Our DIY ideas for Halloween 2025!

How to do it

The month of October is synonymous with autumn, the return of cold and rainy days, but also with Halloween. Children's favorite holiday right after Christmas. On October 31, on the eve of All Saints' Day, merry monsters, funny ghosts and cute little witches will once again take to the streets in search of tasty treats.
But Halloween is also the perfect time for creators to let their imaginations run wild. So make the most of it!

Where does Halloween come from?

Halloween is a contraction of "All Hallows Eve".
Originally, it was a Celtic ritual festival, originating in Ireland, to mark the end of the year. In those days, the calendar ended on October 31, not December 31. This day corresponded to the festival of Samain, celebrating the god of death Samain (or Samhain).
The Celts believed that at the dawn of the new year, the spirits came to visit the living for a few hours. They would then dress up in terrifying costumes to scare off the ghosts themselves.

Today, Halloween is a time for children to have fun scaring each other, going from house to house hunting for candy... or casting spells (for fun, of course). Trick or treat!

For a successful party, a terrifying decor is a must. How about a DIY Halloween this year?

Halloween jewelry

Choose spooky accessories! You can create jewelry with skeleton, skull and crossbones or pumpkincharms to hang on a chain, on earrings or in charm bracelets.
Wear a magnificent baroque breastplate made of feathers and rhinestones, perfect for a chic witch costume.

If you're a beginner in the world of DIY and jewelry creation, Miyuki mini-kits make it easy to create a black cat, a bat or a ghost to wear at the end of a chain. These charming little mascots are sure to please young and old alike.
This year, Halloween can even be seen in your hair by personalizing a headband: hang skulls, eyes, lace, pearly or colored beads, flowers, feathers... Or glue on bat ears and wings cut out of felt.

Do-it-yourself Halloween decorating ideas :

• Decorate a pumpkin

Pumpkins remain the must-have for your homemade Halloween decorations. Traditionally, they're hollowed out and carved with the spooky face of Jack O'Lantern, the most popular character of the holiday. You can also customize them with paper, stencils, tape, paint, stamps... or simply arrange several gourds of different colors and sizes around the house.
And why not make your own fabric pumpkins? You'll be able to vary the materials and shades.

You can also turn your pumpkins into a vase, by pricking the stems of your flowers into florist's foam, or into a candy bucket... In short, anything goes! Just let your imagination run wild.

Once you've finished your spooky creations, we'll place them in the garden or entrance hall to welcome guests, or in the center of the table or on the furniture to set the tone.

Even though pumpkins are an essential part of your decor, they don't go it alone. Monsters, skeletons, vampires, witches and zombies also play their part.
How to make Halloween decorations? Here are a few Halloween decorating ideas you can make with your children, for a creative moment with the whole family... And it's just the thing to keep them busy during the All Saints' Day school vacations. You'll love it!

• A diabolical dreamcatcher

Make your own dreamcatcher and add Halloween colors and elements. Simply attach bats or spiders cut from black felt or black evening paper to give your dreamcatcher a terrifying edge.

• Goosebump-inducing garlands

Garlands are easy-to-make decorations with guaranteed effect! String together friendly ghosts! It couldn't be simpler! Use scraps of white fabric to make cute little ghosts, attach them to a garland of small round lanterns and bring them to life by drawingscary eyes and mouths with a black felt-tip pen.

Create a balloon garland to customize with your children: on a string, alternate white balloons for funny ghosts and orange balloons for spooky pumpkins. Or hang them up one by one, all over the house.

If you're not a fan of creatures of the night and other monsters, you can simply hang round fans in Halloween colors to brighten up your home.

• Evil candles

Here's another easy DIY decoration that's sure to please your kids! Decorate candle-holders with stickers, or use tulle and moving eyes onglass candle-holdersto make ghost candles. Or make ghost candles by gluing creepy eyes and mouths cut out of black tissue paper onto large white candles.

• The little extra

To complete your original Halloween decor, slip in little Miyuki bead weaving subjects here and there, such as witches, vampires, spiders, a pumpkin magnet in Miyuki Delicas or haunted mansions.
Take inspiration from the creations of our partner Miss Créatives, like her Halloween turtle, to turn an animal that's usually so cute into a little terror. You can mix and match colors and sizes to create a pack of terrifying zombie turtles. They'll take your guests by surprise.

• Don't forget costumes and make-up

Once you've got your Halloween decorations in place, all that's left to do is finalizethe scary costumes and make-up that are a must-have for the party. And to impress your friends and family, do it yourself! DIY ghost costume or homemade witch costume... Find the right fabric to make a horrifyingly awesome costume, and you're all set!

Don't forget the candy and other treats, and you're all set for Halloween night!