For a Halloween centerpiece that’s fast, fun, and creepy, forego flowers and create a haunted tree growing from your table. All you need are branches, a vase, some cotton batting and a few creepy critters to nestle in its spiderweb-covered branches. Put them together and it’s haunted branch Halloween Decor that will haunt your table and your dreams. This haunted branches would be just as spooky on a mantelpiece, by your front door, on your kitchen table, or anywhere passersby might be spooked.
To spin your web, first set a few bare branches of any kind inside a tall vase. Pull apart cotton batting and stretch it across the branches, creating a spider web. Then, nestle a few creepy critters in the web,
To create the creepy crawlies, download our templates, print, and cut out, or design your own. You can also scatter plastic spiders, beetles, snakes or any other frightful finds that might live in a haunted tree.
What You’ll Need:
- A tall vase
- Bare branches
- Cotton Batting
- Darcy Miller Designs Spider and Bat Template
- White Paper
- Scissors
How-To
Step 1 Place branches in vase. Pull apart cotton batting and stretch it across the bare branches.
Step 2 Download Spider and Bat Templates, print, and cut out.
Step 3 Places spiders and bats, and any other spooky critters you can think of or find in a joke shop—ravens, owls, centipedes—inside the web. Now you’re ready to spook passersby!
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