The Halloween holiday is celebrated in our country is far from large, but every year the pumpkin and other attributes associated with it appear more and more.
How to prepare for the holiday and how to decorate the house on Halloween , we will tell in this publication.
But to begin nevertheless follows from the definition of the holiday, celebrated annually on the night from October 31 to November 1.His story goes far to the ancient Celts, who first bowed to the God of the dead on the first day of November. Even then it was believed that this night opened the gates of Hell and its inhabitants penetrated to the ground. Everywhere fires were kindled that to bring sacrifices to these otherworldly evil spirits, so as not to anger them.
Already in the beginning of AD.The Romans, having conquered the territory of the ancient Celts, brought their traditions to the Halloween holiday, combining it with a day dedicated to the memory of the deceased. And after some time, around the IX century, the inhabitants of Great Britain combined Halloween with their Catholic holiday - the Day of All Saints. In English it sounds like All Hallows Even, hence the name Halloween( Halloween).
Today, the celebration of Halloween does not at all resemble the terrible Celtic sacrifices, and it turned into real fun - people dress up in costumes of evil spirits and arrange masquerades. There were also many attributes and symbols of this holiday, and, first of all, it has a pumpkin head. It is already assumed that the pumpkin not only means the end of the harvest year, but also can scare away evil spirits, in particular, with its fire. Many people use a pumpkin to make an unusual decoration of the house on Halloween, taking out the flesh from it and cutting through the nose, eyes, eyebrows, mouth. Inside the candle is lit, and such pumpkins in private households are put on the doorstep of a house or on fences.
The most popular holiday Halloween is considered, nevertheless, in America, England, Ireland, Australia and other countries. Children there on the night of Halloween "carouse", like ours for Christmas, and get for it sweets. It is believed that in this way people buy off evil spirits. In America, this holiday is the second most important after Christmas. Long before its onset, fairs and bazaars are unfolding, people decorate their homes and apartments for Halloween, to have a fun and bright day.
It is important to understand that the decoration of the house for Halloween begins from the outside. Facades of the house, a threshold, a ladder, garden paths, arbors and even gates and fences - all this can become a place for the arrangement of the original thematic decor.
How to decorate a house on Halloween photo
Painted pumpkins, effigies of unclean, decor of dry leaves and branches, hay - all this can be useful for decoration.
Decoration of a house for Halloween
How to decorate a house for Halloween
Especially spectacular all these monsters and bright pumpkins of different sizes look in the autumn foliage. Do not take it away or even gather more from different parts of your yard or garden to create decorative compositions. Place beside a broom that will remind you of a witch, and you can make a witch yourself from improvised materials.
How to decorate your house for Halloween
In the evening of October 31, in good weather, you can light candles on the doorstep of the house. The best place for candles, of course, will be the pumpkin head. But as candlesticks can serve even old cans - it will give such a necessary holiday of Halloween gloom. Or use a shade from the garden lantern.
Decoration of a house for Halloween photo
Original decoration of a house for Halloween photo
Decoration of an interior of a private house for the Halloween holiday
As for interior decoration of a house for Halloween, everything depends on what area it has and what rooms you want to decorate. For example, if there is a staircase in your house, then on Halloween night on its steps you can light candles, here the main thing is to monitor the safety, do not leave the room with lit candles unattended. Small pumpkins can serve as candlesticks.
Decorating stairs in the house to Halloween
Decorating stairs in the house on Halloween
With decorative stickers, you can decorate the ladder to Halloween with black birds, rats, witches.
Original Decoration for Halloween
Today, many shops offer a thematic decor for the Halloween holiday, so when you visit one of them, you can stock up with such attributes that you never knew about. But you do not need to buy everything, because many of the scenery can be done with your own hands. For example, cut out black cardboard raven, bat, and with the help of pins fasten out on the curtains, and using a special tape that does not rip off the wallpaper - and on the walls, furniture.
Decor of walls and furniture for Halloween
How to make a decoration for Halloween with your own hands
A separate topic about how the how to decorate a house for Halloween , touches the fireplaces. If you have a fireplace in the house or apartment, then it must necessarily be decorated under the theme of the holiday Halloween. Use the web, figures of black crows and other birds, stuffed animals, gloomy pictures, massive candlesticks with candles and, of course, pumpkins.
Thematic decoration of the house for Halloween
Thematic decoration of the house for Halloween
Interesting interior decoration for Halloween
But from white cardboard you can cut death with a scythe and arrange on shelves, on the fireplace, on the table.
How to decorate the house to Halloween with your own hands
The entrance door of the house on the day of Halloween can decorate a wreath of black bird feathers. This decoration is quite popular, so you can buy a ready-made wreath in the decor store, but you can do it yourself.
Decor for Halloween - wreath at the front door
Decorating the apartment for Halloween - the embodiment of ideas in a small area
If you do not know how to decorate an apartment for Halloween, you can take advantage of even the most simple, but very interesting ways. For example, take white woolen threads and wrap them around the suspended chandelier or lamp so that it resembles a cobweb. You can even make real cobwebs, as in the photo below, and cover all the upholstered furniture with white sheets.
Decoration of an apartment for Halloween - spider's web
Decoration of an apartment for Halloween photo
Also an apartment can be decorated for Halloween with a pumpkin. In a small small apartment a large pumpkin, of course, will look cumbersome. But the small orange, green, white and mottled pumpkins, decorated with autumn flowers, ribbons, beads, asterisks and other decor, will play an important role in decorating each individual room. You can even make small vases of pumpkin according to the master class, which is presented on our website by this link.
Decorating an apartment with halloween using a pumpkin
How to make an ornament for Halloween from an orange pumpkin
A great idea for decorating an apartment, house or a separate room for Halloween is realized with the simplest thing - air balls. Buy orange balls, inflate them and draw a black marker in a black and more ridiculous face.
Decoration of the interior of the house on Halloween
Laying and decorating the table for Halloween
If you are planning a themed Halloween party or just want to have dinner with the whole family unusual, then by the evening of October 21 decorate the table as gloomily as possible using dark dishes and candlesticks. Spread on the table artificial spiders, put figurines of black birds, witches and evil spirits. The table can be covered with a black tablecloth or with a pattern in the form of a web. Especially for Halloween, you can buy and crockery( plates, cups, dishes) with a picture of skulls, cobwebs.
Original themed table decoration for Halloween
Gloomy table decoration for Halloween
If the gloomy table setting is not in your spirit, then use a calmer, but also themed table decoration for Halloween. Attract natural materials and the same pumpkins as decor and serving items. How to do it? See the ideas in the photo below.
Original serving and decoration of dishes for Halloween
Laying and decorating the table for Halloween photo
Of course, this is only a small part of the ideas that will help you decide how to decorate the house on Halloween, but we hope that they liked you. Scary Halloween!
