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Turn a Dollar Tree doll house into spooky Halloween decor using spray paint and inexpensive craft supplies.
If there is a craft trend that includes spray paint and Dollar Tree items, I am all in! Last year, I noticed how many people were painting doll houses to look BOO-tiful for Halloween, and I had to try it. Stick an LED light behind your mansion, and it turns into a terrific display piece.
Make a few, and you’ll have an inexpensive Halloween village!
You can even host a Dollar Tree dollhouse decorating party!
Hosting a party where everyone decorates a haunted house is like Halloween’s version of gingerbread decorating. I painted my house black, sprayed plastic skeletons silver, and hot-glued mini pumpkin stacks. Dollar Tree has great stickers and embellishments to customize your spooky creation.
Halloween Decor Doll House Makeover
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Spray paint the doll house black or other desired color. Let it completely dry.
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Embellish areas like windows and trim using a silver sharpie, or paint pen. Add any other decorations as desired.
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Style your house or houses with other Halloween decor. Add a tea light or two in the back of the house to light up.
Extra tips for this Halloween doll house makeover:
- I recommend starting with a base layer of spray paint on these. They don’t seem to take acrylic paint with a brush very well. I attempted that first.
- A silver Sharpie seemed to work well over the paint! You can consider using other craft materials such as a paint pen, glitter, puffy paint, etc.
- Adding little LED tea lights adds such a nice effect at night. Fairy lights could work too.
- This concept is not limited to a Halloween idea. Consider painting them brown and white like gingerbread houses for Christmas. So cute!
I am in love with my little Dollar Tree doll houses turned Halloween decor.
No one would ever guess this was pink plastic before! This is inspiring me to dream a little bigger and maybe do a larger makeover on a thrift store doll house. That would make such a creative Halloween display on a larger scale.
Check out my festive jack-o-lantern decorated front door using Dollar Tree items!
About the writer:
Lina has a Bachelor’s Degree from Northern Arizona University with 11 years of blogging and photography experience having work featured in Today.com, Martha Stewart, Country Living, Fox News, Buzzfeed, and HGTV.
