WARNING – 10 Scary DIY Halloween Party Props

This would have to be one of the must gross, most terrifying round-ups for Halloween I have ever written. I joined a Halloween Prop makers page to learn new ideas but what I came away with was a whole new level of DIY skills. These Halloween Props are perfect for Halloween Parties, Halloween fright-nights and Halloween Haunted houses. I never knew how many people were so into Halloween, to the point of a year long Halloween obsession. These are some of the BEST of the BEST Halloween props I could find. All the images below have been used with permission from the owners. Which one freaks you out the most?

Electric Chair Anyone? By Brandon Dewayne Sims

Eugene Hess create some Light up Radio Active Barrels and this witch.

I wont be visiting Ryan Wheeler’s house when he has this Clown outside.

Zombie by Michael Hehir

Ryan Mastaski made this roasting Head on the fire.

The very talented The First house the second road hand sculpted this IT clown.

Tina Wilson Beckner decided to throw an afternoon tea party for these spooky witches.

Tina Wilson Beckner Created this Horror Car Scene

Trace Evans got all bloody with this half man creation.

Skeleton By Dani Masterson

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Knitwear designers can get inspiration from almost anything when it comes to re-creating a color scheme, an image or a texture in stitches. Sometimes the inspiration isn’t always obvious in the finished project, but sometimes it’s more literal.

That’s the way it is with the Tin Ceiling Blanket from Purl Soho. Not just because the inspiration is in the name, but if you’ve ever seen one of these old ceilings you can see that the design of the blanket is quite similar to the pattern of the tin tiles.

This is also a good example of the idea that you don’t have to use fancy stitch patterns or lots of color to make a big impact with your knits. This single-color blanket (designed by Gianna Mueller and inspired by a washcloth and towel set designed by Sandi Rosner) is made completely with knits and purls, other than slipped stitches at the beginning of rows to make neater edges.

The pattern is written out row by row, but there’s also a chart, which means this project is a great opportunity to practice reading a chart where you can check your work against the written pattern if you need to.

It comes in two sizes, a crib blanket and a throw. The yarn used in the sample is an organic cotton sold by the cone, which is a great way to get a large quantity of yarn and have fewer ends to weave in. In fact, you can knit either size of the blanket with just one cone of yarn, which isn’t inexpensive but makes you a great, sturdy, heirloom quality but still washable blanket you’ll use for years to come. (Of course you can use any sport weight yarn you like to make this blanket.)

Check out all the details and grab the free pattern from Purl Soho.

[Photo: Purl Soho]

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