Are you hosting a Halloween party this year? Well, you’ve come to the right place! We love having a handmade shindig at Crafts Beautiful HQ, so we’ve compiled together ten decoration ideas for the perfect bash. We must warn you now though, this isn’t gory, bloody, bandaged, gruesome Halloween. We’re much too wimpy for that. Instead, enjoy cute pumpkins, light-up cats and happy bats…

1 Roll Out The Bunting

Discover how to make brightly-coloured bunting with our how-to. This project also tells you how to make a ‘trick or treat’ tote bag and awarding brooches.

2 Bat's The Way To Do It

Download our templates and assemble these charming bat boxes. They’re perfect for storing sweeties, or you could just use them for decorating the mantelpiece.

3 Spooky Shadows

We think these pumpkin tea light holders are fab. They’d be great for casting a ambient glow on the celebrations.

4 Check Meowt

It couldn’t be easier to make this light-up cat garland. Once you’re done, it’d be a great addition to a staircase or window.

5 Up, Up & Away

Blow up orange and white balloons with helium, then decorate them with die-cut Halloween shapes in black to create these simple decs. Alternatively, use a Sharpie!

6 Run With It

If you’re hosting a classy Halloween bash, this table runner has your name on it. It’s a great way to jazz up the buffet spread.

7 Lurid Luminaries

Use the Cricut Explore and this tutorial from PaperCrafter magazine to make a set of spooky luminaries.

8 Bag Of Tricks

Turn bin bags into striking spider webs with this tutorial. It’s cheap as chips and really effective!

9 Shrinking Success

Love working with shrink plastic? Download our templates to create a variety of Halloween motifs, which you can hang from jars or around the house.

10 Trick Or Treat

This stitched bag is perfect if you’re going trick or treating but it’d also look great by the front door, full to the brim with sweeties for people who come to you.

Happy Halloween!