DIY Skeleton Halloween Wreath

Learn how to make this creepy and fun Skeleton “Speak Hear Say No Evil” Halloween wreath using dollar store craft supplies!

Halloween is the time of year for skeletons and spooky decor, and I absolutely love it. I also absolutely love to see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil statues, so I decided to combine the two concepts. The final product is dark, a little spooky, and cute.

DIY Skeleton Halloween Wreath

A trip to the dollar store proved just the place to find the supplies I needed for my wreath. The skeletons, creepy cloth, and red roses I used cost me only $5!

I went to the hobby store for a $5 grapevine wreath, and I was set. For a total investment of $10, I have a unique, fun, dark wreath to hang on my front door to greet trick-or-treaters this year!

Supplies Needed for Skeleton Halloween Wreath

You will need:

• 18-inch grapevine wreath
• black spray paint
• 3 plastic skeletons (mine are from Dollar Tree)
• fake red roses
• spray paint in a contrasting color (optional)
• hot glue gun
• creepy cloth or ribbon to hang from

How to Make a Skeleton Halloween Wreath

Around this time of year, you can purchase black roses at superstores and hobby stores like crazy. The only thing is that they tend to come at a premium since they are “in” for Halloween. Add to the fact that they are often a dull, flat black, and I say leave ’em at the store.

Instead, I purchased red roses and lightly sprayed them with black spray paint. The roses have nice color and depth and are much more interesting, not to mention insanely cheaper!

I’ve seen these little skeletons everywhere and at a million different stores. Grab them where you can find them!

If yours has a hanger on the top of the skull as mine does, clip it off with a pair of scissors.

Next, take your hot glue gun and affix the hands to your skeletons. One will have the eyes covered, the next the ears, and the final the mouth. You will have to bend the arms in a way that isn’t in the natural joint in the plastic form. It’s no biggie, and it bends easily. If your bend in the arm isn’t holding, squeeze some hot glue in for it to hold well.

If you want to change the color of your skeletons, now is the time to do so! This step is completely optional and totally at your discretion. Want some glittery skeletons? No problem! Thinking neon green? Get it! Whatever you choose to do here will look great and be totally to your taste!

Next, take your wreath and very lightly spray black randomly around it. This will make the wreath a bit more ominous. You can try to cover the whole thing entirely in black if you prefer, but I like the idea of it being noticeable as gnarly dead branches!

Now it is time to get your skeletons sitting on their perch! The wind here in Oklahoma is crazy. They don’t say, “And the wind comes sweeping down the plain,” for nothing. It gets crazy!

Because of that, I needed to make sure that my little guys were stuck on there—100%, no question. To do that, I hot-glued the heck out of them. I used some glue on the front and connected the wreath to the pelvis. When dry, I flipped the wreath over and then really went to town, gluing the backside to the wreath.

It is possible to attach these without having a humongous clear glob showing as I did, but if you’re messy like me, take some black paint and a brush and lightly cover any of the visible goo.

Now it is time to get this sucker wrapped up! You can use just about anything for the hanger. I used a “creepy cloth” from the dollar store, but you can also use ribbon or anything else that strikes your fancy. Tie it onto the wreath and then tie a good double knot a good 5 inches away. This is where the wreath will hang, so make sure that your knot is good enough to hold its weight.

Finally, slap your roses around the top portion of the wreath in the most attractive placements.

Hang this bad boy and enjoy your very inexpensive, very easy, and very cute, no-evil Halloween wreath!

Allison

A crafter since her earliest years, Allison spends a little time every day making something. She crafts, sews, paints, glues things onto other things, and is a firm believer that a life spent creating is a life worth living. Visit Allison’s blog, Dream {a Little} BIGGER.