DIY These 10 Supercute Trunk or Treat Decor Ideas
With the traditional ward Trunk-or-Treat just around the corner, here are some ideas (along with lists of decor items needed) to spark your imagination.
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Hawaii Five-Oh!
- Hula skirts
- Hawaiian print fabric
- Luau decor
- Paper lanterns
- Tiki masks/decorations
- Blow-up palm trees (could also use cardboard cut-outs)
- Additions not pictured in photo: Cardboard cut out and painted to look like a surfboard, flip flops, beach towels with a Hawaiian theme
The Mouse is in the House (or the car)!
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- Black plastic tablecloth
- Red plastic tablecloth
- Black butcher paper or cardboard cut into two large circles/top of head
- Yellow butcher paper cut into buttons and shoes
- White butcher paper cut into white gloves
Welcome, Great Pumpkin!
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- Black fabric or black plastic tablecloth
- Large paper cut outs of Snoopy characters (can be done on posterboard)
- Large white paper moon cutout with Snoopy silhouette
- Star cut outs for black background
- Various pumpkins of all shapes and sizes
- Fake foliage to create pumpkin vines (ivy garland works well)
- Sign that says ‘WELCOME, GREAT PUMPKIN!”
- White fabric draped over buckets or stools that appear like little children dressed up as ghosts
- 1 cute little kid in a Charlie Brown costume
Giant Bubble Gum Machine
- Sheet of white clear plastic (usually found in hardware store)
- Two pieces of cardboard painted red to become top and bottom of bubble gum machine
- LOTS of balloons to be giant pieces of bubble gum
- Cardboard pieces painted silver or covered in foil for coin and part of bubble gum machine
Purple People Eater
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- Note: This could really be any color monster you would like.
- Several plastic tablecloths
- Feather boa
- Two white balloons for eyeballs (black pupil colored in)
- Red tablecloth for tongue
- Tissue paper flowers/pompoms
- Foil fringe (party decor)
- Triangle-shaped teeth cut out of white posterboard
Lego Mania!
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- Plastic tablecloths for background
- Giant Lego head container for candy (can also spray paint a glass jar with lid to look similar)
- Cardboard cutouts of Lego figures (can order on party store websites) or create your own with cardboard and paint
- Cardboard boxes with plastic bowls glued on top and spray-painted to look like Legos
Holy Trunk or Treat, Batman!
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- Three-panel display board (like the kind used for science fairs) painted with city skyline and Bat Signal OR black plastic tablecloth to look like night sky
- Several tall, skinny boxes painted to look like city buildings at night
- Superhero sayings printed on cardstock
Anybody Want a Cookie?!
- Blue plastic tablecloths or tarps
- White cardboard cutouts for eyes
- Brown cardboard cutouts for cookies
Candyland
- Paper squares of various colors for Candyland path
- Buckets or bowls spray painted to look like gumdrops
- Cardboard cutouts to look like game pieces
- Plastic tablecloths in bright colors to create background
- Mylar balloons that look like candy OR balloons/cardboard cutouts wrapped in plastic cellophane to look like hard candy or lollipops
- Foil-wrapped buckets or large bowls shaped to look like a Hershey’s kiss
- Posterboard with lettering similar to Candyland game
Finding Nemo
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- Lots of blue plastic tablecloths or tarps for water
- Blue/aqua streamers or strips of cloth
- Blue/aqua balloons
- Cardboard cutouts or stuffed animals of Nemo and friends
- Green streamers for seaweed
More Trunk or Treat inspiration for you:
http://www.ldsliving.com/50-Trunk-or-Treat-Decorating-Ideas-You-Wish-You-Had-Time-For/s/77013
https://www.delish.com/holiday-recipes/halloween/g3647/trunk-or-treat-ideas/
https://www.popsugar.com/moms/Trunk–Treat-Ideas-32176077
