10 Vintage Halloween and Fall DIY Craft Ideas

Sep 13

Written By Emily

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These vintage Halloween and fall crafts are the perfect way to add retro style to your spooky haunted home. Vintage Halloween decor can be really expensive so let’s DIY some of our own! I hope you find this autumn craft post inspirational and you might even be able to dig some items out of the trash and upcycle them.

easy felt Halloween ghost and bat garland

Felt ghost and bat garland

I made the Halloween garland above by printing out ghost and bat shapes that I found on Google. I cut the shapes out of cheap felt sheets and then hot glued them to some twine. It was super easy! I made that garland 10 years ago and still decorate with it every year.

Autumn pumpkin fairy

This looks like the easiest DIY and has the cutest retro vibes! They look like they’re going to a Halloween ball wearing giant orange ball gowns. I love it! You can find the written tutorial at Smile Mercantile or watch the video below!

Clay eyeballs

I found some vintage handmade clay eyeballs at a flea market and I really wanted to recreate them. I made my own out of paperclay and I put them inside a black gumball machine to use as decor. You can watch my eyeball tutorial on Instagram.

Groovy Ghost Decorations

I made these groovy ghosts out of vintage sheets and some recyclables. It’s a really easy craft and the ghosts are SO cute! You can watch the how-to tutorial below.

Vintage Halloween tassels

These Halloween tassels definitely look vintage and are super creepy looking! You can find the tutorial on Tried and True Collective’s blog.

Vintage Halloween and fall DIY craft ideas

Adult felt witch hat and matching pet hat

Keiko Lynn has the sweetest felt witch hat tutorial and you can make one for your pet too! Here’s her blog post tutorial and video tutorial on Instagram.

Halloween ephemera art

I love making framed paper collage art for every season. I collect vintage Halloween ads and other ephemera to make the artwork you see below. I have a tutorial for how to make ephemera artwork and you can buy some vintage Halloween printables on Etsy which would be perfect for this project.

Retro paper Halloween candles

This is a Christmas tutorial and I made them last year in December. But this year I’m planning on following the same instructions and making them HALLOWEEN themed! Think the black flame candle from Hocus Pocus.

It’s an upcycle project, you save toilet paper and paper towel rolls to make into these vintage candle decorations. You can read the full tutorial at Smile Mercantile and I have the video tutorial below which is really helpful.

Felt fall acorns

I really want to make these felt acorns! I love how colorful they are and that you can hunt for acorns caps to make this DIY. You can watch the video below.

Upcycle Halloween Boxes and Tins

I made a bunch of vintage inspired Halloween tins using boxes I was going to recycle/throw in the trash. I printed off some Halloween printables and mod podged them onto the throw away boxes. You can watch my Halloween tin tutorial video.

You can see some of the boxes below, the three yellow ones and the Trick to Treat cake box on the left.

Halloween themed junk journal

You can create a festive junk journal with retro Halloween ephemera. You can collect vintage Halloween paper pieces like cupcake liners, vintage trick or treat bags, Halloween ads, old costume sewing patterns and more. I love making junk journals and a Halloween one would be a lot of fun to display and make! You can watch a video of my friend Amy’s Halloween junk journal below.

You can even buy premade Halloween junk journal kits on Etsy.

There’s my roundup of some super cute vintage inspired Halloween decorations! I hope you found them inspiring! For more Halloween inspo you can check out the Halloween section of my blog.

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Hi, I’m Emily! The vintage lover and thrifter behind this blog. I share vintage interior design, DIY projects and holiday content to inspire you to live a joyful life. You can learn more about all things Emily Retro here.