Since it is the month of October, Halloween is approaching fast and steady. Some of us may have already started the preparations to celebrate this unique festival with all eagerness. Ever thought of putting your die-making tool to the best creative use possible to make some spooky or adorable crafty items for your Halloween party?
With masks and caricatures of spooky ghosts, quirky lighting decors, and delectable delicacies, people leave no stones unturned to make this event a big blast.
What more? The real fun of Halloween is getting into the groove and preparing things in your unique way. Some people genuinely put in laborious efforts to make their Halloween costumes and decor stand out.
If you want to make one of those craft decor items but are unsure which ones to go for, then worry not. Here, we cover 5 Halloween items one can craft from die-making tools. All of that is covered below, but first, a little history of this wonderfully unique festive event.
A Brief History of Halloween
The history of Halloween can be traced back 2000 years ago from the Celtic region of Europe. The Celts lived around modern-day Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the northern area of France.
They celebrated a festival called Samhain on November 1 of every year. The Catholics embraced the Samhain festival and merged it into their celebrations of All Saints Day or the Halo of Saints Day on November 1. Thus, the evening before November 1 became All Hallows Eve or Halloween.
People celebrate this evening in honor of saints and martyrs by dressing up and warding off evil spirits by lighting bonfires.
5 Amazing Halloween Crafts Using Die-making Tools
Let us now dive straight into the beautiful crafty Halloween itineraries one can carve out using a die-making tool.
Halloween goes together with ghosts and spirits. What better place to find those in a haunted house? When trying to scare or lure your guests with your creative spookiness, you can always try making a haunted house from popsicle sticks.
All you need is a stack of popsicle sticks, strong glue, a few embossing folders, and some skull and bone die-sets. You can get different sizes and styles of motif design by using die-making tools.
After the decorative stuff is ready, glue them together with the help of popsicle sticks to give the edges and corners of the house a spooky vintage look.
Bags make for a great display accessory, apart from being a utility item. Bags carrying skull motifs of Halloween can be creatively spooky to look at. There would be a requirement for a skull-die set for this purpose. Some die sets may also be available as a part of the regular die accessories.
You may also get a readymade skull-die set from the market. There are plenty of options to choose from. These die-sets cut the motif design out of various materials such as paper, foil, cards, etc.
Once the motif design gets cut, you can accessorize your bags using the die-making tool. This way, you can effectively ooze the spookiness of Halloween through a skull design bag.
If there is a mascot for the Halloween celebrations, it has to be the Jack-o’-Lantern. People made ghostly caricatures and structures out of pumpkins, and the most famous of them came to be known as Jack-o’-Lantern. Since then, it has become a synonymous representation of Halloween.
While inviting your friends and family to the Halloween party, you can put forth the motif on the cards, and it will say everything. All you need to have is a die-maker, a quality web embosser, and a Jack-o’-Lantern die, and you are all set to make that spooky factor ooze out scary seductive invites from your card.
The web embosser will give a rough texture adding to an old and tattered surface. It will also offer a worn-out vintage feel to the invite and make it look authentic.
Coffin cards could be a unique idea for letting people know about Halloween parties. A coffin-shaped invitation will invite prying eyes and make the invitation quirky enough to let your guests know the creative side of you.
You would require a coffin-shaped die set, paper, a die-making machine, and some embellishments.
You can create a large sheet by rolling the paper and pad through the die-making machine. Now, using the coffin die sets, you can cut out the shapes for the invitation cards.
Halloweens unanimously mean pumpkins. There is a strong association with Pumpkin carvings with Halloween celebrations for a long time. You can keep the entire pumpkin and do the decorations on the outer surface.
Moreover you may require some stacks of Halloween decorative papers, some textured embossing folders, and a firm Gothic die.
In addition to that, you can also shape the styling materials according to your wish using the die-making tool and stick your craft to the pumpkin’s surface. Bingo! Your Halloween Pumpkin is ready for its eerie display.
Wrap Up
Halloween is a time to become creative and have fun doing so. The ideas presented above are creative yet gel well with the spooky theme of the festive season. You can make them at home with the help of die-making tools and other craft items. Do share with us which idea you would find an interest to make one gift.
