Using a Prelit Christmas Tree for Halloween Decorations
It is easy to lose track of time when you’re leading a busy life and before you know it, important seasons have already arrived. It is not uncommon to look at the calendar and realize in a panic that Halloween, thanksgiving etc. is already here and you’ve not prepared anything.
If this happens for you, we can only imagine your disappointment and for the kids too if you’ve done to add some spookiness around for Halloween. But hey, why panic when you have enough stuff at home for spooky Halloween fun?
For starters, you prelit Christmas in the storage will suffice quite well. It has all the makings of a spooky Halloween prop, but you only have to work a little harder to transform it. You will perhaps have to line up certain items to prop onto your prelit tree to make it ghoulish and creepy.
Here are some ways to do that:
1. Cobwebs
Oh we’re talking about the fake ones but they’re a nice prop for the tree, you will need brat ornaments and a web of orange lights to pull the scheme off. Simply drape the orange lights in an irregular fashion around the tree and hang the bat ornaments.
Then switch off every other light in the room except those on the tree and enjoy the spookiness.
2. Skeletons and Skulls
Can you find some cheap skeleton figures and skulls in the local stores in your neighborhood? You will surely find tons of these as Halloween rolls by. Then all you have to do is perch your skeleton figure right at the top of your tree and hand hang the skulls onto the branches.
Then switch on the tree lights, darken the rest of the room and scare the socks off your family members.
3. Some More Spooky Ornaments
You order a dozen or so of plastic spider ornaments, eyeballs and oversized pumpkins online too. Just as you would decorate your Christmas tree with pretty ornaments, you can take the spooky ones and decorate your prelit tree with them.
Only skip the tree topper but use an unraveling ribbon to run creepily down the length of the tree. The lights from the prelit tree will do the rest of the work for you.
4. Buntings
You can do so much with buntings and prelit trees. For examples, you can wrap strings upon strings of white buntings around your prelit tree. Make sure it does not look pretty but rather tike the wrappings on Egyptian mummies.
Where possible, hang a couple of skull figures from the tree branches and then plug the prelit tree in. the visual effect with such little materials will stun you.
5. Snow Effect and a Spooky Santa
If you have no time to buy Halloween ornaments then you can still create some spookiness using your Christmas items. Take the biggest Santa figure you have and perch it in an off angle on the top of your tree.
Covered half of the tree with artificial snow flakes using buntings but make sure it does not look pretty. Leave the Santa hat in an off angle on the tree too and trust the prelit tree lights do the rest of the work.