Stop spending money on Halloween decorations you can make at home for much less. I know you like miniature haunted houses and other similar miniature decoratives and want to get them, but they cost a fortune. This is why, I have created an easy-to-make miniature haunted house for less than $10. The best part is, you can customize this Halloween craft in the manner of your choosing overcoming the limitation with store-bought decoratives.
Material Needed:
- 3 white foam sheets (buy on Amazon for $5)
- Hot glue gun (buy on Amazon for $10)
- Acrylic paint and brushes (buy on Amazon for $11)
- Colored plastic sheet (or a plastic gift wrap) (buy on Amazon for $8)
- Craft knife (buy on Amazon for $5)
- Haunted house stencil off the Internet
- String lights (buy on Amazon for $18)
The prices for these things will seem way over the mentioned $10 but you will not be using all of these at once. You may already have some of it at home if you are into crafts, or you get to use these in numerous other future projects. So when you count, you are spending $10 per project or even lesser.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Active Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Difficulty Level: Medium
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How to DIY Miniature Haunted House for Halloween Tabletop Décor
You will need a haunted house stencil of your choice. You can get a print and trace it on the work surface or draw it by hand.
Once your stencil is traced onto the foam sheets, you will cut it out with your craft knife. Make sure the knife is sharp else you will end up with shredded outlines. Be careful not to nick yourself while cutting out the windows and doors.
Start painting the haunted house frames once they are neatly cut out. I tried to get a raw wood appearance by using white, black, burnt sienna, and yellow ochre paints. You can choose a different color palette.
When the paint has dried, flip over the sheets and tape the colored plastic sheets inside for a window pane appeal.
Also Read: How to Quickly DIY Haunted Village for Halloween Decorations
Next, add your neatly coiled string lights onto a hook or a 5-inch-long T-shaped foam scrap and glue it inside the two haunted house frames.
Now glue the frames onto a piece of cardboard and provide a sturdy base.
You will take that third foam sheet and measure it for the roofline. Make sure to keep the lengths and widths an extra inch than the frames.
Glue the roof and paint it to your choice. Since it was meant to be an easy DIY, I painted the roof with a thick coat of burnt sienna and ochre mixture, upon which I traced a dry brush to make a scallop pattern. If you have plenty of time on your hand, you can cut small squares from cardboard to make shingles and glue each separately.
I also didn’t add sides to the house to give it a dilapidated look along with the unfinished turrets. You can make the sides and add separate closing walls to the turrets. I however added webs using hot glue strings along the roofline for a spooky vide.
Set this haunted house with the rest of your decorations on a tabletop for Halloween and turn on the lights.
Here is the full tutorial video for the DIY Halloween miniature haunted house. Let me know what you think of it in the comments below. Happy Halloween!
