Dollar Tree Halloween Decorations: 7 Easy Paint and Stencil DIYs

Are you ready to decorate for Halloween? I have some super cute DIY paint and stencil Halloween decorations. With these simple ideas, you can make easy DIY Halloween decorations for your home.

Halloween decorations are so much fun for ghosts and witches of all ages. Making these DIY paint and stencil Halloween decorations will give your home a high dose of trick-or-treat fun.

When Halloween comes, you want to have some fun decorations ready for all the kids who will be trick-or-treating. Halloween is always one of the most fun holidays on our calendar.

I love creating a few DIY Halloween decorations myself. These DIY paint-and-stencil Halloween decorations will add to the scare factor in any room in your home.

We have been collecting ghosts, goblins, witches, and scarecrows for years. Every year I like to create a few new DIY Halloween decorations.

I’m excited to share this year’s creations with you. These are so easy that trick-or-treaters could make them.

For these simple Halloween decor ideas, you can customize them with paint colors and your favorite stencils.

I made 7 new DIY Halloween decorations. Six of the pieces I used for these Halloween decorations came from Dollar Tree. The other one came from Target Dollar Spot. Right there, I spent less than $20.

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Paint and Stencil Supplies

I used two kinds of paint for these projects, but you can use whatever white, orange, and black craft paint you have on hand. I like this set of Chalk Paint for stencils.

NOTE: If you are artistic, you can freehand the designs.

For stencils, I used Halloween stencils from A Makers’ Studio, which are no longer available. You can pick your favorite Halloween stencils, but I found this set of really cute Halloween stencils that are reusable.

You will also need these household items:

• paper towels for cleaning up
• spray bottle with water
• paintbrushes
• plastic scraper – to remove excess paint
• stirrer for paint
• Frog Tape – to hold down your stencil

Cute Little Halloween Ghost

This cute little ghost was raw wood on a stand. I lightly sanded “him” and used painter’s tape to tape off the ghost from the stand. I first painted the ghost with 2 coats of the Bauhaus Buff. Then I moved the tape and painted the base black.

What do ghosts say? BOO! You can easily use a black marker to add “BOO” to your ghost and for his eyes and mouth.

Super easy!!

I also used these stencils to make handmade Halloween place cards.

Here is how the ghost looked in our entry.

Spooky Black Cat

At Dollar Tree, I also found a cat and pumpkin wood cutout.

I removed the twine hanger and painted the cat black.

I painted the pumpkin in two shades of orange. Using a small brush, I painted the spooky pumpkin’s eyes, nose, and mouth with black paint.

Black cats are spooky, so I used a stencil that says Spooky.

The cat’s eyes, nose, and mouth became gold with a piece of scrapbook paper from my paper stash.

Paint and Stencil DIY Halloween Signs

You may remember that I made a Fall Yard Art Sign. I moved it inside for our Black and White Fall Entry. Fortunately, on another shopping trip, I found similar signs again at Dollar Tree for my Halloween decorations.

I first removed the twine hangers. Then I lightly sanded the wood signs. After I applied 2 coats of white paint, the signs were ready for stenciling.

I used orange and black paint on the stencils. Here’s one example.

I love how these turned out.

A Paint and Stenciled Charger Used as a Sign

You might remember this charger project I first made for a fall tablescape.

I used one of these chargers for our fall entry. I reused the other one for our Halloween entry.

Most stencil paint can be easily removed with water (that’s where the spray bottle comes in) and paper towels, but be sure to test your brand first. Next, I applied a new Halloween stencil in white paint.

Gilded DIY Halloween Pumpkin

I’ve mentioned I love gilding, and I’ve shared some gilding projects with you.

This last project started with a random orange pumpkin from the Target Dollar Spot.

Supplies for a Gilded Pumpkin

Here is what you need for this project:

• plastic or paper maché pumpkin
• paint for pumpkin
• Gilding Kit contains the supplies you need
• Copper Leaf sheets
• pencil
• paper circles for outline
• artist’s brush
• Frog Tape

My small spray tent was still set up in the garage so I pulled it outside onto the driveway. I still had Krylon Spray paint in White Gloss that would work to cover the orange.

First, I used Frog Tape to protect the pumpkin stem for painting.

Then, it was easy to paint the pumpkins.

Next, I made paper circles in 2 sizes with a punch and used them to draw circles on the pumpkin. I’m not sure how well you can see the circles.

I applied the Gilding Size inside the circle with a small brush and let it come to tack for about 5 minutes.

Next, I applied copper leaf sheet to the circles. Then I repeated the process on the stem of the pumpkin.

I was doing a few of these projects all at once and forgot to take pictures of the pumpkin project.

EEK! Here’s the finished project:

Be sure to check out these projects for how to gild.

Finished Paint and Stencil DIY Halloween Decorations

Here are all my fun paint and stencil Halloween decorations.

I used these new DIY painted Halloween decorations for a new Halloween display in our entry.

You will have fun making Halloween projects for your own holiday decorations. On Halloween night, you’ll be ready for all the trick-or-treaters.

Halloween Stenciling Questions and Answers

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