Halloween doesn’t cost a fortune, these budget friendly decorations will help save even those few dollars. All the materials needed in the D.I.Y. projects can be purchased at a dollar store or craft store.

Butterfly skeletons 

Materials needed:

1. 3 to 4 inch plastic skeletons
2. 1 inch fake butterflies
3. Hot glue gun 
4. Scissors 

Step 1: unpackage skeletons   

Step 2: use scissors to cut the wings off butterflies from base of wings 

Step 3: hot glue wings onto spines of skeletons

Step 4: with string hang to decorate 

Bone wind chime

Materials needed:

1. Plastic skull and bones 
2. Black or brown twine  
3. Scissors 
4. yarn or large eyed needle

Step 1: organize bones from smallest to largest.  

Step 2: take the two second largest bones and cross them. 

Step 3: thread needle with twine. 

Step 4: where the bones cross make a hole completely through and pull twine through but leave extra for hanging up the chime.  

Step 5: tie a knot below cross and leave a long piece of twine below for hanging the skull.

Step 6: using the needle, poke holes in the four ends of the bone.

Step 7: string twine through the four holes and tie knots at end so twine is solid.

Step 8: taking the second two biggest bones, poke holes through bones and hang; tie knots at ends as desired with already hanging twine.

Step 9: using bigger bones, poke holes and hang smaller bones as desired. 

Step 10: poke hole through center of skull with needle and using the long twine in the center, thread twine through hole.

Step 11: tie a loop with  twine above crossed bones for hanging and hang. 

Ghost ice hand 

Materials needed:

1. Water 
2. Scissors or knife 
3. Elastic glove 

Step 1: fill elastic glove with water until there is just enough room to tie. 

Step 2: tie elastic glove like a water balloon. 

Step 3: leave glove in a freezer for 24 hours. 

Step 4: when frozen, use scissors or a knife to cut open and remove the elastic from the frozen hand.

Specimen jars

Materials needed:

1. Plastic bugs and critters 
2. Colorful soap 
3. Jars/unusual containers
4. Labels and a marker 

Step 1: make sure jars are clean. 

Step 2: unpackage critters and pick and place inside the jars.  

Step 3: using soap, fully submerge the critters.

Step 4: use the marker and labels to label critters on jar. 

Potion bottles 

Materials needed: 

1. Pill bottles 
2. Black and white paint
3. Small sponge brush
4. Hot glue

Step 1: wash label off bottle with hot water. 

Step 2: dry bottle and make sure no residue is present.

Step 3: use hot glue to write a potion name, like love potion, on the side of the bottle. 

Step 4: after it dries, use black paint and sponge brush to paint the bottle black.

Step 5: after the paint dries, use white for accents and decoration.