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It’s so easy to customize super cute Halloween Party Decor with your Cricut cutting machine! I’m sharing 5 ways to take your next Halloween party to the next level!

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Cricut. The opinions and text are all mine.

Halloween is one of my favorite Holidays of the year! Naturally my head goes straight to creating ALL THE THINGS with my Cricut machine!! The Cricut makes it so easy to take any Halloween party to the next level. Today I’m going to show you 5 areas of a Party and some super fun projects you can make with your Cricut to wow your guests!

 

HALLOWEEN WELCOME SIGNS & ENTRANCES

The best way to walk into a party is through a decorated front door or entry way!! Here are some fun decorations that can be used throughout the home, but would especially make for a super fun party entrance! Most of these can double as decorations for the whole month too!

Cardstock Paper Rosettes from Cricut -- white, black, gray and gold!

  • Halloween Rosettes — these Rosettes could be added anywhere during the month and then be used for party decor too! I’m thinking of making some to put on my fireplace mantel and then using them as a photo booth backdrop for our Halloween Party!
  • Skull Balloons from Hey Let’s Make Stuff — customizing balloons is a genius and affordable decoration for a party! These skull balloons from Cori are right up my alley!!
  • Halloween Photo booth Props — I have been to a lot of parties that have a photo booth right when you walk in! People like to get their pictures done right when they’re walking in and looking their best! These props will take that photo booth to the next level and can be made with your Cricut!
  • Halloween Magic Front Door Sign — I love this sign! It’s perfect to leave out all month long too!
  • Press N’ Seal or Window Cling Bats & Spiderwebs — this is a subtle touch that leaves the house feeling spooky when dark! You can use Press N’ Seal or Cricut Window Cling.

ADD IRON ON VINYL TO THE NAPKINS

Did you know you can apply Iron On to paper napkins to add an affordable, custom touch to your holiday party napkins? You could add anything from a simple Spiderweb, to your guests names, to elaborate full napkin designs. I’m going to share a tutorial below, but feel free to search through the 1000’s of Halloween Design Space images for other designs that would work perfect or create your own!

Up close picture of 3 napkins with Gold Foil Skulls on the corners.

Foil Iron On Spiderweb and Skulls added to paper napkins.
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How to Apply Iron On Vinyl to Paper Napkins

Learn how easy it is to apply Foil Iron On onto a paper napkin with the EasyPress!
Prep Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour
Author: Over The Big Moon

Materials

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Instructions

  • Start by opening this Design Space File with the skeleton image and Spiderweb image OR feel free to create your own design within Design Space.
    Design Space preview of the spider webs and skulls ready to send to the Cricut to cut the designs.
  • Once you have the file open, then go ahead and amend it however you want. This is the point where you'd resize images, delete items you don't want, add new items etc. Once everything is ready to go, hit 'MAKE IT' in the top right hand corner!
  • Verify that everything is split onto the mats the way you want. Then for the mats cutting Iron On, you'll want to make sure the images are mirrored.
    Once that is done, then hit 'Continue.'
    Screenshot of the Design Space Mats of the Napkin designs.
  • Choose your machine from the drop down menu and select Foil Iron On (or whatever type of Iron On that you're using) as your material. Make sure the Fine Point Blade is loaded into your machine.
  • Apply the Foil Iron On onto preferably a Standard Mat SHINY SIDE DOWN! Then load it in the machine.
    Wild Rose Cricut cutting Iron On!
  • Once it's flashing, hit the 'C' button on your machine and allow it to cut.
  • Once the designs are all cut out, go ahead and use your crafting scissors to cut around each of the designs. Then weed each of the designs using your weeding tool.
    Skeleton Iron On cut out and being weeded with a weeding tool. One skull is completely weeded, one hasn't been weeded at all and one is partially weeded.
  • Go to the Cricut Heat Guide to find out the temperature and time length that you'll need to apply the Iron On.
    Weeded Skull Iron On Designs ready to be applied, next to a pile of paper napkins and the EasyPress Mini.
  • Follow the directions instructed on the Cricut Heat Guide. At this time, in instructed me to use the LOW Heat Setting for 25 seconds to apply the Foil Iron On onto the Paper Napkin (I chose Cardstock from the drop down menu).
    Skull Iron On Design applied to the corner of a black and white striped paper napkin.
  • Remove the plastic liner as soon as the napkin and design are completely cooled.
    Foil Iron On Spiderweb and Skulls added to paper napkins.

 

ADD A FUN BANNER

Cricut has dozens of fun pre-designed Buntings within Cricut Design Space, a half dozen specifically designed for Halloween. You could also easily design one from scratch using one of their templates.

Happy Halloween Carnival Themed Banner - Grey, Black, Orange and White Banner hanging from a white fireplace, with a little girl standing to the right of it.

Today, I’m sharing how to make one of the buntings from design space. But first, here are a few others that I love.

You can also find a few other great ones from other blogs:

FIND UNIQUE CUPS OR PLATES

I am obsessed with finding fun tableware for Halloween! There are literally DOZENS of options that I want each year and it’s so hard for me to just narrow it down to one design!

This year I decided to go with these fun Skeleton Hand Plastic Cups and then I added Vinyl names to the bottom.

A cup that is a skeleton hand with vinyl names being applied to the base of the cup.

I always like to have personalize cups at parties, so that people don’t mix up there drinks. But, you could also totally add a fun spiderweb design or bats to the base of the cup too!

I used the same Halloween Design Space File that I used above for the napkins. If you like this font, then feel free to use it. If not, then it may be just as easy for you to create a new Design Space file!

Skeleton hand glasses with names on the base, filled with orange gumballs and candy suckers sitting to the side of the cups.

FUN HALLOWEEN TABLEWARE IDEAS

Mug customized with a Jack Vinyl.

HALLOWEEN PARTY FAVOR IDEAS

What’s a party without a favor to go home with? Here are some fun ideas for you to consider!

Harry Potter themed party favor bags made using Iron On vinyl!

I hope this post helped you come up with some fun ideas!!

I’ve shared lots of a fun Halloween Cricut projects the past few years! Make sure and check them out below!

DIY Girls Rock Star Costumes made by embellishing store bought outfits with Iron On and more! From overthebigmoon.com!

CRICUT HALLOWEEN PROJECTS

  • 50+ Cricut Halloween Crafts – I’ve rounded up 50+ awesome projects that can be made with your Cricut machine!
  • DIY Halloween Skeleton Pajamas – Come learn how to make these simple skeleton pajamas using Sportsflex Iron On Vinyl!
  • DIY Girls Rockstar Costumes – This may be one of my favorite DIY’s from 2018! These costumes were way too fun to make!
  • Disney Coco Guitar – This DIY is so simple and every little Miguel costume out there needs it!
  • Halloween Placemats – These poster board placemats are still something I make each year! So easy and fun!
  • DIY Bat Silhouettes – This was one of my first Cricut crafts (and needs an update). But, I still make these out of Press N’ Seal each year! SOO easy!

Cricut Maker loaded with a standard mat with vinyl on it.

EDUCATIONAL CRICUT POSTS

Also, if you’re new to Cricut, make sure and check out some of my Cricut Educational posts!

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  1. Sara McElhaney

    5 stars
    Those napkins are giving off some serious Beetlejuice vibes! So cute.

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