{"id":20388,"date":"2019-10-09T17:43:15","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T17:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.homedepot.com\/?p=119203"},"modified":"2019-10-09T18:07:40","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T18:07:40","slug":"day-of-the-dead-halloween-porch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeimprovementblogs.com\/hg-blog\/day-of-the-dead-halloween-porch\/","title":{"rendered":"Day of the Dead Halloween Porch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Halloween does not always have to be scary. Kati Farrer of Houseful of Handmade<\/a> was able to take advantage of a few Home Depot products, showing how to decorate her patio for Halloween.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Have fun with your Halloween decor this year and decorate with bright colors in a Day of the Dead theme! Instead of spooky, our skeletons are celebrating. Complete the look with these easy DIYs and decor from The Home Depot.<\/p>\n

Sugar Skull Skeletons<\/h3>\n

The easiest way to turn your Halloween into Day of the Dead decor is to make your skeletons<\/a> into Sugar Skulls. And this is the easiest project ever!<\/p>\n

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Grab a set of bright colored Sharpie Paint Pens<\/a> and add some flowers, swirls, and dots to your skeleton. The skeleton instantly went from spooky to ready to party.<\/p>\n

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We also gave our wolf skeleton<\/a> the Sugar Skull treatment. The kids now call him Chico and he is more of a dog to them. Perfect for our skeleton\u2019s best friend in the afterlife.<\/p>\n

Layered Halloween Doormat<\/h3>\n

To give the entry a bit of decor, we added a new doormat<\/a>. I love the layered doormat trend and knew I could make one with our Day of the Dead theme with supplies from The Home Depot.<\/p>\n

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Using a drop cloth<\/a>, I made a large mat and gave it a bright colored buffalo check pattern with painters tape<\/a> and spray paint. Then to add some Sugar Skulls, I made a stencil and used it to spray paint the colored skulls onto the mat. I gave it some fringe on the bottom by fraying the drop cloth and adding some beads.<\/p>\n

For the top mat, I bought an inexpensive ribbed mat. Then I cut out a vinyl stencil with a Day of the Dead themed quote and transferred it to the mat. A couple coats of white spray paint<\/a> and it was the perfect layered doormat.<\/p>\n

Sugar Skull Wreath<\/h3>\n

I am a firm believer that every door needs a wreath. This one was made from a piece of \u00bc\u201d MDF. I cut out the shape of a sugar skull and some decorative pieces. Then the MDF was painted with spray paints in a variety of bright colors.<\/p>\n

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The painted pieces were attached to the skull with Gorilla Super Glue and then tied to a wreath form that was decorated with some black cloth. For more information, check out my sugar skull wreath tutorial on Houseful of Handmade<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sugar Skull Planters<\/h3>\n

Because I cannot get enough sugar skulls, I grabbed two of these 3 pack of skulls<\/a>. These were transformed with a coat of spray paint. You can have fun with the massive selection of paint colors at The Home Depot.<\/p>\n

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After the paint dried, I decorated them with the Sharpie Paint Markers just like I did with the skeletons.<\/p>\n

You could leave the skulls as is, but I wanted to add some flowers to add an extra element to our porch. I cut a hole in the top of the skulls and added a couple drain holes in the bottom. Then they were ready for planting some fun fall flowers. I share more details on Houseful of Handmade<\/a> as to how to make the sugar skull planters.<\/p>\n

We also found this light up sugar skull<\/a> at The Home Depot in their Halloween section. He pairs nicely with the sugar skulls planters and will give the kids a surprise at night when he lights up.<\/p>\n

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Finishing it All Off<\/h3>\n

Of course we had to add a few pumpkins to our porch. It is Halloween isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

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And then to make the entire porch look like a party, I cut some Day of the Dead banners out and hung them across the porch. You can get the pattern for the Day of the Dead banners at Houseful of Handmade<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And now we are ready to celebrate!<\/p>\n

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Halloween does not always have to be scary. Kati Farrer of Houseful of Handmade was able to take advantage of a few Home Depot products, showing how to decorate her patio for Halloween. Have fun with your Halloween decor this year and decorate with bright colors in a Day of the Dead theme! Instead of…<\/p>\n

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