Halloween crafts for book lovers

By Fleur Clarke
Posted on October 13, 2015 in Books, Craft Corner with tags Halloween
Whether you feel up to constructing an elaborate Cthulhu pie, or just want to scrawl on a mirror and call your bathroom the Chamber of Secrets, we’ve got a spooky selection of bookish Halloween crafts for you.
1. Create some bookish Halloween bunting
If you can bear to sacrifice a book that is…
Source: Simple As That
Source: The Golden Sycamore
2. Make a Necronomicon
Cast a spell on your friends and family and recreate the Book of the Dead from the Evil Dead.
Source: Trinketeer
3. Bake a Cthulu pie
In his house at R’lyeh, dead Cthulhu bakes at 180 degrees.
Source:Chthonica Persephone
4. Turn yourself into a Dune sandworm
When it comes to Halloween costumes, we say go Shai-Hulud or go home.
Source: Instructables
5. Make an Edgar Allan Poe-inspired Halloween Wreath
‘Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!
Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”’
Source: Gwen Moss Blog
6. Craft and owl pop-up book
This craft is a hoot!
Source: Ecletically Vintage
5. Lay a dragon egg
Now, if you really wanted to add a touch of Game of Thrones to your Halloween party you’d slaughter all your guests – but that’s illegal.
Instead, channel your anger into pushing a bunch of pins into a styrofoam egg. Congratulations, you’re basically the Mother of Dragons.
Source: eHow
6. Bake a Ned Stark cake pop
Too soon?
Source: Not Your Momma’s Cookie
7. Summon the dementors
These won’t suck the life out of your party, we promise.
Source: Over The Big Moon
8. Macbeth Halloween Spells
Michael Fassbender’s invite got lost in the post? Don’t worry. You can bring Macbeth to your Halloween party with this DIY.
Source: The Country Chic Cottage
9. Turn your bathroom into a scene from The Chamber of Secrets
You don’t even need good handwriting for this one.
Source: Prof McGonagall
10. Carve a Pennywise pumpkin
Stephen King’s creepy clown is one of the most terrifying villains ever created. He should definitely be invited to your Halloween party.
Source: Orange and Black Pumpkins
11. Make (and then eat) some Frankenstein marshmallow pops
Bonus: if this recipe goes tits up then you’re just staying true to the spirit of Mary Shelley’s book.
Source: Just A Taste
These are adorable (well, maybe not Pennywise *shudders*). I love the Necronomicon!
For people who don’t want to sacrifice a book to crafts (ie. me!) – you can pull up pages of a public domain book online, print them & age the sheets with tea/coffee. 🙂