an unconscius mood inside the collection that contributed, along with other elements to create the image of the misterious and a little dangerous woman we often see in fashion editorials. Get a hint from these incredible collections to create your own halloween look. Be spooky and super chic.

pic via main stylist

 Kate Moss ghost/hologram at McQueen fall 2006 show

Armani Privè fall 2012 pic via glamour

Armani Privè fall 2012

 Glue some crystals over a mesh veil to become a chic phantom.

Alexander McQueen via spooky fashion

Tough girls wear studded gloves with a floaty dress.

McQueen pic via exhibiting fashion

McQueen shoes  pic via exhibiting fashion

Dsquared2 rib cage dress pic via social bliss

 Crystal rib cage dress, decorate a dress with open back.

Dsquared2 spine boots pic via fashion freak out

Iconic shoes

John Galliano pic via Spooky fashion

Why not wear a red chiffon cape? Little red riding hood by Galliano.

Masaya Kushino a/w 2013 pic via spooky fashion

Zuhair Murad fall 2013 pic via spooky fashion

Zuhair Murad fall 2013 close up pic via  bcr8tive

Twig trees decoration.

Chanel Couture s/s 2013 pic via Diamond dolls Couture

Incredible fake lashes at Chanel, very dramatic.

Chanel Couture spring 2013 via backstage confidential

Dior Couture - Vogue Japan pic via zsazsa bellagio

Cavalli spiderweb shoes fall 2012 pic via lyst

spider rings at met gala pic via liketka

Zanotti spider shoes pic via Lyst

DIY Bold Halloween headpiece: Dead by scissors

If you still have no idea on how to dress up for halloween maybe i can help you.
I went to an halloween party last night and i had to prepare a scary outfit in just one day!
I went to this party with my friends and instead of picking everyone a costume we dressed as a group. We have been "the crime scene" being keen on investigations tv series. I was the victim found dead, two of my friends were the cop, another the pathologist. I characterised the costumes with just some accessories. My costume had two pieces: the crime scene band wrapped around a little black dress and around arms and a bold headpiece: the scissors headpiece.
For the police band just take a yellow plastic roll used to cover books and slice it in stripes. Now with a permanent black marker write: "Police line do not cross" and "crime scene do not cross" or something similar like we have seen a lot of times in detective tv series!

I'm going to tell you how to make the bold headpiece in no time:
you will need:

• plastic salad tongs

• silver spray paint

• black permanent marker

• red permanent marker

• a plastic transparent paper

• an headband

• transparent multi purpose glue
  

buy a pair of plastic salad tongs (every kitchen tool with handles similar to scissors will work, this is what i found) and cut away the fork and spoon part with a hacksaw.

Now refine the borders you have just cut cutting them between 30° and 45° these will allow you to place the scissors over your headband.

Now we want the scissors look real so we need to paint the handle part in black and the cutting part in silver.
Now cover up the handle part with some paper scotch and then spray the cutting part with the silver paint on both sides. It dries pretty quick then unfold the scotch and with the permanent marker color the handles in black.

Now it's time for blood. Take your transparent piece of paper and the red permanent marker and draw the contour of a water stain, how you imagine that fluid would spread on a surface, something like this. Draw a form that will cover most of the headband

fill it with red and then cut this form.
Now take your headband and glue the blood form over it. Put 2 or 3 points of glue and press the red piece over the headband.

Now take your scissors and place them just a little bit opened over the headband. Place them a little far from the center of the headband. Start opening the scissors and at some point the angled part of the border you've cut will match the curvied headband. Now with some patience glue the scissors over the headband.Wait a couple of hours and then when the glue is dried add other glue at the base of scissors.
And you're done!
Now you have your bold horror headpiece!
It made itself noticed in the party,absolutely!
Hope you enjoyed it!