Cheap Corpse Hands: Very creepy, but very easy. Supplies include latex, wires, masking tape and other bits. Tutorial from WetCanvas forums.

Creepy Halloween Tree: Make a creepy looking tree with faces and veins. Requires chicken wire, paper mache, polyurethane expanding foam. Depending on the detailing you choose to do, things like rope and binder twine can be implemented. Paint to finish it off. Great looking tree! Details found at aranamuerta.com.

Decoration Ideas & Projects For Home Haunting: Tips and information for planning yard scenes, graveyards, creating figures and tips for a flying crank ghost. Details found at HalloweenCreations.com.

DIY Ghosts: Some of you may remember these from grade school — and you know what? They are just as much fun to make today as they were back then. Uses cheesecloth and laundry starch. Details found at ReadyMadeMag.com.

Fog Machine Chiller: This fog chiller uses an ice cooler and is designed to be easy to build, relatively inexpensive and be a completely self-contained unit that can be moved around as needed. Extensive information is available on this site for fog chillers. Instructions found at GotFog.com.

Ghoulish Ghosts: Create a flowing ghostly shape to scare passersby using leftover wood scraps, gauze and fabric starch. Project details found at HGTV.com.

How To Make A Flying Crank Ghost: For advanced DIYers, this is an amazing project that will make your house *THE* haunted place on the block. The figure is an articulated marionette, which hangs from a motor platform that attaches to your attraction’s ceiling. You’ll also find a cute cartoon version of the FCC here: A Cute FCG Marionette for Kids. Instructions found at PhantasMechanics.com. Another set of instructions for a flying crank ghost can be found here at SpookyBlue.com.

How To Make A Mummy Prop (pdf): Uses a sheet of styrofoam, cheap olive colored fabric, and a bucky skull for a cost of $30 approx. PDF is authored by Troy Pillon.

How To Make A Paper Mache Skull: You will need to buy a $25 resin skull for this project, but the good news is that it can be used over and over again to crank out paper mache skulls. These turn out really well and this is a good tool in your Halloween arsenal to save $$$ if you need a few skulls. Details found at SpookyBlue.com.

How To Make A Toe Pincher Coffin: All you need is some blue foam board, duct tape and paint to make a great toepincher coffin. The entire project takes about 4 hours, less if your paint dries faster. Details found at SpookyBlue.com.

How To Make Tombstones for Halloween: Video showing how to make tombstones for Halloween Decorations.

Quick & Easy Just Dug Graves: Here’s an easy way to decorate your yard for Halloween, add some graves! Instructions show how to do that with no actual digging involved ;). Details featured on Tipnut.

The Kickboard $2 Tombstones: Using 16″ kickboards found on sale at the local dollar store can be turned into a realistic looking, yet mostly-no-carve tombstone. Instructions are from NovaDesign.com.

Witch’s Cauldron Candy Holder: A witch’s cauldron that sits on a pair of very knobby kneed witch’s legs. Very cute and unique idea! Details found at HGTV.com.